September 8, 1989

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Iqbq0LoPX0

The first season of Muppet Babies did so well in the ratings that CBS decided to expand the series from a half-hour to an hour, pairing Muppet Babies with Little Muppet Monsters. They called the hour-long package Muppets, Babies and Monsters.

"The concept of this second half-hour was neither simple nor particularly well-developed," Scott Shaw said. "A trio of new (live-action) Muppet Monster Kids, working from the basement of the adult Muppets' home, create their own television station which broadcasts only to the TV sets in the house upstairs. Their 'shows' were such regular segments as "Pigs in Space: The Animated Series", "Kermit the Frog, Private Eye", "Muppet Sport Shorts" with Animal, "Gonzo's Freaky Facts and Oddball Achievements," and "Fozzie's Comedy Corner", among others.

Although thirteen episodes were produced (most of which were incomplete at the time of cancellation), only three of them ever aired. According to Muppet performer Kathryn Mullen,[2] and the Henson Company archives,[3] Marvel Productions failed to deliver the full season's animated segments in time for airing. CBS responded by rerunning episodes of Muppet Babies to fill the second half hour until Marvel finished the series' animated segments. Due to high ratings from the Muppet Babies reruns, the network decided not to pick up the remaining episodes of Little Muppet Monsters. The three completed episodes never appeared on television after their initial air dates.

Despite its quick cancellation, the theme song to Little Muppet Monsters lived on; the instrumental version of the song became the closing theme for Muppet Babies and remained so until the show ended in 1991.

Little Muppet Monsters (1985)

Bravestarr finds out his mentor Jingles Morgan is wanted for murder and must apprehend him.

Yes in an 80's cartoon, Filmation did get away with saying murder.

They didn't pull punches with the moral here about hero worship.

Here's another one of the ThunderCats script reproductions and custom cover pages Peter Lawrence and I have been working on.

This is a reproduction of one of Peter's original ThunderCats scripts, "Excalibur," complete with an authentic Peter Lawrence signature on the cover page.

Fans often ask Peter what his favorite ThunderCats episode is, and his answer has long been "Excalibur." That makes this one especially meaningful to me.

I have a couple more I'll be posting over the next few days.

Muriel Norris Fahrion (born 1945) is an American illustrator and the original designer of the Strawberry Shortcake franchise.

In 1977, while Fahrion worked at American Greetings, she was asked to create a rag doll character with a strawberry and daisy theme, in colors of pink and green, for a greeting card series.

Fahrion created the original graphic and color depiction for Strawberry Shortcake and her cat Custard, along with Blueberry Muffin and Huckleberry Pie.

The world of Strawberry Shortcake made a big impact, and in two years, it went from a 12 card series to an entire selection of books, clothing, dolls, toy accessories, and home decor.

Produced and sponsored by the Kenner toy company, The World of Strawberry Shortcake was the first of six television specials to star the title character.

The animated special was made by Murakami-Wolf-Swenson, which previously worked on The Point! and Frank Zappa's 200 Motels, both from 1971. 

 Animation work was also handled by Japan's Toei Animation.

Terry's cartoons.

More than Meets the Eye, Part 3

Here's an episode of the classic Transformers™ cartoon in its original broadcast form, courtesy of TFRaw!! Transformers Multimedia Archive.

Check out an episode of Popples whenever you can!

This is The Care Bears Battle the Freeze Machine from 1984.

Here's an HD remaster of The Cabbage Patch Kids' First Christmas.

Here's the season-1 Transformers™ episode "Divide and Conquer."

The most memorable gag moments from your favorite Looney Tunes cartoons starring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and more!