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Topic: Saturday morning cartoon


  
  Saturday morning cartoon - Definition, explanation
Saturday morning cartoon is the colloquial term for the typical television animation programming that was typically scheduled on Saturday mornings on the major American television networks since the mid 1960s.
Although Saturday morning had always featured a great deal of children's fare before, the idea of commissioning animated television series for broadcast really caught on in the mid-1960s, when the networks realized that they could concentrate kids' viewing on that one morning to appeal to advertisers.
Finally, there was the appearance of cable TV channels like Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network which provided appealing children's entertainment throughout the week, making Saturday morning timeslots far less important to viewers and advertisers.
www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/s/sa/saturday_morning_cartoon.php   (921 words)

  
 Saturday Morning TV Shows: 1974
Cartoon about a modern family (the Butlers) sent back in time to a valley that is a home to prehistoric creatures.
Here is a fall season promo for the 1974 Saturday morning programming lineup on ABC - they had only moderate success with these new shows.
NBC felt this cartoon was too expensive to produce, it cost quite a bit more than any other animated show, so they cut back on the episodes ordered for the second year.
www.tvparty.com /sat74.html   (1895 words)

  
 Saturday Morning Sonic (SMS) - Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog "SatAM" Cartoon Series
The term “SatAM” (Saturday morning) was originally used to distinguish the show from its more 'zany' counterpart, Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, and has since become synonymous with the show.
The show followed Sega's popular mascot and the rest of the Knothole Village Freedom Fighters as they fought to free their planet, Mobius, from the clutches of the evil Dr. Robotnik.
SatAM was part of a Saturday morning cartoon trend that reached its peak in the early to mid 1990s, a period often recognized for its
www.saturdaymorningsonic.com   (277 words)

  
 Project Wonderful - advertise on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal!
Advertising on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal is offered through Project Wonderful.
Award winning single panel cartoon, Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal.
This advertising area on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal has been active since 5 months, 6 days ago.
www.projectwonderful.com /advertisehere.php?id=2723&type=1   (271 words)

  
 Saturday Morning Live Action Shows - Cartoon World
Below is a list of the live action Saturday morning programs that I remember the most...
To today's standards these live action kid's shows may seem a little corny, but in a bygone era, they were the staple of every child's imagination.
All Cartoons and TV Programs on these pages are Copyright © 1995-2007 by their respective owners.
www.topdog-central.com /saturday.php   (296 words)

  
 Paul Hogan Keeps Pitching Crocodile Dundee Saturday-Morning Cartoon | The Onion - America's Finest News Source
Paul Hogan Keeps Pitching Crocodile Dundee Saturday-Morning Cartoon
Paul Hogan Keeps Pitching Crocodile Dundee Saturday-Morning Cartoon
LOS ANGELES–Continuing nine years of such efforts, Australian actor Paul Hogan pitched a Crocodile Dundee Saturday-morning cartoon to Fox Family Channel executives Tuesday.
www.theonion.com /content/node/31897   (231 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Saturday Morning Cartoons' Greatest Hits: Music: Various Artists   (Site not responding. Last check: )
"Saturday Morning - Cartoon's Greatest Hits" is a fun spin for anyone who grew up watching cartoons in the early to mid 1970s.
Tribute albums have replaced greatest hits packages and live greatest hits packages as the way for over-the-hill bands to remain in the spotlight for awhile longer (until they show up on 'Behind the Music' on VH1 and kick off their 5th "Reunion" tour).
On "Saturday Morning Cartoons' Greatest Hits" mid-90s alternative artists tackle cartoon theme songs of mostly the late 60s/early to mid 70s.
www.amazon.com /Saturday-Morning-Cartoons-Greatest-Hits/dp/B000002OYG   (1027 words)

  
 Your Favorite Saturday Morning Cartoon - Animation Show Forums
And yes, there was lots of animation in the show so even if we are talking about cartoons, it should count, says I. I loved when the King of Cartoons would show just like a minute or so of a Fleischer short, making his already surreal cartoons seem even weirder.
My number one favorite saturday morning cartoon: "Thundar the Barbarian." Yes, it was another Hanna-Barbera cartoon that was a mish-mash of elements stolen from other shows, but it's pretty amazing that they could air a show about nomads living on post-nuclear-holocaust earth and call it a kiddie show.
My favorite Saturday morning cartoons are Bobby's World, Muppet Babies, and um cough: Popeye and Son cough.
www.animationshow.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=187   (683 words)

  
 Saturday Morning : Nostalgia
The Simpsons reinvent the prime time cartoon, while Animaniacs, Ren and Stimpy, and Batman take the animated world to wacky, icky, scary new frontiers.
Video games (Pacman), toys that became cartoons and other fads (Smurfs, G.I.Joe, Transformers), as well as a wave of "regressed" characters as children more...
It was the age of the atom, and the dawn of Saturday morning as the original Baby Boomers tuned in to see Howdy Doody, Mighty Mouse Playhouse, and Kukla, Fran and Ollie… more...
www.skooldays.com /categories/saturday   (197 words)

  
 Retro 80s and 90s TV Commercials at RetroStatic.com - Videos
The show opening of the animated series, "Kid 'N Play." Before the intro is a pre-show bumper hosted by Kid, Play and comedian Sinbad.
Saturday mornings in the 1980's were so much more than cartoons - as NBC's "One To Grow On" series displayed.
An ABC self-promotion for its Saturday morning cartoon lineup featuring Superfriends, Pink Panther and Sons, The Littles, Droids and Ewoks hour, Laff-a-lympics and Bugs Bunny.
www.retrostatic.com /videos/p803_searchby/tags/p803_searchtext/saturdaymorning   (399 words)

  
  Beatles Saturday Morning Cartoon Figure: Paul
King Features treated younger fans (as well as fans of all ages) to the Beatles' cartoon, which premiered on September 25, 1965.
To reiterate that the cartoons are not very good but the action figures serve to keep the spirit and nostalgia of the cartoons intact.
This is not a realistic representation of the Beatles members (hurry up McFarlane), but is a great copy of the Beatles Saturday morning cartoon characters.
www.toponlineproductsnetwork.com /product/beatles_saturday_morning_carto--B0002L9J7W.php   (805 words)

  
  Saturday morning cartoon Summary
Saturday morning cartoons have been an integral part of the American television scene since the 1960s.
Saturday morning is unlike any other time of the programming week in that the viewing audience is more monolithic than any other.
Saturday morning cartoon is the colloquial term for the animated television programming which was typically scheduled on Saturday mornings on the major American television networks from the 1960s to the 1990s.
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 monster squad saturday morning cartoon, hanae mori butterflies, custom bedroom furniture for child
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 Saturday morning cartoon - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music
Saturday morning cartoon is the colloquial term for the typical television animation programming that was typically scheduled on Saturday mornings on the major American television networks since the mid 1960s.
Although Saturday morning had always featured a great deal of children's fare before, the idea of commissioning animated television series for broadcast really caught on in the mid-1960s, when the networks realized that they could concentrate kids' viewing on that one morning to appeal to advertisers.
Finally, there was the rise of cable TV channels like Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network which provided appealing children's entertainment throughout the week, making Saturday morning timeslots far less important to viewers and advertisers.
www.music.us /education/S/Saturday-morning-cartoon.htm   (959 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: USA Cartoon Express   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The USA Cartoon Express was a popular television programming block of animation on the USA Network from 1980 to 1998.
In the fall of 1994, USA moved Cartoon Express from weekday afternoons to weekday mornings, in addition to its Sunday morning lineup,and revamped the entire look of the block from an orange locomotive motiff to a silvery bullet train motiff.
Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch was a Hanna-Barbera cartoon which aired on NBC for one season, from September 7, 1974 to August 30, 1975.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/USA-Cartoon-Express   (2897 words)

  
 Animation World Magazine   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Saturday morning no longer means kids in front of TV sets across the country, glued to the latest in hip cartoons.
For parents who only have limited access to their children due to either divorce or career advancement, plopping them down in front of the television for five hours on a Saturday morning is no longer a viable option.
CBS initially chose to replace its cartoons with news from local affiliates and now airs a national morning show, which is either preceded or followed by children’s content from Nick Jr.
mag.awn.com /index.php3?ltype=pageone&article_no=1751&page=1   (787 words)

  
 I am Jack's Essay Paper About Saturday Morning Cartoon Violence
Cartoons, obviously, are written by adults for children.
Some of the other cartoons just had all kinds of conversations that children probably don’t get and therefore just tune them out, using vocabulary that is beyond them.
The networks wouldn’t air a TV-MA cartoon on Saturday mornings, when their target audience is under the age of 12.
www.angelfire.com /ia/silentbob/violence.html   (1380 words)

  
 DigsMagazine.com | laze: NOT JUST FOR KIDS! an ode to Saturday morning cartoons, quasi-adult style
Now, it's not that I didn't know Saturday morning cartoons existed -- I wasn't living in a total cave, and unlike my boy's anti-TV folks, my family actually did have a TV, of which we made ample use.
But as a kid, it was hard not to feel a smidge of envy that my friends got to spend their Saturdays sitting around in front of the TV in their pajamas, watching the Smurfs and making their way through a big bowl of sugary cereal, while I had to slog through Mozart.
By the time I was living on my own and fully in charge of my own time, I was in college -- and Saturday mornings (and uh, sometimes afternoons) were reserved for catching up on the sleep I inevitably didn't get the Friday night before.
www.digsmagazine.com /laze/laze_saturdaycartoons.htm   (328 words)

  
 YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.
A song from the Cattanooga Cats, a Hanna Barbera cartoon that ran on Saturday mornings for 2 years on ABC.
Saturday Morning Fever is on the rise on NBC.
These are the bumpers used for CBS's Saturday Morning shows for the 1979-80 season.
www.youtube.com /view_play_list?p=EDC391118B594281   (293 words)

  
 Street Fighter Legends - Cool Stuff   (Site not responding. Last check: )
I love Saturday morning cartoons - well I used to at least.
When I was a lad I remember getting up every Saturday morning to watch Transformers and remaining glued to the screen until Dungeons and Dragons had finished.
Usually cartoon series based on video games have some degree of success - or are at least well done.
www.chikapu.com /streetfighterlegends/sfcartoon.html   (706 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Saturday Morning Cartoons Gre: Music: Various   (Site not responding. Last check: )
As a Saturday Morning Junkie throughout the 70's...this album brought back the fun I used to have as a kid.
Only two networks have anything on for my son in the morning and he could care less what is really on.
On "Saturday Morning Cartoons' Greatest Hits" mid-90s alternative artists tackle cartoon theme songs of mostly the late 60s/early to mid 70s.
www.amazon.ca /Saturday-Morning-Cartoons-Gre-Various/dp/B000002OYG   (1379 words)

  
 WB seeks revitalized cartoon franchise with new look for Bugs Bunny and friends   (Site not responding. Last check: )
At a time when the behemoths of kids TV -- cable TV's Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network and the Disney Channel -- are gaining or stable, ratings on broadcast TV's Kids' WB have plunged.
"This audience is finicky and quickly gets itchy for something new." At the same time, however, the WB notes that it remains a strong No. 1 on Saturday morning among Saturday morning broadcasters -- Walt Disney Co.'s ABC is in second place -- and that ratings have improved recently.
But Warner has shown in recent years that it can launch new cartoons that rain profits: Warner released three "Pokemon" movies following the WB's successful 1999 launch of the cartoon series, along with an avalanche of toys and other licensed products.
www.post-gazette.com /pg/05048/458932.stm   (958 words)

  
 Viva Pinata Cartoon Coming - Kotaku
To help embed the idea of walking, talking, romancing candy-filled paper mache animals, Microsoft has signed a deal with 4Kids Entertainment for a cartoon about the game.
The Saturday morning cartoon will be a "3D animated television series" and hit this fall on Fox during the 4Kids TV time slot.
Microsoft Game Studios Shane Kim told me that while the cartoon will depcit the Pinatas talking and such, the game won't.
www.kotaku.com /gaming/top/viva-pinata-cartoon-coming-160723.php   (448 words)

  
 Saturday Morning Cartoons
Saturday morning cartoons have become somewhat of a tradition at twin.peaks.
He and his cohorts never take off their superhero suits, and the conflicts are based on themes that run far back into human history...such as who gets to have which superhero name.
Various other shows may be viewed, depending on their content, which basically means whether or not insects are the primary subject matter.
www.bossanova.com /twinpeaks/birthday/cartoon.html   (233 words)

  
 Emboldened » Blog Archive » Saturday Morning Cartoons
While it is my hope that the cartoons I post will give you a chuckle, most of those offered today will not.
Any person who looks at where America is today and think that the answer to two failed wars is two new wars must be considered mentally ill and incapable of holding any public office, let alone the highest office in the land.
I promise you that the words I’ve used here to describe Bush are some of the most reasoned and charitable of those available to someone wishing to talk about our President.
www.baltimoregroupblog.com /2007/01/13/saturday-morning-cartoons   (543 words)

  
 Saturday Morning: Cartoons' Greatest Hits (1995) (V)   (Site not responding. Last check: )
It's Saturday morning just like it used to be.
Saturday Morning: Cartoons' Greatest Hits, the video, is a truly altoonative collection of cartoon classics...
from Bristol, CT Based on the album of the same name, these are the music videos of Saturday morning cartoon themes performed by alternative/modern rock groups such as Violent Femmes, The Reverend Horton Heat, Collective Soul, and Liz Phair.
www.imdb.com /title/tt0363047   (264 words)

  
 60's/70's Saturday Morning Cartoon Sale/Many From Film Prints -- TV Talk Shows
I have some TV Saturday morning cartoon shows from the 60's to early 70's for sale on video.
Saturday morning opening theme song with some narration.
Here are some Hanna-Barbera shows that I recorded around 1994 on Cartoon Network before they started putting their logo on the screen.
www.voy.com /302/51.html   (2712 words)

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