CLIVE REVILL DEAD AT 94

 

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He voiced the storyteller (narrator) in Dragon’s Lair; Agent Caldwell in Turbo Teen; Dr. Galeo Seaworthy in Snorks; Lord Belveshire and Dumas in two episodes of Pound Puppies (1986); Shakespeare and King Lear in an episode of Tiny Toon Adventures; Sorcerer Blowfish in two episodes of The Little Mermaid: The Animated Series; Alfred Pennyworth for three episodes and a police blimp radioman in Batman: The Animated Series; Baffeardin, Lyle Spanger, Inspector Hogan and Hermil Sioro in episodes of Freakazoid!; King Claudius in an episode of Pinky and the Brain; Eustace McPhail in an episode of Godzilla: The Series; a wizard in an episode of Pepper Ann; and the moderator in an episode of All Grown Up!. He also provided additional voices for The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries, Alvin and the Chipmunks (1983), Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures, The Smurfs (1981), Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventures, and the Tom & Jerry Kids Show.

DALE BAER DEAD AT 70

 

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He served as a story director for The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang, Laverne & Shirley in the Army and The Smurfs, a storyboard artist on an episode of Mother Goose and Grimm and Animaniacs, and a prop designer for two episodes of Histeria!

RIP DEAN STEFAN

Also known as Sandy Scesny, he was a writer on The Smurfs, Darkwing Duck, Goof Troop, X-Men: The Animated Series, Skeleton Warriors, The Savage Dragon, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Mask: The Animated Series, Men in Black: The Series, Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot, Jackie Chan Adventures, The Penguins of Madagascar, Ben 10: Omniverse, and Transformers: Rescue Bots. He also served as a producer on Men in Black and the story editor for Goof Troop. 

ON TV IN 1987

As Doc Brown once said: "30 years. It's a nice round number." We agree, and with that thought in mind, and what with it being September when new programs traditionally began airing, we figured we'd show you the Saturday morning television schedule for all the major networks (alphabetically) from the fall of 1987. While watching on Saturday morning, you may have seen these:

8:00 A.M.

8:30 A.M.

(1 1/2 hours)

(1 1/2 hours)

9:00 A.M.

9:30 A.M.

10:00 A.M.

10:30 A.M.

11:00 A.M.

11:30 A.M.

12:00 P.M.

12:30 P.M.

NOTE: Some regions may have had slightly differing schedules due to local programming or other considerations.

PATTI DEUTSCH DEAD AT 73

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Patti Deutsch was an actor and comedian best known as being a featured performer on Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In and a panelist on 70s game shows. She would go on to provide the voices for Trixie, the Beaver Squadron, an operator and Raccoon Walla in several episodes of The Angry Beavers and Matta the Lunch Lady in The Emperor's New School. She also provided voices for episodes of The Smurfs, Darkwing Duck, Life with Louie and The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper.

DICK GAUTIER DEAD AT 85

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Dick Gautier starred as Louis in Foofur and Spike in The Tom & Jerry Kids Show. He guest-starred in two episodes of Batman: The Animated Series as Teddy Lupus, a cop and a lawyer. He also provided additional voices for Yogi’s Treasure Hunt, A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, The New Yogi Bear Show, The Smurfs, Garfield and Friends, The Pirates of Dark Water, and The Addams Family (1992).

 

WILLIAM CHRISTOPHER DEAD AT 84

Actor William Christopher died today. You can read the full story here.

The M*A*S*H veteran had a one-off stint on Saturdays voicing Angel Smurf in several episodes of The Smurfs, as well as providing additional voices.

MARVIN KAPLAN DEAD AT 89

Actor, writer and producer Marvin Kaplan died on Thursday, You can read the full story here.

Kaplan had starring roles as Choo-Choo in Top Cat, which he later reprised for the weekday series Wake, Rattle & Roll, and as Shellstock "Shelly" Turtle in the Frogger portions of Saturday Supercade. He also guest-starred in episodes of ABC Weekend Specials as Sutcliffe and Mouser, Garfield and Friends as Angel Puss, and Aaahh!!! Real Monsters as Skeech and Sculptor. He also provided additional voices in an episode of The Smurfs.

SMF ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION (PART 6)

This weekend, we continue our 2 year 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. For this installment, we recognize those shows turning 35. Yeah, let that sink in--you first saw these programs 35 years ago.

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...

ALAN YOUNG DEAD AT 96

Alan Young died on May 19. You can read the full story here.

Best known as the long-serving voice of Disney’s Scrooge McDuck since 1974, Young was also Mr. Frump in Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends; the Cyclops Computer in The Incredible Hulk (1982); Gaggy Rogers in an episode of The New Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo Show; Farmer Smurf, Scaredy Smurf, and Miner Smurf in The Smurfs; Tod Baker in an episode of Batman: The Animated Series; Mr. McDonald in an episode of Static Shock; and several roles in episodes of ABC Weekend Specials. He also provided additional voices in Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979), Rubik the Amazing Cube, The Dukes and Alvin & the Chipmunks (1983).