RONNIE SCHELL DEAD AT 94

 

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He played Gilly in Goober and the Ghost Chasers; Rick Racoon in Shirt Tales; Mr. Shugart on the “Henry Hamilton Graduate Ghost” episode of ABC Weekend Specials; Buster and Mr. Hubert in episodes of Pound Puppies (1986); The Yuckster in Flintstone Kids; Pushover Smurf and additional voices in The Smurfs (1981); Elliot Stingwell on an episode of Saved by the Bell (1989); Calvin Klunk in Yo Yogi!; and Mayor Fitzhugh in Recess. He also provided voices for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kids, Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels, Yogi’s Space Race, Casper and the Angels, Meatballs and Spaghetti, Snorks, Tom & Jerry Kids Show and Lloyd in Space.

TODAY IN SEPTEMBER 1982

   It's September, so that means new television season! These are the Saturday Morning schedules that debuted today in 1982 (ABC's actually debuted the following week).

40TH ANNIVERSARIES

 What? Say it ain't so! It's our anniversary, but these shows can't be going on

1980s SATURDAY MORNING ADS

            It wasn’t until the late 60s that Saturday mornings were beginning to get into full swing. Content with airing primetime reruns and a few new shows here and there, that all changed in 1966 when CBS revitalized its schedule with an action-heavy slant. When CBS showed massive success, the other networks followed and Saturday morning suddenly became good business. So, how would the networks advertise to their targeted audiences to tune in every week? Simple: advertise in comic books! For almost every Saturday schedule for decades, there was an artfully designed cartoon representing the networks’ schedules in every major publication. They even made sure to cover their bases with ads in TV Guide and newspapers so that parents would be aware shows for their kids would be on.

                Below are some of the ads that ran for the 1980s:

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