Clutch Cargo, from the dark ages of animation

[jeriendhal]

Y'know, this is one of those cases where you just have to ask what were they thinking? When did this ever seem like a good idea?

Or was the default assumption "Kids will watch any piece of crap if we put it on the air."

Comments

[aynne-witch.livejournal.com]

don't know who thought it was a good idea but gaaah I remember this from being a little kid.

As a kid I was more fascinated with how their mouths worked when nothing else did - but that was about all I wondered about -

see that again is almost as depressing as remembering what we were taught in sunday school about the poor naked savages in the jungle.

Let There Be Lips

[allah-sulu.livejournal.com]

[evilpassion8.livejournal.com]

talk about EXTREMELY limited animation.....

oh yeah......and don't forget "the chief is our friend, he'll help us". gag.

Keen native ears are listening......and the eyes are watching through cokebottle glasses, deflected by top hats and savages wearing rudolph noses....

Gimme my handcuffs. Barf.

[jvowles.livejournal.com]

It gets about this deep: "Kids like cartoons, right? Well, we need to keep our FCC license. Here's $50, go make one...."

This same formula would later be followed by Hanna-Barbara: "Kids like Scooby Doo, right? Non-threatening mysteries? Wacky sidekicks? Well, we can't be bothered to reinvent the wheel, so here are nine shows that are virtually indistinguishable from Scooby..."