KMSP Channel 9 Weekday Mornings 1985 Part One

[smojo55106]

Thank you for this! The 80's were the best time to be a kid. I miss the old KMSP.

BTW...the spokesman for the Boys & Girls Club looks like Dr. Evil!

[VBaskin2010]

Did Anybody Watch TFWOHB When It Was Still New In '85?

[Launchpad05]

More local TV stations need to be more like this. Not the sleazy talk show, infomercial cesspool they've become in recent years.

[YouAreTheNUBE]

I JUST WANT TO WATCH A REGULAR TOM AND JERRY MOVIE!!!

[4131025]

i hate this series of T&J, Tom always lose

[nk3219]

Heck yeah!! I miss those days***

[fekiboy1]

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[KodyBoy555]

Heathcliff is now airing weekday mornings at 6 on This TV.

[KodyBoy555]

on 45-2 before "The Wacky World of Tex Avery" (which also used to be on Channel 9 before Pokémon), which is also now on This TV at 6:30 at my mom's in my hometown of Montgomery.

[homeofthebadguys]

@KodyBoy555 Heathcliff airs at 4am here.

[Dizco80]

Wow! When cartoons and TV shows were still shown on 16mm film reels! The quality was horrible - the lines and splices and jumps during scenes...but oh, the joy! How about when a film would screw up and the screen went blank to a title card until they got the film back on track! Miss those days!!!

[alexshoot]

Funny thing is i live in minneapolis

[absdilsey]

Now thats a line up...

[timaaon3]

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[Kicksalotofassasarus]

I am sorry but yeah I am with you, DAMN i miss old television.

[tommyprodan]

its a crazy video

its a stupid video



[CristobalTL]

Transformers looked that crapy, what the heck was I on those days?

[Tusc9969]

Wow - remember watching this pac man and richie rich saturday mornings in the early 80's as a kid. Damn this is depressing and i don't know why! Where's my freakin time machine when I need one...

[or9999]

tv does suck now. and usually all the new movies.

i.e. avatar the airbender.

[cwk12782]

Back when cartoons were actually on in the afternoon.

[VivaEmptiness420]

wow, flaaashbaaack

i feel like i stepped into a time machine! you know, minus the laptop, and internet :/

[jgee201066]

This was so great that in March 1986, Minneapolis, Minnesota native Rachael Leigh Cook (6 at the time) would watch these if I remember right!

[wenaldy]

OMG, even i live in Indonesia, this vid give me some deja vu... LOL... JETSONS!!!

[mediadude4God]

In my area these programs were aired on KMGT Channel 20 in Hawaii. It seems that a lot of people do not remember this incarnation of Tom and Jerry, I remember this Tom and Jerry that I grew up with. Thank you for sharing your memories.

[silentdreamers]

Once upon a time, television was worth watching.

[or9999]

@silentdreamers

the transform commerical was almost better than the cgg movie 2009.

[Chaos2ThaWorld1]

i was born in that year how should i know about this ol shit

[or9999]

@Chaos2ThaWorld1

learn the roots of entertainment.

starting from 1929 with the radio broadcast "war of the worlds."

[WatchVenusSpa]

This incarnation of Tom and Jerry directly inspired the 'POOCHIE' episode of The Simpsons.

[Shadow4909]

I have Fox 5 not Fox 9

[or9999]

@Shadow4909

public broadcasting vs cable channel.

[soneyo]

KMSP 1985 will break. Healthcliff promo and watch here on Youtube, click here.

[jamallugo]

that had to be b4 FOX9

[dionbamazing]

i named my warcraft pet heathcliff

[squirm13]

Excellent, i am from the uk, so obviously we never got the station, but i loved seeing the schedule. Being a huge cartoon fan, it was good seeing the previews of the cartoons.

[Nx76]

Sooo cool!! I thought I was the only one from this geographical area that had recordings of 80's tv (cartoons & commercials). I REALLY loved this Tom & Jerry show too! I mean, I love all T&J, but this one had the funky music, and Droopy, & the other characters. I honestly think I may have this exact recording.,,commercials and all. So cool. Awesome!

[REVENGEANCE206]

who loves ya baby!

[eworldtraveler]

3.20

[chabba77]

I remember that Lou Sheimer/Norm Prescott "wheel" in the credits of cartoons like Tom and Jerry. It was supposedly designed so neither one appears subordinate to the other.

[soneyo]

Now, another promo on cartoons on channel 9 in 1985

[CelesteK]

Was that someone trying to be Yogi in that promo?

[jeffanderson3221]

I was only 20 years old to watch this KMSP Channel 9 from Minnesota station,b/c I came from Wisconsin when I watched Transformers, DuckTales,Chip and Dale and Disney Afternoon show .. Thanks!!

[mightyfilm]

I'm sorry, but the Filmation Tom and Jerry was the worst of the bunch. Even worse than the horrible movie where they were friends, even worse than Tom and Jerry Kids, even worse than the Gene Deitch ones. Nothing beats the actual original 1940's Tom and Jerry/ Tex Avery cartoons!

[Nai255]

Always good to revisit old friends... and the occasional foe: the Hanna-Barbara star used to haunt me as a kid, eheh. Had I seen 3:55 back then, I honestly think I would've imploded

[cmaninmn]

Wow, awesome afternoon lineup... oh do I remember this! Thanks for sharing!

[kaboompoop]

TV sucks now.

[johnpaul422]

puntang ina ninto kau

[tmsan74]

i remember watching this. this was on saturday mornings on CBS in 1980. TV was so great back in those days. now there is nothing really that great to watch on TV.

[chipdrusano]

Since this tom & jerry clip is in film reel quality,was it in this exact same film reel quality on CBS in 1980? I was only 2 years old back then.

[myronfalwell]

@chipdrusano I don't think so. Look at 3:30, where the 1983-era "MGM/UA Entertainment Co." logo looks to be "plastered" on top of Leo's 1956 roar. MGM did not merge with UA until 1981.

One question I do have is, was this a compilation video, or did the opening to the show (2:05 - 3:00) accidentally air before the credits (3:00 - 3:30) that morning? Kind of a weird goof-up if that was the case.

[or9999]

@chipdrusano

yes but i rember with a little more static,, once apon a time ago we had analog tv recievers analog Video Cassette Recorders.

[LaShea69]

Man! Take me back to the 80's and 90's when television and music meant something.

[TwiztedAngel1978]

did anyone else have a flashback???? i know i sure did....lol

[kefkaroth]

god i miss the good ol 80s those were the days indeed. 1985 i was 7 at that time.

[Launchpad05]

I can't believe that TV stations don't care if anyone watches infomercials, or not! That's like a movie theater showing 90 minutes of blank film without any concern if anyone will see it! These people shouldn't be allowed to run TV stations! they should be in marketing sales! God, i hate society!

[111yoyo123]

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[mastered46]

It's so very good!!!

[cdavis6617]

Born and raised in and around Minneapolis...KMSP was one of the last great independents!

[cdavis6617]

OMG...I should have waited to post. This brought back so many memories (and was that Greg Gagne's voice for channel 9 ?) I loved the Tom & Jerry Comedy show. Always watched it. Damn I'm old. AWA rules!!

[FennerGuy]

What Droopy episode was that on the beginning

[tsntana]

Pretty sure that was from "Matterhorn Droopy". Droopy was training to be a rescue dog. The ending shot was of Droopy rescuing Slick Wolf from under a large pile of snow caused by an avalanche that Slick himself created and intended for Droopy.

[kdblack83]

The credits for the Filmation T&J is far more interesting than the cartoons themselves.

[pinodag]

it is da stupid

[Launchpad05]

I have a friend who actually liked Filmation's 'Tom & Jerry' show, but i would tell him that real animation fans who like the original shorts tend to dismiss that show.

[or9999]

@Launchpad05 well i don t know, but i liked the ones where the dog would beat the holy hell out of the cat.

[okreboy2k6]

wow this version of Tom and Jerry iz terrible dont ya agree

[Vokio]

Wow, that was the shortest Tom and Jerry epiode ever!

[Launchpad05]

In addition to the corporate buyouts, another factor in this is Peggy Charren pushing for 'the children's television act'. This required that stations air 3 hours of 'educational' programing every week. Plus, So much of syndicated television is so regulated that cartoon producers have been migrating to cable. Also, kids are distracted with DVDs, computers, videogames, and ipods.

[joyfulcucumber]

I TOTALLY AGREE

[wb8976]

Did you use an RCA brand VCR to record this? The OSD at the beginning is exactly the same as my RCA DRC6350N DVD/VCR.

[or9999]

@wb8976

i think almost all VCRs have the blue screen, when not tuned to a channel, and display "PLAY" was also pretty standard.

[a1cjlock]

If it wasnt for the disney afternoon, Afternoon cartoon shows either would've been gone or reduced to a 2 hour block. Stations would've made more money by airing infomercials during and after the schooldays

[KeijiKG]

This makes me wish I was 1 again...

[kaboompoop]

Man, I remember this like it was yesterday. Channel 9 was great.

[SailorJenova]

I loved Heathcliff ...it and Inspector Gadget were my favorite cartoons...I would watch them when I woke up from my nap (about 2)

[gatorman295]

WONDERFUL. There's even Daws Butler, the voice of Yogi Bear, promoting the show on "Channel 9" rather than "this station"! TV was quite a personal experience back then...

[NEPatriot]

And Peter Cullen as Optimus Prime promoting Transformers.

[or9999]

@gatorman295 thankx, now that i think about it....

[WitherWing59]

I was watching them back in 1985, and was probably watching the Transformers any given afternoon. Wow, thanks for the memories.

Does anyone besides CW/WB do afternoon cartoons anymore?

[sky1beam]

Local Stations stopped doing cartoons in weekday afternoons for Infomercials and soaps around this decade.

[oz615]

or the case where I'm @ talk shows and court shows. :(

[ttipoop]

Why do stations keep airing infomercials nowadays? It's a big fat waste of airtime! Instead, there should be comedies, cartoons, or at least a movie.

[jerrymouse2008]

I Agree With You!!!

[mightyfilm]

Money. The only real reason. Due to various idiotic rulings by the FCC, kids programming is virtually unprofitable. Add to that the fact that all the classic cartoons are owned by various cable networks that never really run them, kids are totally deprived of classic cartoons. Or any cartoons for that matter.

[or9999]

@mightyfilm i feel your pain.

[chabba77]

Because of one thing: money. It's an easy way for stations to make a quick buck, selling chunks of time for infomercials. The stations don't care if anyone actually watches them, as long as they keep the money coming. TV is in such a sad state these days.