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I would say Snagglepuss...lol I am not sure. I think part of it was Battle of the Network Stars and also The Olympics in general. And it was targeted for kids. I was 7 or 8 when it first appeared on ABC.

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yes, this show, had, Heavens-to-Mergatroid, Paul Lynde, even! :lol:

I rooted for the Yogi Yahooeys. Not sure why, as the Scooby Doobies had the very sexy-for-a-boy-of-eight Angels from Captain Caveman.

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I loved this show and not until years later did I realize that it was reruns I was watching in the late '80s. I was weirded out when Fred and Barney made a cameo though, shouldn't they have been, y'know, dead?

And what was with Muttley/Mumbley, why two different characters?

If you pause it at 1:43, Daws Butler voiced nine of the characters in that shot, not to mention Snagglepuss and Huckleberry Hound in the previous shot.

Mildew was originally voiced by Paul Lynde, but that's not Paul in this clip, I forget the voice actor's name, but he's just aping Paul's voice.

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Oh, I LOVED it when they would do the Friday night specials previewing the Saturday morning lineup! My neighborhood friends would come over and watch it, we'd be so excited. God I miss my childhood. :(

I remember one year it starred a group of high schoolers who were charged to go on a mini-adventure to find the lost NBC Saturday morning cartoon lineup. They found all of the shows just in the nick of time, and once they did, a wizard played by Sherman Hemsley (I'm not making this up, he was starring in NBC's Amen at the time) appeared and rewarded the kids with their own show as they were Saved By the Bell. And there you have it. :)

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