The 60s Revival of the 80s

All of the cartoons from the 60s that made a comeback in the 80s

I'm feeling kind of nostalgic today as relive 60s nostalgia in the 1980s. It's like I'm a kid coming out of my shell and I'm reliving all of these great memories that I have of cartoons that came on before my time reviving themselves in the 80s so let me take you through some of the 60s cartoons that I genuinely loved growing up in the 80s.

The Pink Panther (1964-1976)

Probably one of my most favourite cartoons that ever came out of the 60s and went into the 70s. I always enjoyed watching the Pink Panther on his many crazy adventures. Even though this was 12 years and 6 months before my time I think that it's safe to say that the Pink Panther was a time honoured favourite around our house.

Cartoons such as "Extinct Pink" which co-stars Loudmouth Louie as a cave man is just one of the creative out comes of the Depatie/Freleng Enterprises who created the Pink Panther and other worthwhile cartoons that made a come back in the 80s

Just imagine my horror when the Pink Panther made a come back in the 1990s with a horrid version of what Depatie/Freleng did in the 1960s and 1970s. I had hoped that whatever they were smoking couldn't possibly be as bad as this was.
For some reason I never got into Pink Panther 1990s because it wasn't as good as the original. "Think Pink?"? What hell kind of horrendous catch phrase is that?

Spider-Man 1967-1970

Of course no run through 1960s nostalgia in the 1980s would be complete without looking at Spider-Man which ran from 1967-1970. Probably one of my most favourite Marvel super hero cartoons in the world it centers around Peter Parker whose webslinging powers are obtained after he was bitten by a radioactive spider. But then Peter's world is turned upside down when his Uncle Ben Parker was murdered by a street thug.

The opening sequence to the first Spider-Man animated series which ran from 1967-1970.

Even though there are some people who have this sexist notion that any comic book superheroes like Spider- Man and such are a "guy thing" I like to think of Spider-Man as a "people thing." It's something that everyone can like regardless of how old they are or what sex they are. It's all in the way you look at it. :) I remember watching Spider- Man on CHCH TV 11 in Toronto back in the day and I remember being the only girl that liked it.

I'm a Spiderman fan that doesn't like any Spider-Man series that went beyond the 1980s. For some reason I could never get into Spider-Man 1994, Spider-Man 1999, or Spider-Man 2003. So from 1967 until 1987 was my cut off point.

I couldn't wait every Saturday to hear Stan Lee say "Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends... Iceman and Firestar." and "Greetings True Believers." That was my one and only reason for getting up on Saturdays at that particular time.

Rocket Robin Hood (1966-1969)

Not the most superbly animated of all of the Krantz films but a bit of 1960s nostalgia just the same. Rocket Robin Hood is a vivid story about Robin Hood's great, great, great, grandson who is the leader of a band of merry men in the astonishing year 3000 or what the animators predicted the year 3000 to be like.

Robin's merry men are Little John, Friar Tuck, Alan Adiel, Will Scarlett, and Giles the chef. They are always joined by Maid Merrian who only has eyes for Rocket Robin Hood.

This show was produced by Krantz Films in Toronto, Ontario and ran from 1966 untill 1969.

George of the Jungle/Tom Slick/Super Chicken (1967-1970)

Wow! This was a pice of americana with three cartoons all rolled into one.

The three shows included:

George of the Jungle

Super Chicken

And last but certainly not least Tom Slick.

This show was produced by Jay Ward Productions. The most noted of these Jay Ward cartoons was Tom Slick.

Tales of the Wizard of Oz (1961) and The New Adventures of Pinocchio (1960-1961)

This show was a part of CFTO Toronto's Cartoon Playhouse with the New Adventures of Pinocchio and was shown on weekdays before Canada AM then it was moved to Saturday mornings in the 80s before being cancelled sometime in the mid-80s.
Weatherman Dave Devall was the voice behind the opening and closing CPH bumpers.

Opening
"Goodmorning everyone. Stay tuned for all of the fun and adventure of Cartoon Playhouse."

Closing
"That's it for now boys and girls but we'll be back next time for all of the cartoon fun and adventure of Cartoon Playhouse."

The bumper consisted of the CFTO logo in the top left hand corner and Cartoon Playhouse in big bold letters.

The Tales of the Wizard of Oz aired as part of CFTO's Cartoon Playhouse in the 70s and 80s. It was cancelled sometime in the mid 80s. It was also aired indenpendently ont the Global Television Network.

Tales of the Wizard of Oz and The New Adventures of Pinocchio also aired independently on the Global Television Network on Saturday Afternoons.

The New Adventures of Pinocchio also aired on CFTO's Carton Playhouse and on the Global Television Network.

Roger Ramjet (1965)

If ever there was a reason to dive for cover this would be it. Roger Ramjet and his American Eagle Squadron made their debut in 1965 and they haven't stopped since.

Roger Ramjet is the lovable, yet stupid, star of this cartoon. He just has to pop a proton energy pill that gives him the strength of 20 atom bombs for 20 seconds. More than enough time to pop the bad guys.

The story was set around around Roger Ramjet a lovable, yet stupid, pilot and his American Eagle Squadron consisting of Yank, Doodle, Dan, and Dee (Yankee Doodle Dandy.) Roger's sometimes has adventures that the American Eagles have to baill him out of.

The American Eagle's motto is simple: One for all and all for one. The Eagles fly till the job is done.

Roger Ramjet is now on DVD from Sony Wonder.

Scooby Doo Where Are You? 1969-1972)

Scooby Doo is the funniest Hanna-Barbera cartoon in existence. The sleuthing Great Dane and his friends ran from 1969-1972 and it was so funny that even my grandmother loved it.

It centers around Scooby and his teenaged friends running around the back woods and solving crimes. Daphane, Freddie, Shaggy, and Velma all are eager to solve the mysteries of the crimes being committed before they move on to what they were really doing in the first place.

That's my look at 1960s nostalgic cartoons in the 1980s. I hope you enjoyed it reading about it as much as I have enjoyed talking about it.

Toodles!!

Comments

^^ Why don't you try watching the rest of these shows instead of being such an armchair critic?

What a bunch of crappy cartoons. Only the Pink Panther is good.

Try You Tube.com. They have plenty of episodes for down load.

Am trying to find "The wizard of oz" on mp3 or mpeg..do you know anyone, or do you have any episodes??I used to watch em all, along with Popeye and mighty mouse.....brings back memories. ty

the flintstones,the jetsons,spiderman,x-men,scooby-doo,pink panther,

This brought back some fond memories. The 80's 1960's revival extended past animation and also figured into the storylines of movies and also in the '87 - '89 period many bands from the 60's reunited and in some cases released new music. Also alot of the music of the 60's got revived during the period cds took over from vinyl.

It was shown on YTV not too long ago and they didn't chop it up.

Roger Ramjet and his Eagles
fighting for our freedom
flies through and in outerspace
not to join em but to beat em

Roger Ramjet he's our man
hero of our nation
for his adventures just be sure
and stay tuned to this station

So come and join us all you kids
for lots of fun and laughter
as Roger Ramjet and his men
get all the crooks they're after

Roger Ramjet he's our man
hero of our nation
for his adventures just be sure
and stay tuned to this station

Ending music

When Ramjet takes a proton pill
the crooks begin to worry
they can't escape
their awful fate from
proton's mighty fury

Roger Ramjet he's our man
hero of our nation
for his adventures just be sure
and stay tuned to this station

So come and join us all you kids
for lots of fun and laughter
as Roger Ramjet and his men
get all the crooks they're after

Roger Ramjet he's our man
hero of our nation
for his adventures just be sure
and stay tuned to this station

Wow, Roger Ramjet! CN used to show it years back. That cartoon sure was violent. I bet it'd get cut/chopped up if shown now. lol

I found the show funny (and cheesy).

My mother likes Roger Ramjet. I remember I used to call him "Roger Ramjit." ROTFLOL!

Wow! I thought I was the only person who ever watched Roger Ramjet! Great article!

I've seen Scooby-Doo and Spiderman and his Amazing Friends though I haven't seen the original Spiderman cartoon.

There is some 60s cartoons I remember watching when I was a kid during the 1990s. I used to watch The Alvin Show and Batfink. I'm looking forward to the Batfink DVD release but I really miss the Alvin Show. I also used to watch The Bullwinkle Show when I was a kid.

Loved Pink Panther and George of the Jungle. Matter of fact, I believe it was my dad who got me into these because he used to watch them when he was a kid so we would watch them together and crack up laughing. I like the Extinct Pink picture in your article

One of my all time favorite Pink Panther episodes (I have a lot!)

I prefered the 1960's/1970's Pink Panther than the 90's too. I didn't know that the guy Pink always fights with or gets into trouble with was named LoudMouth Louie...I always called him that white guy with the big nose LOL. I heard Pink Panther reading a letter from LoudMouth Louie on an episode...I forgot what it was called but it's where he's in the attic and he finds a letter from Louie and they're recalling some old episodes.

Thanks for the memories

LOL! That's true.

Vulture and Scorpion do make their appearance in the 1994s cartoon.

Electro on the other hand has a two parter in the 2003 caroon similiar to his late 1960s reappearance where he breaks out of jail and because of the cartoons spirtual tie with the Sam Raimi movie, the rest of the villains such as Vulture and Scorpion, show up in the video game for the first movie.

They had similar complications with villains when James Cameron, attempted to create the first spider-man movie in the 1990s. The character sandman was only licensed to appear in the first movie, as this appearance was suppose to coincide with the 1994s show, but since that movie never came to fruition. this lead to Sandman, never appearing in the 1994s cartoon. ( I haven't seen the 3rd movie yet, one said it was terrible, the other said it was amazing)

Despite having been born in the late 80s, I gotta say though I really like the 1960s rendition of Spider-man. I'm planning to write a rather compelling article on the subject here at RetroJunk.

It's funny how the voice actor, for ol' peter parker, has turned into a cynical jerk, though. You gotta check out his interview. Why he sounds like ol' JJ himself "damn these teenagers! RARGH!".

I was 17 in 1994 so by the time the new Spiderman came around I wasn't entirely into it. I never could get into it and it wasn't because the animation was bad or that it aired on Fox. It was because I was more used to seeing the Spider-Man show that Krantz Films put out. When I was really little, maybe about 6 or 7, was when the 60s Spider-Man came back to TV and I always enjoyed what I saw in the Krantz Films version of the Spider-Man.
In short it wasn't what I grew up watching. In fact it was nowhere near on the same level as the old Spider-Man. Call me an "old fart" if you must but I'm more used to old things. I like the nostalgia of the old Spider-Man show.
When I watch a Spider-Man show I don't necessarily want to see who's trying to asassinate Spider-Man the fastest. I really don't want to see Venom overtake Spider-Man.
I want to see who can get bested by Spider-Man the fastest. I see none of that in the newer Spider-Man shows. All I ever see in the newer Spider-Man shows is the Green Gobblin, and if it's not the Green Gobblin it's someone else, trying to blow up and beat down Spider-Man.
They don't even have any of the old villans like Vulture Man, Electro, or the Scorpion in the newer Spider-Man shows. What's the point in watching a new Spider-Man show if they don't have classic villans like that in the mix?

I've got to know what was so bad about the first 90's Spiderman that aired on Fox? I didn't like Spiderman Unlimited or that other one that MTV aired. I love Spiderman and His Amazing Friends but Fox's Spiderman was closer to the comic book and the animation was better.

^Well, you hate almost every show of the 90's anyway.

I thought I was the only one who hated 90s Spider Man. I guess I ain't alone.

I had such a crush on Firestar! Also, wanted to be Iceman and Spidey, but who wouldn't? Great article.

Not a 90's Spidey fan, huh? I perferred it over the others, but that's just me. Anyway, good article. I remember a good chunk of these, and it was indeed well writen.

Let me take that back, almost all of them. Never seen the Pinochio and Wizard of Oz cartoons.

This is very well written. You were able to remember all that you loved from childhood, gave good background information about each cartoon, and included some good visuals. This is the kind of writing style I personally have been striving for in compositions. I really admire this article's authenticity in that you discussed some Canadian cartoons that I never saw in the United States. Furthermore, I hope your future articles are just as good as this one.

Nice! I watched all of those shows before I went to school. I also remember watching Mighty Heroes, Cool McCool and a few others in Spanish. Great article!