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EYESORE 9001

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8. I remember Popeye in the mornings

Sun Sep 7, 2025, 12:12 PM

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along with various & sundry Warner Bros, Harveytoons, Disney, others in black & white, all long since dished-up as syndicated offerings. After school, I eschewed cartoons in favor of the afternoon movie, which started right after school. In retrospect, whoever was in charge of programming at channel 14 was demented in a way that suited my ‘horrific’ tastes, but surprising that it continued without parental outrage. The only thing that saved my preteen mind while watching Horror of Dracula was that we didn’t yet have a color TV. After awhile, I’d seen all the old 50s horror flicks, and color TV diverted my attention to, of all things, a frickin’ soap opera! Dark Shadows wasn’t like the others, however.

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how many of u du members remember before school and evening cartoons on the tv? [View all] AllaN01Bear Sep 7 OP

Morning was mostly The Today Show for me before school underpants Sep 7 #1

That's Rebl2 Sep 7 #4

My memories are similar. Haggard Celine Sep 7 #6

Yes the Little Rascals too. underpants Sep 7 #7

I remember the silent Native American waiting to start tv! GreenWave Sep 7 #2

I remember Saturday morning cartoons. Polly Hennessey Sep 7 #3

I remember watching the Mickey Mouse Club. Emile Sep 7 #5

I remember Popeye in the mornings EYESORE 9001 Sep 7 #8

my 2 sis loved dark shadows. AllaN01Bear Sep 7 #9

I liked it up till the 'mushy' parts EYESORE 9001 Sep 7 #10

I loved Dark Shadows! One of my friends and I arranged our college classes so that one of us yellowdogintexas Sep 7 #12

not so much before school but definitely after school yellowdogintexas Sep 7 #11

Sunday evenings: The Jetsons at 7 Oeditpus Rex Sep 7 #13

"before school" JoseBalow Sep 7 #14

I remember Captain Kangaroo in the mornings NoPasaran Sep 7 #15

Television before school was unthinkable. Morbius Sep 7 #16

I remember watching after school cartoon shows: Rocky and Bullwinkle, Huckleberry Hound, Yogi Bear, KitFox Sep 8 #17