During my primary Saturday morning cartoon viewing years, it seemed like a majority of the cartoons were produced by Hanna-Barbera (even across multiple networks). These included Wacky Races, Scooby Doo, and a plethora of cartoons based on trends of the day featuring animated versions of the Harlem Globetrotters, The Jackson Five, and the Osmond Brothers. Other companies that had some representation during that era were Filmation (The Archies), Depatie-Freleng (The Pink Panther), and Warner Brothers, who at the time were still getting plenty of mileage out of their classic animated shorts (it would be more than a decade before they started producing series like Tiny Toons and Animaniacs).
Back in those days you didn't have video (VHS didn't take off until the 1980s) and you didn't have cable networks with cartoon channels, so if you wanted cartoons you watched whatever your local TV station ran at the times they ran them. On Saturday mornings they ran the network feeds, but weeknights the selection at various times included the likes of Flintstones reruns, Tom and Jerry, and one show that had some old syndicated cartoons such as Little Audrey, Baby Huey, and Casper the Friendly Ghost. Not exactly my first choices, but it was what was available, and as the saying goes, beggars can't be choosers.
During my primary Saturday morning cartoon viewing years, it seemed like a majority of the cartoons were produced by Hanna-Barbera (even across multiple networks). These included Wacky Races, Scooby Doo, and a plethora of cartoons based on trends of the day featuring animated versions of the Harlem Globetrotters, The Jackson Five, and the Osmond Brothers. Other companies that had some representation during that era were Filmation (The Archies), Depatie-Freleng (The Pink Panther), and Warner Brothers, who at the time were still getting plenty of mileage out of their classic animated shorts (it would be more than a decade before they started producing series like Tiny Toons and Animaniacs).
Back in those days you didn't have video (VHS didn't take off until the 1980s) and you didn't have cable networks with cartoon channels, so if you wanted cartoons you watched whatever your local TV station ran at the times they ran them. On Saturday mornings they ran the network feeds, but weeknights the selection at various times included the likes of Flintstones reruns, Tom and Jerry, and one show that had some old syndicated cartoons such as Little Audrey, Baby Huey, and Casper the Friendly Ghost. Not exactly my first choices, but it was what was available, and as the saying goes, beggars can't be choosers.