A Retro Saturday Morning Special: The Top Ten Classic Cartoons (2021 Edition)

10. The Quick Draw McGraw Show

The Quick Draw McGraw Show is the third cartoon television production created by Hanna-Barbera, starring an anthropomorphic cartoon horse named Quick Draw McGraw following their success with Ruff and Reddy and The Huckleberry Hound Show. The show debuted in syndication in the fall of 1959, sponsored by Kellogg's. Voice actor Daws Butler performed the lead character, Quick Draw. The series featured 3 cartoons per episode, one each by Quick Draw McGraw and Baba Looey, father and son dog duo Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy, and cat and mouse detectives Snooper and Blabber. - READ MORE

9. Jabberjaw

You may think that a cartoon about a talking shark may have been a little over the top, but in an era where there was already a talking dune buggy and a caveman that solves crime a great white with a Brooklyn accent that's a drummer for a teenage rock band didn't seem all that weird. - READ MORE

8. Partridge Family: 2200 A.D. 

Partridge Family: 2200 A.D. which as you probably guessed is a animated version of the popular sitcom The Partridge Family. Unlike the other shows that I mentioned however this series deviated from simply making a cartoon that is a copy of its counterpart Hanna-Barbera opted to take the shows characters and place them in the future. This would become a reoccurring them for many upcoming HB productions in years to come. - READ MORE

7. The Pink Panther Show 

The Pink Panther Show is a showcase of cartoon shorts produced by David H. DePatie and Friz Freleng between 1969 and 1978, starring the animated Pink Panther character from the opening credits of the live-action films. The series was produced by Mirisch Films and DePatie–Freleng Enterprises, and was originally broadcast on NBC from September 6, 1969 to September 2, 1978. - READ MORE

6. The Addams Family 

The Addams Family is an American animated sitcom adaptation of the Charles Addams cartoons produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions in 1973. Jackie Coogan and Ted Cassidy, who played Uncle Fester and Lurch respectively from the 1960s television series, returned in voice-over roles. The cast also included an 11-year-old Jodie Foster, who performed the voice of Pugsley Addams. The show's theme music was completely different and had no lyrics and no finger snapping, although it retained a bit of the four-note score from the live-action show. - READ MORE

5. Jeannie 

In Jeannie, high school student Corey Anders discovers Jeannie's bottle while surfing and draws the title character out of it. Corey becomes the master to Jeannie and her apprentice Babu, who are treated as his slaves. Portrayed as a 16-year-old, Jeannie is shown as training the "junior genie" Babu, who frequently causes trouble due to his inexperience with magic. Playing the role of the comic relief, Babu is characterized as having a habit of "popping in at the most inopportune times". The pair become close "friends and protectors" to Corey, who is Jeannie's love interest. - READ MORE

4. Scooby Doo, Where Are You!

Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! was the result of CBS and Hanna-Barbera's plans to create a non-violent Saturday morning program that would appease the parent watch groups that had protested the superhero-based programs of the mid-1960s. Originally titled Mysteries Five and later Who's Scared?, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! underwent a number of changes from script to screen (the most significant being the downplaying of a musical group angle). However, the basic concept—a group of teenagers and their dog solving supernatural-related mysteries—was always in place. - READ MORE

3. Inch High Private Eye 

Inch High is a miniature private investigator who works for the Finkerton Detective Agency. He often gets under the skin of his irascible boss, Mr. Finkerton. Inch is assisted by his cute and clever niece Lori, their musclebound and somewhat oafish friend Gator, and their ever-loyal St. Bernard, Braveheart. The group travels from case to case in the "Hushmobile", a futurist car that practically glides on air and is super-quiet. Inch's "inch high" size often lands him precarious situations while on the job either digging for clues or confronting suspects. Despite his less than intimidating size, Inch is a gun-ho, no nonsense P.I. who takes what he does very seriously. - READ MORE

2. The Godzilla Power Hour 

The series would follow the exploits of the crew of the marine exploration ship Calico who, naturally, had an incredible talent for finding giant monsters for Godzilla to fight everywhere they traveled. Every time the scientists got in trouble they would push a red button on some sort of control device and Godzilla would pop out of the ocean to save the day. - READ MORE

1. The Secrets of Isis 

Isis starred Joanna Cameron as Andrea Thomas, a science teacher at Larkspur High School who found an ancient mystical gold amulet, the "Tutmose amulet," on an archeological dig in Egypt. The Isiac amulet, which resembled the headdress of Hathor, had originally belonged to Queen Hatshepsut, an Ancient Egyptian pharaoh. The amulet gave the wearer (specifically, Hatshepsut and her descendants, of which Andrea was one) "the powers of the animals and the elements," which would be bestowed upon such wearer by the goddess Isis whenever it was exposed to the sun and her name invoked. Whenever Isis was needed, Andrea would reveal the Isiac amulet (which she wore as an everyday necklace) and recite an incantation—"Oh mighty Isis"—transforming her into the goddess/super-heroine. - READ MORE

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A Retro Saturday Morning Special: The Top Ten Classic Cartoons (2020 Edition)

Huckleberry Hound in Two Corny Crows (1958)

Bugs Bunny in Baby Buggy Bunny (1954)

Yogi Bear and Boo Boo in Iron Hand Jones (1961)(Hanna-Barbera)

Quick Draw McGraw in The Mark of El Kabong (1961)(Hanna-Barbera)

The Wonderful World of Disney: Donald Duck/Chip 'n Dale - Out of Scale (1951)

Toons Of Terror!!!: Bugs Bunny in Hair-Raising Hare (1946)

Toons Of Terror!!!: The Flintstones in ALVIN BRICKROCK PRESENTS (1961)

Toons of Terror!!!: Porky Pig & Sylvester in SCAREDY CAT (1948)

The Hamm's Bear: From The Land Of Sky Blue Waters

Hey There It's Yogi Bear - I Wanna Go-Go St. Louis

The Flintstones: The Golf Champion