Saturday Morning Cartoons: PAC-MAN: The Cartoon

HA HA!! Ironically Enough, I still have this album in my closet.. I've had it since I was 8 years old..



*Based on the popular Video Game produced by NAMCO, "PAC MAN" became a big franchise in the 80's from PAC-MAN Cereal to PAC MAN Pasta..

PAC-MAN even inspired a Saturday morning cartoon that aired on ABC when "PAC MAN FEVER" reached it's peak between 1982 and 1984.. The Cartoon starred PAC MAN, MS. PAC MAN, PAC BABY and their two pets, CHOMP CHOMP (The Dog) and SOUR PUSS (The Cat).. The Pacsters were on the run from the Ghost Monsters, Inky, Blinky, Pinky, Inky, Clyde, Sue, and their fearless leader Mezmeron..

During the final season of the Cartoon, ABC called it the "Pac Man Cartoon Hour" and tied it in with a cartoon based on another popular game/puzzle at the time "Rubik: The Amazing Cube" (Based on the Rubik's Cube)..

Check out this little episode entitled "HOCUS POCUS".. Also, check out the Commercials in the "And Now These Messages" section..

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PAC-MAN CARTOON: INTRO:




PAC-MAN THE CARTOON: "HOCUS POCUS" PART I:




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...AND NOW THESE MESSAGES:

Friday the 13th: The Series

"Friday the 13th: The Series" was a Syndicated Thriller-style Television series that aired on Saturday nights in the latter part of the 80's.. It usually followed "Twilight Zone", and "Tales from the Darkside" on most stations..

The show had been originally named "The 13th Hour" but the producer of the series, FRANK MANCUSO, JR., who had also produced some of the "Friday the 13th" films chose "Friday the 13th: The Series" to lure in viewers..

Although the series had NO Connection whatsoever to the tales of the evil JASON, the show dealt with the subject of CURSED ANTIQUES.. Ya See, the owner of an antique shop, LOUIS VENDRIDI had made a pact with the devil to sell antiques at his shop, "Curious Goods" in exchange for his immortality and wealth.. But VENDRIDI called off the deal and had his soul taken hostage by the devil..




The shop is then inherited by LEWIS' niece MICKI FOSTER and her cousin RYAN DALLION who began selling off the antiques but were intercepted by World Travelr, Mystic, and personal friend of LEWIS' JACK MARSHAK, who inform the group that the antiques were cursed.. So, in a nutshell, the group sets out to find the antiques BEFORE the purchaser and user of the antique discover their powers and fail to give them up, creating much destruction along the way..

"Friday the 13th: The Series" aired from 1987 to 1990, with the First season being released on DVD on September 23rd... Check out the VERY First Episode of the series, "The Inheritance"..



"THE INHERITANCE: EPISODE I PART I:"



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GENESIS - "Land of Confusion"

After their 1986 "Invisible Touch" album gave GENESIS their first #1 single, the band decided to take an apparently new direction with this video.. The song was their 3rd video from the album and instead of featuring the band performing with close up shots of lead singer PHIL COLLINS, the band produced a brilliant video that featured BRITISH puppets, SPITTING IMAGE and was a commentary on RONALD REAGAN's America and the global consequences of the Cold War era.. The song even inspired a 2006 cover by the Nu-Metal band, DISTURBED..

GENESIS - "Land of Confusion"



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"It's Your Move"

For Today's little trip down memory lane, I've decided to visit the NBC Wednesday lineup in 1984 for this lost gem.. The sitcom "It's Your Move" starred JASON BATEMEN before he went on to star on FOX's "Arrested Development" or in the feature film "Juno".. At the time, BATEMEN was best known as "Family Ties" Star JUSTINE BATEMEN's kid brother and the character of DEREK, Ricky's best friend on "Silver Spoons"..

"It's Your Move" only last one season on NBC... In the show, BATEMEN played a young scam artist based in SoCal circa 1980's.. He meets his match though when he meets NORMAN LAMB, who moves into the apartment across the hall.. LAMB was played by actor DAVID GARRISON who went on to bigger stardom as MARCY's husband, STEVE RHODES on the FOX sitcom "Married with Children" a couple of years later.. The premise of the show was "Who could get over on who" with the most elaborate scam..

I remember watching "It's Your Move" when I was in the Third Grade and being bummed by it's sudden cancellation.. The show appeared for a short time later in the decade on the USA NETWORK before dissappearing into obscurity.. Thanks to the Internet, we can now enjoy this episode entitled "The Experts"..



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"Laverne and Shirley"

"One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. Schlemeel, Schlemazel, Hasenfeffer incorporated"..

We're Gonna Do it!!! It's TUESDAY and today I'm reminicing about the old Tuesday night ABC Lineup that had "Happy Days", "Laverne & Shirley", "Three's Company" and "Too Close For Comfort" (after "Joannie Loves Chachi" was cancelled)..

The adventures of two crazy young single Jewish Women, LAVERNE DiFAZIO, and SHIRLEY FEENEY, who worked at a Milwaukee Brewery and the two greasers, LENNY and SQUIGGY who hit on them constantly, entertained us between 1976 and 1983 and later in syndication..

The show, like others, was a "Happy Days" spinoff had a very memorable theme song which starts with a Yiddish Hopscotch sequence and goes into "Making Our Dreams Come True" by singer CINDY GRECCO.. The opening sequence has also inspired numerous parodies from "Wayne's World" and "Friends" to "SNL"..

Now check out an episode of the classic show from 1981, in the latter days of the show and it features Legendary Brit Actor ERIC IDLE check it out..

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Depeche Mode "Everything Counts"

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Starting Next Weekend..

Starting next weekend in TOBEDAWG's TRIPPINDICULAR RETRO BLOG, check out:

SATURDAY MORNING CARTOONS.. Posted here on Saturday instead of in TOBEDAWG's BLOG EXPERIENCE..

AND.. SUNDAYS will be "SCI-FI SUNDAY" starting September 21st.. Instead of SCI-FI Saturday..

...Stay Tuned..

Now, how about U2's "Sunday Bloody Sunday" video?



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