The pastime of Saturday morning cartoon watching is over, at least in a traditional sense. It has been in decline for many years though. Now, the only reason to get up on Saturday mornings is to wait for college football to take over TV, and other more adult things. But the joy of cereal bowls and hours on end of classic cartoons will never be forgotten.
Below, you'll be able to put your memory banks to the test in identifying 10 Saturday morning cartoons of yesteryear. We'll give you the network and the plot, plus the year the show premiered, although most of these have lived on in syndicated infamy. Others may leave you scratching your head with three fingers. Pour yourself a big glass of chocolate milk and read on.
START ROUND 1
Premiere Year: 1986
Network: ABC
Plot: Four intelligent New York City men work together in an effort to rid the city of its evil vermin. Ghastly hijinks ensue.
ROUND 1 ANSWER
START ROUND 2
Premiere Year: 1972
Network: CBS
Plot: Based on a stand-up routine, this series was ahead of its time in mixing social education and adult themes in with its core cast of clowns and goofballs.
ROUND 2 ANSWER
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
START3 ROUND
Premiere Year: 1997
Network: ABC
Plot: In this school-based series, the only class these kids have time for deals more with society than textbooks.
ROUND 3 ANSWER
Recess
START ROUND 4
Premiere Year: 1979
Network: ABC
Plot: This comic book superhero somehow hasn't become a major franchise yet, despite attempts by the Wachowski siblings.
ROUND 4 ANSWER
Plastic Man
START ROUND 5
Premiere Year: 1986
Network: ABC
Plot: Because trends in the 1980s often skewed classic characters to a younger audience, this group of old-time munchkins came into being.
ROUND 5 ANSWER
The Flintstone Kids
START ROUND 6
Premiere Year: 1969
Network: CBS
Plot: Old-looking kids solve crimes. If you don't get this one, I'm sending old Mr. Wetherby to find you.
ROUND 6 ANSWER
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You
START ROUND 7
Premiere Year: 1980
Network: ABC
Plot: Don't call it a ripoff. This post-apocalyptic action cartoon took its inspiration from seemingly everywhere at once and had some of the best comic book men in the business working on it.
ROUND 7 ANSWER
Thundarr the Barbarian
START ROUND 8
Premiere Year: 1992
Network: Fox
Plot: This kind-hearted and optimistic pet gets into some of the most dangerous situations imaginable. (There was even an X-Files tie in.)
ROUND 8 ANSWER
Eek! the Cat
START ROUND 9
Premiere Year: 1987
Network: CBS
Plot: This city-saving hero's existence actually began decades earlier, but it was legendary animator Ralph Bakshi's work with the character that makes him unforgettable.
ROUND 9 ANSWER
Mighty Mouse
START ROUND 10
Premiere Year: 1989
Network: ABC
Plot: A macabre alternate dimension-spanning comedy with one of the strangest best friend combos in TV history.
ROUND 10 ANSWER
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