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Mister T Cartoon
“I pity the fool…” A catchphrase as instantly recognizable as the man behind it. Big, tough, Mohawk-sporting (the haircut was technically a Mandinkan, to the purists), and decked out in …….continure reading
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Branded
Jason McCord, a West Point graduate and decorated army officer, was a good man. But after the gruesome Battle of Bitter Creek, in which he was the only known survivor, …….continure reading
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Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends
Marvel Comics’ famed webslinger returned to Saturday morning in 1981 with a pair of new companions. In this incarnation, Peter Parker was a college student at Empire State University, boarding …….continure reading
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Hulk Hogan’s Rock ‘n’ Wrestling
Professional wrestling had been around long before television, but the mid-80’s brought new levels of popularity to the much-maligned “sport.” Due to the business savvy of Vince McMahon, pro wrestling …….continure reading
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The Smurfs
Proving that we indeed are a one-world community, NBC president Fred Silverman bought the rights to the Flemish created characters known as the Smurfs and turned them into one of the most …….continure reading
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Adventures of the Gummi Bears
Disney’s first foray into Saturday morning was The Gummi Bears, a half-hour adventure series about a charming sextet of anthropomorphic, medieval bears. In a unique move for the time, the cartoon …….continure reading
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The Dudley Do-Right Show
Originally just one segment on the hilarious The Bullwinkle Show, the Canadian Mountie soon brought his chin-cleft good looks and high morals to his own program, The Dudley Do-Right Show. Dudley’s main …….continure reading
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Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales
Tennessee Tuxedo lived in the Megopolis Zoo, but he yearned for more than eating fish and swimming in freezing water. The determined penguin never stopped thinking of new and different …….continure reading