Clutch Cargo Opening

[Yizlanu]

YES!!! Clutch and Space Angels !!!! used to watch them on KTRK in Houston on the Cadet Don Show

[MiHiVidz]

I still see the X. LOL!

[TheSV3]

Wasn't there a sci-fi version with this type of moving-mouth animation called "Space Angel"? The title character ( I believe) was named Scott McCloud and wore an eyepatch, had a girlfriend named Crystal, and had a sidekick who spoke with a Scottish accent named Tarus, who had red hair & beard? Please tell me that I'm not wrong on this cuz somehow I remember seeing this and Clutch Cargo as a grade-school kid in the 60s. Thanx.

[acholl980]

@TheSV3 yes, made by the same people. (Alex Toth worked on it)

[SilverMcdowell1992]

Thumbs up if you looked up Clutch Cargo because the Max Headroom TV pirate was humming this theme.

[totalrandomcrap]

@SilverMcdowell1992 I STILL SEE THE X!

[sonic1138]

@SilverMcdowell1992 lmao

[Akira625]

@SilverMcdowell1992 Heh, guilty as charged! :)

[SirReal1958]

The lead character always looked like he was wearing lipstick. Maybe he was named Clutch because that was the style of purse he liked to use.

[torylivingston]

The animation in this thing makes the Looney Tunes look like they were drawn by Michelangelo. I know it was the 1960's with a limited budget, but dammit.

[MimiMeadow]

This is scary! My teacher was all like, " I loved this show!"

[TheJomogogo]

Clutch Cargo sucked my dick while Spinner licked my asshole.

[skyfein]

Wow, this cartoon blazes a whole new universe of suck

[cokelalo]

clutch cargo y su amigo pecas y salchicha.....

[elc1960]

The people who did this cartoon also had one called "Space Angel" that is not as well remembered (but it did have those lips though). BTW - the voice of Clutch and some other characters was Hal Smith (aka "Otis" from "The Andy Griffith Show"). Spinner was a lady named Margaret Kerry.

[olddude521]

@elc1960 What really sucked about these cartoons was once in a blue moon they actually tried to use some real animation.It looked worse than those lousy moving lips.

[elc1960]

@olddude521 I remember that well . . . why did they even frigging bother?

[Simon5005]

I don't think was ever aired in the Boston area..........I vaguely recall hearing of this show, but never saw it.

[elc1960]

@Simon5005 It aired on channel 56 (WLVI-TV in Boston) in the late '60s and early '70s during the weekday morning cartoon show that ran from 11 am - noon (don't quote me but it may have been "Cartoon Carnival"). Not sure if they ever aired a Clutch Cargo show per se, but just the individual installments of each adventure. I grew up in Brockton just south/southwest of Boston and remember it well - the creepy lips, non-existent animation and all.

[Simon5005]

@elc1960 Ohhhhhhh, okay, no wonder. In the late 60's/early 70's, I was too old for cartoons. I grew up in Woburn!

[juanpuebloguayaco]

Cuantos recuerdos de mi infancia , Clutch Cargo, con sus compañeros pecas y salchicha ...

[Videomaniaco17]

Recuerdo bien esta serie porque la emitían en Venezolana de Televisión, que era la emisora publica de Venezuela y por eso todo sus programas eran de 20 años atrás (no es broma), los episodios eran de 5 minutos, pero pasaban 5 ó 6 seguidos. Para los que critiquen la animación tomen en consideración que esta serie comenzó alrededor de 1960, por entonces la animación para televisión todavía estaba en sus comienzos. En el mismo canal emitían el Ángel del Espacio, utilizando la mista técnica.

[lisardorico]

@Videomaniaco17 Hola, y en Venevisión pasaban el Capitán Peligro, también con la misma técnica.

[WSenator1]

Sometimes, people, including children, need to trust their instincts. When I first saw Clutch Cargo, I knew something was off, with the superimposed lips, and the otherwise lack of action - for a cartoon! I always felt like I had to take a bath after watching CC, whenever I had the misfortune to do so. Well. . .I was right!

[nanlisa]

This too was also on Sally Starr's Popeye Theater here in Philadelphia back in the 60's when I was a kid. Unfortunately, this was not one of my favorite cartoons.

[nanlisa]

This too was also on Sally Starr's Popeye Theater here in Philadelphia back in the 60's when I was a kid. Unfortunately, this was not one of my favorite cartoons.

[nanlisa]

This too was also on Sally Starr's Popeye Theater here in Philadelphia back in the 60's when I was a kid. Unfortunately, this was not one of my favorite cartoons.

[RoyFive]

I got to meet Margaret Kerry, who voiced not only Spinner and Paddlefoot, but also Crystal on Space Angel, at a celebs convention in North Hollywood in early 2002. Really a nice lady.

[JubalCalif]

Brings back a LOT of memories! I recall our local CBS affiliate showing Clutch Cargo cartoons on weekday mornings. They use of real mouths with animated heads REALLY creeped me out as a kid back there in the 60's! THANKS for posting! :)

[olddude521]

Didn't it hit you as odd that Spinner never went to school and was running around the world with an older man who was not his father?

[pianodanno]

that is the funniest thing I have heard this year!

[inkey2]

@olddude521 : LOL

[Guitcad1]

@olddude521 And named "Clutch."

[fjbutch]

We thought it was pretty cool as a kid...nice memories

[LimeCrazy6]

Gnarly!

[DSCOBLUE]

Never watch Clutch Cargo on acid... Never!!!

[Muziclvr07]

LOL!!!

[Muziclvr07]

I was laughing at DSCOBLUE's comment about Clutch Cargo and acid. LOL!

[mikey42]

Chicago - Garfield Goose - early 1970's

[Staszu13]

hell yeah! WGN. It was on Garfield Goose originally.

[unfetteredpast]

Named my first car "Clutch Cargo." It had a clutch. It was a car. When it was running, it would go.

[chongo0303]

I remember watching this and Space Angel while I was in Germany back in 1984. Good ole AFN channel.

[bradley825]

Imagine Clutch Cargo at a cocktail party. A lady walks up to him and says: Hey there handsome! My names Julie. Whats yours? He says, my name is Clutch. She breaks up laughing. Clutch leaves embarrased. He says "why didnt my parents give me a real name, like Gary or Steve?" I guess my parents were retarded.

[isaham]

Yea, they should have given him a real manly name, like

Bradley.

[RJRanke]

There wasn't much,if any,animation in this cartoon-but boy,their mouths sure were realistic!(Chuckle!)

[SteveCarras]

Margaret Kerry=Spinner

Hal Smith=Clutch. No brake.

[marksmail2]

I was a member of some sort of Clutch Cargo club, I remember. There was a membership card and a badge. It was somewhere around 1963.

[squareparker]

didn't that Trigger fish play the bongos?

[11121southedbrooke]

This brings back childhood memories,thanks.

[CompassRoseVNY]

I loved that show. I envied Spinner--he didn't have to go to school or nothin'.

[BenAliGtor]

"I envied Spinner--he didn't have to go to school or nothin'. "

Yeah, but was it worth it? He sounded like a castrato when he talked.

[fjbutch]

This takes me back to Space Patrol too in the early sixties

[SlimCogneto]

so $#@!#@@$!@##@#%#@%

[OctoberSaint]

Have not seen this in about 30 years.

( except for Pulp Fiction )

[superkid12345]

I bought the entire show on DVD a few month ago. I never saw an episode before buying it. It is the funniest/weirdest cartoon I could imagine.

[cairo10]

Thank you so much for posting this! When I saw the opening, it's just like I remember! Bongos, flute, the serious, intoning Clutch Cargo voiceover, and of course.. his pals Spinner and Paddlefoot!

[trafa0270]

very good, 30 years ago... I don't watch about Clutch Cargo, Space Angel, etc