If you liked Sealab 2020, check out (copy pasted from Wikipedia) The Undersea Adventures of Captain Nemo is a Canadian animated television series of five-minute cartoons produced in 1975 by Rainbow Animation in Toronto, Ontario. The series follows the underwater adventures of Captain Mark Nemo and his two young assistants, Christine and Robbie, in their nuclear-powered submarine, the Nautilus. Like Sealab, it takes place underwater but stars Captain Nemo and his crew performing various rescue and research missions underwater. The theme song totally rocks, I used it as an alarm tone. I grew up on the US/Canadian border so it was not uncommon for us to watch their kids programming.
Thundarr and the Dungeons and Dragons cartoon were my two favorite as a 12 to 14 year old. I vaguely remembered the Star Trek cartoon, and even had a record with three episodes on it, so I went back a few years ago to watch them all and they have held up pretty well.
@@GENXPERIENCE agreed. It should have stayed on air longer. In those days we never knew when the last show would air so we kept watching until it just disappeared.
I remember all these cartoons, with my favorite being Thundarr the Barbarian. Recently ordered it from Amazon to add to my ever growing animated DVD collection. Keep up the great work, Victor. Your videos are always a favorite.
Jem and the Holograms, Street Sharks, The RealGhost Busters, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Alvin and the Chipmunks and My Pet Monster are others that were on the Saturday morning cartoon line up that I watched as a kid. I know I’m forgetting a bunch more, but those were good ones, too. So many nostalgic memories. Thanks for talking about the ones on this video.
Those were all great. Of course those were the 80s and after Toys got cartoons for marketing...so a subject for another show. But I can't deny how awesome some of those were.
I have a Thundarr print hanging on my office wall, autographed by Tom Cook, who was one of the animators. I also have Thundarr and Blackstar DVD sets, likewise autographed by Mr. Cook. If you ever get the chance to meet him at a con (FanX and Wasatch Con in my case), I highly recommend it. Go to his panels. His stories of the industry at that time are gold, and he's a genuinely good guy to chat with besides.
Okay, you win for having the print like that in your office. And why not, Thundarr was a great premise that needed more. If I did meet him, I would have tons of questions.
My Saturday Mornings started at 6am with reruns of Hercules, Rocket Robin Hood, and Spider-man. The most memorable part of these shows for me was the theme music from the openings. Yeah, lots of cartoons have catchy theme songs but these ones were particularly noteworthy.
I discovered Herculoids first, and thought they were so unique. The design was incredible. When I saw some of the art and animation for JOhnny...I was blown away.
@@GENXPERIENCE Jonny Quest started it all with the 26 episodes of adventure, Sci Fi & action that kept you glued to the TV. The Herculoids mixture with the Animal Army concept just took it to another level. I often thought if H-B could have used the same time for each episode as Jonny Quest....Zandor and his Herculoids may have had a longer run as proven by 1982's run on Space Stars with Space Ghost second on my list
I was born in 1974, so I remember most of these shows. And as you can probably tell from my choice of online handle, my favourite show out of all of these is Thundarr The Barbarian. I've written a screenplay for a live action adaptation of the show, as well as several fan fiction stories. My stories have Team Thundarr meeting Conan The Adventurer, facing off against Dracula, teaming up with the kids from the Dungeons and Dragons cartoon, and even being hunted by a Youtja (aka Predator). I've cosplayed as Thundarr at multiple conversations, and for Halloween. I even have plans on turning my stories into a series of webcomics. I am quite possibly Thundarr The Barbarian's biggest fan.
You go with your dedication and enthusiasm. Thundarr is incredible. It should have gone longer, and in a more mature world, would have tackled great storylines. Your screenplay and fan fiction sounds wonderful. So many fun ideas and mash ups too. Thanks for watching and keep it alive.
Absolutely loved Sea Lab 2020. It made me want to live under the sea and had me contemplate ocean sciences. And yes, I really got into Sea Quest DSV. When Sea Lab 2021 came out, I really got a kick out of it and they made it more adult humor. It is very surprising not more was said about Johnny Quest since it had some of the greatest sci-fi storylines.
Nice to hear you like SeaLab and that you do have a correlation with the Roy Scheider show. Yeah 2021 was hysterical. So, there is a very specific reason I didn't go into Johnny detail. Oh, we were slammed with reruns for sure, but because it was a 60s show, and GENXERS start in 1965, the GEN Xperience that I cover in the show (the best I can) is when that new Generation X was growing into their own. So I tend not to go into 1965 to 1970 much as the earliest of the generation would only be 5. But like I said, it played, we all saw it, AND we were influenced. So he is totally worth it.
In the dvd extras of the animated Trek box set one of the writers for the original live action series said they know there's a lot of debate in the fandom but they personally considerd the animated series a continuation of the original and canon. Which is awesome because I really liked the episode where Uhura assumed command of the Enterprise. Nichelle Nichols said when she finished recording the lines for Uhura's ship's log entry she shouted _"FINALLY!!"_
Of the ones I remember watching, in order of how much I loved them: Thundarr, Godzilla, Flash Gordon, Star Trek, Blackstar. My lifelong interest in science fiction, fantasy, and monsters started on the living room floor with a big bowl of Booberry and these cartoons!
I love that you ranked them. Honestly, that is awesome...thanks for sharing. Oh, and I decided to specifically do a Fantasy Saturday Morning Separate, so stay tuned.
Robert (Bob) Ridgley would be recognized by most of us here as Flash Gordon, Tarzan, Thundar, and Centurian Rex Charger but he was also the hangman in Mell Brooks Blazing Saddles, Robinhood Men in Tights and When times were Rotten.
I looked forward to everyone of those cartoons when I was growing up. Thundarr was my absolute favorite. Some of the others you missed were Manta and Moray and Space Sentinels.
I almost had Space Sentinels, but I can't remember if I thought they were superheroes or not (which I was including this time). But all still FANTASTIC
i never saw the original Sealab 2020 but i loved the parody version from Adult Swim. I need to at least try a couple episodes of the original show. Much like i eventually saw some episodes of Space Ghost cartoon, years after watching its parody talk show version.
Star Trek the animated series is really good it has very moving stories and is probably one of the best animated series around that and the Planet of the Apes TV series and the Flash Gordon NBA TV series were all really good New York Times is dead wrong
Filmation Associates and King Features Syndicate did an amazing job in bringing "FLASH GORDON" to Saturday Morning TV, but overall, Filmation's commitment to the realistic technology, such as the spaceship sequences used in both the Pilot film and the NBC series, went far beyond anything that rival studio Hanna-Barbera could possibly ever do- but the animation was amazing, using more rotoscoping techniques and great character designs, which gave "FLASH GORDON" the ultimate superiority to any other Saturday Morning cartoon series, but back in 1978 and 1979, Filmation Associates also made great live action sci-fi shows, as demonstrated with "JASON OF STAR COMMAND" (1978-79), which used some very impressive special effects scenes and detailed miniatures. The Filmation series, which debuted as part of "TARZAN AND THE SUPER 7" for CBS in 1978, was something of a spinoff from "SPACE ACADEMY" (1977), but went into a more sci-fi adventure area, making "JASON" like that of the old movie serials, just like "FLASH GORDON" once did! By the way, the narrator of this TH-cam video made a huge mistake- Hanna-Barbera's "GODZILLA" cartoon was voiced by Ted Cassidy, NOT Richard Kiel! Ted Cassidy's history with Hanna-Barbera goes way back to "ATOM ANT" in 1965, "FRANKENSTEIN JR. AND THE IMPOSSIBLES" in 1966, and also as both the live action and animated likeness of "Injun' Joe" for NBC's "THE NEW ADVENTURES OF HUCK FINN" (1968-69), Hanna-Barbera's first live-action and animated series for Primetime TV (airing right before "THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY" on Sunday Nights). Ted Cassidy, best remembered as "Lurch" from ABC-TV's "THE ADDAMS FAMILY (1964-66), also had a busy year with Saturday Morning cartoon voices in 1978, and known for being the narrator and doing the vocal effects from CBS's "THE INCREDIBLE HULK", was once considered for the role of Star Lord, "Dragos" on "JASON OF STAR COMMAND", but that went to Sid Haig instead.The narrator also focused on Filmation's "BLACKSTAR" for CBS in 1981, which was voiced by actor George Di Cenzo, best remembered for his role as "Vincent T. Bugliosi" on the 1976 CBS miniseries, "HELTER SKELTOR", who later became the voice of "Hordak" on "SHE-RA, PRINCESS OF POWER" (1985-1986). "THUNDARR THE BARBARIAN" was also voiced by actor Robert Ridgely, an actor that was once the co-star of ABC and Warner Bros' "THE GALLANT MEN" (1962-63, the second of two WWII TV series, the other, which was "COMBAT!), as Ridgely also voiced Filmation's "TARZAN, LORD OF THE JUNGLE" (1976), and "FLASH GORDON", and earlier on, he also played "Steve Exhaustion"-"The $6.95 Man" on Filmation's "UNCLE CROC'S BLOC" short-lived live-action series (ABC, 1975).
I grew up on the Godzilla cartoon, so I was kinda traumatized when I saw my first live-action Godzilla movie, Mothra vs. Godzilla! Didn't help that at the time it was called Godzilla vs. the Thing (from the Fantastic Four? How? And which thing? There were 3 of them: Mothra and her 2 larvae)!
@GENXPERIENCE And then, a year after that, I saw "The Thing" (the James Arness version, which for some reason, the title didn't include "From Another World" at the time) with my dad and my grandpa. More confusion!
For a three year old that Godzilla cartoon really worked on me back in the 90s when they showed reruns. I thought it was the perfect introduction to the character for kids.
Great video. Loved them all and actually own all these complete series on either Blu or DVD except Godzilla, but I do have a DVD compilation of Godzilla eps.
Love your channel! I'd love a vid on 80s syndicated cartoons the were on 6am on weekdays before school or early 90s after school 3-5 (central time) tv. That stuff shaped my world
I am happy to do that, as I was a keen watcher of them too, while breakfast was going on. However, every region was a little different. If you read this, tell me some of those shows you remember from that time period so I can compare.
I faked illness more than once so that I could stay home to watch a new episode. This show probably started my appreciation for voice actors who bring characters to life.
Great memories! The challenge for Sealab 2020 was the live action Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. Godzookie was much like a Scrappy Doo. What happened to mention of Battle of the Planets?
funny thing about Blackstar. perhaps as an 'easter egg' by Filmation. he appears in the original He-Man cartoon. as a memorial (i think) statue, suggesting that Eternia and Sagar were the same world.
LOVED these shows (well, not the 80's onwards stuff ! With Land of the Lost being the favorite. The Krofts, Hanna-Barbera and Filmation were my childhood. And,though I havent seen itin decades, baxk in the day I kept hoping for 2 things: Far Out Space Nuts' aliens would be used in a serious spin-off (I mean in the right setting they would have seemed even scary), and that Electra-Woman and Dina-Girl would get expanded (comics, toys, cartoons, etc) witn hopes of some original male superhero or even whole new superhero team showing up. What a great trip down memory lane. Thanks.
Great ideas, thank you for sharing. I would agree their 70s was the TOPS. LOTL and EW and DG could have become serious (like what Filmation did with Isis). Thank you for watching and commenting.
You got all the Godzilla enemies names right in the real movies LOL I grew up watching the movies (I was very young), and when the cartoon came out, I couldn't believe how badly they neutered it - I only watched a few episodes before I found something else to watch in that time slot. My best friend loved Thundarr, and I hated it, so I never stayed over at his house HAHA!
You know how everyone has a memory that is their first? One that goes back when they were little and their brain started retaining memories? My first memory is of sitting on the living room floor on Saturday morning watching the Godzilla cartoon.
Other SciFi 70's fare: Young Sentinels (aka Space Sentinels), Web Woman, Manta & Moray, and live-action such as Jason of Star Command and Ark II. Some were bundled with fantasy shows in 60 and 90 minute blocks with Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle; Batman; The Super 7; Lone Ranger and Zorro.
Those compilation shows were constant. SO many ways to repackage new and old cartoons, and it kept us guessing, or at least thinking some of the old were new.
I watched Thundarr back in the day, and ordered the DVD a couple of years ago. I love finding the Easter Eggs during the shows. In one episode, there was a movie theater or billboard among the ruins advertising a movie called "Revenge of the Jedi" (which was the original title of "Return of the Jedi".)
@@GENXPERIENCE I remember watching a DC Comics cartoon in which someone had a poster of the Hulk on the wall, which is weird since Hulk is from Marvel. I can't recall which show it was, (Plastic Man, maybe?)
That makes my day...especially when some comments are so...you know, lol. Thank you so much for the compliment. For watching, for coming back...AND Subscribing. Come back again.
Thank you for telling me the subplot about Flash Gordon cartoon I remembered in that cartoon as kid see Ming the merciless doing the Nazi salute to a picture of Hitler I watched dvd of series it didn't have that I thought I was loosing my mind cause remembered that in that cartoon
Thank you. It was on my list for this show, but you want to know a secret....that was one of my favorites on weekday mornings, too. LOVE IT, and that song! I will be doing something more with that one for sure. Appreciate it.
I think I might be the only reviewer here on TH-cam that has reviewed all cartoons under the space stars programing block ( and several others mentioned here,) my favorite was Thundar, that was a colab with RowdyC from TV trash
I remember the Flash Gordon the greatest adventure of all animated movie which took place in WW2 it was the pilot that started that series (I think, someone correct me if I'm wrong) I'm a big sci-fi fan which makes that one of my favorite animated movies, also there a comic reboot adapted to the continuation of the series. As for other properties like Thundarr there is a rumored attempt to bring it back possibly in comic book form.
"liquid space". i remember that from Disneyland's Submarine Voyage yeeears ago. (4:39) i know it was a rhetorical question, but yes, i do remember _seaQuest DSV_. (4:57-4:59)
I thought it would be funny to mention FLESH. I say at the end I tried to avoid huge Movie Franchise Cartoons....BUT they are coming in their own show. POTA was just awesome.
Shows like Josie and the Pussycats in Space and Gilligan's Planet just remind me of this line: "Why are they in space? There's no reason for them to be in space!" -Strong Sad
I loved “Josie and the Pussycats”; so, if putting them in space was the only way to keep the show on the air, and to differentiate the show from “Scooby-Doo” clones, then so be it. As for “Gilligan’s Planet,” I’m just glad that the cast of “Gilligan’s Island” stayed employed.
I like it how the video focused on the more serious cartoons, not the "funny" ones. I grew up with all of those and have fond memories, but some that I had in high regard were awfully disappointing when I tried to re-watch as an adult: Godzilla, Flash Gordon, Defenders of the Earth and even Tarzan, which is not in the video but I found fantastic as a kid. Star Trek, though, is still very good, and I have it on DVD. One I've always wanted to check again is Sealab 2020, but it seems it has completely disappeared in its original form and there is only the Adult Swim re-dub mockery.
Thank you, I wanted to step away from comedy, or at least slapstick, you know. These are still pretty good. the OG Sealab isn't a lot of fun, but an interesting one. They do sell the season on DVD...minus the 2 never aired episodes.
@@GENXPERIENCE I should have said that I live in Brazil. I don't want to see it so badly to be worth the cost of importing the DVDs (shipping and taxes). By the way, I never thought of Selab 2020 as an inspiration for SeaQuest DSV. That would have been Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.
Remembering fondly those series as if they made them yesterday,most of them if not all were also played in greek television in the 80s probably in the 70s as well.I can't tell for certain since i was born in 79 years which i knew also some other weird shows like sport billy if someone remember him! Most of us thought that those series were big even though they were mostly 1 tops 2 seasons,and to tell you the truth its kinda disappointing as a whole that weren't at least 3 seasons long because of the commercialism from toy lines need! But since many times they played in our programs many times mixed instead in order were getting the feeling that were bigger as shows which it helped somewhat as an illusion that those were bigger as series.Back then we didn't had the internet to see a horror movie,or a cartoon show mostly relying to the tv program magazines and we were so disappointed that many times they changed the programs days or times and they played something else in the happy hours! The other thing with two parters of a series wasn't continued the next day and we didn't knew what our heroes become in the second episode is something that today we learned easier which kinda ruins the whole experience.😅
You are right about thinking these were bigger series or played longer (they certainly did in reruns). I would agree they feel like yesterday. Love hearing your memories of growing up in Greece (or Greek TV, at least). Sport Billy....OMG, I had forgotten until now. That makes me sad that there was no consistency with broadcast and could not watch many of the shows. Hopefully you can at least get a peak at them today. Thank you for sharing.
@@GENXPERIENCEYeah i watched spiderman & friends all in disnely plus for the first time,and not only of course! Sport billy was one of my favorites,and it made a great success in greece which also a greek toy company back then lyra toys was also produced toy dolls! 🙂
Flash Gordon that is a great show, love the characters, story also the animation. Still holds up today, Princess Aura is so hot, Dale very beautiful in that dress.
I always hated Godzooky. I just recently learned why Thundarr was cancelled. Gary Marshal wanted Thundarr's time-slot for his daughter's HORRIBLE Laverne & Shirley cartoon.
i liked goober and ghostchasers and fangface even though i realise they both ripped off scooby doo .i thought godzooky ruined godzilla . i liked space sentinels and battle of the planets . probably saw most of 'the arabian nights on saturday morning tv .seeing the clips from star trek just reminded me of something , wasn't there some kind of new adventures of felix the cat which always ended with him turning to his girlfriend and saying "oh felicia" or am i imagining it ? but mostly i remember things like dastardly and muttley in their flying machines/stop that pigeon then in the 80's he-man/thundercats and transformers (and even carebears and my little pony) swept everything away in the quest to sell toys to kids
Check out my show on SCOOBY DOO CLONES for Goober and Fangface content. I kind of remember the Felicia thing from something classic, but not sure where.
G-Force: Guardians of Space, the alternate Gatchaman dub commissioned by Turner Programming Services that put the violence back into the program, aired for a week in the mid-eighties on WTBS before being pulled. It was resurrected in the mid-nineties and its 85 episodes finally aired many times over on Cartoon Network.
Sadly we’ll never get THUNDARR released on dvd/BlueRay due to the original creator (who also created Howard The Duck comic) hated the live action movie. And honestly can’t blame him. That movie is a dumpster fire fit for visually torturing people.
Were you naming other Sci Fi Saturday Morning Cartoons? I couldn't tell by the list as those seemed either Comedy or Action/Adventure...as for Superheroes they are Sci Fi (but they deserve their own show)
Yeah, bro! I loved Thundarr and a few of these others back in the 1980s. I was born and raised in a strict cult group, so many of these cartoons I had to watch at friends' houses. 🤮
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Flash Gordon's animation style and storytelling was pretty smart for its time. Watched season 1 on Tubi last weekend, it's still good.
I agree. And yes, I think it holds up. Thanks for watching.
If you liked Sealab 2020, check out (copy pasted from Wikipedia) The Undersea Adventures of Captain Nemo is a Canadian animated television series of five-minute cartoons produced in 1975 by Rainbow Animation in Toronto, Ontario. The series follows the underwater adventures of Captain Mark Nemo and his two young assistants, Christine and Robbie, in their nuclear-powered submarine, the Nautilus.
Like Sealab, it takes place underwater but stars Captain Nemo and his crew performing various rescue and research missions underwater. The theme song totally rocks, I used it as an alarm tone.
I grew up on the US/Canadian border so it was not uncommon for us to watch their kids programming.
Princess Aura was very well designed.
@@julioalbertoherrera1339She was the Sci-Fi Jessica Rabbit.
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Thundarr and the Dungeons and Dragons cartoon were my two favorite as a 12 to 14 year old. I vaguely remembered the Star Trek cartoon, and even had a record with three episodes on it, so I went back a few years ago to watch them all and they have held up pretty well.
They have, haven't they? Thanks for watching. I do love those Sci Fi adventures.
Alex Toth was a giant of his generation. His designs will live forever. His cartoons inspired us all! #gleepandgloop
I love illustration, and Alex's style is exactly what I would have wanted to emulate if I was talented that way.
Thundaar was my jam.
And he should have JAMMED longer, am I right?
@@GENXPERIENCE agreed. It should have stayed on air longer. In those days we never knew when the last show would air so we kept watching until it just disappeared.
Grape was mine
@@Mike_oliver1313 lol. Mine is raspberry.
Mine too. Great theme song! Thundarr kicked off the barbarian craze of the 1980’s.
I remember all these cartoons, with my favorite being Thundarr the Barbarian. Recently ordered it from Amazon to add to my ever growing animated DVD collection. Keep up the great work, Victor. Your videos are always a favorite.
Star Trek the Animated Series, Thundarr, Flash Gordon, and Space Stars are my favorites!! Godzilla was ok,but, i HATED Godzooky!! Great video
I am right there with you on all of that. Thanks for watching.
Jem and the Holograms, Street Sharks, The RealGhost Busters, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Alvin and the Chipmunks and My Pet Monster are others that were on the Saturday morning cartoon line up that I watched as a kid. I know I’m forgetting a bunch more, but those were good ones, too. So many nostalgic memories. Thanks for talking about the ones on this video.
Those were all great. Of course those were the 80s and after Toys got cartoons for marketing...so a subject for another show. But I can't deny how awesome some of those were.
I have a Thundarr print hanging on my office wall, autographed by Tom Cook, who was one of the animators. I also have Thundarr and Blackstar DVD sets, likewise autographed by Mr. Cook. If you ever get the chance to meet him at a con (FanX and Wasatch Con in my case), I highly recommend it. Go to his panels. His stories of the industry at that time are gold, and he's a genuinely good guy to chat with besides.
Okay, you win for having the print like that in your office. And why not, Thundarr was a great premise that needed more. If I did meet him, I would have tons of questions.
The HB Godzilla's roar was NOT voiced by Richard "Jaws" Kiel, but by Ted Cassidy, best known as Lurch on "The Addams Family"
My Saturday Mornings started at 6am with reruns of Hercules, Rocket Robin Hood, and Spider-man. The most memorable part of these shows for me was the theme music from the openings. Yeah, lots of cartoons have catchy theme songs but these ones were particularly noteworthy.
Theme music, good or bad, just prepared you...got you ready. Sometimes you hated missing it.
Great post, I always gave The Herculoids & Jonny Quest a tie for the best action adventure toons both were uniquely different.
I discovered Herculoids first, and thought they were so unique. The design was incredible. When I saw some of the art and animation for JOhnny...I was blown away.
@@GENXPERIENCE Jonny Quest started it all with the 26 episodes of adventure, Sci Fi & action that kept you glued to the TV. The Herculoids mixture with the Animal Army concept just took it to another level. I often thought if H-B could have used the same time for each episode as Jonny Quest....Zandor and his Herculoids may have had a longer run as proven by 1982's run on Space Stars with Space Ghost second on my list
I was born in 1974, so I remember most of these shows. And as you can probably tell from my choice of online handle, my favourite show out of all of these is Thundarr The Barbarian.
I've written a screenplay for a live action adaptation of the show, as well as several fan fiction stories. My stories have Team Thundarr meeting Conan The Adventurer, facing off against Dracula, teaming up with the kids from the Dungeons and Dragons cartoon, and even being hunted by a Youtja (aka Predator).
I've cosplayed as Thundarr at multiple conversations, and for Halloween. I even have plans on turning my stories into a series of webcomics. I am quite possibly Thundarr The Barbarian's biggest fan.
You go with your dedication and enthusiasm. Thundarr is incredible. It should have gone longer, and in a more mature world, would have tackled great storylines. Your screenplay and fan fiction sounds wonderful. So many fun ideas and mash ups too. Thanks for watching and keep it alive.
Ted Cassidy (Lurch from the Addams Family) was the voice of Godzilla and not Richard Kiel.
Also " The Thing " from The Fantastic Four.
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Absolutely loved Sea Lab 2020. It made me want to live under the sea and had me contemplate ocean sciences. And yes, I really got into Sea Quest DSV. When Sea Lab 2021 came out, I really got a kick out of it and they made it more adult humor. It is very surprising not more was said about Johnny Quest since it had some of the greatest sci-fi storylines.
Nice to hear you like SeaLab and that you do have a correlation with the Roy Scheider show. Yeah 2021 was hysterical. So, there is a very specific reason I didn't go into Johnny detail. Oh, we were slammed with reruns for sure, but because it was a 60s show, and GENXERS start in 1965, the GEN Xperience that I cover in the show (the best I can) is when that new Generation X was growing into their own. So I tend not to go into 1965 to 1970 much as the earliest of the generation would only be 5. But like I said, it played, we all saw it, AND we were influenced. So he is totally worth it.
As much as people poke fun at the quality of animation of this era of TV, they definitely had beautiful looking backgrounds.
It was never all bad...and I agree, often the background artists were the stars...if we took a moment to look
In the dvd extras of the animated Trek box set one of the writers for the original live action series said they know there's a lot of debate in the fandom but they personally considerd the animated series a continuation of the original and canon.
Which is awesome because I really liked the episode where Uhura assumed command of the Enterprise. Nichelle Nichols said when she finished recording the lines for Uhura's ship's log entry she shouted _"FINALLY!!"_
Thank you for sharing these, and love that for Nichelle. And I think they are cannon.
Chekov was writing episodes! That's where he was. 😊 I loved the extra aliens.
Walter Koenig actually only wrote one episode, "The Infinite Vulcan."
@@dngillikin thank you for helping me edit my Thundarr comment.
Of the ones I remember watching, in order of how much I loved them: Thundarr, Godzilla, Flash Gordon, Star Trek, Blackstar. My lifelong interest in science fiction, fantasy, and monsters started on the living room floor with a big bowl of Booberry and these cartoons!
I love that you ranked them. Honestly, that is awesome...thanks for sharing. Oh, and I decided to specifically do a Fantasy Saturday Morning Separate, so stay tuned.
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Robert (Bob) Ridgley would be recognized by most of us here as Flash Gordon, Tarzan, Thundar, and Centurian Rex Charger but he was also the hangman in Mell Brooks Blazing Saddles, Robinhood Men in Tights and When times were Rotten.
The New Adventures of Flash Gordon was great in its first season.
Season 2, not so much with the addition of "Gremlin".
Yup, another silly sidekick to ruin great adventure. Keep those guys to silly comedies, am I right?
@@GENXPERIENCE Gremlin, Bat Mite, Scrappy Doo... Animated versions of Cousin Oliver.
I looked forward to everyone of those cartoons when I was growing up. Thundarr was my absolute favorite.
Some of the others you missed were Manta and Moray and Space Sentinels.
I almost had Space Sentinels, but I can't remember if I thought they were superheroes or not (which I was including this time). But all still FANTASTIC
i never saw the original Sealab 2020 but i loved the parody version from Adult Swim. I need to at least try a couple episodes of the original show. Much like i eventually saw some episodes of Space Ghost cartoon, years after watching its parody talk show version.
The AS is a lot more fun. Good to see where it came from though, but oh my...2021 is SO DAMN FUNNY
I was 10 in 72. I remember most of these.
Good things to remember.
Star Trek the animated series is really good it has very moving stories and is probably one of the best animated series around that and the Planet of the Apes TV series and the Flash Gordon NBA TV series were all really good New York Times is dead wrong
These were all good. They were made for story and that was exciting to us.
Best thing about my friday mornings at the office. Kicking my day off with your videos. Thanks brother.
I appreciate that. Next week more TOYS, but glad you enjoyed this.
Filmation Associates and King Features Syndicate did an amazing job in bringing "FLASH GORDON" to Saturday Morning TV, but overall, Filmation's commitment to the realistic technology, such as the spaceship sequences used in both the Pilot film and the NBC series, went far beyond anything that rival studio Hanna-Barbera could possibly ever do- but the animation was amazing, using more rotoscoping techniques and great character designs, which gave "FLASH GORDON" the ultimate superiority to any other Saturday Morning cartoon series, but back in 1978 and 1979, Filmation Associates also made great live action sci-fi shows, as demonstrated with "JASON OF STAR COMMAND" (1978-79), which used some very impressive special effects scenes and detailed miniatures. The Filmation series, which debuted as part of "TARZAN AND THE SUPER 7" for CBS in 1978, was something of a spinoff from "SPACE ACADEMY" (1977), but went into a more sci-fi adventure area, making "JASON" like that of the old movie serials, just like "FLASH GORDON" once did! By the way, the narrator of this TH-cam video made a huge mistake- Hanna-Barbera's "GODZILLA" cartoon was voiced by Ted Cassidy, NOT Richard Kiel! Ted Cassidy's history with Hanna-Barbera goes way back to "ATOM ANT" in 1965, "FRANKENSTEIN JR. AND THE IMPOSSIBLES" in 1966, and also as both the live action and animated likeness of "Injun' Joe" for NBC's "THE NEW ADVENTURES OF HUCK FINN" (1968-69), Hanna-Barbera's first live-action and animated series for Primetime TV (airing right before "THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY" on Sunday Nights). Ted Cassidy, best remembered as "Lurch" from ABC-TV's "THE ADDAMS FAMILY (1964-66), also had a busy year with Saturday Morning cartoon voices in 1978, and known for being the narrator and doing the vocal effects from CBS's "THE INCREDIBLE HULK", was once considered for the role of Star Lord, "Dragos" on "JASON OF STAR COMMAND", but that went to Sid Haig instead.The narrator also focused on Filmation's "BLACKSTAR" for CBS in 1981, which was voiced by actor George Di Cenzo, best remembered for his role as "Vincent T. Bugliosi" on the 1976 CBS miniseries, "HELTER SKELTOR", who later became the voice of "Hordak" on "SHE-RA, PRINCESS OF POWER" (1985-1986). "THUNDARR THE BARBARIAN" was also voiced by actor Robert Ridgely, an actor that was once the co-star of ABC and Warner Bros' "THE GALLANT MEN" (1962-63, the second of two WWII TV series, the other, which was "COMBAT!), as Ridgely also voiced Filmation's "TARZAN, LORD OF THE JUNGLE" (1976), and "FLASH GORDON", and earlier on, he also played "Steve Exhaustion"-"The $6.95 Man" on Filmation's "UNCLE CROC'S BLOC" short-lived live-action series (ABC, 1975).
That is all very fascinating stuff. SOunds like you should watch my Live Action Saturday Morning Show.
I grew up on the Godzilla cartoon, so I was kinda traumatized when I saw my first live-action Godzilla movie, Mothra vs. Godzilla! Didn't help that at the time it was called Godzilla vs. the Thing (from the Fantastic Four? How? And which thing? There were 3 of them: Mothra and her 2 larvae)!
I love that it was called vs the Thing. I would have thought the same thing.
@GENXPERIENCE And then, a year after that, I saw "The Thing" (the James Arness version, which for some reason, the title didn't include "From Another World" at the time) with my dad and my grandpa. More confusion!
Keep up the stellar content!!!
You are kind to say it. I love that you enjoy it.
Johnny Quest was the coolest!
Now that is adventure.
For a three year old that Godzilla cartoon really worked on me back in the 90s when they showed reruns. I thought it was the perfect introduction to the character for kids.
YOu're right. It was a great way to introduce him.
Great video. Loved them all and actually own all these complete series on either Blu or DVD except Godzilla, but I do have a DVD compilation of Godzilla eps.
Thank you, and that is pretty awesome. NICE COLLECTION.
Love your channel! I'd love a vid on 80s syndicated cartoons the were on 6am on weekdays before school or early 90s after school 3-5 (central time) tv. That stuff shaped my world
I am happy to do that, as I was a keen watcher of them too, while breakfast was going on. However, every region was a little different. If you read this, tell me some of those shows you remember from that time period so I can compare.
@@GENXPERIENCE smurfs, mighty mouse, Funhouse, danger mouse are the only ones I can pull from my 44 yr old brain at the moment
Didn't leave my house until golf started. I know it wasn't sci-fi but I did like Dungeons and Dragons. So bad it's good.
I am doing a whole Fantasy Favorites, too. TRULY loved D&D cartoon
I faked illness more than once so that I could stay home to watch a new episode. This show probably started my appreciation for voice actors who bring characters to life.
Great memories! The challenge for Sealab 2020 was the live action Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. Godzookie was much like a Scrappy Doo. What happened to mention of Battle of the Planets?
I had that AND Starblazers (and another one on the list). BUt I thought an episode about "imports" would be better. HOpe to have it soon.
funny thing about Blackstar.
perhaps as an 'easter egg' by Filmation. he appears in the original He-Man cartoon.
as a memorial (i think) statue, suggesting that Eternia and Sagar were the same world.
You know, I had heard that. And I am going to look it up now, as I think that is awesome. And yeah, a great Easter Egg.
LOVED these shows (well, not the 80's onwards stuff ! With Land of the Lost being the favorite. The Krofts, Hanna-Barbera and Filmation were my childhood. And,though I havent seen itin decades, baxk in the day I kept hoping for 2 things: Far Out Space Nuts' aliens would be used in a serious spin-off (I mean in the right setting they would have seemed even scary), and that Electra-Woman and Dina-Girl would get expanded (comics, toys, cartoons, etc) witn hopes of some original male superhero or even whole new superhero team showing up. What a great trip down memory lane. Thanks.
Great ideas, thank you for sharing. I would agree their 70s was the TOPS. LOTL and EW and DG could have become serious (like what Filmation did with Isis). Thank you for watching and commenting.
You got all the Godzilla enemies names right in the real movies LOL
I grew up watching the movies (I was very young), and when the cartoon came out, I couldn't believe how badly they neutered it - I only watched a few episodes before I found something else to watch in that time slot. My best friend loved Thundarr, and I hated it, so I never stayed over at his house HAHA!
lol...that is awesome. Why have to endure someone else's Saturday Morning and miss your own. Good for you!
You know how everyone has a memory that is their first? One that goes back when they were little and their brain started retaining memories?
My first memory is of sitting on the living room floor on Saturday morning watching the Godzilla cartoon.
Now that sounds like a joyous memory to have.
The Sun Sword was a Laser Sword. 😋
That works.
Thundarr was must see TV on Saturday Mornings. I wish someone like Netflix would reboot the animated series.
YOu've hit it. Netflix could make a new animated version that was just a bit darker, edgier...and give us some great arcs
Glad I've Got Star Trek the Animated Series on DVD.
Lucky, and that is a great treasure to own.
@@GENXPERIENCE Touche' (smile)
Other SciFi 70's fare: Young Sentinels (aka Space Sentinels), Web Woman, Manta & Moray, and live-action such as Jason of Star Command and Ark II.
Some were bundled with fantasy shows in 60 and 90 minute blocks with Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle; Batman; The Super 7; Lone Ranger and Zorro.
Those compilation shows were constant. SO many ways to repackage new and old cartoons, and it kept us guessing, or at least thinking some of the old were new.
I watched Thundarr back in the day, and ordered the DVD a couple of years ago.
I love finding the Easter Eggs during the shows.
In one episode, there was a movie theater or billboard among the ruins advertising a movie called "Revenge of the Jedi" (which was the original title of "Return of the Jedi".)
I just saw an up close pic of that while doing my show, and I was blown away. Right next to one that says JAW (with a shark). LOVE IT.
@@GENXPERIENCE I remember watching a DC Comics cartoon in which someone had a poster of the Hulk on the wall, which is weird since Hulk is from Marvel. I can't recall which show it was, (Plastic Man, maybe?)
Loved this, I caught a few of your videos before, thought I subscribed then, but nope, so I made sure this time
That makes my day...especially when some comments are so...you know, lol. Thank you so much for the compliment. For watching, for coming back...AND Subscribing. Come back again.
@@GENXPERIENCE always will
Thundarr, Star Trek and later the Dungeons and Dragons cartoons for me!
I will cover D&D for sure in my Fantasy Cartoons
@@GENXPERIENCE Will be watching for that one!
Mighty Orbots
I tried to watch the other day....hmmmmmmmmmmm. But yes, they may have been too comic for my tastes, but still pretty darn sci fi
Thank you for telling me the subplot about Flash Gordon cartoon I remembered in that cartoon as kid see Ming the merciless doing the Nazi salute to a picture of Hitler I watched dvd of series it didn't have that I thought I was loosing my mind cause remembered that in that cartoon
Great memory. Not surprised, Nazi's make great bad guys.
Hey victor nice job on sci-fi Saturday I must ask can you if possible get star blazers? It was my favorite thanks so much 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
Thank you. It was on my list for this show, but you want to know a secret....that was one of my favorites on weekday mornings, too. LOVE IT, and that song! I will be doing something more with that one for sure. Appreciate it.
Thanks brother
Thundarr was the best and was created by no less than Jack Kirby, the King.
I think I might be the only reviewer here on TH-cam that has reviewed all cartoons under the space stars programing block ( and several others mentioned here,) my favorite was Thundar, that was a colab with RowdyC from TV trash
Well, I might have to get some inspiration from you.
I remember the Flash Gordon the greatest adventure of all animated movie which took place in WW2 it was the pilot that started that series (I think, someone correct me if I'm wrong) I'm a big sci-fi fan which makes that one of my favorite animated movies, also there a comic reboot adapted to the continuation of the series. As for other properties like Thundarr there is a rumored attempt to bring it back possibly in comic book form.
I am a big Flash OG fan, and would love to see some of that retro reboot. Same for Thundar
"liquid space". i remember that from Disneyland's Submarine Voyage yeeears ago.
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i know it was a rhetorical question, but yes, i do remember _seaQuest DSV_.
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Hello. So someone does remember that show, lol. And, uh yeah...I stole it from Disneyland. Nice catch.
omg i remember them all!!!!! YOU MENTION FLESHGORDON. one of my all time favs.. where is THE PLANT OF THE APES. ? BLACKWATER?
I thought it would be funny to mention FLESH. I say at the end I tried to avoid huge Movie Franchise Cartoons....BUT they are coming in their own show. POTA was just awesome.
Watching Soul Eater I kept wondering where I had heard the name Black Star before.
Ah hah. It is a good fantasy name.
Shows like Josie and the Pussycats in Space and Gilligan's Planet just remind me of this line:
"Why are they in space? There's no reason for them to be in space!"
-Strong Sad
lol....totally!
I loved “Josie and the Pussycats”; so, if putting them in space was the only way to keep the show on the air, and to differentiate the show from “Scooby-Doo” clones, then so be it.
As for “Gilligan’s Planet,” I’m just glad that the cast of “Gilligan’s Island” stayed employed.
@@damc8415 Eh, fair enough.
I like it how the video focused on the more serious cartoons, not the "funny" ones. I grew up with all of those and have fond memories, but some that I had in high regard were awfully disappointing when I tried to re-watch as an adult: Godzilla, Flash Gordon, Defenders of the Earth and even Tarzan, which is not in the video but I found fantastic as a kid. Star Trek, though, is still very good, and I have it on DVD. One I've always wanted to check again is Sealab 2020, but it seems it has completely disappeared in its original form and there is only the Adult Swim re-dub mockery.
Thank you, I wanted to step away from comedy, or at least slapstick, you know. These are still pretty good. the OG Sealab isn't a lot of fun, but an interesting one. They do sell the season on DVD...minus the 2 never aired episodes.
@@GENXPERIENCE I should have said that I live in Brazil. I don't want to see it so badly to be worth the cost of importing the DVDs (shipping and taxes). By the way, I never thought of Selab 2020 as an inspiration for SeaQuest DSV. That would have been Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.
I always wondere how much Thundarr the Barbarian influenced Palladium Games "Rifts" RPG
By look of it (just reviewed imagery) that is not a far stretch> Thanks for sharing.
Love the hb version of godzilla
It wasn't as bad as I think it was, lol.
MANY MAY HAVE. FORGOTEN. MINUTE MOUSE & CORAGOUS CAT. FROM BOB KANE ( CREATER OF BATMAN ) COURAGOUS CAT. IS. GOT THE SAME. MANNER
10:53 - You're fired! Booooo! LIAAAAR! GET OFF THE STAGE YOU (insert some lame insult here that I'm too lazy to think of).
I know I know. It was a FORCED joke
I would say you had Lightning levels of wit, but, that'd also be a forced joke.
Love Star Trek TAS.
It really was important.
I just noticed from the cast photo that the gold uniformed actors are all that remain. Loved the show, miss the ones that have passed on.
Remembering fondly those series as if they made them yesterday,most of them if not all were also played in greek television in the 80s probably in the 70s as well.I can't tell for certain since i was born in 79 years which i knew also some other weird shows like sport billy if someone remember him! Most of us thought that those series were big even though they were mostly 1 tops 2 seasons,and to tell you the truth its kinda disappointing as a whole that weren't at least 3 seasons long because of the commercialism from toy lines need! But since many times they played in our programs many times mixed instead in order were getting the feeling that were bigger as shows which it helped somewhat as an illusion that those were bigger as series.Back then we didn't had the internet to see a horror movie,or a cartoon show mostly relying to the tv program magazines and we were so disappointed that many times they changed the programs days or times and they played something else in the happy hours! The other thing with two parters of a series wasn't continued the next day and we didn't knew what our heroes become in the second episode is something that today we learned easier which kinda ruins the whole experience.😅
You are right about thinking these were bigger series or played longer (they certainly did in reruns). I would agree they feel like yesterday. Love hearing your memories of growing up in Greece (or Greek TV, at least). Sport Billy....OMG, I had forgotten until now. That makes me sad that there was no consistency with broadcast and could not watch many of the shows. Hopefully you can at least get a peak at them today. Thank you for sharing.
@@GENXPERIENCEYeah i watched spiderman & friends all in disnely plus for the first time,and not only of course! Sport billy was one of my favorites,and it made a great success in greece which also a greek toy company back then lyra toys was also produced toy dolls! 🙂
Thundarr the barbarian could have made a great live action movie.
Should be made into Live Series, too
I never heard of anyone liking Godzuki!
And that is why he died a lonely death.
Flash Gordon look was not inspired by the old serials. It was lifted directly from the original source material comics by Alex Raymond
Which the serial used early on (as the examples show).
I had the Prince Thun action figure. Wonder what it’s worth?
Depends on condition....
Flash Gordon that is a great show, love the characters, story also the animation. Still holds up today, Princess Aura is so hot, Dale very beautiful in that dress.
YOu are right...on all accounts.
I always hated Godzooky.
I just recently learned why Thundarr was cancelled. Gary Marshal wanted Thundarr's time-slot for his daughter's HORRIBLE Laverne & Shirley cartoon.
i liked goober and ghostchasers and fangface even though i realise they both ripped off scooby doo .i thought godzooky ruined godzilla . i liked space sentinels and battle of the planets . probably saw most of 'the arabian nights on saturday morning tv .seeing the clips from star trek just reminded me of something , wasn't there some kind of new adventures of felix the cat which always ended with him turning to his girlfriend and saying "oh felicia" or am i imagining it ? but mostly i remember things like dastardly and muttley in their flying machines/stop that pigeon then in the 80's he-man/thundercats and transformers (and even carebears and my little pony) swept everything away in the quest to sell toys to kids
Check out my show on SCOOBY DOO CLONES for Goober and Fangface content. I kind of remember the Felicia thing from something classic, but not sure where.
G-Force: Guardians of Space
Hmmm
G-Force: Guardians of Space, the alternate Gatchaman dub commissioned by Turner Programming Services that put the violence back into the program, aired for a week in the mid-eighties on WTBS before being pulled.
It was resurrected in the mid-nineties and its 85 episodes finally aired many times over on Cartoon Network.
preferred marine boy
Never connected with it.
Sadly we’ll never get THUNDARR released on dvd/BlueRay due to the original creator (who also created Howard The Duck comic) hated the live action movie. And honestly can’t blame him. That movie is a dumpster fire fit for visually torturing people.
Howard is a MESS. I wish he loved his Thundarr, though.
Drak Pack, Tarzan, Lone Ranger, Zorro Adventure Hour, the Super Seven, Freedom Force, Plastic Man, Shazam, Isis, Monster Squad
Were you naming other Sci Fi Saturday Morning Cartoons? I couldn't tell by the list as those seemed either Comedy or Action/Adventure...as for Superheroes they are Sci Fi (but they deserve their own show)
Scooby Doo was for the dumb kids who were shocked every week when the monster turned out to be a hoax.
Yeah, bro! I loved Thundarr and a few of these others back in the 1980s. I was born and raised in a strict cult group, so many of these cartoons I had to watch at friends' houses. 🤮
Yikes. I am glad you had some outlet, some place to go to escape such a terribly muted upbringing.