Archive for the ‘Cartoon Chronicles’ Category

Wacky Races

Posted on February 16th, 2010 by by Manic

Okay, so here’s the premise: It’s a rally race, and the racers are wacky.
Are you still with me? Okay.
Hanna-Barbera made 17 episodes of this show with that very simple premise in mind. It was pure insanity, but you like insanity in your cartoons, don’t you? Of course you do. There was one clear theme across [...]

The Jetsons

Posted on March 30th, 2009 by by Manic

In the future, people own flying cars, children have jet packs in lieu of walking to school, robots do all of your housework, and cold fusion works. It’s amazing! It’s paradise! It’s the world of The Jetsons, television’s first futuristic family. Lo and behold, even 100 years later (the show takes place in the 2060s), [...]

Captain Planet and the Planeteers

Posted on March 1st, 2009 by by Manic

At some point in 1990, Ted Turner unleashed his environmentalist fury upon the children of America by creating one of the least subtle educational cartoons ever conceived. It was a certified hit. Captain Planet and the Planeteers was a show about pollution tearing the world apart, and Mother Nature herself (named Gaia) getting proactive in [...]

Jonny Quest

Posted on February 18th, 2009 by by Manic

If you were born at any point after the year 1955, chances are you’re familiar with Jonny Quest. Not because it was a long running cartoon, however, as the original show aired for exactly one year before being cancelled. No, ratings weren’t low. It was just ridiculously expensive.

Josie and the Pussycats

Posted on February 13th, 2009 by by Manic

You’re a girl in her late teens and fresh out of high school. You have a strong sense of curiosity, an unwavering sense of justice, and a keen nose for clues, but god dammit you’re just too damn foxy to join the police or FBI! Luckily, you can play the guitar, you have an idiot [...]

Charlie Brown [The Cartoon Chronicles]

Posted on January 18th, 2009 by by Manic

Meet Charlie Brown, a little boy going through the normal trials and tribulations of a kid his age. He worries about school, his dog, and the the little red haired girl he has a crush on. He likes to spend a lot of his time with his friends, like the shrewd little Lucy, Linus who [...]

The Amazing Chan Clan

Posted on January 16th, 2009 by by Manic

You remember those old Charlie Chan films? You know, those movies about a Chinese-American detective living in Hawaii? The movies that starred a white guy with his eyelids taped to the back of his head because Hollywood wasn’t hiring Asian actors?