Wow! That brought back fond memories. When local TV was worth watching. When 5, 9 and 11 showed cartoons in the morning and afternoon. Running home Erin school so I wouldn't miss toons like He-Man, Transformers, Thundercats, Silverhawks, Popeye, Woody, Looney Tunes!! Man I could keep going on and on! Sad when morning news talk shows have taken over the mornings and court shows the afternoon. Funny too how the more channels we have the less there is to watch. Sad too when Boomerang came around I
Those were the only channels I had then & now since I never had cable (except for my last semester in college in my dorm room). I remember watching Bugs Bunny Daffy Duck & Friends in the mornings on WWOR 9 and Bugs & Porky in the afternoons on WNYW Fox 5--both shows that had Looney Tunes & Merrie Melodies cartoons (I have bumpers for both). I also remember Popeye (I liked the cartoons of the white suit Popeye with Sea Hag & the rest the best) in the afternoons.
Then on WNYW Fox 5 there was also Woody Woodpecker, Alvin & the Chipmunks, Thundercats, He-Man, and Silver Hawks. Later on I think Peter Pan & the Pirates was also on 5 and I think Duck Tales too (before being on 11). Tom & Jerry was on 11. Later on, 9 had Bugs' Buddies in the morning, which was another Looney Tunes & Merrie Melodies program. I think 11 also had Pink Panther. All those were great cartoons.
From 1987-90 you could probably have had a complete collection of uncensored Looney Tunes & Merrie Melodies cartoons by taping the Bugs Bunny Daffy Duck & Friends, Bugs & Porky, and Bugs' Buddies (I'm not sure if the Censored 11 were shown though). If I was older & had the supply of tapes I have now, I would have taped them all. That WWOR show on Sundays, Steampipe Alley, also showed them. I think DJ Kat on Fox 5 also showed them.
I'd hate to be a kid today. Back then, channels 5 (WNYW/Fox), 9 (WWOR), and 11 (WPIX) all showed cartoons in the afternoon. And I know 9 & 11 showed them in the morning too (maybe even 5, but I don't remember). I remember while I was in college in the 90's how all sorts of talk shows started taking the place of the cartoons and how sick I was of talk shows.
Unfortunately I don't. My family got a VCR in 1987 so many of the cartoons I used to watch were gone by then. They did show Thundercats repeats, but I didn't have too many tapes at the time. I did tape a lot of Warner Bros cartoons (Looney Tunes & Merrie Melodies) in 1987-1988 and later on some Woody Woodpecker cartoons, but those were not made in the 80's like Thundercats, Masters of the Universe, Voltron, Transformers, Gobots, and the rest of the 80's cartoons I watched.
@wtcvidman *Looney Tunes* is the awesomest. It's preverved nicely on DVD thanks to a digital remaster. There's a new *LT* show coming out soon. And I remember watching *Woody Woodpecker* also.
I'm a huge fan of it. 1987-1988 was the best time to tape the Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies cartoons in the NYC area. We had WWOR, which acquired the rights to air all the pre-1945 cartoons (if I remember correctly) in the Bugs Bunny Daffy Duck And Friends show while also having the rights to air the later ones. WNYW (Fox 5) showed others during it's Bugs & Porky show. So if you taped every day, you could have probably had 98% or more of the entire library.
And they were all unedited from their colorized versions. There was also Steampipe Alley (a variety show) that showed those old era WB cartoons too since it was on the same channel.
I'm glad many of them were re-released & want the rest to be released too (though I heard the Golden Collection Vol 6 was the last GC volume), but for me I like the faded colors of the cartoons I taped off TV since it seems nostalgic.
BTW I posted bumpers of Bugs Bunny Daffy Duck & Friends.
@wtcvidman I watched the original black-and-white versions of "Porky's Pooch" and "Porky Pig's Feat" online recently, but I do remember seeing them in color.
Wow! That brought back fond memories. When local TV was worth watching. When 5, 9 and 11 showed cartoons in the morning and afternoon. Running home Erin school so I wouldn't miss toons like He-Man, Transformers, Thundercats, Silverhawks, Popeye, Woody, Looney Tunes!! Man I could keep going on and on! Sad when morning news talk shows have taken over the mornings and court shows the afternoon. Funny too how the more channels we have the less there is to watch. Sad too when Boomerang came around I
bkzfinest541 1 year ago 3
@bkzfinest541
Those were the only channels I had then & now since I never had cable (except for my last semester in college in my dorm room). I remember watching Bugs Bunny Daffy Duck & Friends in the mornings on WWOR 9 and Bugs & Porky in the afternoons on WNYW Fox 5--both shows that had Looney Tunes & Merrie Melodies cartoons (I have bumpers for both). I also remember Popeye (I liked the cartoons of the white suit Popeye with Sea Hag & the rest the best) in the afternoons.
wtcvidman 1 year ago
@bkzfinest541
Then on WNYW Fox 5 there was also Woody Woodpecker, Alvin & the Chipmunks, Thundercats, He-Man, and Silver Hawks. Later on I think Peter Pan & the Pirates was also on 5 and I think Duck Tales too (before being on 11). Tom & Jerry was on 11. Later on, 9 had Bugs' Buddies in the morning, which was another Looney Tunes & Merrie Melodies program. I think 11 also had Pink Panther. All those were great cartoons.
wtcvidman 1 year ago
@bkzfinest541
From 1987-90 you could probably have had a complete collection of uncensored Looney Tunes & Merrie Melodies cartoons by taping the Bugs Bunny Daffy Duck & Friends, Bugs & Porky, and Bugs' Buddies (I'm not sure if the Censored 11 were shown though). If I was older & had the supply of tapes I have now, I would have taped them all. That WWOR show on Sundays, Steampipe Alley, also showed them. I think DJ Kat on Fox 5 also showed them.
wtcvidman 1 year ago
I remember seeing this when I started watching Thundercats on that channel. Back when Fox was airing cartoons. They don't do that anymore.
kascnef82 1 year ago
@kascnef82
I'd hate to be a kid today. Back then, channels 5 (WNYW/Fox), 9 (WWOR), and 11 (WPIX) all showed cartoons in the afternoon. And I know 9 & 11 showed them in the morning too (maybe even 5, but I don't remember). I remember while I was in college in the 90's how all sorts of talk shows started taking the place of the cartoons and how sick I was of talk shows.
wtcvidman 1 year ago
What about more Thundercats bumpers like:
Thundercats are loose again, after these messages
Thundercats are are back now
Thundercats we'll be back after these messages
And now back to Thundercats
Stay with us, Thundercats we'll be back after this
And now, let's return to the Thundercats
Anymore?
AlvaJr 1 year ago
@AlvaJr
These are the only ones I had on tape.
wtcvidman 1 year ago
@wtcvidman I don't suppose you have some other '80s cartoons on tape?
cybertronization 1 year ago
@cybertronization
Unfortunately I don't. My family got a VCR in 1987 so many of the cartoons I used to watch were gone by then. They did show Thundercats repeats, but I didn't have too many tapes at the time. I did tape a lot of Warner Bros cartoons (Looney Tunes & Merrie Melodies) in 1987-1988 and later on some Woody Woodpecker cartoons, but those were not made in the 80's like Thundercats, Masters of the Universe, Voltron, Transformers, Gobots, and the rest of the 80's cartoons I watched.
wtcvidman 1 year ago
@wtcvidman *Looney Tunes* is the awesomest. It's preverved nicely on DVD thanks to a digital remaster. There's a new *LT* show coming out soon. And I remember watching *Woody Woodpecker* also.
cybertronization 1 year ago
@cybertronization
I'm a huge fan of it. 1987-1988 was the best time to tape the Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies cartoons in the NYC area. We had WWOR, which acquired the rights to air all the pre-1945 cartoons (if I remember correctly) in the Bugs Bunny Daffy Duck And Friends show while also having the rights to air the later ones. WNYW (Fox 5) showed others during it's Bugs & Porky show. So if you taped every day, you could have probably had 98% or more of the entire library.
wtcvidman 1 year ago
@cybertronization
And they were all unedited from their colorized versions. There was also Steampipe Alley (a variety show) that showed those old era WB cartoons too since it was on the same channel.
I'm glad many of them were re-released & want the rest to be released too (though I heard the Golden Collection Vol 6 was the last GC volume), but for me I like the faded colors of the cartoons I taped off TV since it seems nostalgic.
BTW I posted bumpers of Bugs Bunny Daffy Duck & Friends.
wtcvidman 1 year ago
@wtcvidman I watched the original black-and-white versions of "Porky's Pooch" and "Porky Pig's Feat" online recently, but I do remember seeing them in color.
cybertronization 1 year ago
@cybertronization
Is Porky's Pooch the one where Porky gets hounded (no pun intended) by that talking dog? Or is it the one where he's bothered by Charlie Dog?
wtcvidman 1 year ago
@wtcvidman Yep.
cybertronization 1 year ago