I remember waking up bright and early Saturday morning at 7 A.M. to watch cartoons. The last time I did that, I was probably eleven years old. Now at the age of sixteen, I can't even imagine getting up early on a Saturday morning. All Disney articles are fun to write, but this one will be especially fun to write because I am going to recall all the old Disney cartoons I used to watch on Saturdays. Some of you may not remember these cartoons, but I sure do.
Doug, Recess, The Weekenders, Pepper Ann, Sabrina The Animated Series, The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Bump in the Night, Fudge, House of Mouse, and many, many more. It could take hours to list all the ABC shows I watched, but I'll only highlight a few of my favorites.
Bump in the Night is a claymation show and it is about Mr. Bumpy, who is a green monster that lives under a boy's bed. His best friends are Squishington, who lives in the boy's bathroom and Molly Coddle, who is a rag doll. The enemies of Mr. Bumpy are Destructo and Closet Monster. Destructo is a toy robot and Closet Monster is exactly what it sounds like, a monster living in the closet. This show was not on for a long time and it aired in the mid 90's. It was like no other show I've seen before because they used claymation.
The next show is Fudge, which aired right after Bump in the Night. Fudge aired for two seasons, the fist season was on ABC and the second on CBS. If you think the name Fudge sounds familiar, there are books called Fudge written by Judy Blume. But the one thing that sticks out in my memory about Fudge is, turtle soup. In one episode, Fudge made turtle soup from his older brother's turtle. Gross!!
Doug, who doesn't remember Doug? And his dog Porkchops? Doug aired from 1996 to 2000, but it first aired on Nickelodeon. Doug and his friends Skeeter and Patti went to middle school and Doug was in love with Patti. I remember loving Doug when I was younger. It was a great show.
Recess and Disney's House of Mouse are still on the Disney channel, so I won't talk that much about the shows. Recess was about six friends who went through everyday challenges of recess. Disney's House of Mouse was a restaurant with entertainment for all of the Disney characters. The place was run of Mickey Mouse, of course.
The Weekenders, Pepper Ann, The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, and Sabrina the Animated Series, I'm clumping all together for me because I knew all the words to their theme songs. That is how much Saturday Morning Cartoons I watched over the years.
-The Weekenders: Yes it was all about the weekend for four best friends, Tino, Lor, Carver and Tish. They tried to squeeze as much fun into the weekend as possible. I also loved the pizza parlor that always had a new theme in every episode.
-Pepper Ann: Who's that girl? What's her name? Is she cool? Is she lame? Oh, you're talkin' 'bout what's-her-name... Pepper Ann! I'll quite singing the theme song and get back to describing now. Pepper Ann and her best friends Nicky and Milo were twelve year olds living life in middle school. This show aired for three years and I do wish it were still on today.
-The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: Winnie the Pooh and all of his friends went on adventures through the 100 Acre Woods. Not much explaining needed for this one.
-Sabrina the Animated Series: Not as good as the live action series, but they tried. It is a spin off, featuring Sabrina as a twelve year old just learning how to use her powers. Some of the same characters are still featured on the show but there are some new ones too. Uncle Quiggley is a new character and I think he just came out of the blue. Melissa Joan Hart and her sister Emily do the voices for three characters.
I know that some of these shows air on Toon Disney, but sadly I do not have that channel. It was fun to extract all of these old memories from my brain and share with you some of the shows I enjoyed watching when I was a child.
