Saturday Morning Cartoons

SATURDAY MORNING CARTOONS: CBS SATURDAY MORNING LINEUP with INTROS from 1967..



Here's an episode of "FRANKENSTEIN JR.", one of the cartoons that was on CBS'Saturday Morning lineup..




The cartoon SHAZZAN! which was also part of the CBS lineup was produced in many languages. Here is the Intro in Japanese:

February 12, 2011 -- VALENTINE'S WEEKEND

SONG OF THE DAY: It's VALENTINE's WEEKEND!! "Love Me Do" was written by PAUL MCCARTNEY when he was 16.. The song was the BEATLES first single, released in the UK in 1962 with the B-Side being "P.S., I Love You".. Of course, the song hit #1 in the U.S. in 1964 when BEATLEMANIA swept the States.. "Love Me Do" was recorded three different times, with 3 different drummers: Pete Best, Ringo Starr and Andy White..



FAMOUS PEOPLE BORN TODAY: Actress Christina Ricci, comedian Arsenio Hall, "Growing Pains" actress Joanna Kerns, Doobie Brothers frontman, Michael McDonald, former Genesis bassist, Steve Hackett, author Judy Blume..

Posthumously: "Bonanza" star Lorne Greene, Evolution theorist, Charles Darwin, 16th President of the U.S., Abraham Lincoln..

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February 11, 2011

SONG OF THE DAY: Happy 48th Birthday to Kennett, Missouri based singer-songwriter, SHERYL CROW.. SHERYL came from a very musical family with her father being a lawyer and a trumpet player and her mother, a piano teacher.. She hit her big break in 1994 with the album "Tuesday Night Music Club" and the #1 Single "All I Wanna Do", which was based on the WYN COOPER poem, "Fun".. The song "All I Wanna Do" references THE TALKING HEADS with the opening line "This Ain't No Disco"..




FAMOUS PEOPLE BORN TODAY: Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda, actor Matthew Lawrence, Politico Sarah Palin, "Moesha" star Brandy, actress Jennifer Aniston, singer Sergio Mendes, "Destiny's Child"'s Kelly Rowland, actor Burt Reynolds.. Posthumously: "Monster Mash" singer, Bobby "Boris" Pickett, "Green Acres" star Eva Gabor, "Airplane" and "Naked Gun" star Leslie Nielsen, Lightbulb inventor, Thomas Alva Edison..

February 10, 2011

SONG OF THE DAY: Happy 72nd Birthday to singer ROBERTA FLACK.. The song "Killing Me Softly (With his Song)" was originally recorded by singer Lori Lieberman and written by composers Charles Fox and Normal Gimbel.. Lieberman was inspired after she had seen singer Don McLean in concert.. Of course, it was Virginia-based musician Roberta Flack's version that achieved mainstream success and won the Grammy for Best Pop Female Performance at the 1974 Grammy Awards..





FAMOUS PEOPLE BORN TODAY: actress Emma Roberts, Political commentator, Glenn Beck, "Good Morning America" host, George Stephanopoulos, actress Laura Dern, Olympic winner, Mark Spitz, singer Roberta Flack, "Hart to Hart" star Robert Wagner.. Posthumously: "The Wolf Man" star Lon Cheney Jr., former-Metallica bass player, Cliff Burton..

February 9, 2011

SONG OF THE DAY: Happy 69th Birthday to singer CAROLE KING.. "I Feel the Earth Move" comes from the classic 1971 album, "Tapestry".. The 45 for this record was slightly overshadowed by the B-Side which was the break-up anthem "It's Too Late".. To date, the album "Tapestry" is the longest charting album by a Female solo artist (Source: Billboard) as it remained in the Top 200 albums chart for 305 weeks.. The name of the cat on the album cover is Telemachus (source: Carole King interview, April 2009, Telegraph UK)..



FAMOUS PEOPLE BORN TODAY: singer Travis Tritt, "Color Purple" author Alice Walker, actress Mia Farrow, "Goodfellas" actor Joe Pesci, reporter Roger Mudd.. Posthumously: 9th U.S. President William Henry Harrison

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Today would have been "Diff'rent Strokes" star GARY COLEMAN's 43rd Birthday, whom left the World of disheartening reruns back in June.. The sad story of disease and legal troubles plagued Coleman's life as tragedy shaped many of the lives of th "Diff'rent Strokes" kids... COLEMAN though took much of it in stride and even ran for California State Governor in 2003..

The show "Diff'rent Strokes", which ran on NBC from 1978 to 1985 then to ABC for the final season was groundbreaking in it's own right.. The show dealt with the issues of racism, classism, drug addiction, child molestation among others.. Sadly, life imitated art for the children of the cast as Todd Bridges had faced addiction to crack cocaine and other legal troubles following the show.. Dana Plato's life reached a tragic end in 1999 amidst an addiction to prescription drugs.. There were even rumors that there was a "Diff'rent Strokes Curse"..

On a more positive note, "Diff'rent Strokes" helped to reinvigorate the career of Charlotte Rae, who went on to star in her own sitcom, "The Facts of Life" (which was a "Diff'rent Strokes" spin off) and helped to shape the future stardom of the Jackson sister, Janet..

The Episode entitled "The Spanking" was the 5th episode of the series and aired during the First Season..




OTHER FAMOUS PEOPLE BORN TODAY: Actor Seth Green, Motley Crue frontman, Vince Neil, ABC Nightline anchor, Ted Koppel, comedian, Robert Klein, "Star Wars" composer, John Williams, actor, Nick Nolte..

POSTHUMOUSLY: "Honeymooners" star Audrey Meadows, "Rebel Without a Cause", James Dean, actor Jack Lemmon, "Peyton Place" star Lana Turner..

February 8, 2011

SONG OF THE DAY: The #1 song on the U.S. charts today in 1984 was by the U.K. band, CULTURE CLUB who were best known for their androgynous frontman, BOY GEORGE (whose real name is George Alan O'Dowd).. "Karma Chameleon" came from the "Color by Numbers" album.. The video is set in Mississippi in 1870 and as Boy George told BILLBOARD magazine is about "terrible fear of alienation that people have, the fear of standing up for one thing. It's about trying to suck up to everybody. Basically, if you aren't true, if you don't act like you feel, then you get Karma-justice, that's nature's way of paying you back.".. Though some speculated that the song was about Culture Club drummer Jon Moss with whom Boy George had a relationship at the time..

Through the years, the song has been used as a Campaign song for UK Politicans in order to paint their opponents as "Chameleons"..



TOP 5 SONGS TODAY IN 1984 (Courtesy: BILLBOARD)

1. CULTURE CLUB - "Karma Chameleon"
2. YES - "Owner of a Lonely Heart"
3. THE ROMANTICS - "Talking in Your Sleep"
4. KOOL & THE GANG - "Joanna"
5. MATTHEW WILDER - "Break My Stride"

February 7, 2011

SONG OF THE DAY: The #1 song on the U.S. Pop charts on this day in 1978 was the Disco anthem "Stayin' Alive" by the Brothers Gibb (Robin, Maurice and Barry), AKA: THE BEE GEES!!! The song comes from the Soundtrack to film that helped to catapult JOHN TRAVOLTA into a pop culture icon.. The soundtrack LP not only was one of the best selling albums of 1978 but remained in BILLBOARD magazine's Top albums chart until March of 1980.. The song "Stayin' Alive" remained at #1 on the U.S. pop charts for 4 consecutive weeks..



TOP 5 SONGS THIS WEEK IN 1978 (Courtesy: BILLBOARD)

1. THE BEE GEES - "Stayin' Alive"
2. RANDY NEWMAN "Short People"
3. PLAYER - "Baby Come Back"
4. QUEEN - "We are the Champions"
5. ANDY GIBB - "Love is Thicker than Water"

FAMOUS PEOPLE BORN TODAY: Comedian Chris Rock, country superstar, Garth Brooks, actor Ashton Kutcher, actor James Spader.. Posthumously: "Oliver Twist" author Charles Dickens, "Little House on the Prairie" writer Laura Ingalls Wilder, "Main Street" author Sinclair Lewis..

FAMOUS PEOPLE BORN ON 2/6: Singer Axl Rose, singer Natalie Cole, MASH star Mike Farrell, former NBC news anchor, Tom Brokaw, 50's Teen Idol, Fabian, actor Rip Torn, actress Zsa Zsa Gabor.. Posthumously: 40th President of the U.S., Ronald Reagan, Reggae Legend and stoner icon, Bob Marley, baseball legend Babe Ruth..

100 years of Reagan..

The 40th President of the United States, RONALD WAYNE REAGAN was born today in 1911.. Here's his innaugural State of the Union speech from 1982..

February 6, 2011 Superbowl Sunday in America..

It's SUPERBOWL Sunday!!! Today we take a look back at some of the songs from Superbowl's past..

In 1985, Superbowl XIX, back in better days for the Bay Area's San Francisco 49ers when they beat the Miami Dolphins 38 to 16 and Joe Montana was named MVP.. The 9ers released this song during their championship 84 to 85 season..


The following year, The Chicago Bears released this ditty that became an even bigger nationwide success, "The Superbowl Shuffle".. Of course, the Bears blew out the New England Patriots that year 46 to 10..



To be fair and balanced to California teams, The Raiders, who were then in Los Angeles, released "The Silver & Black Attack" in 1986..


Whether you watch the game for the teams, the commercials or the halftime show (hopefully there will be no "wardrobe malfunctions" this year).. Enjoy..