The Grasshoppers Are Coming, Hooray, Hooray! - Part 3

[squeapler]

Looking at the TV schedule for 1971 when this was running, I remember this was the era when just about every new kids' show - Josie, Archies, Lance Link Secret Chimp, Doctor Doolittle, Sabrina and the Groovy Ghoulies - featured a rock band at some point. Pretty interesting!

[squeapler]

Thanks much for posting this! I remember liking this show as a child when it was on Saturday mornings. It was on against "Josie and the Pussycats" on another network for a while, so it was always a tough choice which show I was going to watch! I haven't seen this in decades - I read on Wiki that it was not syndicated because of the racial and ethnic stereotypes of the pirate gang and also the drug overtones in the Grasshopper skits, which I didn't even notice as a kid though I see now!

[unheardvoice11]

Who ever made this cartoon they had a good sense of child psychology. Unlike crappy violent American cartoons like Tom & Jerry these ones are much better for children. Reason why its dubbed to so many languages.

[RichHartley19671]

I was only in second grade when this show ended, but I do remember that it made an impact. At that age, I was very much drawn to males who were refined and had really good manners and were kind--I didn't want to be around men or boys who acted like brutes, or who were physically uncleanly or aggressive. Unlike most male characters on cartoons, Dr. Dolittle wore handsome clothes, a top hat, and he had a delightful way about him--his English accent, and his manners. I totally dug him as a kid.

[67nairb]

The picture in this cartoon is very blurred.

[0SuPuN0]

Wow... Thnkx dude. I remember my childhood...one of my favorite cartoon ever (Dubed Sinhalese in Sri lanka 80s). Give us more. Thkx again bro

[67nairb]

@0SuPuN0 I vaguely remeber watching this cartoon as a small boy in the early 1970s.

[yummy420426]

何十年も探していました！

やっとやっと会えました！！

懐かしいです～！！！

ドリトル先生は、立川澄人さんが吹き替えていたと記憶しておりま­す。

ステキなお声でした・・・。

[TheManFromUNCLEIllya]

@yummy420426

１\があなたが好むことがうれしいです。 私はもう ２ つのエピソードを加えようとするでしょう。 ホープ翻訳仕事？

[aldiakaroofus]

Thank you so much! I've been dying to see the Grasshoppers perform their skit and hear the fuzz guitar in the end theme for over 30 years!! I've watched this show in French and the Grasshopper's songs were instrumental!

[eyalchn]

I want more!

pleassssse

[AllRequired]

You're also getting the longer version of the DFE films logo (not the one you'd see on the Pink Panther or Here Comes the Grump). You'll know it by the rising brass before the final four notes.

[rayssonation]

DFE ran this series on NBC for Saturday Mornings from 1970 until 1972. Most of the DFE cartoons ran exclusively on NBC for 12 years ending their run 1982. The animated series was loosely based on the books by Hugh Lofting and also based on the 1967 movie of the same title. DFE produced this cartoon with 20th Century Fox for NBC.

[67nairb]

@rayssonation THE ODDBALL COUPLE aired on ABC from 1975-1977.

[r3ds0x1]

I haven't seen this cartoon in years! Do you have anymore Dr. Dolittle cartoons?

[culpit]

I think DFE made the best cartoons on Saturday Mornings. They need to put more of their series out on DVD.