with chile rellenos and sopaipillas.

Roy Rogers
Cisco Kid
Sky King
My Friend Flicka
Fury
Probably some others I can’t remember off hand. This was maybe 1957 or so.

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Scooby Doo
H. R. Puffenstuff
Johnny Quest
Josie and the Pussycats
He-man and Shera
Various super heroes: Batman, Superman and Supergirl, Aquaman

Those are the first ones that come to mind.

Flintstones
Jetsons
Davy and Goliath
Bugs bunny and friends
Scooby doo
Tom and Jerry
Underdog
The pink panther
Fat Albert and the Cosby kids

The commercials were schoolhouse rock

These may not all have been Saturday morning but I watched a lot of cartoons

The ONLY kids' program on Sundays. I hated it SOOOOO much!! It has made me loathe claymation to this day.

Who knew...

Not sure it would be allowed today

Lone Ranger; Roy Rogers and Dale Evans; Kukla, Fran, and Ollie; Soupy Sales; Tarzan (Johnny Weismuller).

They moved it from noon weekdays to Saturday morning.
Also Circus Boy, Sky King, Rin Tin Tin, Roy Rogers and
Sheriff of Cochise.

it was very sad to see them go

Believe it or not, we did not have a tv until I was in the seventh grade. 😏

It was only on Sunday mornings, and I could only miss church if I was sick.

Made the mumps totally worth it.

Along with the usual cartoons in the a.m. I remember the Tarzan movies being on during the afternoon. The Johnny Weissmuller movies were pre-code and, in retrospect, pretty damn hot!

Anybody else remember that one? I'm 78, I can't be the only one!

You can find her on Youtube but I couldn't get it to post the video here.

Fury, My Friend Flicka, and Sky King. Must have watched Annie Oakley because I recall getting an Annie Oakley board game the same xmas I got a Sky King board game. I don't remember watching that, though.

The "opera" format was hilarious.

Later on we had Soupy Sales, and others

Most of the Hanna Barbera cartoons were on in the late afternoon on weekdays in our area.

... on their color TV. I'd be sure to put the channel back and straighten out the top quilt where I sat. While I ignored my little sister. Fortunately she never ratted me out.

Ruff and Ready
Deputy Dawg
Supercar
Fireball XL5
Milton the Monster
Clutch Cargo
Magilla Gorilla
King Leonardo Show with Commander McBragg
Spunky and Tadpole
Tutor the Turtle
Tennessee Tuxedo

Space ghost, Funny Company and Beany and Cecil.

In college: Pee-Wee's Playhouse...

Ok, I get it, but it was a Saturday hangover tradition.

But later on, it was Saturday afternoons that I really watched the TV for the sports shows.

Sometimes Creature Double Feature.

Oh, and Gene London (i grew up on Philly stations)

Roy Rogers. “Happy Trails to You” 😊

My mother made me clean my room on Saturday morning That is, after I practiced the piano.

Captain Kangaroo (Mr. Green Jeans was a buddy of my father.)

I also remember Bugs Bunny, the Pink Panther, and Scooby Doo.

I also watched Scooby-Doo, though I didn't like it. Kids only had one day of programming per week, so we couldn't be too picky!

I was very limited to 1 hr or afternoon tv and two shows a week of evening tv. Saturday Mornimg and sick days were my only unlimited. I was allowed to watch sports on the weekends.
Sat mornings were Hanna Barbera cartoons mostly.
My favorite was the The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour or whatever the Warner Brother's show was called at the time. It changed a few times.

abbott + costello, our gang.

One show I had forgotten about was The Bowery Boys movies. I first saw the on TV in Virginia and then in Connection when the Navy transferred my father.

"Bugs Bunny". Afternoons on Saturday Wrestling and "Roller Derby" with Skinny Minnie Miller.

My brothers and I would grab our cereal bowls and the gallon of milk and sit cross-legged in front of the tube and enjoy ourselves. Nice memories. Was it all because we were kids?

And I’m watching it right now on Roku, too.

Not sure how "early" it was, but I do remember watching those cartoons.

He saves the day!