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Baggy Pants and the Nitwits (I can't remember the Nitwits, but Baggy Pants was a cat dressed up as Chaplin's little tramp character)
I used to watch that one as well. The Nitwits were based on characters played by Ruth Buzzi and Arte Johnson on "Laugh-In". They were supposed to be the world's oldest super-heroes. Go figure
George
I don't know how this ranks up there with obscure or forgotten, but Star Blazers ruled my world in the mid to later 70's. I was addicted to that show and watched it every morning before school. It still is probably my favorite cartoon of all time. I never got to see the third series. I'll have to track those DVD's down at a reasonable price.
In the early 90s, 2 kids I was babysitting for had a Davy Crockett cartoon video which was I think by either Hanna-Barbera or Filmation. It definitely had a Saturday morning feel to it.
Davy Crockett was made by Hanna-Barbera. My local branch of our county library have a VHS copy you can check out along with a VHS copy of the Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
OH MAN !!!!! thank you for posting that ... I loved that show ... but for so long I couldn't remember what it was called ... sweet!!! I use to build lego cars that would fly becasue of this show
I used to love Marine Boy which I think was an anime type cartoon similar to Speed Racer.
He used to chew some type of gum to breathe underwater and I think had a boomerang.
Anyway, one of my favorite cartoons growing up but generally falls off the radar of most people.
I loved Marine Boy...you can still get copies of it around.
I can't find my favourite: Tatsunoko's very first character: Space Ace (Uchu Esu).
He also would chew a type of gum (which he took from his robotic? dog's nose) and was then able to create rings from his finger, which he could use as weapons or fly on top of.
Hmmm...I do remember this Marine Boy, but I was thinking of another cartoon. This one wasnt anime styled, and I'm sure it was called Ocean Boy....or possibly Ocean Girl? The underwater hero wore a headpiece very similar to something flash Gordon might wear.
Searched You Tube, but found nothing?
Marine Boy was brought to America a little before Speed Racer, but was dubbed by the same guy (Peter Fernandez). He was the voice of both. Marine boy did have gum that, when chewed, would allow him to breath underwater. YouTube - Marine Boy
I loved the Mighty Heroes. I do see them get mentioned every now and then, but I do not see them get the nostalgia love that others do- YouTube - Mighty Heroes Intro
Some of the ones I used to like that I never see anymore are,
Prince Planet
Sinbad the Sailor (may have been Sinbad Jr?)
the theme song went something like this:
sinbad the sailor, sailing the ocean blue
with salty the parrot by his side, they are a fearless crew...
I also liked Baby Huey, Herman & Katnip and any of those Harvey cartoons
I loved TigerSharks but haven't seen it since it aired in the late 80's. It was part of package of syndicated toons called The Comic Strip from Rankin/Bass it was their last work.
TigerSharks had 26 episodes 11 minute episodes
The other toons were:
Karate kat
Mini monsters
Street frogs
In the early 90s, 2 kids I was babysitting for had a Davy Crockett cartoon video which was I think by either Hanna-Barbera or Filmation. It definitely had a Saturday morning feel to it.
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