Wednesday
Jun192013
Saturday Morning | Ep #76
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Wake up! The spirit of Saturday Morning doesn't sleep in, and neither does The Hourchive. Join us on the living room floor for cereal, cartoons, and more.
Show Notes:
02:15 The Spirit of Saturday Morning
07:45 Don't sleep away Saturday
11:25 Interlude: Chicago: "Saturday in the Park"
12:20 Saturday morning cartoons
19:15 Saturday Morning Fever
20:22 FCC deregulation
22:25 John's favorites: Kidd Video | Kissyfur | Pee-Wee's Playhouse
24:01 Drew's favorites: Zoobilee Zoo | He-Man | Transformers | TMNT
25:50 Gender neutrality: Pound Puppies | Popples
27:03 Movies: Rainbow Brite | Care Bears | Transformers
31:15 Interlude: White Lion: "Transformers: The Movie theme"
32:20 Cable
36:30 Teddy Ruxpin | My Pet Monster | Madballs
38:30 Cereal: "cartoons in a box"
38:30 "Can't get enough of that Golden Crisp..."
44:05 Interlude: Less Than Jake: "Do the Pac-Man"
44:40 A new era
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11:25 Interlude: Chicago: "Saturday in the Park"
12:20 Saturday morning cartoons
19:15 Saturday Morning Fever
20:22 FCC deregulation
22:25 John's favorites: Kidd Video | Kissyfur | Pee-Wee's Playhouse
24:01 Drew's favorites: Zoobilee Zoo | He-Man | Transformers | TMNT
25:50 Gender neutrality: Pound Puppies | Popples
27:03 Movies: Rainbow Brite | Care Bears | Transformers
31:15 Interlude: White Lion: "Transformers: The Movie theme"
32:20 Cable
36:30 Teddy Ruxpin | My Pet Monster | Madballs
38:30 Cereal: "cartoons in a box"
38:30 "Can't get enough of that Golden Crisp..."
44:05 Interlude: Less Than Jake: "Do the Pac-Man"
44:40 A new era
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80s, 90s, He-Man, S-U, Saturday morning, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Transformers, cartoons, cereal, movies, nostalgia, tv | in episodes
80s, 90s, He-Man, S-U, Saturday morning, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Transformers, cartoons, cereal, movies, nostalgia, tv | in episodes
Reader Comments (1)
This in from Hourchive correspondent “my mom”:
I was a Saturday morning, TV-watching, cereal-eating devotee from my earliest memories, which would be mid to late 1950’s. While it probably wasn’t original material, it was a block of programming created just for kids: Mighty Mouse, Lone Ranger, Sergeant Preston of the Yukon, Bugs Bunny, Sky King, Captain Kangaroo, Soupy Sales, Shari Lewis.
I remember one winter when I was in first or second grade when we missed so many days of school because of snow that we had to go to school on Saturdays for a month that spring. I had to climb onto the school bus while my two younger sisters plunked themselves down in front of the TV set. I will never, ever forget how outraged I felt that not only did I have to go to school, but I had to miss Saturday morning cartoons. For. A. Whole. Month.
Cereal was linked to Saturday morning TV even then. I remember deeds to like a square inch of Yukon land being offered in boxes of one brand of cereal as a tie in to Sergeant Preston, one of my favorite shows.