With a little digging I have found a site that is close to the now defunct Big Cartoon Database. Don Markstein's Toonopedia has a fairly extensive list of cartoon and comic book characters, all listed alphabetically. There are additional sections dealing with the voices behind the toons and the companies that made the toons. Sorry, but I have no idea how to post a link to the site.

As a kid of about nine or ten years old I remember getting up at about 7am on the Saturday morning when all the new cartoons for the season were debuting.
Couldn't wait to see them as I flipped through the TV Guide magazine to see what was going to come on and when.
If memory serves there were a slew of shows that at least tried to be intelligent like the animated version of Star Trek, Johnny Quest and even The Lone Ranger.
And of course I loved the absurd satire of Rocky and Bullwinkle.
I also found it kind of interesting that some cartoon shows were shown in the evening in prime time when kids were being put to bed like The Flintstones, The Jetsons and Top Cat.
The 1960s and '70s were certainly a golden age for TV kids' TV.


 

RadioActive wrote:

I think most people know this, but The Flintstones was a cartoon-version of The Honeymooners.

Jackie Gleason had considered suing Hanna-Barbera over the similarities and his lawyers said he probably would have a good case. But according to Henry Corden, who took over the voice of Fred Flintstone when original voice actor Alan Reed died in 1977, Gleason's lawyers also advised against it, saying "Do you want to be known as the guy who yanked Fred Flintstone off the air?" The Flintstones were well-loved by both kids and parents by that time, so Gleason decided to let it pass.



PJ

 

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