Hey guys,

45 years ago this fall

6 of your favorite Hanna-Barbera Cartoons made its Debut on Saturday Mornings:

Laurel & Hardy

The Space Kidettes for NBC

Space Ghost & Dino Boy for CBS

Frankenstein Jr & The Impossibles also for CBS

Laurel & Hardy were voiced by the late Larry Harmon and Jim MacGeorge

Other voices included the late Hal Smith, the late Don Messick, Doug Young, Janet Waldo and the late Paul Frees

The Space Kidettes consists of the following:

Scooter, Jenny, Countdown, Snoopy and their dog Pup Star and Featuring The Evil Space Pirate known as Captain Skyhook and his Evil Pal Static

Scooter was voiced by Chris Allen, Snoopy was voiced by Lucille Bliss, Jenny was voiced by Janet Waldo, Count Down & Pup Star were voiced by the late Don Messick and Captain Sky Hook & Static were voiced by the late Daws Butler

Reruns were shown on Pat Robertson's CBN (now abc family)

Space Ghost consisted of Space Ghost along with his assistants Jan, Jace and their pet monkey Blip

Space Ghost was voiced by Famed Announcer Gary Owens of TV's Laugh-In Fame, Jan was voiced by Ginny Tyler and Jace was voiced by Tim Matheson best known as the Original voice of Jonny Quest

Dino Boy was voiced by Johnny Carson (not to be confused with the famed Late Night Talk Show Host) and Ug the Caveman was voiced by Mike Road best known as the original voice of "Race" Bannon on Jonny Quest

Frankenstein Jr was built by Dr. Conroy and is aided by his son Buzz

Frankenstein Jr. was voiced by the late Ted Cassidy best remembered as The Original Lurch on The 60's abc Sitcom The Addams Family, Buzz Conroy was voiced by Dick Beals and Dr. Conroy was voiced by Veteran Voice Actor John Stephenson

The Impossibles was a Rock & Roll Group who transformed into Super Heroes

Coil-Man was voiced by the late Hal Smith, Fluid-Man was voiced by the late Paul Frees and Multi-Man was voiced by the late Don Messick

and those were the 6 Hanna-Barbera Cartoons that have debut 45 years ago

and BTW, these shows debut along with The Original Mission: Impossible and The Original Star Trek w/William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy

and now, here are the Video Clips:

Laurel & Hardy Cartoon Opening
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The Space Kidettes Opening
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Space Ghost Opening
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Dino Boy Opening
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Frankenstein Jr. and The Impossibles Opening
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WOW!

It seemed like H-B was doing fine during the 60's. It seemed that H-B went from the anatomically correct animals to the superhumans at that point...and by that time, they'd leave Columbia.

Happy Anniversary HB cartoons!! Loved them all.

I loved Space Ghost! It was just sad but funny how he was reduced to hosting a late night talk show.

When Space Ghost came out it started H-B's short-lived late '60s period of other serious super-hero shows including the likes of The Herculoids (in which Space Ghost made a cameo appearance on one episode), Birdman and Galaxy Trio and even their own version of The Fantastic Four among other serious superhero series

Also 30 years ago, Space Ghost along w/ the Herculoids returned as part of H-B's space Stars series, in which it debuted the same day as the wildly popular Smurfs and became the 1st H-B show to air alongside The Smurfs on NBC's Saturday Morning line-up.

I loved Space Ghost! It was just sad but funny how he was reduced to hosting a late night talk show.

When Space Ghost came out it started H-B's short-lived late '60s period of other serious super-hero shows including the likes of The Herculoids (in which Space Ghost made a cameo appearance on one episode), Birdman and Galaxy Trio and even their own version of The Fantastic Four among other serious superhero series

Also 30 years ago, Space Ghost along w/ the Herculoids returned as part of H-B's space Stars series, in which it debuted the same day as the wildly popular Smurfs and became the 1st H-B show to air alongside The Smurfs on NBC's Saturday Morning line-up.

Let's Not Forget he was the host of Cartoon Planet which aired on Cartoon Network and TBS during the mid-90's and I LOVED IT

and yes, Space Ghost Coast to Coast was sad and personally, I never cared for it myself

But also, during the 66/67 Season

NBC was back w/a NEW Season of the following shows:

The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Starring Famed Actors Robert Vaughn and David McCallum of NCIS Fame was back for its 3rd Season
I Spy Starring the late Robert Culp and Bill Cosby was back for its 2nd Season
I Dream of Jeannie Starring Barbara Eden and Larry Hagman of Dallas Fame was also back for its 2nd Season
BONANZA Starring the late Lorne Greene, the late Dan Blocker and the late Michael Landon, Sr. was back for its 8th Season

CBS was also back w/a Brand New Season of the following shows:

The Andy Griffith Show was back for its 7th Season
GUNSMOKE Starring the late James Arness was back for its 12th Straight Season

Let's Not Forget he was the host of Cartoon Planet which aired on Cartoon Network and TBS during the mid-90's and I LOVED IT

and yes, Space Ghost Coast to Coast was sad and personally, I never cared for it myself

But also, during the 66/67 Season

NBC was back w/a NEW Season of the following shows:

The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Starring Famed Actors Robert Vaughn and David McCallum of NCIS Fame was back for its 3rd Season
I Spy Starring the late Robert Culp and Bill Cosby was back for its 2nd Season
I Dream of Jeannie Starring Barbara Eden and Larry Hagman of Dallas Fame was also back for its 3rd Season
BONANZA Starring the late Lorne Greene, the late Dan Blocker and the late Michael Landon, Sr. was back for its 8th Season

CBS was also back w/a Brand New Season of the following shows:

The Andy Griffith Show was back for its 7th Season
GUNSMOKE Starring the late James Arness was back for its 12th Straight Season

Also Lost in Space was back for its 2nd season and 1st season in color on CBS-TV.

Gilligan's Island was back for its 3rd and sadly final season on CBS-TV.

The Hillbilly sitcom trio of Green Acres was back for its 2nd season, The Beverly Hillbillies was back for its 5th season and Petticoat Junction returned for its 4th season.

Also in ABC land for the 1966-67 TV season:
- That Girl, w/ Mrs. Phil Donahue, aka Marlo Thomas and the late Ted Bessell
- The Green Hornet TV show debuts and starred Van Williams as Britt Reid/Green Hornet and the late great martial artist Bruce Lee as Kato
- Bewitched w/ the late Elizabeth Montgomery and the late Dick York and the late Agnes Moorehead was back for its 3rd season.
- Batman w/ Adam West and Burt Ward was back for its 2nd season.
- The Big Valley was back for its 2nd season on ABC.
- Quinn Martin's The FBI was back for its 2nd season and QM's The Fugitive w/ the late David Jaansen and late Robert Morse was back for its 4th and final season on ABC-TV.