Great Zeus!

 Posted by on 24 May 2009  Vintage/Retro
May 242009
 

Who can argue that the ’80s were a high water mark for cartoons? Sure, the animation quality is sketchy, and we were the first generation subjected to marketing messages disguised as entertainment, but at least I learned my Greek drama!

And man, what a theme song. Trivia time! The guy who sang it (Johnny Nash), you will also know from having sung “I Can See Clearly Now” and “Tears On My Pillow”. Cool, eh?

Thanks, Gorf!

Grant Hamilton

  • Matt Goerzen

    Double check that time line there Grant. The Hercules cartoons were created in 1962, debuted in 1963, and ran until 1966, barring the many, many times we all watched them in the1980s. AND, it was a Canadian-made cartoon.

    Love it.

  • http://www.absurdintellectual.com/ Grant Hamilton

    Actually, come to think of it, a LOT of the cartoons I watched in the 80s were re-runs from decades earlier. The Flintstones and the Jetsons come immediately to mind.

    It doesn’t matter when they were drawn, however — the 80s were when they were broadcast for and to me — so I’ll say the timeline stands. Except, perhaps, I could rephrase as “the ’80s were a high water mark for cartoon programming.”