Well Medicated has a nice set of vintage illustrations. Most of them are absolutely gorgeous.
Link
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Saturday, November 29, 2008
ABC Saturday Morning 1976
The Kroft Supershow aired during this season as well as Jabberjaw, better known to me as Curly from the Three Stooges. Mumbly joined the Tom and Jerry/Grape Ape Show and Dynomutt joined in with the Scooby Doo Show.
Commercial block from 1976
Mumbly - Intro and Closing
Jabberjaw - Intro
Scooby Doo/Dynomutt Hour - Preview
Scooby-Doo Catches Dyno-Mutt
The Krofft Supershow - Intro
Junior Almost Anything Goes - Promo
Friday, November 28, 2008
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
The Great Grape-Ape
I used to love this show but now I am not quite so sure why. Maybe it was the only thing on in the time block? It originally aired as a block with Tom and Jerry cartoons but that link has since been dissolved.
If you are a fan it looks like all of the episodes are available on youtube. But, alas, nothing on dvd as of yet.
Episode 1 - That Was No Idol, That Was My Ape
Episode 2 - The All-American Ape
Episode 3 - Movie Madness
Episode 4 - Trouble at Bad Rock
Episode 5 - Flying Saucery
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Monday, November 24, 2008
Thanks for the Thanksgiving Podcast!
Mondo Diablo has posted a Thanksgiving podcast... yep, no crapping you! I haven't yet listened but all of their podcasts are great so go get it!
Link
Christmas Music 2008 (Part 1)
I am going to do Christmas music for the next month, but it's not going to be your daddy's music but it might be your Grandpa's. There is lots and lots of great Christmas music but many think of only the 'classics' and, quite frankly, we are more than tired of listening to those!
Various Artists - Cool Yule - The Swinging Sound of Christmas (posted at Dr. Forrest's Cheeze Factory) - This one is all over the map with Ed 'Kooky' Burns, The Joy Strings, and Up With People. Link
Tijuana Christmas (posted at FaLaLaLaLa) - two volumes of 'Mexican Brass' Christmas music sponsored by Phillips 66. Link1 Link2
Charlie Brown's Christmas Blues (posted at Rotterdam Rebels) - no, not THAT Charlie Brown. This is a blues Christmas album. Link
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Saturday, November 22, 2008
ABC Saturday Morning 1975
Lots of 'different' (i.e. weird) stuff here this year. Most of these cartoons are long lost and forgotten. And reruns - Hong Kong Phooey reran the same 17 episodes over and over (and over).
Grape Ape - Episode 23 - Grape Ape Is Born
Lost Saucer - Five Minute Clip From AOL Video
Watch more Rhino videos on AOL Video
The New Adventures of Gilligan - End Titles
Uncle Croc's Block - Intro
Wacky and Packy - From Uncle Croc's Block
The Oddball Couple - Intro
Speed Buggy - Intro (moved to ABC for this season)
Friday, November 21, 2008
Thursday, November 20, 2008
The Original Dixieland Jazz Band
Today's Music Monday bonus post is pretty good. Big Ten Inch Record has posted this excellent example of early Jazz.
Link
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Crappy Cat (a Flash 'thing')
I can't quite figure out if this is a game or just some interative thing but the animation is pretty cool as you tool around in crappy cat's world.
Link
Hong Kong Phooey
One of my favorites in 1974, it has aged just as well as most of the rest of Hanna-Barbera's lot.
And I still love the theme song. Click the dvd picture above to get the complete series from Amazon for only $22.
Sublime doing a cover of the theme song with animation overlay
Boomerang-a-Long With the Hong Kong Phooey Theme
German Intro
Storm Warning
Green Thumb
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Monday, November 17, 2008
Oh Six Million Dollar Man! What Have Ye Become?
Wow, the rechargeable bionic ear? I know that some career is better than NO career but really?
I did not watch the entire video so I don't know if Lee is really wearing this thing but he should have opted for the bionic ear (a la Jamie Sommers) if he is!
Link
Mixed Up Melodies
Okko - Sitar and Electronics (from Xtabay's World) - classic incredibly strange lounge album - Link
[Bruton} BRM3 - Various - Darkside (from THE LIBRARY HUNT) - Nice example of library music. What is library music you say? Well download it and see for yourself. Link
Damon - Song of a Gypsy (from ChrisGoesRock) - nice late 60's Psychedelia. Link
Various - From 'Bam-Bam' To 'Cherry Oh! Baby' (from You & Me On a Jamboree) - nice various artists reggae compilation. Link
Comics Post - Grimm's Ghost Stories #1
I have completed my run of Out of the Night so the next series that I will highlight is Grimm's Ghost Stories, a Gold Key series from 1972 and thoroughly enjoyable.
Link
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Star Wars Plot Synopsis (by a three year old)
Star Wars - as explained by a three year old - much more coherent than Episode 1 - and maybe even episode 2 and 3!
Forbidden Library
The Forbidden Library is a website devoted to banned books. You can't actually check out any of the books (or even download!) but it is a nice list of 'controversial' books throughout history. There are links to purchase the titles but most of them appear to me to be public domain and can be easily obtained on the net from Project Gutenberg or any of the other usual sources.
Link
Saturday, November 15, 2008
ABC Saturday Morning 1974
Once again we are getting into my 'prime-time' of cartoon watching. I was seven years old in 1974 so I am quite sure that I was glued to the tv every Saturday morning. Highlights (for me) this yeare were Hong Kong Phooey, The New Adventures of Gilligan, Devlin, and (of course) the Superfriends. It sure would have been nice to have DVR's back then!
Reruns this year were Yogi's Planet and Bugs Bunny.
ABC Funshine Saturday - Preview Commercial
ABC Funshine Saturday - Hong Kong Phooey
Hong Kong Phooey - Intro and Ending
The New ADventures of Gilligan - Opening and Ending
Devlin - Opening
Korg 70,0000 B.C. - Opening
The Superfriends - Green Arrow's First Appearance
These Are the Days - Intro
Vendredi 13 (Friday the 13th French Movie Magazine)
Deadlicious has posted a few cover scans from this 1980's French magazine.
WARNING: some NSFW content. They apparently have no problems showing nudity in a mass market magazine in France.
Link
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Friday, November 14, 2008
Mill of the Stone Women (another French Photo Novel)
Here is another collection of excerpts from a nice French photo novel. It's in French but it's still really fun to look at the thing even if you don't speak the language. I just wish that we could
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Thursday, November 13, 2008
Yogi's Gang
This week you get TWO saturday morning cartoon bonus posts! This one is Yogi's Gang and in addition to being a cartoon it is also an 'educational' message about pollution and the environment. I do, however, remember watching and enjoying this cartoon. It was probably because they had almost all of my favorite Hanna-Barbera characters all in one place.
Mr. Hothead
Mr. Fibber
Mr. Waste
Various Artists - Powerhouse Soul
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Wednesday, November 12, 2008
The Wide World of Sports
Here is an early one with no voice-over. I have very limited memory of actually seeing this one in use but I do remember it so it had to be probably early 1970's (?):
Here's another one from about the same time period with what appears to be a young Arnold Schwarzenegger:
Here is a nice tribute to 30 years of Wide World of Sports from 1991:
Strangely enough, I can't find the one that most of us are probably familiar with 'the thrill of victory... the agony of defeat...' If anyone knows where I can find this one please post a link in the comments.
Here's another one from about the same time period with what appears to be a young Arnold Schwarzenegger:
Here is a nice tribute to 30 years of Wide World of Sports from 1991:
Strangely enough, I can't find the one that most of us are probably familiar with 'the thrill of victory... the agony of defeat...' If anyone knows where I can find this one please post a link in the comments.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Goober and the Ghost Chasers
For this week's SMC bonus post we are going to highlight one of the many Hanna-Barbera Scooby Doo ripoffs. And when we say ripoff we are really being quite kind because it is so much more worse than that.
Episode 1 - The Apparition
Episode 2 - Brush Up Your Shakespeare
Episode 3 - The Galloping Ghost
Star Wars ABC's
Tweedlebop has an impressive collection of artwork on Flickr but I really liked his Star Wars ABC set.
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