The Best Filmation Shows of the 60's, 70's and 80's

[yogimack]

Does anyone remember a lot of Filmation Shows back in the 60's, 70's and 80's when Filmation Open in 1966 and then the studio has been closed out of busness in 1988 when Hallmark Entertainment have the rights to all the Filmation Shows from the Filmation Library but Hallmark Entertainment sold all the Filmation Shows and it never been released on DVD when they sell it to Entertainment Rights when they sell a lot of Filmation Shows from the Filmation Library thanks to BCI Eclipse when they release The Best of He-Man Seasons 1-2, He-Man & She-Ra A Christmas Special, He-Man Season 1 Vol 1 and He-Man Season 1 Vol 2 but in they are going to release He-Man Season 2 Vol 1 tuesday june 6th so you can go to some Filmation Websites like www.he-man.org (http://www.he-man.org), www.bcieclipse.com (http://www.bcieclipse.com), www.urbanworksent.com (http://www.urbanworksent.com) because they have all the rights to Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids on DVD and of course www.entertainmentrights.com (http://www.entertainmentrights.com) so you can find out what Filmation Show will be release on DVD so go to the TV Shows on DVD Website at www.tvshowsondvd.com (http://www.tvshowsondvd.com) when you see which Filmation Show comes back to DVD like Filmation Cartoons, Filmation Live Action Shows, Filmation Animated Movies and Specials that will be release on DVD so let's go back in time and look at all the Filmation Shows from the List: The 60's The New Adventures of Superman The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure Journey to the Center of the Earth The Batman/Superman Hour Fantastic Voyage The Archie Show The Hardy Boys The Archie Comedy Hour Sabrina the Teenage Witch The 70's Sabrina and the Groovie Goolies Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down Archie's Funhouse The Groovie Goolies Archie's TV Funnies The Brady Kids Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids Mission Magic Lassie's Rescue Rangers My Favorite Martians Everything's Archie Star Trek Shazam! The New Adventures of Gilligan U.S. of Archie The Shazam!/Isis Hour The Secret Lives of Waldo Kitty The Ghostbusters Uncle Croc's Block Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle Ark II The New Adventures of Batman The Batman/Tarzan Adventure Hour Space Academy Space Sentinels The Secrets of Isis The New Archie/Sabrina Hour Archie's Bang Slang Lalapalooza Show The Fabulous Funnies Tarzan and the Super 7 The Groovie Goolies and Friends The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle & Jeckle The New Fat Albert Show Jason of Star Command The New Adventures of Flash Gordon The 80's The Tom & Jerry Comedy Show The Tarzan/Lone Ranger Adventure Hour Batman and the Super 7 Blackstar The Tarzan/Lone Ranger/Zorro Adventure Hour The Kid Super Power Hour with Shazam! The Super 7 Sport Billy Gilligan's Planet He-Man and the Masters of the Universe She-Ra Princess of Power Ghostbusters Bravestarr Filmation Animated Movies Oliver Twist Treasure Island Journey Back to Oz Mighty Mouse in the Great Space Chase The Secret of the Sword Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night Bravestarr the Legend Happily Ever After Filmation Animated Specials The Fat Albert Christmas Special The Fat Albert Halloween Special The Fat Albert Easter Special A Snow White Christmas Flash Gordon the Greatest Adventure of All He-Man & She-Ra A Christmas Special and that's all the list of Filmation Cartoons, Live Action Shows, Animated Movies and Animated Specials that Entertainment Rights have the right to all the Filmation Shows from the Filmation Library that they are bringing them back in DVD so I can get those Filmation Show on DVD so I can watch them all on DVD and I'm a big fan of Filmation !

[AarHan3]

Does anyone remember a lot of Filmation Shows back in the 60's, 70's and 80's when Filmation Open in 1966 and then the studio has been closed out of busness in 1988 when Hallmark Entertainment have the rights to all the Filmation Shows from the Filmation Library but Hallmark Entertainment sold all the Filmation Shows and it never been released on DVD when they sell it to Entertainment Rights when they sell a lot of Filmation Shows from the Filmation Library thanks to BCI Eclipse when they release The Best of He-Man Seasons 1-2, He-Man & She-Ra A Christmas Special, He-Man Season 1 Vol 1 and He-Man Season 1 Vol 2 but in they are going to release He-Man Season 2 Vol 1 tuesday june 6th so you can go to some Filmation Websites like www.he-man.org (http://www.he-man.org), www.bcieclipse.com (http://www.bcieclipse.com), www.urbanworksent.com (http://www.urbanworksent.com) because they have all the rights to Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids on DVD and of course www.entertainmentrights.com (http://www.entertainmentrights.com) so you can find out what Filmation Show will be release on DVD so go to the TV Shows on DVD Website at www.tvshowsondvd.com (http://www.tvshowsondvd.com) when you see which Filmation Show comes back to DVD like Filmation Cartoons, Filmation Live Action Shows, Filmation Animated Movies and Specials that will be release on DVD so let's go back in time and look at all the Filmation Shows from the List: The 60's The New Adventures of Superman The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure Journey to the Center of the Earth The Batman/Superman Hour Fantastic Voyage The Archie Show The Hardy Boys The Archie Comedy Hour Sabrina the Teenage Witch The 70's Sabrina and the Groovie Goolies Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down Archie's Funhouse The Groovie Goolies Archie's TV Funnies The Brady Kids Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids Mission Magic Lassie's Rescue Rangers My Favorite Martians Everything's Archie Star Trek Shazam! The New Adventures of Gilligan U.S. of Archie The Shazam!/Isis Hour The Secret Lives of Waldo Kitty The Ghostbusters Uncle Croc's Block Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle Ark II The New Adventures of Batman The Batman/Tarzan Adventure Hour Space Academy Space Sentinels The Secrets of Isis The New Archie/Sabrina Hour Archie's Bang Slang Lalapalooza Show The Fabulous Funnies Tarzan and the Super 7 The Groovie Goolies and Friends The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle & Jeckle The New Fat Albert Show Jason of Star Command The New Adventures of Flash Gordon The 80's The Tom & Jerry Comedy Show The Tarzan/Lone Ranger Adventure Hour Batman and the Super 7 Blackstar The Tarzan/Lone Ranger/Zorro Adventure Hour The Kid Super Power Hour with Shazam! The Super 7 Sport Billy Gilligan's Planet He-Man and the Masters of the Universe She-Ra Princess of Power Ghostbusters Bravestarr Filmation Animated Movies Oliver Twist Treasure Island Journey Back to Oz Mighty Mouse in the Great Space Chase The Secret of the Sword Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night Bravestarr the Legend Happily Ever After Filmation Animated Specials The Fat Albert Christmas Special The Fat Albert Halloween Special The Fat Albert Easter Special A Snow White Christmas Flash Gordon the Greatest Adventure of All He-Man & She-Ra A Christmas Special and that's all the list of Filmation Cartoons, Live Action Shows, Animated Movies and Animated Specials that Entertainment Rights have the right to all the Filmation Shows from the Filmation Library that they are bringing them back in DVD so I can get those Filmation Show on DVD so I can watch them all on DVD and I'm a big fan of Filmation !

Sheesh! Wotta mouthful! :ack:

Here are some Filmation entries which I fancy, like both the Gilligan incarnations (The New Adventures Of Gilligan and Gilligan's Planet), Archie's Funhouse, both The Adventures Of Batman & Robin (1968) and The New Adventures Of Batman (1977), and Shazam!. :cool:

[Debbie]

I liked The Brady Kids and Filmation's versions of Tom and Jerry and Mighty Mouse and Heckle and Jeckle. (Okay, so I like cheese....)

[fop_jediliz]

He-Man and She-Ra, but I voted for He-Man.

[Spideyfan1983]

He-Man and She-Ra, but I voted for He-Man.

So did I. When does She-ra come out on DVD?

[NeitherSparky]

He-Man and She-Ra, but I voted for He-Man.

Me too. I actually kinda preferred She-Ra when I was a 10-year-old-girl but I have to vote for He-Man as being a better show.

[fop_jediliz]

So did I. When does She-ra come out on DVD?


Go to TVshowsondvd.com for news when it comes. Reports have said a dvd (not necessarily the first season) will be released by early July, just like last year's he-man best of. So, my guess is the Secret of the Sword movie which is the first 5 episodes of She-Ra condensed into a movie format.

[tb4000]

It wasn't a show per se, but Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night was a Filmation movie back in 1987. Scary as all get out. :eek:

[Spideyfan1983]

Go to TVshowsondvd.com for news when it comes. Reports have said a dvd (not necessarily the first season) will be released by early July, just like last year's he-man best of. So, my guess is the Secret of the Sword movie which is the first 5 episodes of She-Ra condensed into a movie format.

Thanks. I only remembering seeing it once and I can't wait to watch it in DVD fornat.

[GagaMan]

Does anyone remember a lot of Filmation Shows back in the 60's, 70's and 80's when Filmation Open in 1966 and then the studio has been closed out of busness in 1988 when Hallmark Entertainment have the rights to all the Filmation Shows from the Filmation Library but Hallmark Entertainment sold all the Filmation Shows and it never been released on DVD when they sell it to Entertainment Rights when they sell a lot of Filmation Shows from the Filmation Library thanks to BCI Eclipse when they release The Best of He-Man Seasons 1-2, He-Man & She-Ra A Christmas Special, He-Man Season 1 Vol 1 and He-Man Season 1 Vol 2 but in they are going to release He-Man Season 2 Vol 1 tuesday june 6th so you can go to some Filmation Websites like www.he-man.org (http://www.he-man.org), www.bcieclipse.com (http://www.bcieclipse.com), www.urbanworksent.com (http://www.urbanworksent.com) because they have all the rights to Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids on DVD and of course www.entertainmentrights.com (http://www.entertainmentrights.com) so you can find out what Filmation Show will be release on DVD so go to the TV Shows on DVD Website at www.tvshowsondvd.com (http://www.tvshowsondvd.com) when you see which Filmation Show comes back to DVD like Filmation Cartoons, Filmation Live Action Shows, Filmation Animated Movies and Specials that will be release on DVD so let's go back in time and look at all the Filmation Shows from the List: The 60's The New Adventures of Superman The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure Journey to the Center of the Earth The Batman/Superman Hour Fantastic Voyage The Archie Show The Hardy Boys The Archie Comedy Hour Sabrina the Teenage Witch The 70's Sabrina and the Groovie Goolies Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down Archie's Funhouse The Groovie Goolies Archie's TV Funnies The Brady Kids Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids Mission Magic Lassie's Rescue Rangers My Favorite Martians Everything's Archie Star Trek Shazam! The New Adventures of Gilligan U.S. of Archie The Shazam!/Isis Hour The Secret Lives of Waldo Kitty The Ghostbusters Uncle Croc's Block Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle Ark II The New Adventures of Batman The Batman/Tarzan Adventure Hour Space Academy Space Sentinels The Secrets of Isis The New Archie/Sabrina Hour Archie's Bang Slang Lalapalooza Show The Fabulous Funnies Tarzan and the Super 7 The Groovie Goolies and Friends The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle & Jeckle The New Fat Albert Show Jason of Star Command The New Adventures of Flash Gordon The 80's The Tom & Jerry Comedy Show The Tarzan/Lone Ranger Adventure Hour Batman and the Super 7 Blackstar The Tarzan/Lone Ranger/Zorro Adventure Hour The Kid Super Power Hour with Shazam! The Super 7 Sport Billy Gilligan's Planet He-Man and the Masters of the Universe She-Ra Princess of Power Ghostbusters Bravestarr Filmation Animated Movies Oliver Twist Treasure Island Journey Back to Oz Mighty Mouse in the Great Space Chase The Secret of the Sword Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night Bravestarr the Legend Happily Ever After Filmation Animated Specials The Fat Albert Christmas Special The Fat Albert Halloween Special The Fat Albert Easter Special A Snow White Christmas Flash Gordon the Greatest Adventure of All He-Man & She-Ra A Christmas Special and that's all the list of Filmation Cartoons, Live Action Shows, Animated Movies and Animated Specials that Entertainment Rights have the right to all the Filmation Shows from the Filmation Library that they are bringing them back in DVD so I can get those Filmation Show on DVD so I can watch them all on DVD and I'm a big fan of Filmation !

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[yogimack]

1966-1967
The New Adventures of Superman
The Adventures of Superboy

1967-1968
The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure
Journey to the Center of the Earth

1968-1969
The Batman/Superman Hour
Fantastic Voyage
The Archie Show

1969-1970
The Hardy Boys
The Archie Comedy Hour
Sabrina the Teenage Witch

1970-1971
Sabrina and the Groovie Goolies
Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down
Archie's Funhouse

1971-1972
The Groovie Goolies
Archie's TV Funnies

1972-1973
The Brady Kids
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids

1973-1974
Mission Magic
My Favorite Martians
Lassie's Rescue Rangers
Everything's Archie
Star Trek

1974-1975
Shazam!
The New Adventures of Gilligan
U.S. of Archie

1975-1976
The Shazam!/Isis Hour
The Secret Lives of Waldo Kitty
The Ghostbusters
Uncle Croc's Block

1976-1977
Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle
Ark II
The New Adventures of Batman

1977-1978
The Batman/Tarzan Adventure Hour
The Secrets of Isis
Space Sentinels
Space Academy
The New Archie/Sabrina Hour
Archie's Bang Slang Lalapalooza Show

1978-1979
The Fabulous Funnies
Tarzan and the Super 7
The Groovie Goolies and Friends

1979-1980
The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle & Jeckle
The New Fat Albert Show
Jason of Star Command
The New Adventures of Flash Gordon

1980-1981
The Tom & Jerry Comedy Show
The Tarzan/Lone Ranger Adventure Hour
Batman and the Super 7

1981-1982
Blackstar
The Tarzan/Lone Ranger/Zorro Adventure Hour
The Kid Super Power Hour with Shazam!
The Super 7

1982-1983
Sport Billy
Gilligan's Planet

1983-1985
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe

1985-1987
She-Ra Princess of Power

1986-1987
Ghostbusters

1987-1988
Bravestarr

Those are my Filmation list of show from 1966-1988!

[SF4Ever]

As far as I'm concerned, the best Filmation show of all of them is Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids. If Boomerang can give airtime to Fat Albert, Bill, Russell, Weird Harold, Mushmouth Mallard, Bucky, Rudy, and Dumb Donald, that would be gratifying. I also like the Brown Hornet as well as Legal Eagle. I'm not going to forget Fat Albert's elderly friend, Mudfoot Brown. You can thank Bill Cosby, the show's creator and host, for giving us a true cartoon classic. I just wonder after seeing the feature film if Fat Albert and the gang will return in animation form, even after the Filmation studios closed its doors for good in the 1990's? Who really knows!

[Twilight]

I know He-Man's the more popular show, but She-Ra's my favorite. No other superwoman at the time could match her.

[Gary L Thompson]

I voted for "Star Trek", but frankly it could just as easily been any of at least a half dozen others. "Everything's Archie" has to be one of the best SatAM series ever made (though even its better sequel seasons didn't quite measure up to the first season). I remember "The Secret Lives of Waldo Kitty" and "Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down" as being among my favorite shows at the time, though unlike "Archie", I haven't seen them recently to see how well they stand up over the years. With its good casting and fantastic score, "Shazam" would win over everything hands down, if only it had caught more of the magic of the original comics series. "Tarzan" was a favorite, though not the later "Super 7" sequel. Both "Batman" series were good (the "Superman" one, unfortunately, doesn't stand up well under modern viewing), "Flash Gordon" is fairly good, especially the two-hour movie version.

Of course, Filmation's signature series was "He-Man", which was serviceable at the worst, and could be surprisingly great on occasion (my two favorite episodes were when Teela and He-Man confronted a dragon to save Men-at-Arms--the only time I had the feeling that the series stepped into true classic fantasy territory--and the teamup between Teela and Evolyn--a classic primer on how to do a fast-paced action episode right--too bad Filmation characteristically undermined both with weak sequel episodes). "She-Ra" was actually starting to go into some interesting places when it got the ax (particularly in regard to She-Ra's pirate boyfriend). While I never saw the movie, I did see it remade into the initial five episodes of "She-Ra", and rate it as among Filmation's best work, though the Pinnochio movie "Emperor of the Night" may well have been Filmation's magna opus (unfortunately, I found their third movie "Happily Ever After" to be weak and pedestrian).

[Jon T]

I voted for "Star Trek", but frankly it could just as easily been any of at least a half dozen others.

The fact that Filmation were chosen to do an animated Star Trek series speaks volumes about the company, and their respect for viewers' intelligence (if not their eyes! ;) ). Filmation always skewed towards an older, more mature audience than Hanna-Barbera's series. It's just a pity Filmation's animation itself was so constrained by their stock system.

Filmation's character designs and backgrounds were always nicely detailed, but the rest of their typical animation style will not look good to anyone who values dynamic animation above decent stories.

Both "Batman" series were good (the "Superman" one, unfortunately, doesn't stand up well under modern viewing)

I think the 1969 Adventures of Batman series comes off better than most of the Superman episodes since Filmation were obviously using the seminal live-action series as a template. Likewise, the 1977 New Adventures of Batman boasted the talents of the definitive Batman & Robin actors, and hence automatically gets bonus points for appropriate casting!

Having said that, I do think the last season of Superman episodes was a lot better than the initial ones, mainly due to the episodes being longer, and perhaps slightly more like the comics.

While I never saw the movie, I did see it remade into the initial five episodes of "She-Ra", and rate it as among Filmation's best work

Someone else would be bound to mention this sooner or later, but those first five She-Ra episodes were done as a five-part story first, only to be re-edited into Secret of the Sword afterwards. In most ways, it works better as five individual parts, as that is how it was structured by the writers (who at the time, didn't know the episodes were going to become a movie).

As for He-Man, well I don't think anyone should ever underestimate the importance of that series on so many fundamental levels. That show almost singlehandedly created the animated syndication market, leading to a plethora of 65+ episode series that still have their fans today (whether or not those shows are on DVD!).

It's just a great pity that the Hallmark company bought virtually the entire Filmation archive and purposefully kept it from Western TV screens for over a decade. Thank goodness BCI are releasing many of these series on DVD, and with a superb collection of show-appropriate extras. Looks like Filmation's tide has at last turned!

[Gary L Thompson]

The fact that Filmation were chosen to do an animated Star Trek series speaks volumes about the company, and their respect for viewers' intelligence (if not their eyes! ;) ). Filmation always skewed towards an older, more mature audience than Hanna-Barbera's series. It's just a pity Filmation's animation itself was so constrained by their stock system.

Filmation's character designs and backgrounds were always nicely detailed, but the rest of their typical animation style will not look good to anyone who values dynamic animation above decent stories.

Well, I'm not one of those people, I've always felt that much better to have "Rocky and Bullwinkle" episodes over lushly-animated 1930s MGM cartoons that are virtually unwatchable. And I've always felt that Filmation's great sound tracks helped cover over their animation shortcomings, to an extent (it's an absolute mystery to me why they would remake "He-man" for CN without adapting its classic sound track).

I think the 1969 Adventures of Batman series comes off better than most of the Superman episodes since Filmation were obviously using the seminal live-action series as a template. Likewise, the 1977 New Adventures of Batman boasted the talents of the definitive Batman & Robin actors, and hence automatically gets bonus points for appropriate casting!

Having said that, I do think the last season of Superman episodes was a lot better than the initial ones, mainly due to the episodes being longer, and perhaps slightly more like the comics.

Well, Filmation's "Superman" also went back to the original cast of the old "Superman" radio show--it was probably a big factor why I never tired of "Superman" the way I eventually got sick and tired of watching the episodes of Format Films' "Lone Ranger". It was not until CN revived the old Filmation DC cartoons a few years ago for Toonami that the cartoons' glaring deficiencies were visible (and you're right, I believe there were a few Filmation cartoon shorts on "Superman" that drew directly from the comic books--like the episode on the Parasite, and the episode in which Superboy tricked invading aliens into believing that every earthling was as powerful as him!).

Someone else would be bound to mention this sooner or later, but those first five She-Ra episodes were done as a five-part story first, only to be re-edited into Secret of the Sword afterwards. In most ways, it works better as five individual parts, as that is how it was structured by the writers (who at the time, didn't know the episodes were going to become a movie).

As for He-Man, well I don't think anyone should ever underestimate the importance of that series on so many fundamental levels. That show almost singlehandedly created the animated syndication market, leading to a plethora of 65+ episode series that still have their fans today (whether or not those shows are on DVD!).

It's just a great pity that the Hallmark company bought virtually the entire Filmation archive and purposefully kept it from Western TV screens for over a decade. Thank goodness BCI are releasing many of these series on DVD, and with a superb collection of show-appropriate extras. Looks like Filmation's tide has at last turned!

Well, not quite singlehandedly, I believe "G.I. Joe" and "Transformers" came along at about the same time, but "He-Man" probably should get most of the credit. I think a case could be made that if the syndicated weekday market had not come along, SatAM would not have markedly improved in the 1980s-90s over what it had been in the 1970s, and the art of kids programming and animation in America would be far less developed than they are today, if not died out altogether. Certainly Fox Kids, Kids WB and Disney Afternoon never would have developed, at least not in the form they did.

Anybody wonder why there is a Hallmark Channel at all? I mean, if they're not going to devote the channel as showcase for reruns of all their SFM specials over the years, and for packaging classic properties like Filmation or the Muppets, what's the point of even doing it?

[Kolbar]

I haven't even seen most of these shows ever. Out of the ones I've seen I like: "He-Man and the Masters of the Universe," "Star Trek," and "Groovie Goolies."

Can't wait for Trek and Goolies to come on DVD this year!

[ZumbidoMetal]

Anybody wonder why there is a Hallmark Channel at all? I mean, if they're not going to devote the channel as showcase for reruns of all their SFM specials over the years, and for packaging classic properties like Filmation or the Muppets, what's the point of even doing it?

While I agree that The Hallmark Channel is pretty much worthless, it has to said they no longer own Filmation or Muppet properties.

[saturdaymorning]

I have video information for the 1969 CBS special "Archie And His New Pals". Also on "The Brady Kids". If interested, send me a personal message.

[GuardianKid13]

I like He-Man
but She-Ra is my favorite!:D

[Gary L Thompson]

While I agree that The Hallmark Channel is pretty much worthless, it has to said they no longer own Filmation or Muppet properties.

Which doesn't detract from my basic point. The point is, if the Hallmark Channel was really trying to brand itself as the cable channel that airs only, well, programming that were hallmarks in TV's history, then they would have held on to their Filmation and Muppet properties, or acquired something else of that caliber (and actually put it to use). What they do now, there's nothing really distinctive about it in the least.