55TH & 60TH ANNIVERSARIES

Getting closer to the end of our anniversary celebration as we get closer to the beginning. These are the shows turning 55 and 60 this year. 

JIM MacGEORGE DEAD AT 92

 

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He reprised his role as Oliver Hardy from Hanna-Barbera’s earlier animated series for The New Scooby-Doo Movies as well as additional voices, voiced Wimper in Clue Club, Crazy Claws in The Kwicky Koala Show, Bort in an episode of The Mighty Orbots, and Captain Horatio Huffenpuff in Beany and Cecil (1988). He also provided voices for The Funky Phantom, Yogi’s Gang, Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels, Yogi’s Space Race, The New Fred and Barney Show, Richie Rich, Foofur and The Smurfs.

SATURDAY MORNING MASTERS: JULIE BENNETT

JULIE BENNETT

(January 24, 1932-March 31, 2020)

Notable Roles: Cindy Bear, Lois Lane, Wonder Girl/Donna Troy, Lady Constance, Queen Anne, Kitty Jo, Chessie, Monica, Boo, May Parker

Bennett was a character actor on stage and radio, and later television as it began to rise in prominence; appearing in such shows as The Adventures of Superman, Dragnet, Leave It to Beaver and Love American Style, among many others. During the 1950s, her resume expanded to include voice work for UPA’s Mr. Magoo franchise, Warner Bros.’ Looney Tunes franchise, and the Fractured Fairytales segment of The Bullwinkle Show for Jay Ward Productions. In 1961, she became the voice of Cindy Bear for Hanna-Barbera, which she reprised over several Yogi Bear films and shows. She also returned to the Superman franchise by becoming the second voice of Lois Lane in Filmation’s The New Adventures of Superman after the departure of original voice Joan Alexander, and took on the role of Wonder Girl in the Teen Titans segments of Aquaman.  From then on, she spent much of her voice career at Hanna-Barbera, moonlighting a few times for guest-roles in DiC’s The Real Ghostbusters and Film Roman’s Garfield and Friends, as well as continuing to appear on TV shows and made-for-TV films. In 1997, she succeeded Linda Gary as the voice of Aunt May Parker in Spider-Man: The Animated Series after Gary’s death in 1995. Her final known role was as an old woman in the 2000 Spider-Man video game. In between her acting gigs, Bennett worked as a realtor and an agent for other actors under the name Marianne Daniels. She died in 2020, one of the victims of the coronavirus pandemic.

Saturday Credits:

The Bugs Bunny Show

The Bullwinkle Show

The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure

The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour

The Banana Splits Adventure Hour

Cattanooga Cats

The Funky Phantom

Jeannie
These Are the Days

Yogi’s Gang

Scooby’s All-Star Laff-A-Lympics

Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels

Fred Flintstone and Friends

The All-New Popeye Hour

Dinky Dog

The Little Rascals

The Mighty Orbots

The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show

Yogi’s Treasure Hunt

The Real Ghostbusters

Garfield and Friends

Spider-Man: The Animated Series

SMF ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION (PART 8)

We continue our second anniversary celebration!

As we celebrate, we figured we'd also take the opportunity to celebrate the various other programs enjoying anniversaries this year (at least at an interval of 5). Some we've covered, some we'll get to covering sooner or later, but all of them represent Saturday morning. As we roll further down the line, we get up there in years as we hit 45. These are the shows your parents (or even grandparents, depending on your age) were enjoying once upon a time.

Take a walk down memory lane with us, and feel free to share your memories in the comments, or over on our Facebook group or Facebook page. We'd love to hear from you!

Now, without further ado, join us in celebrating...

NOTE: Not all intros available at this time.