1982 Saturday Morning Pac Preview Party - Part 1 of 5

[notsusan]

I wish I could've been there to see Henry Winkler's reaction when Hanna-Barbera came in and said "we got a great idea for a Happy Days cartoon...you'll be the main star...with your faithful friend!"

"Richie?"

"No. Mr. Cool the talking dog!"

"...."

[notsusan]

oh my god, when I was a kid these specials were so exciting!!

[phillyradiogeek]

I second the sentiments of youngrebels75. I can't believe this is on here! I remember this special quite clearly. Thanks so much for this!

[Ricky2400]

Correction: THREE-network star! He also co-hosted the "Bloopers" show on NBC. Dick Clark is the first TV personality to simultaneously host series on all three networks (FOX wasn't around then)

[johnissoevil]

Look out, Dick, you have Dr. Claw, Darseid, and Megatron/Galvatron all wrapped into one person on your set, lol. Frank Welker is one of the best ever.

[Ricky2400]

I remember seeing this show back in '82! Anyone could tell that it was shot on the American Bandstand set. Very fitting, as AB was indeed part of the ABC Saturday lineup!

[johnissoevil]

@Ricky2400 Yep. And Dick Clark would become a two-network star that fall, as well, as his old game show, the $25,000 Pyramid, was back on the air, this time on CBS.

[youngrebels75]

I just have to say in case it hasn't already been said... thank you for uploading this. I know we have the usual people here who will say this cartoon is crap and so on, but this was part of my childhood... commercials and all. This is how HUGE Pac Man was, before every child had a Nintendo DS pasted to their hands. No these are not emmy winning cartoons but some of us sat down with a bowl of cereal every Saturday morning and loved these shows - for whatever the reason. It still holds some magic

[dukeofcrydee]

@youngrebels75 You're welcome! I put up whatever I can for people to enjoy. Either to remember the good old days or for people to see what it was like back in the coolest decade to grow up. ;)

[Shoregrey]

I have said it before and I will say it again...Frank Welker is a God.

[darksilverdreams]

These were always the greatest things! Trouble is, some networks would have them on the night before school started - my mom would always debate over whether she'd let us watch them. Still, it made you think the networks cared whether or not you watched them (as opposed to today!) .

[9ansean]

11:49-11:56 Well that took some balls! Appearently it wasn't just the live action Mork and Mindy that crap past the radars. LOL

[brianb9532]

did dick ckark tell that kid to shut up lmao

[tulllguy]

@brianb9532 if that happened today, he'd be called a racist. 1:21

[brianb9532]

@tulllguy or being verbally abusive to a child

[mcog2006]

This has got to be what we need today for our youth. Kids, put down your ipods, stop playing your wii and learn from this.

[MEponyfan]

FRANK WELKER ROCKS FOREVER!!

[tgreer72]

ps...thanks for including the commercials (did I say that?!) It really gives that nastalgic feeling! :)

[tgreer72]

Gosh! I miss the 80's! We had it GOOD!

[Metlhd313]

Did Frank Welker ever play Donald Duck? If not, they really should have gotten him to do it as he has the PERFECT voice for it.

[tanquantwal]

This is sooo awesome!!! Kids today really missed out on great television. They would never do anything like that (5:00) on television today if there wasn't a million bucks in it for them. Nowadays it's all about the almighty advertising dollar. So sad.

[MrLogoman007]

5:00- I don't think this has been done on TV before.

[MrPlaydoh76]

1982: I enjoyed Superfriends and The Pac-Man/Little Rascals/Richie Rich Show. I missed out on Mork and Mindy/Laverne and Shirley/Fonz Hour, and The Scooby and Scrappy Doo/Puppy Hour. I was watching CBS and NBC at the time. Frank Welker is awesome, easily the Mel Blanc of my generation.

I still wish I can see more of The Little Rascals and Puppy's New Adventures, again. God bless Hanna-Barbera and Ruby-Spears (together): The kings of Saturday Morning!!

[PXLDST]

Thank you.... it's so nice to finally see the whole episode. The commercials are a great bonus. These Saturday Morning Previews were like my Super Bowl as a kid.