12wonderY
The names were great.
Tennessee Tuxedo and Chumley
Phineas J. Whoopee
Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy
Klondike Kat
Foghorn Leghorn
Officer Flim Flanagan
Tennessee Tuxedo and Chumley
Phineas J. Whoopee
Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy
Klondike Kat
Foghorn Leghorn
Officer Flim Flanagan
32wonderY
Popeye, Olive Oyl, Wimpy, Bluto
Inspector Gadget
The King & Odie: Leonardo the Lion, Odie Cologne, Itchy Brother and Biggy Rat
Inspector Gadget
The King & Odie: Leonardo the Lion, Odie Cologne, Itchy Brother and Biggy Rat
5John5918
I think there's a geographical factor at work here, as I have never heard of most of those. In the UK we got some north American imports, such as Tom & Jerry, Popeye, Top Cat, and I seem to recall Huckleberry Hound. I don't recall so many homegrown cartoons on TV, although Ivor the Engine and Noggin the Nog stand out in my memory. Children's programmes when I was very young were mostly puppet type shows, eg Bill and Ben the Flowerpot Men, Torchy, the Woodentops, Sooty, Andy Pandy, Muffin the Mule, Rag Tag and Bobtail, the Clangers, Twizzle, Noddy, etc.
If we go into the cartoon characters in the children's comic books such as Dandy and Beano, the list gets longer.
If we go into the cartoon characters in the children's comic books such as Dandy and Beano, the list gets longer.
6Crypto-Willobie
>5 John5918: I just saw the original Muffin the Mule on Antiques Roadshow...
82wonderY
>7 hailelib: and his sidekick, Sherman.
10MerryMary
>8 2wonderY: You mean his "Boy"! Love that show.
12John5918
>11 hailelib:
I would say that the "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" is still one of the best cartoon films ever made.
I would say that the "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" is still one of the best cartoon films ever made.
15Tess_W
>14 2wonderY: Wasn't it just "horse"?
17abbottthomas
Pugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble and Grubb.
OK, stop-motion animation rather than cartoons.
OK, stop-motion animation rather than cartoons.
202wonderY
I’ve been installing fiberglass insulation and the Pink Panther is still the celebrity spokesperson for Corning.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9s3Fir62Mk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9s3Fir62Mk
22Novak
>17 abbottthomas: Very topical .. .. .. It's name was TRUMPTON.
23terriks
Jonny Quest! Son of Dr. Quest, famous scientist, with his sidekick Race Bannon, and his best friend Hadji - and Bandit, the pug.
Great names. Funny how I never noticed the complete absence of female characters in that show. It was such fun!
Great names. Funny how I never noticed the complete absence of female characters in that show. It was such fun!
242wonderY
>23 terriks: Oh! I loved that show! And it was multi-racial, yah?
25terriks
>24 2wonderY: Exactly! Hadji knew things that Jonny didn't and vice-versa, gently implied through their cultural diversity. Obviously, as kids we couldn't articulate that, but it added to the show.
Remember the Mummy, and the one-eyed giant spider thing? Eek! 😆
Remember the Mummy, and the one-eyed giant spider thing? Eek! 😆
262wonderY
Here’s a stop-action version of the opening, done in 2011. Exciting!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7Yw8qMDips
What was the show that was produced in stop-action and featured young men and fancy rocket planes in a hidden (under water?) headquarters ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7Yw8qMDips
What was the show that was produced in stop-action and featured young men and fancy rocket planes in a hidden (under water?) headquarters ?
272wonderY
Just recalled *ping, ping, ping!* Ricochet Rabbit and his faithful sidekick, Droop-a-Long.
282wonderY
>26 2wonderY:. I might be thinking of Thunderbirds; produced with “Supermarionation.” One of the vehicles launched from beneath the in-ground swimming pool. The entire pool installation slid back for launches. Loved that detail.
29terriks
>26 2wonderY: That was awesome! That music is still guaranteed to get your heart pumping!
30Crypto-Willobie
Clutch Cargo, with Spinner and Paddlefoot...
32John5918
Can anybody remember the other series produced by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson in Supermarionation? Stingray, Supercar, Fireball XL5, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons... others?
33Novak
>32 John5918: Fireball XL5 was fantastic. They even had a record in the top ten !! It was, in fact, a very good recording and went well live on stage.
I wish I was a space man, the fastest guy alive
I'd fly you round the universe in Fireball XL5.
I wish I was a space man, the fastest guy alive
I'd fly you round the universe in Fireball XL5.
35Tess_W
One I just remembered: Snagglepuss...a pink cat, I think! He was always saying, "Heavens to Murgatroyd."
36WholeHouseLibrary
Most of those Fireball XL5 marionettes were used again to make the 2004 smash hit, Team America, World Police.
The didn't use plucky little Jonathan Zero; nor his pet monkey, Mitch.
My late wife had gotten (among a myriad of other animals), a female cockatiel. Its screech sounded exactly like JZ calling out to locate his pet every time they got lost and separated in an underground labyrinth - which occurred in perhaps 20% of the episodes. I hated that bird.
And because this has wandered far from topic -- cartoon characters -- I have to say that for me, it's a toss-up between Vera Aldid and Fearless Fodstick, both from the Dick Tracy comics in the Sunday newspaper.
The didn't use plucky little Jonathan Zero; nor his pet monkey, Mitch.
My late wife had gotten (among a myriad of other animals), a female cockatiel. Its screech sounded exactly like JZ calling out to locate his pet every time they got lost and separated in an underground labyrinth - which occurred in perhaps 20% of the episodes. I hated that bird.
And because this has wandered far from topic -- cartoon characters -- I have to say that for me, it's a toss-up between Vera Aldid and Fearless Fodstick, both from the Dick Tracy comics in the Sunday newspaper.
