The Real Reason These Popular '80s Cartoons Were Canceled

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There were countless TV cartoons in the ‘80s, and Saturday mornings were filled with adaptations of popular toy lines, comic books, and movies, even if some of the properties weren’t exactly kid-friendly. It didn’t matter, because the cartoons kept the kids entertained all morning while the parents slept in. All things must come to an end, and some of these cartoon series actually met quite untimely ends, with one actually ending before it ever began. From the Garfield adaptation that hated Mondays and big budgets to that weird Mario cartoon, let’s take a look at the real reason some popular ‘80s cartoons were canceled.
#80s #Cartoons #TVShows
Dungeons & Dragons | 0:00
RoboCop: The Animated Series | 1:11
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero | 2:05
Garfield and Friends | 3:16
Voltron | 4:28
Thundarr the Barbarian | 5:20
Heathcliff and the Catillac Cats | 6:26
Garbage Pail Kids | 7:37
Inhumanoids | 8:48
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! | 9:41
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@Looper 4 жыл бұрын

Which of these shows was your absolute favorite?

@paulteschjr1514 4 жыл бұрын

Thundarr the Barbarian was my favorite. And to find out it was cancelled for Fonz and his gang adds salt to the wound!

@lhfinatl7068 4 жыл бұрын

Dungeons & Dragons and Thudarr

@theBSisreal 4 жыл бұрын

Thundar and Dungeons & Dragons.

@theBSisreal 4 жыл бұрын

@@paulteschjr1514 Yes sir smh.....

@FromtheHerts81 4 жыл бұрын

A joint favourite for me; Garfield & Friends for realising the characters so well, Heathcliff for the characters Wordsworth and (especially) Cleo!

@ThePostmanRUSA 4 жыл бұрын

They cancelled Thundarr for Happy Days. That pisses me off retroactively.

@meyerj75 3 жыл бұрын

That makes me want to see Thundarr more and turn off Happy Days forever.

@2OldGeeksTalking 3 жыл бұрын

No way Fonzie could take Thundarr in a fair fight....LOL

@TygaShawty 3 жыл бұрын

I think the information is messed up because I remember thundar as a NBC cartoon . Happy Days on ABC .

@jayexonauts5587 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! I can't believe they canned Thundarr for that terrible cartoon!!

@stevengreen9536 3 жыл бұрын

@Michael Case Me too if i had known that back then i would have been super pissed.

@canibaloxide 4 жыл бұрын

Thundarr deserved to be what Masters of the universe came to be

@washingtonrodriguezs6101 4 жыл бұрын

So true Thundarr was first and better

@qdoggieqdoggie 4 жыл бұрын

Thundar was great and lasted more than 2 seasons

@hawkthorn33 4 жыл бұрын

I am fairly sure Arial had way to much attention form the teen age me. But I all ways wonder why it went away, or never came back.

@juliangiadans 4 жыл бұрын

right.. where's he-man in this list and where's thundercats, and so many others...

@greek1237 4 жыл бұрын

Thundarr was better imo. Thundarr didn't hold back.

@TheRealSpiderMew 4 жыл бұрын

Imagine a modern reboot of Thundarr but still drawn in a Jack Kirby style, but less washed out.

@MASTEROFEVIL 3 жыл бұрын

I'd watch that

@descepticon9213 4 жыл бұрын

So money killed my childhood, makes sense.

@impendingdoom385 4 жыл бұрын

As it has also killed our adulthood...

@jadenquest9544 4 жыл бұрын

Greed is strong in the industry

@northernking6610 3 жыл бұрын

Just like it will eventually kill everything

@frostyusername5011 4 жыл бұрын

"more shows than there are time slots available" is the most 80s thing I can imagine in the age of digital streaming

@meyerj75 3 жыл бұрын

The same went with game shows during the mid 80s with Wheel Of Fortune and Jeopardy knocking all competitors out before the end of the decade.

@Vinylrebel72 4 жыл бұрын

Anyone who grew up in the 80s who watched these cartoons and was a die hard fans, we know these.

@segriffincom 4 жыл бұрын

I'm remarkably confounded by how much I needed to know this.

@genedrakes686 4 жыл бұрын

@@segriffincom Was thinking of what cartoons should not be made into movies. Not sure of years but Rodger Ramjet Rocket Robin Hood They did not learn lesson with Hercules Wanted to punch TV whenever Newt was on😠

@jadenquest9544 4 жыл бұрын

@@genedrakes686 They are actually planning on making a movie of Bucky O Hare

@genedrakes686 4 жыл бұрын

@@jadenquest9544 Damn that's a new one to me. Limited viewing choices in Canada at that time..3 Stooges and Little Rascals probably a safer and cheaper option for the suits back then!

@richiethev4623 4 жыл бұрын

I watched the cartoons during the 90's but was fortunate to see rerruns of cartoons from the 80's those are were so dang good...

@melly6970 4 жыл бұрын

Dungeons & Dragons was a really good show, much better than the trash they put on CN these days, aside from a few.

@heatherduncan5101 4 жыл бұрын

To this day, I have a soft spot for G.I. Joe.

@nodinitiative 4 жыл бұрын

Yup, it was my "1990s" kids show.

@kharnthebetrayer1575 4 жыл бұрын

We’re just old....

@kharnthebetrayer1575 4 жыл бұрын

llriv 🤣😂🤣😂

@nodinitiative 4 жыл бұрын

@@kharnthebetrayer1575 yup, just look at collegehumour, its no longer about collegehumour, "I remember" when the videos were out and they made college humour videos.

@johnsmith-gs4qf 4 жыл бұрын

I was a big fan of Thundarr the Barbarian. I especially liked the character Princess Ariel because she was smart, witty, and smoking hot! Dungeons and Dragons was also great (Sheila and Diana were hot as well)!

@ricardoandretonville2060 4 жыл бұрын

Lol

@thefingerofgod69 4 жыл бұрын

I loved those cartoons too, especially thundarr.

@jadenquest9544 4 жыл бұрын

I knew someone that looked near exact like Diana. She was amazing

@peterkrochmalni673 4 жыл бұрын

john smith how old were you?

@matthewheywood8532 4 жыл бұрын

You know they are cartoon characters right Johnny ?

@pamelamays4186 4 жыл бұрын

Some eighties cartoons were thought to be too violent. Classic Looney Tunes: Are we a joke to you?

@DozertheDozarian 4 жыл бұрын

Or Tom & Jerry? Or Woody Woodpecker?

@seethlaemmert5175 4 жыл бұрын

Every generation thinks it has a monopoly on whatever is extreme, decent, or clever, but it's pretty much always a retread.

@RemoWilliams1227 4 жыл бұрын

@@DozertheDozarian or Popeye lol

@icecreamhero2375 4 жыл бұрын

Its not from the 80's its from the 30's- early 60's. They just played the reruns on tv.

@RemoWilliams1227 4 жыл бұрын

@@icecreamhero2375 the Bugs Bunny looney tunes comedy hour debuted in 1985, they definitely showed the reruns but there was original content in the 80s as well.

@davecarveswood2645 4 жыл бұрын

Thundarr got booted to make way for a Fonzi cartoon? I am outraged.

@scottpowers4728 4 жыл бұрын

Loved the show and always wondered why

@jervishorton7372 4 жыл бұрын

🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️ THE HAPPY DAY'S crowd was OUTSIDE enjoying hobbies, shopping or drinking and skiing

@martinchristain4964 4 жыл бұрын

I'm with you. I couldn't believe it when I heard that Gary Marshall was the reason why thundar got canceled. MAN!!!!

@austintrousdale2397 4 жыл бұрын

That’s it; I’m swearing off the Happy Days Extended Universe. Live action too 🎿🦈

@nicholashodges201 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that thing sucked.

@Ash-xx5zd 4 жыл бұрын

Late 80s cartoons is the pinnacle of USA animation. Always wondered what happened behind all of these epic shows. Glad I was able to see them, before the 90s atrocious shit came out. Lol. Thank god for Sailor Moon and Dragon Ball Z. 😂😂🙏🏻

@Jupiter_breezy13 4 жыл бұрын

FACTS‼‼‼🙌🏾🙌🏾😩😭🤣

@SuperJoobers 4 жыл бұрын

Centurians!!!

@h.borter5367 4 жыл бұрын

I love Sailor Moon too. I watched it as an adult.

@joserangel2505 4 жыл бұрын

"Thundar the Barbarian" was cool. That apocalyptic story though. "A runaway planet hurtling between the Earth and moon causing destruction!" Everytime we have a comet or a rock/ship like Moamoa cruising around our solar system, it gets me thinking. Dungeons and Dragons was awesome! That hidden storyline about 'Dungeon Master' and 'Venger' being father and son was unreal. The only competition between those two was "The Mighty Orbots". Can't wait for a part 2 from Looper.

@Nepthu 4 жыл бұрын

I agree. Thundarr was great and deserved more episodes.I like all three of the main characters. They were all well done and had a unique fantasy world.

@joserangel2505 4 жыл бұрын

@@Nepthu You know what's funny? The name 'Ookla the Mok' has been used in other places. There is an internet speed test online by a company called Ookla and an animated movie called 'Rock and Rule' with a character named Mok.

@ericpeterson8732 4 жыл бұрын

The Mighty Orbots was my favorite. I used to have a couple of episodes on VHS. It made no sense, how 5 man-size robots could combine to become a voltron sized megarobot. But the music and animation were excellent and I loved the robots' personalities and powers. I wish they would release them on DVD.

@mayssm 4 жыл бұрын

Back in the 90s, my friend and I always joked, "1994 is coming up soon. That runaway planet is going to be hurtling between the Earth and the Moon, soon."

@jervishorton7372 4 жыл бұрын

I HAD TO BLOW LOOPER UP FOR NOT MENTIONING MIGHTY ORBOTS. GREAT ANIMATION AND SCORE

@mugaguest1 4 жыл бұрын

I loved Dungeons and Dragons as a kid growing up.

@joey0077d 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah that was a great cartoon. Never showed them going home. Only opening the way back. Still pissed about it. lol

@mugaguest1 4 жыл бұрын

@@joey0077d Yeah so true. they crushed a lot of kids with that.

@BloodyBay 3 жыл бұрын

I still have a few favorite episodes, including 'The Night of No Tomorrow'. Venger actually got a little bit clever for that episode! Venger tricked the gang into believing that he was Merlin the Wizard, he got Presto to abandon the rest of the party and he had Presto _all to himself!_ Can you imagine a Big Bad in a tabletop D&D game doing that to split up the party and catch the party's Wizard mano-a-mano? Game over, right? So what does Venger do? He settles for taking Presto's magic hat and leaves him in a wizard's library with a grimoire and a magic cauldron, instead of, say, throwing Presto out of the floating castle and letting him plummet to his death. Stupid, _stupid_ Venger! >_

@nispelsm 3 жыл бұрын

@@BloodyBay There is a theory only vaguely hinted at, that despite his thirst for power, Venger was never fully evil. Also, that the reason he never tried to directly kill the kids was because he knew they had a part to play in preventing the destruction of the realm that he wanted to rule over.

@onthego8860 4 жыл бұрын

I loved Spider-Man and friends....Ice man and Firestar

@bryannicholls200 4 жыл бұрын

That is a blast from the past I loved that show along with Centurion's and The Gobots and TerraHawks but that was with puppets or toys not animation

@toprollM 4 жыл бұрын

Incredible hulk..... If these shows were to violent for children and I grew up with no assault charges... Old bureaucrats are the worst and I should be in politics n religion when I hear today's rap music(playing on our military troops radio??????????)

@nicocrestmere9688 4 жыл бұрын

I can say that was definitely the show that kick started my love of comics as a kid that persists to this day.

@kareemhassan669 4 жыл бұрын

@swk38 4 жыл бұрын

i did notice that the spider-man and friends comic released the same week that the episodes were aired had the same story, (my brother collected them)

@SteveSkits 4 жыл бұрын

Honestly these Looper videos have made quarantine a lot better.

@lrm215 4 жыл бұрын

SteveSkits u right!!!!

@K-Mart999 4 жыл бұрын

80's cartoons so simple yet exciting

@brianknapp6215 4 жыл бұрын

So it's Gary Marshall who ruined my childhood!!! Thundarr was my *favorite* cartoon when I was seven, and ABC cancelled it for that stupid Fonz show?😤😡🤬 grrr....

@bioniccop40 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah I watched Thundarr as well, never knew Gary Marshall was the reason for getting it off the air that sucks!

@brianbaxley5921 4 жыл бұрын

If a network *cough* Netflix, Disney, Amazon, etc....were looking to make a GOOD remake/continuous/re-imagining Thundar and Imhumanoids would be a couple of damn fine bets....I miss Thundar....

@bigbabysld 4 жыл бұрын

Thundarr the barbarian was the SHIIIIIT!!!

@bioniccop40 4 жыл бұрын

@@bigbabysld Still is I'm 50 years old and watch it from time-to-time (I have a whole series).

@jeffbrucker7578 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah i agree. I may be in the minority but I did not like any of those Marshal shows. 1st season of Happy Days maybe when the Fonz was cooler badass, the rest all sucked. Now I really hate them! Thundar was so cool mix of Sci Fi and Fantasy It was AWESOME!!! Realy wish someone would pick it up.

@michaellepp5445 4 жыл бұрын

I always wondered what happened to Thundarr the Barbarian !! Loved it.

@aesrys 4 жыл бұрын

And.....this video made me feel very very....very old. I grew up watching pretty much all of these. Loved Thundarr.

@mvelez5002 4 жыл бұрын

I LOVED the animation. The characters were so well drawn. It’s like they don’t even try anymore. I’m so glad I grew up with 80s cartoons.... D&D, GI Joe, Jem, She-Ra, He-Man, Voltron, Transformers... watched them all and more!

@spaghettimonstersjudgingyo504 4 жыл бұрын

I miss HB's Wacky Races.😔

@smokescreen2146 4 жыл бұрын

you had no astro

@johns3106 4 жыл бұрын

Well drawn...yes: Well animated...not even close! These are all merely drawings with (generally) one moving part...mouth, arm etc. If you want to see GOOD animation you only have to turn to the classics...Looney Toones and Tom and Jerry!

@oracleangelsshiftall2609 4 жыл бұрын

Thundar was my favorite and this really angers me!!! We lost one of the best cartoons because of the guy who made Happy Days!!! Omg really!!! I was really upset when they took this off the air. But i never knew why they did that. And i knew the ratings we off the chart. If i would have knew why i would never have watched another episode of Happy Days or anything else this guy put out!!!

@missgigglebox748 4 жыл бұрын

My favorite 80s cartoon was Jem. She was truly outrageous lol Plus, I was obsessed with Fraggle Rock.

@SchutzengelShandar 4 жыл бұрын

Get out of here Taric!

@shoesncheese 4 жыл бұрын

Misfits made better music though.

@missgigglebox748 4 жыл бұрын

@@shoesncheese oh no you didnt! Lol

@blueraccoon1088 4 жыл бұрын

I got my sister into jem

@user-ol9ck7ig2f 4 жыл бұрын

I liked the opening song of that show, it was so iconic to me, lol

@sadlobster1 4 жыл бұрын

A LOT of 80's shows have been given great reboots in recent years alone. MLP, Transformers, Voltron, Ninja Turtles (with the exception of Rise,) Ducktales, She-Ra...just to name a few. But I like to think that the one show that NEEDS to come back today is Thundarr the Barbarian. Think about it, both the Fantasy and Sci-Fi genres have been doing exceptionally well in today's time and Thundarr is a blend of both sides. So, it feels right to do something with the show either for regular television, Netflix or even HBO Max

@SuperZippyzippy 4 жыл бұрын

I'm more looking forward to a Thundercats reboot

@mawsafgjp4619 4 жыл бұрын

They would butcher Thundar just as they have so many. Still I would love to see it.

@rosssnyder4490 4 жыл бұрын

@@SuperZippyzippy have you heard about the one Cartoon Network did a few years ago? It was a reimagining & a damn good one too.

@rosssnyder4490 4 жыл бұрын

I agree I want both Thundarr & Inhumanoids reboot. It needs to be a Netflix series as does Inhumanoids, though I think the Inhumanoids should be aimed at an older audience to keep the dark themes & imagery in tact.

@SuperZippyzippy 4 жыл бұрын

@@rosssnyder4490 I have not I'll have to check it out

@toothpastehombre 4 жыл бұрын

MASK was one I remember as a kid. I liked it because it was like GIJoe meets Transformers

@toprollM 4 жыл бұрын

They cancelled the shows because of cartoon violence. They don't know that mask and g.i.joe made me strategic when playing with my lil armymen

@jadenquest9544 4 жыл бұрын

@@toprollM Tom & Jerry, Bugs Bunny were all violent and even had racist elements in it yet they weren't cancelled

@ShahPhilLeotardo 4 жыл бұрын

Galaxy Rangers & Centurions.

@toprollM 4 жыл бұрын

@@jadenquest9544 the way people act towards other people.,... With cartoons you can draw everybody singing kumbaya my Lord TOGETHER... 😁🤗

@craigsavarese8631 4 жыл бұрын

Thunder was great. I also really liked the animated Flash Gordon Saturday morning cartoon.

@mayssm 4 жыл бұрын

I never got to see Flash Gordon back in the day, but it's on Amazon now. The animation and voices remind me a lot of He-Man, which makes me think the same people maybe made both cartoons.

@Getterprime 4 жыл бұрын

@@mayssm Filmation Studios made both shows. Flash Gordon was first (1979-1982) then He-Man (1983-1985). If you look closely you can tell that Ming's daughter Princess Aura's character design was pretty much used for Teela (same face and similar tiaras).

@ClockworkOuroborous 3 жыл бұрын

This cartoon definitely had an impact on 12 year old me. A tall red in knee high boots still turns me into a babbling idiot.

@osenator 4 жыл бұрын

I am lucky to grew up with all these amazing cartoons.

@2OldGeeksTalking 3 жыл бұрын

Yes....Kids of the 80's had a great childhood.

@Askharr 4 жыл бұрын

The D&D cartoon was my favorite cartoon of that era.

@2OldGeeksTalking 3 жыл бұрын

Me 2.....I wish they had got back home.

@meyerj75 3 жыл бұрын

The cow in that cartoon looks awfully cute. Cows are cool.

@jaylucien669 4 жыл бұрын

You guys are going to need to do a part 2... Maybe even a part 3.

@jadenquest9544 4 жыл бұрын

All the way up to part 7

@meyerj75 3 жыл бұрын

And then, they can add more cartoons to the list like Danger Mouse.

@Hellyeah88833 4 жыл бұрын

oh my God I'm 43 and I'm going to say that this video Hit The nostalgia button harder than anything I have seen for kids in this age the 80s kids the little kids like me were left out of like the whole realm of remembering and just celebrating this hit so home oh my God super Mario Brothers 3 when he got the raccoon tail in the ears and could fly I can't even believe this s*** it's f****** crazy I'm so excited about it I'm going to go and look up thundarr The barbarian episodes

@jadenquest9544 4 жыл бұрын

43? You are lucky! Saw more of that beautiful era than me. I feel jealous

@gokingsgo814 4 жыл бұрын

I'm going to be 42 next month. We sure did have the best cartoons growing up. The stuff they make these days is pure garbage, I don't know how kids think it's entertaining.

@David.lovesU 4 жыл бұрын

I used to watch the land before time, scooby doo, flipper felix the cat, Casper the friendly ghost, and all the WB cartoons.. later married with children 21 jump street... did you watch the same?

@Hellyeah88833 4 жыл бұрын

@@David.lovesU yes I did ..and he-man she-ra and Kelley Bundy was a fav all day😂

@bobbyincidemetal 3 жыл бұрын

Right! I’m 42 and I got the feels.

@toriala1 4 жыл бұрын

I grew up on these cartoons and was sad to see them go. I loved them then and still do.

@Mor4me 4 жыл бұрын

THUNDARR, paved the to my MAD MAX , CYBER PUNK, syfy loveing life☺️

@2OldGeeksTalking 3 жыл бұрын

Magnus, He did for us as well.

@bigbabysld 4 жыл бұрын

OMG...I loved D&D, next to SPIDERMAN AND HIS AMAZING FRIENDS...that was my favorite show

@toyoscio 4 жыл бұрын

James Bond Jr

@terryr7622 4 жыл бұрын

I loved the Spider Friends

@jordansbeard 4 жыл бұрын

Spider-Man and his amazing friends was great I remember hearing Stan Lee intro the cartoons. Ice man and Fire Star.

@jadenquest9544 4 жыл бұрын

@@toyoscio Oof that show ROCKED! Then came Totally Spies

@toyoscio 4 жыл бұрын

@@jadenquest9544 Lol so true, it did. I remember Pharoah Fearo

@Thunderflare99 4 жыл бұрын

Dungeons and Dragons was definitely a show that got me out of bed on Saturday mornings! I still remember the intro "...cavalier and acrobat..." I recall there were a lot of repeats; as a kid I didn't know what was going on with the future of the show, but really enjoyed it and wanted more. GI Joe was pretty cool on the most part, but the action with all the firing and no one getting hit and every plane that got shot down clearly showed someone ejecting with a parachute was a little cheesy. And who can forget the moral lesson clip at the end as normal kids encounter a GI Joe hero, like "Flynn!" and concluding with "Now you know." "And knowing is half the battle! GI JOE!!" Where is He-Man in all this? That one was pretty cool too. This was a Looper video I definitely appreciated!

@mayssm 4 жыл бұрын

Saturday mornings for me as a kid was getting up around 6 am, running downstairs to the basement and turning on the TV, and watching everything that came on from that time until about 12-1 pm. Usually started with some crap educational shows, then watching my usual cartoons, and ended with wrestling. Of course, today, kids have hundred and hundreds of channels to choose from and thousands of cartoons and shows, but back then we had three channels and only a few hours per week to watch the shows we loved!

@Thunderflare99 4 жыл бұрын

@@mayssm That's pretty much the gist of it. They did have cable back then, but not everyone had it, and a lot of programming was not "kid friendly."

@roguelead72 4 жыл бұрын

I was watching an old GI Joe episode last year, Cobra caught a space shuttle(piloted by no one in space suits with some anonymous guy that turned out to be Zartan) with a net and I'm thinking many this was cheesy as hell. Not nearly as fun as drinking games with Transformer animation errors though.

@meyerj75 3 жыл бұрын

He Man didn't cease and desist to what was mentioned in the video. It later morphed to SheRa which also did quite well in the ratings. Both shows would later move to the USA Network in 1988 and continued airing repeats until 1992.

@MrKnightm 4 жыл бұрын

Wow, Thundarr was canceled for some whack Happy Days cartoon.

@TheDutchGhost 4 жыл бұрын

Yep because some producer wanted to have as much of the market as possible. Heh imagine if he had also gone for the adults only market.

@MrKnightm 4 жыл бұрын

To add to it ,Thundarr had the talent of the legendary JACK KIRBY for his input. it's crazy to me how the network made this decision.

@jadenquest9544 4 жыл бұрын

@@MrKnightm Greed gives birth to stupidity

@TheDutchGhost 4 жыл бұрын

@@jadenquest9544 It usually does.

@sleazybtd 4 жыл бұрын

@@jadenquest9544 Yes, greed gives birth to stupidity. Imagine if the Happy Days cartoon had been a hit, the network would essentially be giving that jackass more power over their own network.

@catjudo1 4 жыл бұрын

Personally, the best animation I saw as a kid was Star Blazers (Space Battleship Yamato). As much as anything, that shaped a lot of what I still enjoy.

@genedrakes686 4 жыл бұрын

You are the man! We got ripped off . School started when there was only a few episodes left ☹️ So you probably got to see the really bad Rodger Ramjet . Rocket Robin Hood and Hercules?😀

@genedrakes686 4 жыл бұрын

So did you make the mistake of watching Grave Of The Fireflies?? If you have not seen it and really want to be depressed that will do it. It's good but no way I can watch it again. Would say most nearly in 100% agreement it's a 1 and done movie!

@catjudo1 4 жыл бұрын

Gene Drakes I have not seen Grave of the Fireflies and may never watch. I have issues with depression and anxiety so I try to stick to the happy Ghiblis like Kiki, Totoro, Porco Rosso and Ponyo. As for the bad cartoons, I’d just turn them off. Hitting the open road with playing cards in the spokes to terrorize the locals with the neighborhood kids... wasn’t a feelin’ like it in the world.

@genedrakes686 4 жыл бұрын

@@catjudo1 Got a late start in mid 20's with Akira. Walked by it for months in video store. Was impressed when finally seen it! Then got to see it on big screen at a anime festival!! Have seen a few others but racing karts my thing! No party time when it's a 4 am wake up on Sunday! Good to not see that movie . Normally I am Mr Sunshine and Happiness and it bummed me out Who knew a " cartoon" could make a guy in his 30's at the time wanna cry 😀

@annehenry6243 4 жыл бұрын

Oh Hell yes!! Got me the DVDs!!!

@thundervanbrocklin2718 3 жыл бұрын

With the popularity of post-apocalyptic material these days I feel like Thundarr could make a comeback.

@hankmessaros1835 4 жыл бұрын

I was so lucky to be born in 68 and had a great childhood with awsome Saturday morning cartoons and live action like bigfoot and wildboy. I truly miss those days

@section20survivor90 4 жыл бұрын

I agree! Born in '69 and I enjoyed all the kid related shows. Everything from the 60's cartoons like the Herculoids, Space Ghost, to the first Spiderman Cartoon. The 70's brought us the Super Friends in all it's incarnations, but also bought us shows like Shazam, the Mighty Isis, to Sigmund and the Sea Monsters and Land of the Lost. ABC used to do it big too. Friday nights before a new season of cartoons, they used to have what can only be described as a launch party, where they showed previews of the cartoons that were airing their new season on Saturday morning. So much great content lost to the ages.

@snikelfritz3955 4 жыл бұрын

I miss Thundarr !

@Seiferboi 4 жыл бұрын

At first I thought that was He-Man! I've never seen Thundarr before.

@BBray34 4 жыл бұрын

@@Seiferboi Thundar was awesome, I miss the 80's cartoons

@snikelfritz3955 4 жыл бұрын

@@Seiferboi if you get a chance to watch it, I would highly recommend it.

@jarrodwoods7605 4 жыл бұрын

@voi vod thanks I'm about to try and purchase

@meyerj75 3 жыл бұрын

@@Seiferboi He-Man was a spinoff from Thundarr except the latter was animated by Ruby-Spears. Filmation f***ed HeMan.

@JasonHalversonjaydog 4 жыл бұрын

just found out the guy who played Ernest T Bass on the Andy Griffith show voiced wade duck on Garfield. i knew he did voices but didn't know he did that one too

@CrimsonNineTail 4 жыл бұрын

Heathcliff and the Cattilac Cats was my favorite Heathcliff series. I think 90 something episodes is a good run though, especially in the 80s.

@Seiferboi 4 жыл бұрын

Thundarr looks a lot like He-Man! When I was a kid in the mid to late 80s, the only channel I got was CBS, so I was able to watch Garfield and Heathcliff. If you wanna catch episodes of Garfield, Boomerang, Cartoon Network's sister channel shows that series early in the morning. Around 3 AM (Central Time), Discovery Family has G.I. Joe around 4 AM (Central) and I think MeTV has Heathcliff. I have the DVDs of the Super Mario Bros series and season 1 of Dungeons & Dragons. I also have the Garbage Pail Kids live action movie. I haven't watched it, yet.

@derekgilbert1752 4 жыл бұрын

Correction He-man looks like Thundarr. It’s older than masters of the universe, and He-man was developed from Blackstar, which was also a great cartoon.

@leolion2944 4 жыл бұрын

I have all of the seasons of Heathcliff on DVD. That was my favorite cartoon to watch after school. It's great looking at it now, bring back a lot of great times

@colscopters 4 жыл бұрын

Why don't we air all the classic cartoons again I bet they would be a huge hit even with modern kids

@jadenquest9544 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah I was thinking exactly that. How come they don't see how much of a huge success that would be and a *KACHING* machine

@gorkskoal9315 4 жыл бұрын

Eeee er eee eee as much as I sometimes like to endulge nestalgia. Just look at this video, some didn't age as well you remember. The art style, how the cartoons worked just a totally different period of life. I can hear the complaints now: That's Mario? what the hell where they...etc etc. They've done thunder cats twice. Which is probably an exception. Lets be honest some of the guys will be drooling over cheetara. But for the most part...eeerr yeah lets not.

@jadenquest9544 4 жыл бұрын

@@gorkskoal9315 They can modernize them like they did with Thunder Cats or that new She-Ra which ended up being actually good despite the art style at first

@gorkskoal9315 4 жыл бұрын

@jaden quest Mmm. I haven't seen the new sheera. Is it good? By good I'm thinking, ok yes the pretty girls. But also in a simillar spirit? and campy charm? ^_^

@meyerj75 3 жыл бұрын

Too violent.

@StaticPlaya 4 жыл бұрын

More of this please. Brings back memories of when cartoons were good.

@Ron-iy2ez 4 жыл бұрын

If one that deserves a reboot, it'd be Thundarr! Although, I never quite understood why Arial followed him! She was a sorceress! She didn't need him! Thundarr needed her!

@sharonnejones8389 4 жыл бұрын

She did need him she needed the D

@Harrison11106 4 жыл бұрын

My fear with a reboot, is that they'd give it the ThunderCats Roar treatment. Thundarr deserves better.

@Ron-iy2ez 4 жыл бұрын

@@Harrison11106 Oh gawd, no! The reboot of Thunder Cats a few years ago was fine! Silly Cartoon Network axed and brought back this abominable "roar!"😩 But, Thundarr would fit so perfectly right now. I mean we've had "He-man", "Thunder Cats", "She-Ra?", Transformers!! Yet, no Thundarr??🙁

@vtmiller63 4 жыл бұрын

I beg to differ on one point. The original Robocop was easily more violent than Rambo. A guy literally got toxic waste dumped on him, then was hit by a car and exploded into goo.

@Dystopia1111 4 жыл бұрын

I'd buy that for a dollar!!!

@austintrousdale2397 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah Rambo might’ve ended up with a higher count but looking back, RoboCop was like Deadpool, Dredd, plus Natural Born Killers-level bloodthirsty.

@AJ-xc4qe 4 жыл бұрын

I'd love to see Thundarr in the Hanna Barbera Cinematic Universe!!! I just read Future Quest a comic book where Hanna Barbera action cartoons cross over and it's AWESOME!!! Showing what the Hanna Barbera Cinematic Universe could look like!

@Nepthu 4 жыл бұрын

I agree with you.

@jadenquest9544 4 жыл бұрын

Bring back Johnny Quest

@DemomanX614 4 жыл бұрын

Its pronounced "Deek" not spelled out DIC. Come on

@Deidara85 4 жыл бұрын

I came here to say exactly this. Anyone who's ever seen a DIC show knows how it's pronounced.

@magnificentmuttley154 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for stimulating my memories: Hmmm... _The Littles, Inspector Gadget, Jayce & the Wheeled Warriors, & Heathcliff,_ just for starters

@c.bretmiller6148 4 жыл бұрын

That's why I can't stand these videos. They're written by someone who doesn't go beyond wikipedia for research and possess no first hand knowledge of the subject matter, while being narrated by some dispassionate cretin with a generic voice, who often stumbles over the pronunciation of common English words. I always feel like I know more about the subject at hand from my direct, first-hand experience growing up watching these cartoons, than anyone who has anything to do with the production of these videos. They're just intended to rake in advertising revenue by catering to the sense of nostalgia individuals who grew up in the 80's and 90's feel towards the intellectual properties of their youth. D.I.C. indeed. Clearly this guy knows nothing about the kid asleep in bed, the toy dump truck on the night stand, or the window open to the night sky and DIC logo. FAIL.

@magnificentmuttley154 4 жыл бұрын

*@Charles Miller* Loud & clear, Charles. These turkeys are just making the "dumbing down" effect on the American public even worst, as if gradual, decade-by-decade erosion of our public education hasnt done enough damage I think youre referencing YT Channel _Saberspark_ & his amateur documentary "What Ruined Hannah-Barbera." You just described him perfectly. Plus he kept mis-pronouncing the word "subsiderary" (subsidiary) Id say at least for the time spent watching his video, at least theres one good laugh. But the damage he & so many cookie-cutter others like him are doing to the intelligence of the average American is waaay too painful for me to laugh, m'man ;(

@godaistudios 4 жыл бұрын

I was about to call them out for this garbage as well - but the thread already did the job. I cringe every time I hear him do that.

@spacealienjesus709 4 жыл бұрын

After school every day...Garfield and Friends..still love it..

@DavidLee-df888 4 жыл бұрын

My little sister loved watching sabre rider and the star sherrifs when we visited relatives in Hong Kong back on '84/85.

@josephglenn1471 4 жыл бұрын

You guys need to do a part two and answer what happen to many of my other favorite shows like visionaries, orbots, pole position, mask and turbo teen

@chriztmas2431 4 жыл бұрын

Yo, I am so down for Netflix to revive "Inhumanoids" as a adult cartoon series, one can only dream

@Rahsaun77 4 жыл бұрын

Buizness47 very underrated show.

@jcbvortex22 4 жыл бұрын

Voltron, Robotech were my favorite cartoons growing up. G.I.Joe and Transformers are next.

@2OldGeeksTalking 3 жыл бұрын

Robotech was a good one, it was so different than a lot of 80's stuff.

@johnniewoodard648 3 жыл бұрын

@@2OldGeeksTalking I have been trying to find the series of Robotech...not the original with Rick Hunter. But the series that takes place on Earth, with the (Cyclone?) motorcycles and Scott Bernard. Edit: I found out that the series I was talking about, was season 3 of Robotech...And I have it already....I just thought it was part of the Rick Hunter story line.

@patriciaramsey5294 2 жыл бұрын

Robotech was a little hard for me to follow back then. If I saw the original onDVD, I would watch it again. G.I. joe. He-man, all those old cartoons were awesome.

@doretheahairston823 4 жыл бұрын

Voltron and jayce and the wheeled warriors. thank god for media servers!

@rdwvdarby2279 4 жыл бұрын

OMG! Someone else who remembers Jayce! For the LONGEST TIME I thought I had either dreamed it or made it up until I saw something on FB and YT about it!

@jadenquest9544 4 жыл бұрын

I remember Jana of the Jungle

@Tree_Stabbing_Troy_Lmafo 4 жыл бұрын

You can buy Jayce on Amazon

@rickm2001 4 жыл бұрын

Great episode Looper. Loved the D&D cartoon. DiC really lowered the bar on quality of the animation and voice actor sync. Thundar was epic! I always thought it was like Gamma World. I cannot believe they swapped it for The Happy Days cartoon; that show was abs-O-lute Trash.

@marcello7781 4 жыл бұрын

Most 2010s cartoon shows: our styles and designs are too similar one another. Most 1980s cartoon shows: *hold my beer*

@ronmorgan280 3 жыл бұрын

@chichiboypumpi 4 жыл бұрын

I like the old garfield shows, and he was voiced by the original Venkman in the Real Ghostbusters

@castlewhore2007 4 жыл бұрын

As I look at myself in the mirror all I hear is Luigi say “ no more pasta 🍝 for you “ 😢 😂😂😂

@rfm8os 4 жыл бұрын

Thundarr was such a great show. I was in my teens when it came out and would sleep in on Saturday mornings but made sure I was up in time for Thundarr every week. I was so pissed when it was cancelled.

@jedi69outcast 4 жыл бұрын

And Gundam goes on forever 😂

@jillchristensen5093 4 жыл бұрын

It’s the StarTrek of the anime world!

@rodneyegipson9175 4 жыл бұрын

Curious...have you heard of "Mighty Orbots"?

@gabrielmeth4844 4 жыл бұрын

Mel Blanc voiced Heathcliff? 6 year old me would have been astounded. The man was a voice acting god, Steve Blum should have a shrine to him in his house.

@catnewskawai9367 4 жыл бұрын

7:57 LOL I remember that news item. The reporter asked some kids, "Do these cards remind you of people you know?" and all the kids cracked up.

@handigeharrie9550 4 жыл бұрын

Thunder thunder thunder Thundercats Hoooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@jadenquest9544 4 жыл бұрын

I am glad they rebooted Thundercats

@moog8008 4 жыл бұрын

Still waiting on the live action film

@nowthatsjustducky 4 жыл бұрын

But which one is the hooooooo?

@1997wayz 4 жыл бұрын

They got some trash version on Cartoon Network now

@lashellhenry-maivia4464 4 жыл бұрын

When being a kid was the best time. These kids today don't know how fun Saturday's was,or after school cartoons.

@mlang28 3 жыл бұрын

So true .. i miss those time things seem simple

@RajaReign78 4 жыл бұрын

I miss Saturday morning cartoons. That was always the highlight of the weekend start at about 6am and stop at noon.

@SaviorGabriel 4 жыл бұрын

Indeed. I miss that time period so much.

@walkers198 4 жыл бұрын

Great recap - Thundarr & Heathcliff - some of my favorites! What a shame...

@666Brago 4 жыл бұрын

I have the complete series of Garfield and Friends on DVD.

@RajaReign78 4 жыл бұрын

Nikko Doan me too most of the childhood cartoons I grew up with I have on dvd 😬😬😬

@jadenquest9544 4 жыл бұрын

My father erased my DVD's just to put some lame shows he only watched once!

@666Brago 4 жыл бұрын

@@jadenquest9544 Kill him.

@spacealienjesus709 4 жыл бұрын

Binge party at your house.. I will bring the lasagna. ..

@meyerj75 3 жыл бұрын

Garfield sucks.

@gregoryfulmore6711 3 жыл бұрын

Notice fat Albert debut in 1972 but it ran to 1985 it's the longest animated African American cartoon ever Hal Sutherland and bill Cosby are legendary in American history of television

@Chuxx1000 3 жыл бұрын

💯

@maxhong9287 4 жыл бұрын

i did Thundarr the Barbarian for a Forensics speech a couple years ago. Went to state. good times

@BrianSirak 4 жыл бұрын

Great video - one quick nugget "Pryde of the X-Men" was the name of the pilot episode for the "X-Men: Animated Series" that ran on Fox for a few years in the 90's - that and an episode with Magneto were released on VHS in a Pizza Hut promotion and aired on tv - that led to the series being green lit so RoboCop did not die in vain

@SmokingRun 4 жыл бұрын

Wow, I wondered why G.I. Joe was on and off again. I now know the answers. Thanks So much.

@stanleyteriaca2184 4 жыл бұрын

The third of the kid friendly R cartoon show would be "The Toxic Crusaders ".

@stanleyteriaca2184 4 жыл бұрын

@matt Yep.

@elfenmagix8173 4 жыл бұрын

No mention of Galaxy High?!! Or Q*Bert and his pals? You need to make a Part 2.

@JoyInTheLight 4 жыл бұрын

I was about to comment about Galaxy High! 😍 Loved that show, still remember the theme song & characters

@meyerj75 3 жыл бұрын

Super Starcade which featured Q*Bert lasted one season as it couldn't make a dent against NBCs The Smurfs.

@timgrisham9051 4 жыл бұрын

When I was a kid, I remember each network would have a show previewing their new fall Saturday morning lineup. Then you'd watch the new shows and talk about them with your friends at school on Monday. Those were exciting times.

@andrewmacias 4 жыл бұрын

Hay why not say why silver hawks was cancel???? Loved that cartoon

@ShadyBear420 4 жыл бұрын

YES!! I have it bookmarked on a trusted toon site to watch but YEAH!! Loved that show too!!

@jeremyfrost2636 4 жыл бұрын

Hopefully they'll do a part 2 that includes that, Jem, Cadillacs and Dinosaurs, Pirates Of Dark Water, Cowboys Of Moo Mesa, The Noozles...

@gdj777 4 жыл бұрын

Thundercats...good timeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees!!!

@briandaleske5139 4 жыл бұрын

I liked that information that was just mentioned that had informed fans about the 80’s cartoon shows to why they were canceled.

@trumpjr5179 4 жыл бұрын

God i remember watching these cartoons, brings me back, Thundarr ruled.

@JonathanDeane 4 жыл бұрын

Inumanoids toys where released... I own a bunch of them from when I was a kid, I loved that show!

@austintrousdale2397 4 жыл бұрын

Had little interest in them... GIJoe and Transformers were already cleaning “Santa” out by then💰

@DONTOURAGETV 4 жыл бұрын

Thundarr was the shhhhhhh

@nps1016 4 жыл бұрын

Love Thundarr and D&D, wish they’d bring these shoes back, Voltron ran for seven seasons on Netflix.

@Apok336 3 жыл бұрын

Nice video! I was wondering why so many shows got canceled alter just 13 episodes? Is it the bad luck charm?:) anyway one of my favorite Cartoons, Starcom the U.S space force had 13 episodes to I think...

@richardmattingly7000 4 жыл бұрын

Saturday Morning Cartoons were doomed when groups who pushed for curbs on advertising toys etc got the FCC to make change its rules and another was that Children's Programming was reinterpreted as well..Cartoons were quite expensive but without the ad revenue many were already phasing out programming in the late 1980s and justified the change by claiming the morning shows and other such junk met its criteria for Kids. For nearly two generations Saturday Morning Cartoons were a ritual of childhood in America and it ended because advocates lead the charge claiming they were protecting childhood but in reality hated it almost from the moment they first aired.

@ssjup81 4 жыл бұрын

I always refer to the 80s as a decade long commercial. lol I'm surprised I didn't ask for more toys back then.

@artotoriumamvs7141 4 жыл бұрын

They killed my childhood DnD was the best out there ever

@gamernaut8864 4 жыл бұрын

I liked Mighty Orbots back in that day. I always wondered what happened? Probably a budget/money thing. Great theme song as well.

@kyosanim9581 4 жыл бұрын

I find it odd that those cartoons from the '80s are considered so violent, yet kids from that time I would say actually grew up to be the least violent kills up to that point. After this time, the toons may be less violent, yet the kids are carrying guns to schools and killing one another to no end. Loved Thundarr; Inhumanoids, Centurions, Silver Hawks and many others.

@missdarkeyes 4 жыл бұрын

No honorable mention for Kidd Video? :[

@jervishorton7372 4 жыл бұрын

Wow talk about FLASH BACK

@MysticDonBlair 4 жыл бұрын

DIC was pronounced like Deek. It was not spelled out.

@reginaldadams9593 4 жыл бұрын

LOL😄! EXACTLY!👍 Only those who grew up watching 80's cartoon would know (aside from actual DIC employees) considering the name of the company was announced following the credits of each DIC animated episode.

@MysticDonBlair 4 жыл бұрын

Reginald Adams ikr 😆👍

@Ardante11 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah but hearing a child’s voice say it still creeps me out

@tombakabones274 4 жыл бұрын

That was an awesome trip down memory lane thank you I didn't know about the Garbage Pail Kids cartoon or the Happy Days cartoon but I've seen in knew about all the rest the days of my youth when I was but my son's age

@cha5 4 жыл бұрын

I remember Thundarr in my early teens back in the 80’s, This was before I knew who Jack Kirby was and before I had really hardcore gotten obsessed with his artwork later on, I might have seen some earlier examples of his Marvel comics art reprints as a kid but Thundarr was my first full exposure to Kirby’s art and character design.

@holbrooke7 4 жыл бұрын

Do another one of these and include "Jem."

@StevenBradley-sq6kg 4 жыл бұрын

F - gary marshall, POS, Thundarr the Barbarian was great. 👍

@meyerj75 3 жыл бұрын

I'm with you on that one. Thundarr was screwed out by cartoon sitcoms. It's a good thing Marshall didn't do more animated versions of Full House, Family Matters, and Perfect Strangers. It's better the way it was.

@StevenBradley-sq6kg 3 жыл бұрын

@@meyerj75 ....I just got Thundarr, the complete series on dvd. 👍

@SymphonicDevourer 4 жыл бұрын

Jace and the Wheeled Warriors, Thundarr the Barbarian, Star Blazers, The Galaxy Rangers, Thundercats, The Bionic Six, G.I.Joe, and D&D were some of the best memories I had. The only reason to wake up early on the weekends were these cartoons, and I am sad my children were never given the childhood they deserve.

@gmintraining4597 4 жыл бұрын

Great vid! I’m unsure if others mentioned these but does anyone remember Cops and Gargoyles? Two other really good ones that seemed to get cancelled out of nowhere. That may have been the early nineties though

@napoleonsolo5929 4 жыл бұрын

Gargoyles was 90s.

@jamesmoss3424 4 жыл бұрын

All 80's cartoons are cool. 😀👍

@rdwvdarby2279 4 жыл бұрын

I miss He-Man and SHE-RA (and I'm sorry that ABOMINATION on Netflix is NOT SHE-RA!!) JEM and The Holograms (and EVERYONE that had ANYTHING to do with that GOD AWFUL live action movie needs to be PUBLICLY HORSE WHIPPED!) and Dungeons and Dragons (actually OWN the DVD box set) and the USA Cartoon Express....I WISH there was a channel/network something that ONLY played 70's 80's and 90's cartoons ..esp SATURDAY MORNING and AFTERNOON/AFTER SCHOOL cartoons!! I remember soooo many that were only around one or two seasons....I would LOVE to see them again...I would actually PAY for a channel/network like that!!

@pwrbomb1970 4 жыл бұрын

Reba Darby boomerang does have some of these great cartoons

@daphneloose5880 4 жыл бұрын

I remember watching Thundar the Barbarian, G.I. Joe, He-Man, Voltron, Dudgeons and Dragons, Super Mario Bros with Captain Lou Albano (one of the greatest WWE managers of all time), Jem and Mask. I miss 80s cartoons. It was fun being a kid then!!

@jimzecca3961 3 жыл бұрын

So many great cartoons back then. Was a huge fan of Star Blazers too. Hurry Star Force!