Back in the ’80s, Saturday Morning Cartoons featured several time-tested animated shows like Bugs Bunny and the Looney Tunes gang, Scooby Doo and the other Hanna-Barbera greats and The Smurfs not to mention all of CONTINUE READING…
Unicron, the Monster Planet. Cruising between two suns, the ringed planet drifted through space before setting his sights on Lithone. As he approached, he opens the many teeth on its surface, shining a beam of CONTINUE READING…
I cannot think of a better example of the quintessential Saturday morning cartoon than He-man and the Masters of the Universe. It had everything a kid could ask for as part of their weekend plans: CONTINUE READING…
The Biskitts were a group of tiny canines who lived on Biskitt Island and were committed to guarding the crown jewels of Biskitt Castle. Modeled after Robin Hood, the diminutive dogs still served their recently CONTINUE READING…
Professional wrestling had been around long before television, but the mid-80s brought new levels of popularity to the much-maligned “sport.” Due to the business savvy of Vince McMahon, pro wrestling became one of the most CONTINUE READING…
2019 marks the 30th anniversary of NBC pushing the start button on the Nintendo series, Captain N: The Game Master as part of their Saturday Morning lineup. CONTINUE READING…
If you thought you knew everything about your favorite 80’s cartoons, think again! From the many great, and some not so great, cartoons that aired in the 80’s there is an abundance of things about CONTINUE READING…
When 90s rolled around, there was another special time to watch cartoons that has always stuck out in my mind. Saturday Morning Cartoons always get the glory, but I think it’s time to give Weekday Morning Cartoons of the 90s their due. CONTINUE READING…
After writing a post about Dan Gilvezan’s leadership roles, I started thinking about other surprises in 80s cartoon voice acting. Who starred in the most cartoons? Who had the most diverse range of characters? That CONTINUE READING…
If you asked any kid in the 80s who their favorite cartoon leader was, and more than likely, you’d hear Optimus Prime. He was the definitive commander, partly because of the voice work Peter Cullen CONTINUE READING…
Born with a face for cartoons, deejay icon Wolfman Jack stretched himself into two dimensions to portray a mentor to three teens—Sarah, Sunny, and Ricardo—and a bird named Bopper in this short-lived show. The Wolfman, CONTINUE READING…
Not only was Brett Matthews a great sports car driver, but he was also a great sports car! Following an accident in which he crashed into a science lab where a top-secret transfer ray was CONTINUE READING…
Dirk the Daring was the star of this medieval-themed cartoon, and his nemesis was the fire-breathing dragon Cinge. In each episode, Cinge would find a new way to terrorize the kingdom of King Ethelred, usually CONTINUE READING…
Pop quiz: How many lovable characters originated from a mandate by a farmers’ collective to boost sales of a floundering agricultural product? Under these highly uncommon circumstances, the California Raisins were born. In 1986, the CONTINUE READING…
Astronaut John Blackstar was sucked through a black hole and awakened to find himself stranded on the planet Sagar. Since he had never heard of this planet, John figured he would never see earth again CONTINUE READING…
A few years back, I was asked to put together a list of some Great Old Halloween Specials from the past and you should definitely check out that if you haven’t done so before. Many CONTINUE READING…
The 10 Spookiest Cartoon Bad Guys is a guest post written by Brian Cave. If you like this (and you probably will), go check out his book, Old School Evil, for a whole lot more CONTINUE READING…
Back in the day, before we had instant access at our fingertips to so much entertainment, holiday specials were appointment television. In most cases, a holiday special was only shown one time each year on CONTINUE READING…
We didn’t have a Blockbuster in my town until I was in high school, and until then, there were only two other ways to get a movie that you didn’t buy at the mall. You CONTINUE READING…
In this episode of Wax Pack Flashback, Adam and Jason both open two packs of Street Sharks cards from Edge Entertainment in 1995. These trading cards featured stills from the animated series and featured several CONTINUE READING…
The world of half-human, half-animal mutants got a little meaner with the release of 1995’s Street Sharks. These bad boys didn’t need any ninja training or rat sensais—they were buff, scary, and had a mouth full CONTINUE READING…
Camp Candy was a summer sleepover camp owned and operated by John Candy. Like most camps, it offered activities like boating, swimming, and fishing; but unlike most camps, this one had a variety of crazy CONTINUE READING…
Even though they’re sometimes disappointing, I’m always excited when I see a cartoon I love adapted to the big screen. Inspired by my fellow Retro Network contributors, the retired SequelQuest POD, I thought I’d try CONTINUE READING…
In my last post here, I stated that I think BraveStarr is one of the best 80s cartoons to adapt to a movie. I’ve long felt this way, so it came as a surprise to CONTINUE READING…
Striking a blow for ecology, fighting “polluting perpetrators” wherever they were found, Captain Planet and the Planeteers brought the environmental movement to the cartoon world. The series came from an original idea by media mogul Ted Turner, CONTINUE READING…
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