This week’s minorities in cartoons entry is “BraveStarr,” a Filmation animated series that ran in syndication from 1987 to 1988. Background “BraveStarr” was a “space
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Tag: Filmation
Package shows: Sabrina the Teenage Witch and the Groovie Goolies
This week’s package show look is at the 1970s Saturday morning series (and its package show spinoffs) “The Groovie Goolies.” Produced by Filmation, this series
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Package shows: “The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure” (plus Batman)
This week’s package show look is at “The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure,” which ran from 1967 to 1968 on CBS. I’ll also look at “The
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Package shows: Tarzan, Batman, Zorro, and the Lone Ranger
Today’s package show look is at the various late 70s/early 80s series primarily featuring Batman, Tarzan, the Lone Ranger, and Zorro. Between 1976 and 1982,
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Minorities in cartoons: Superstretch and Microwoman
This week’s minorities in cartoons entry is the superhero duo Superstretch and Microwoman. The duo appeared as a segment in the 1977 CBS series “Tarzan
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Minorities in cartoons: Pete Jones
This week’s minorities in cartoons entry is Pete Jones, a supporting character on the 1969 Saturday morning cartoon series “The Hardy Boys.” The series is
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RIP Hal Sutherland, co-founder of Filmation
Cartoon Brew reported last tonight that Hal Sutherland, co-founder of the Filmation animation studio, has passed away at the age of 85. I’m not sure
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RIP Lou Scheimer, co-founder of Filmation
Today, news came of the death of Lou Scheimer, the co-founder of Filmation, the animation studio that (along with Hanna-Barbera) dominated Saturday morning animation between
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Minorities in comics and animation: Fat Albert
This week’s entry is about the popular 1970s TV cartoon, Fat Albert. Background Fat Albert started off as a character in a comedy routine of
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