Nostalgic Memories #2: Early 1970s Kid’s Animated TV Shows

Nostalgic Memories: Early 1970s Kid’s Animated TV Shows

Nostalgic Memories #2: Early 1970s Kid’s Animated TV Shows ​

This is the second in a series of nostalgic memories that include TV shows, commercials, toys, and more, as I remember them, while writing my memoirs as part of my family history. The first was Nostalgic Memories #1: Early 1970s Kid’s TV Shows.

I have been in the process of trying to write my memoirs, and in doing so, I have come up with tons of memories from every decade, which I thought would be fun to share. I spent a couple of years living with my grandma when I was between the ages of 3-5, and while jotting down my memories of my time with her, I also remembered some of the TV shows I watched during that time. This brought back tons of nostalgic memories, and maybe it will bring back some for you as well. 

My Early 1970s (Pre-Elementary School) Children's Cartoon Line Up

​Believe it or not, with this long list, at this age, I wasn’t into cartoons as much as I was educational shows, but these are all the ones I remember watching before I started kindergarten. They include links that will take you to either episodes or opening songs of the ones I would have watched during that time, along with their air dates and some rerun dates.

• The Smokey Bear Show (1969-1970 (ABC) (reruns till 1971) (One of the earliest cartoons I remember watching as a child, before the age of 3)
• Here Comes the Grump (1969-1970) (NBC) (One of the earliest cartoons I remember watching as a child, before the age of 3)
• The Reluctant Dragon & Mr. Toad Show (1970) (ABC) (reruns in 1971) (One of the earliest cartoons I remember watching as a child, before the age of 3)
• The Road Runner Show (1966-1968) (1969 included in The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour (CBS) (1971-1973) (ABC) (Reruns till the 1980s-CBS) (One of the earliest cartoons I remember watching as a child, before the age of 3)
• The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show (1959-1964) (Reruns till 1973, 1981-1982) (One of the earliest cartoons I remember watching as a child, before the age of 3)
  • Aesop and Son
  • Dudley Do-Right and Friends 
  • Tooter the Turtle (Backups?)
  • Peabody's Improbable History 
  • Fractured Fairy Tales
  • Bullwinkle's Corner
  • Mr. Know-It-All
• The Roman Holidays (1972) (NBC)
• Kid Power (1972-1973)
• The Jackson 5ive (1971-1972) (ABC)
• The Amazing Chan Clan (1972) (CBS) (reruns till 1973) (other reruns 1976-1982)
• Houndcats (1972) (NBC) (reruns till 1973)
• The Osmands (1972) (ABC)
• The Brady Kids (1972-1973) (ABC)
• The Barkleys (1972) (NBC) (reruns till 1973)
• Around the World in Eighty Days  (1972-1973) (NBC)
• Mission: Magic! (1973) (ABC)
• Josie and the Pussycats in Outer Space (1972-1973) (CBS) (reruns 1974)
• Harlem Globe Trotters (1970-1971) (CBS) (reruns 1972-1973) (CBS) (reruns 1978) (NBC)
• Josie and the Pussycats (1970-1971) (cartoon)
• Inch High, Private Eye (1973) (NBC)
• The Funky Phantom (1971-1972) (with other appearances after)
• Speed Buggy (1973-1974) (CBS) (reruns 1978, 1982-1983) (CBS) (reruns 1975-1976) (ABC) (1976-1977) (NBC)
•  Wait till your father gets home (1972-1974)
• Bailey's Comets (1973-1974) (CBS)
• Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kids  (1973)
• Goober and the Ghost Chasers (1973-1975) (ABC) (reruns 1977-1978)
• The Groovie Goolies Show (1970–72) (CBS) (reruns, slight name changes, and appearances in other shows till 1977)
• Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch! (1971–72) (CBS) (1973-1974 return)
• Jeannie (1973) (CBS) (reruns till 1975)
• JOT the Dot  (1965-1974 & 1980-1981) (shorts)
• Lassie's Rescue Rangers (1972-1973) (ABC) & Lassie and the Spirit of Thunder Mountain (1972) (ABC)
• My Favorite Martians (1973) (CBS)
• Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1970-1974) (CBS)
• Underdog (1964-1967 (NBC) (reruns till 1973)
• Yogi’s Ark Lark (1972) (ABC) (ABC Saturday Superstar Movie) & Yogi’s Gang (1973; 1977-1978) (ABC)
• The Kingdom of Could Be You (1973)

 
And The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie (ABC)/The New Saturday Superstar Movie (1972-1973) (included pilots for new shows)

 
*Many of these can be found on Amazon Prime, as well as YouTube.

Remember any of these? I'd love to know!