What irks me is there are none, zilch, totally fun, escapist programs for kids anymore on TV. But I suppose if parents just buy what's on home video or record from places like You Tube, then PBS and Nickelodeon and the little that's offered on the networks can be avoided.
Heck, even Disney Channel has been mostly overtaken by the "No Fun Squad"--very little Mickey, Donald and Mary Poppins anymore. Walt would be mortified.
No more "Lassie" or "Flipper" either. I'm glad I was a kid when I was.
I defy you to watch any of the classic shows that nostalgia has colored so brilliantly, and I defy you twice to watch Cartoon Network's line-up and see the stalking Red Menace behind Chowder's vacant eyes.
But I think the agenda messages of today's kid shows are far more injurious to the mental health of kids than any so-called "violent" toys or breakfast cereals containing sugar.
With proper brushing & flossing, teeth will not decay. But brainwashing is a more difficult thing to rid, once ingested.
Kids ought be able to watch entertaining programs without their parents fearing their offspring will be turned into good little "fellow travelers."
I used to watch this on Magilla Gorilla on WFLD Chicago before it was with Metro Media and Fox. The closing logo was plastered over with the Keiser Broadcasting logo though.
In the original syndicated opening title, Peter said, at :26, "'THE PETER POTAMUS SHOW' is presented by...(opening his mouth to reveal sponsor's logo) I-I-I-I-I-DEAL TOYS! They're WONDERFUL toys...they're Ideal!", followed by the chorus singing, "Yes, it's time to meet Peter Potamus...our IDEAL!". The sponsor insisted their name be included in the theme song's lyrics {as in "MAGILLA GORILLA"}.
Right, I remember an ending that went something like this: "We hate to go, it makes us feel so sad/Awfully sad, even mad./We wish we never had to go away./We'd like to stay/So we say," etc. Then it continued, "we know that you will be around for a peek/When we come back next week," etc. Is that the closing you are talking about?
What do you mean by "future interests?" Was the character of "Peter Potamus" reprised in another cartoon series? I'm getting something about "Harvey Birdman" here, but it must have been after I stopped watching cartoons as a kid.
this is weird seeing this, mostly cuz of how much watch Harvey Birdman Attorney At Law. it was the same deal with Space Ghost. after watching Space Ghost Coast To Coast since i was in the 4th grade, the idea of him being a serious superhero is just crazy to me.
Sponsor plugs were a common phenomenon in the early days of television. If you think it's blatant here, watch the 1950's and '60's panel game shows, the sponsor's name plastered across the panel desks, the emcee doing short commercial spots within the program, etc.
Parents were aghast or "went ape," to use a colloquialism of the era, when "Barney" and "Fred" lit up Winston cigs on "The Flintstones," so "Pebbles" began drinking Welchade grape juice instead.
Actually, that ad campaign led to those Welch's grape jam & jelly jars which could be used as drinking glasses after the intended product was used up, something Welch's occasionally does to this day.
The original "Flintstones" glasses, with a different series character on the bottom of each, are now highly collectible. I regret washing the lead paint off of mine in the dishwasher, but I don't think ingesting small amounts of lead paint caused me any real HaRm . . . now get that purple ostrich outta my tulip patch, you snork!)%&> Gerazzlbooba!
Also, not only was commercial sponsorship more prominent on cartoons & game shows, but on variety shows (Dinah Shore asking us to "See the world today in your Chevrolet"), dramas & sitcoms as well. It was part of the contracts that series regulars do commercials for the shows on which they appeared, but the actors also got paid extra residuals, so they did them.
Some of them were just as entertaining as the regular part of the shows they sponsored, too--"The Andy Griffith Show" Post cereals & Sanka coffee spots, for instance, filmed by Griffin & Don Knotts, sometimes "Aunt Bea" & "Opie," all in character.
Actually, I kind of liked that practice--one felt as though one was getting extra programming that way, albeit with a commercial twist. But in those days capitalism & promotion of commerce weren't viewed as something shameful the way we've been brainwashed today.
I certainly didn't find the commercials of that era as annoying as those horrible, endless pledge drives one sees interrupting PBS programming, bribing viewers that "Big Bird" and "Barney The Dinosaur" will be kidnapped & held hostage if you don't "give till it hurts" to PBS--Politburo Broadcasting System.
Geeze, those awful PBS kids shows--all with a social engineering (read "communist") bent! I preferred it when kids TV shows were just fun--no heavy "messages," and when sponsors were unrestricted--endlessly plugging away their toys & cereals, the latter loaded with sugar, a substance that has been labeled as contraband by these now-adult, hippie parents, the same hypocrites who smoked & rolled their own as young people and now tell their kids to "just say no."
Things were better in an era when boys were allowed to play with toy guns with no shame attached. No wonder we've raised a few generations of wimps now!
And bring back fun Saturday morning cartoons & programs--no more Commie crapola!
This was the second series H-B produced for Ideal Toys in the fall of '64 {"MAGILLA GORILLA" was the first}. This opening title seems to come from the 1966 ABC version, where the opening was slightly edited and more than one sponsor was billboarded than Ideal (who fully sustained the show in syndication). The "curtain call" substituted "Ricocchet Rabbit" for "Breezly & Sneezly" {originally featured on Peter's show; they were seen on Magilla's series at the time}.
MANY THANKS FOR POSTING THIS, MAN!!! I AM A COLLECTOR OF CLASSIC HANNA BARBERA CARTOONS AND PLEASE, WHERE DID YOU FIND THIS??? CAN YOU UPLOAD THE OPENING AND ENDING OF THE QUICK DRAW McGRAW SHOW??? THANK YOU
the closing theme is all i remember...i am 50 years old now and this song still rings in my head......i am programmed...go buy toys...go buy toys...
italy4blktop 2 years ago 2
Didja get that thing I sent ya?
spencnaz 2 years ago 30
Thats got to be the longest closing credits from any show....
alandelira22 2 years ago
So Sebben&Sebben was once a theatre group ^_^
heyarnoldsknee 2 years ago 2
Peter: Peter potamus Show is sponsered by IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIdeal Toys T?here' Ideal (laughs) Get it?
poepplein 2 years ago
did you get that thing i sent ya
poepplein 2 years ago 5
You get that thing I sent you?
RaizerZ 2 years ago 3
this was the absolute first cartoon i could remember at 5 years old...i truly miss those days...
tyroned532 2 years ago
...that... THING...
I sentcha'.
metyatt 3 years ago 4
you forced me to use my secret weapon...
MY HIPPO HURRICANE HOLLAR!!!
terry1919 3 years ago 3
Did you get....that thing...
sirrobertlacy 3 years ago 2
peter griffen and peter potamus looks almost the same
anonpie33334 3 years ago
Did you get that thing I sent you?
FurnaxIkki 3 years ago
No, did you get the thing I sent you?
ObeyVonZip 3 years ago 2
What irks me is there are none, zilch, totally fun, escapist programs for kids anymore on TV. But I suppose if parents just buy what's on home video or record from places like You Tube, then PBS and Nickelodeon and the little that's offered on the networks can be avoided.
Heck, even Disney Channel has been mostly overtaken by the "No Fun Squad"--very little Mickey, Donald and Mary Poppins anymore. Walt would be mortified.
No more "Lassie" or "Flipper" either. I'm glad I was a kid when I was.
gymnastix 3 years ago 2
I defy you to watch any of the classic shows that nostalgia has colored so brilliantly, and I defy you twice to watch Cartoon Network's line-up and see the stalking Red Menace behind Chowder's vacant eyes.
bunivasal 2 years ago
But I think the agenda messages of today's kid shows are far more injurious to the mental health of kids than any so-called "violent" toys or breakfast cereals containing sugar.
With proper brushing & flossing, teeth will not decay. But brainwashing is a more difficult thing to rid, once ingested.
Kids ought be able to watch entertaining programs without their parents fearing their offspring will be turned into good little "fellow travelers."
gymnastix 3 years ago
I used to watch this on Magilla Gorilla on WFLD Chicago before it was with Metro Media and Fox. The closing logo was plastered over with the Keiser Broadcasting logo though.
britfrenir 3 years ago
It's sad, In Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law they stripped Peter Potamus of his innocence.
Zenardo 3 years ago
In the original syndicated opening title, Peter said, at :26, "'THE PETER POTAMUS SHOW' is presented by...(opening his mouth to reveal sponsor's logo) I-I-I-I-I-DEAL TOYS! They're WONDERFUL toys...they're Ideal!", followed by the chorus singing, "Yes, it's time to meet Peter Potamus...our IDEAL!". The sponsor insisted their name be included in the theme song's lyrics {as in "MAGILLA GORILLA"}.
fromthesidelines 3 years ago
How come no one has the original ending uploaded here.
Rtkat3 3 years ago
Right, I remember an ending that went something like this: "We hate to go, it makes us feel so sad/Awfully sad, even mad./We wish we never had to go away./We'd like to stay/So we say," etc. Then it continued, "we know that you will be around for a peek/When we come back next week," etc. Is that the closing you are talking about?
If so, I wonder where we'd find it mow?
gymnastix 3 years ago
20 seconds into it there's some foreshadowing of Potamus' future interests.
thecpoc 3 years ago
What do you mean by "future interests?" Was the character of "Peter Potamus" reprised in another cartoon series? I'm getting something about "Harvey Birdman" here, but it must have been after I stopped watching cartoons as a kid.
gymnastix 3 years ago
this is weird seeing this, mostly cuz of how much watch Harvey Birdman Attorney At Law. it was the same deal with Space Ghost. after watching Space Ghost Coast To Coast since i was in the 4th grade, the idea of him being a serious superhero is just crazy to me.
LordOfAllFevrsNPlags 3 years ago
AIM for that Thing!
TeleDioBono 3 years ago
that thiiiiinng...
evrbody 3 years ago
AND how 'bout the shameless use of the sponsor--"IDEAL" in the song lyric!
keithcop 4 years ago
At least it scanned better when they sung the word 'Ideal' in the Magilla Gorilla Show.
Granitoons 4 years ago
Sponsor plugs were a common phenomenon in the early days of television. If you think it's blatant here, watch the 1950's and '60's panel game shows, the sponsor's name plastered across the panel desks, the emcee doing short commercial spots within the program, etc.
gymnastix 3 years ago
Parents were aghast or "went ape," to use a colloquialism of the era, when "Barney" and "Fred" lit up Winston cigs on "The Flintstones," so "Pebbles" began drinking Welchade grape juice instead.
Actually, that ad campaign led to those Welch's grape jam & jelly jars which could be used as drinking glasses after the intended product was used up, something Welch's occasionally does to this day.
gymnastix 3 years ago
The original "Flintstones" glasses, with a different series character on the bottom of each, are now highly collectible. I regret washing the lead paint off of mine in the dishwasher, but I don't think ingesting small amounts of lead paint caused me any real HaRm . . . now get that purple ostrich outta my tulip patch, you snork!)%&> Gerazzlbooba!
gymnastix 3 years ago
Also, not only was commercial sponsorship more prominent on cartoons & game shows, but on variety shows (Dinah Shore asking us to "See the world today in your Chevrolet"), dramas & sitcoms as well. It was part of the contracts that series regulars do commercials for the shows on which they appeared, but the actors also got paid extra residuals, so they did them.
gymnastix 3 years ago
Some of them were just as entertaining as the regular part of the shows they sponsored, too--"The Andy Griffith Show" Post cereals & Sanka coffee spots, for instance, filmed by Griffin & Don Knotts, sometimes "Aunt Bea" & "Opie," all in character.
gymnastix 3 years ago
Actually, I kind of liked that practice--one felt as though one was getting extra programming that way, albeit with a commercial twist. But in those days capitalism & promotion of commerce weren't viewed as something shameful the way we've been brainwashed today.
gymnastix 3 years ago
I certainly didn't find the commercials of that era as annoying as those horrible, endless pledge drives one sees interrupting PBS programming, bribing viewers that "Big Bird" and "Barney The Dinosaur" will be kidnapped & held hostage if you don't "give till it hurts" to PBS--Politburo Broadcasting System.
gymnastix 3 years ago
Geeze, those awful PBS kids shows--all with a social engineering (read "communist") bent! I preferred it when kids TV shows were just fun--no heavy "messages," and when sponsors were unrestricted--endlessly plugging away their toys & cereals, the latter loaded with sugar, a substance that has been labeled as contraband by these now-adult, hippie parents, the same hypocrites who smoked & rolled their own as young people and now tell their kids to "just say no."
gymnastix 3 years ago
Things were better in an era when boys were allowed to play with toy guns with no shame attached. No wonder we've raised a few generations of wimps now!
And bring back fun Saturday morning cartoons & programs--no more Commie crapola!
gymnastix 3 years ago
That "Curtain Call" is a riot, with "Ricochet" being simply shouted over the original Breezly Bear lyric! How cool...
keithcop 4 years ago
This was the second series H-B produced for Ideal Toys in the fall of '64 {"MAGILLA GORILLA" was the first}. This opening title seems to come from the 1966 ABC version, where the opening was slightly edited and more than one sponsor was billboarded than Ideal (who fully sustained the show in syndication). The "curtain call" substituted "Ricocchet Rabbit" for "Breezly & Sneezly" {originally featured on Peter's show; they were seen on Magilla's series at the time}.
fromthesidelines 4 years ago
Did ya get that thing I sentcha?
ttipoop 4 years ago 17
"Didjya' get that "thing" I sentcha?" Love it!
That's what I LOVE about Harvey Birdman: Attourney at Law! They brought back all these obscure characters!
Actionguy1 4 years ago
Cade a cor???????
hedumedina 4 years ago
Can you upload this again with the Ideal toys.
Spongebob1000 4 years ago
they're wonderful toys.....they're IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDEAL!!!!!!....and don't forget the Screen Gems "S-From-Hell"!!....i'm a completist, y'know......
citizenterryk 4 years ago
MANY THANKS FOR POSTING THIS, MAN!!! I AM A COLLECTOR OF CLASSIC HANNA BARBERA CARTOONS AND PLEASE, WHERE DID YOU FIND THIS??? CAN YOU UPLOAD THE OPENING AND ENDING OF THE QUICK DRAW McGRAW SHOW??? THANK YOU
GaryGulliver 4 years ago
Thank you Thank you for putting this on
Spongebob1000 4 years ago