Category Archives: Cartoons

The Beatles Cartoon

Believe it or not, my first exposure to The Beatles was from the cartoon series. They were the biggest musical act in the world and I would not have known they existed if it weren’t for television. The only time … Continue reading

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My New Favorite Commercial

It will be a long time before someone makes a better one. Too bad it isn’t shown in America. Novo Peugeot 208 – Corrida Maluca – YouTube.

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One banana, two banana….

45 years ago this is what I was watching every Saturday morning. the banana splits adventure hour (original intro) – YouTube.

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A Lost Family Heirloom

The Flintstones (Welch’s) Grape Jelly Commercial – YouTube. For several years in the 1960’s Welch’s grape Jelly was packaged in jars with art work from The Flintstones cartoon show. In our household we used them as drinking glasses once the … Continue reading

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I want my flying car, but I’ll settle for the talking dog!

  I’m sure most of you are familiar with the cartoon series The Jetsons. Created in 1963 it pretty much takes the opposite approach, timeline wise, that is, to The Flintstones. I thought it was a visually clever cartoon. Unfortunately, … Continue reading

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And The Winner Is…

wacky races intro – YouTube. If NASCAR was like this I would watch it all the time!

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It’s got a good beat, but does it stay crunchy in milk?

Ron Dante OnLine – The Official Website.  See what “Archie” has been up to. This is a photo of the first record I ever owned. Well, co-owned. It was cut off the back of a box of Post Sugar Crisp … Continue reading

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Cool Cars

What were the coolest movie or T.V. cars ever? I’m sure we could debate this topic for years and each person’s list would vary depending upon their age. I’ll give you my top four and then you can discuss among yourselves. 1. … Continue reading

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Rock and Roll Music

This is the way I first encountered The Beatles, on television as cartoon characters. Pretty much for the first several years of my life, most of the music I heard was on one cartoon show or another. There was The … Continue reading

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