Favorite old school Saturday morning print ads

[tb4000]

They used to have these in every other book or magazine, mostly in those Archie digests. I was about 4 years old when this came out, but my dad had an old comic that had this in there.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/172/410603297_035d4befc5_o.jpg

[Doz Hewson]

I remember CBS always having the best executed SMPA. My favorite, you ask? The Fall 1981 CBS "SATURDAZZLE" print ads. The way the "SATURDAZZLE" logo was executed- all kinds of right.:)

[Rick Jones]

I always thought the NBC ads from the early 80s all the way through to about 1990 or 1991 were pretty cool. I know I have pics somewhere around here.

[greg!]

There was a really good one in 1970 with Josie & the Pussycats. Alexandra was tangled up in a giant plant, Alex was hanging on for dear life, & Alan was chopping it down. The Pussycats were there trying to help. It is a very cute illustration. Scott Awley (who worked for Hanna-Barbera) had the original on E-Bay a couple of weeks ago.

[Kenny E. McCall]

NBC's print ads were pretty good. Especially the ones from 1981 (when the Kid Superpower Hour with Shazam, Smurfs, Space Stars and Spider-Man And His Amazing Friends came out), and 1984 and 1985 (Kidd Video and Snorks premiered in 1984, the ad had a psychedelic background, and 1985's futuristic cafeteria setting.)

[Still HowardFein]

Toonarific Cartoon Archive http://www.toonarific.com/article.php?id=1 has many of these Saturday AM ads for all three networks from 1967 through 1986. A lot of them play fast and loose with the term "New" or "New Season". A show that premiered a year earlier appearing in a different time slot and repeating the 13-17 episodes from its initial season for another year could hardly be considered a "New Season".

Looking back at these, it becomes very apparent that a lot of the designers of these ads didn't watch the shows very carefully- if at all. ABC's 1969 ad shows about six Cattanooga Cats, when there were actually four. None of them bear any resemblance to Country, Scoots, Groove and Kitty Jo. Likewise, NBC's 1972 ad shows a very 'counterculture'-looking Barkley family featuring a son with a scraggly beard and a daughter with scraggly pigtails.:confused:

But given the virtual demise of Saturday AM network lineups, it's nice to see that someone took the time to save and scan these charming relics.

[Eric B]

Those could have been early concept drawings that the network simply used in the ads.

[PeppeRaskell1]

This CBS ad is my favorite:

http://www.toonarific.com/images/lineupads/CBS1966.jpg

Ahh, '66 was a very good year for cartoon superheroes, wasn't it?

[Zorak Masaki]

I remember one around 1989 that had all the NBC characters gathered around a campfire setting (since camp candy debuted that year). Wish i could find it again .

[CelesteK]

This was a little before my time but it works to get kids interested. :sweat:http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1072/539715102_f53853e299_o.jpg

[cyde]

This was a little before my time but it works to get kids interested. :sweat:http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1072/539715102_f53853e299_o.jpgI remember that one--but there's just one problem: five of those shows (Shazam & Isis, The Ghostbusters, The Children's Hour and The Far Out Space Nuts) were all live shows, so they don't count, but the others do.

[Mr Flintstone]

I remember that one--but there's just one problem: five of those shows (Shazam & Isis, The Ghostbusters, The Children's Hour and The Far Out Space Nuts) were all live shows, so they don't count, but the others do.

Oh, I disagree. The Shazam/Isis hour were as much apart of my Saturday morning as anything. Does anyone else remember those news breaks that CBS used to air during Saturday mornings?

[Mr Flintstone]

I remember one around 1989 that had all the NBC characters gathered around a campfire setting (since camp candy debuted that year). Wish i could find it again .

www.brandedinthe80s.com/index.php?post_id=189471 (http://www.brandedinthe80s.com/index.php?post_id=189471)

Scroll to the bottom of the page.

[Kenny E. McCall]

Oh, I disagree. The Shazam/Isis hour were as much apart of my Saturday morning as anything. Does anyone else remember those news breaks that CBS used to air during Saturday mornings?

It was called "In the News." They had some pretty good segments and got kids interested in current events. It started with the spinning globe and the words "IN THE NEWS" coming around it.

[cyde]

Oh, I disagree. The Shazam/Isis hour were as much apart of my Saturday morning as anything. Does anyone else remember those news breaks that CBS used to air during Saturday mornings?I thought the thread was for toons...........:confused:

[CelesteK]

It was called "In the News." They had some pretty good segments and got kids interested in current events. It started with the spinning globe and the words "IN THE NEWS" coming around it.

Retro Junk has two clips of those shows. I remember it very well since In The News ran in the 1980s. :)

http://www.retrojunk.com/details_commercial/4636/

[Mr Flintstone]

It was called "In the News." They had some pretty good segments and got kids interested in current events. It started with the spinning globe and the words "IN THE NEWS" coming around it.

Thank you for remembering the name. All I remembered was the spinning globe and the opening and closing "music."

[Mr Flintstone]

Retro Junk has two clips of those shows. I remember it very well since In The News ran in the 1980s. :)

http://www.retrojunk.com/details_commercial/4636/

Thank you for actually finding a clip. I tried to find a clip on youtube, but it's kind of hard when you don't know the name of the show you're looking for.

[CelesteK]

Thank you for actually finding a clip. I tried to find a clip on youtube, but it's kind of hard when you don't know the name of the show you're looking for.

Oh no problem Mr F. :)