The Saturday Morning Super-Cast

We're sticking with 1987 again and cartoons based on existing properties. This time, it's Hello Kitty, the international phenomenon that is still going strong today! Did the FurryTale Theatre charm us, or did we throw tomatoes? Listen and find out! But first, we discuss a cereal line that seems so obvious it's amazing it hasn't been more successful: KEEBLER COOKIES! Why do the elves not translate well to the cereal bowl? We try to eat our way to the bottom of this one.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/3587508/advertisement

In the 80s, Jim Henson could do no wrong. Fraggle Rock was a HUGE hit for HBO, so someone decided it would also make a great cartoon! Did it? You'll have to listen to find out. Speaking of knockoffs, Crisp Crunch was a Cap'n Crunch clone that spurred the crew to discuss other knockoff cereals that they rememeber fondly. How many of these did you see in your local grocery store?This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/3587508/advertisement

Hey Willie! The SuperCast Crew is gonna talk about everyone's favorite cat-eating alien, Gordon Schumway, aka ALF! The animated series takes place on Melmac, and Jeff has fond memories of it. Does it hold up? You'll have to listen to find out. But first, the gang discusses Cirspy Critters cereal, which was revived in the 80s for...about a month and a half. But you probably remember the commercial. Trust us.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/3587508/advertisement

Today's show is an experiment: We're discussing a cereal that none of us ever had and a show that one of us never saw! Luckily, YouTube helped us out with the show, but the cereal...well...let's hope for a revival. What is Norman, and why is Cory so averse to human-named cereal? Listen and find out!

We keep the live-action train going this time as we discuss a little-remembered Saturday morning show featuring Benji, the dog that owned our hearts in the mid '70s til the mid '80s. This show actually holds up kinda well! Almost as well as Fruit & Fibre cereal held up to scrutiny from the health nuts out there. How well, you ask? Listen and find out!

Can Dirk the Daring save the princess? That all depends on your supply of quarters!! The gang discusses Dragon's Lair, based on the cutting-edge laserdisc arcade game! But first, they get all adult-y and talk about a healthy (???) cereal: Raisin Bran! Actually, the healthy part depends on which brand you buy. Listen and find out why!

"DID I DO THAT?" - Yes, yes you did. You gave us a strawberry and banana flavored cereal named after one of the most annoying characters this side of Jar Jar Binks. In the early 90's, Urkel-mania was EVERYWHERE, even on the cereal aisle. Is this one best left to the dustbin of history? Probably. What about Saved By The Bell? It's practically an institution, but should it instead be locked away in a vault, never to be seen again? Listen and find out!

Morning Funnies was a neat idea for a breakfast cereal, but it doesn't seem that anyone thought ANY further than that when producing it. Listen to the crew bemoan this fact, but first hear what Olivia thought about the latest in the Little Debbie line of cereals. THEN, the main event, PEE WEE'S PLAYHOUSE!!! Does this show hold up to a more "mature" audience? Only one way to find out!

This week the crew tackles something new: A live-action Saturday Morning "Sitcom"...or maybe it should be sit'com" since the situation part is obvious but the comedy...well, we'll talk. But first, let's talk about a cereal that's Just Right. At least, that's the name of it. Is it really just right? Listen and find out!

The crew discusses just how generic a cartoon can get with The Gary Coleman Show, but before that they discuss the wisdom of centering a cereal around a character from a movie that is 40 years old. How do they REALLY feel? Listen and find out!

What's small, has a tail, and lives in the crawlspaces of your house? No, nothing that creepy, just The Littles!!! Finally, a show that might have actually held up since the 80s! But first, the crew discusses a knockoff of....Kix? Body Buddies....Jeff likes the box and....that's kind of it.

This time out, we discuss another in the "Kid version of older characters" genre of Saturday Morning shows with Pink Panther & Sons...although it should just be called "Pink Panther's Sons" because Pinky rarely appears. Just like actual writing and humor. But it looks pretty. But before that, we tackle a cereal that was around for decades that few remember, Product 19. Shocker, Jeff remembers. AND as a bonus, Jeff and Cory review a new cereal for you! Enjoy!

Did anyone else know that Betty Crocker tried her hand at breakfast cereal? These both sound DELICIOUS, so why don't we still have them!?!?! Oh yeah, marketing blunders. Oh well, at least we still have Eek the Cat, which is quite possibly the strangest Saturday morning cartoon of all, even moreso than Space Cats! Don't believe us, listen and find out!

Who was that masked man? Not who you think! It's the OTHER one. This time out, the crew discusses the New Adventures of Zorro, as well as Zorro's origins and the fact that he was Batman before Batman was Batman! But first, they discuss their shared love of Waffles and Jeff's dismay at never having experience Waffleos in any variety.

Everyone loves Scooby Doo, but WHAT IF instead of a dog, it was a talking dune buggy? There were lots of drugs going around in the 1970s, folks. That's the only explanation for Speed Buggy's existence. But we're happy for it, because it's a fun show. Orange-flavored cereal, not so much. Quangeroos is yet another attempt by Big Breakfast to get us to accept citrus in our cereal box. Was this attempt any better than OJs? Listen and find out!

We Yabba-Dabba-Did!!! We went Prehistoric Muppet Babies and watched the Flintstone Kids! Did it ROCK our world? Listen and find out. But before that, join us as we speculate why Rocky Road cereal didn't quite work the way it should have!

We're going back to the wacky '70s again and we're getting smaaaaaall as we discuss Inch High, Private Eye. Jeff is still confused about the comma. And before that, we talk about a cereal that should have been a cartoon instead, FREAKIES!

In our ongoing quest to figure out why every pop culture phenom in the late '80s and early '90s got a cartoon, the crew watched Kid 'N Play and....yeah, we still have no idea. But we DO know that we wish Teddy Grahams cereal was still on shelves. Listen to find out why!

This is a very special episode, because we're discussing a cereal and a cartoon that NONE of us are familiar with. Only Jeff remembers the S.W. Graham commercials because he's weird that way. SpaceCats was a listener suggestion and we can't believe we had never heard of it! Join us and learn all about some new stuff!!

No cereal, just 'toons today, folks! The crew shares their favorite Halloween-themed cartoons, all of which should be required viewing during October! We'll be back next time with more cereal! Happy Halloween!!!

Remember in the '80s when there were a lot of cartoons based on properties that really WEREN'T kid-friendly? Yep, still happened in the '90s. This time out we're talking Tales From the Cryptkeeper because what kid doesn't want to be moralized to after being scared out of their wits? But first, let's talk to Sugar Bear about one of the all-time classic cereals: Super Golden Crisp. Er, Golden Crisp. Er, Sugar Crisp? How many names did this cereal have? Listen and find out!

Cowabunga Dudes! This time out, the crew has a totally tubular time discussing the Heroes in a half-shell, the TMNT! But first, they go a bit Polynesian to talk about Fruit Islands cereal. Do real apple bits belong in a cereal? Listen and find out!

Sports and Saturday morning. What could possibly go wrong? Everything, you say? Not even Bo Jackson's charisma and talent could save this misbegotten attempt at cashing in on 90's sports celebrity. Did the cereal of the same name fare any better? Well......

Cory has a special announcement for all of our listeners!

This week, the crew discusses the concept of taking the leftovers of all your cereals and dumping them in a bowl. Is this a sound marketing strategy? What about an animated version of John Candy? Listen and find out our thoughts about Camp Candy and Big Mixx!

Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em! But did Hammer indeed hurt us? You'll have to listen to find out as the crew discusses Hammerman! But first, they discuss just why a cereal that tastes like delicious cinnamon rolls just couldn't last on store shelves as Cinnamon Mini Buns.

Just how many Scooby Doo clones were there? We'll let you know when they stop. But THIS week's cartoon is not JUST a clone of Scoob, it also borrows elements from Josie and the Pussycats! Do these 2 elements combine for fun? Listen and find out! But first, the crew talks about yet another cereal that none of them ever got to experience, and Jeff is REALLY feeling left out. Crazy Cow was a weird cereal for a weird time: The 1970s. Grab your spoon!

This is a weird one folks. We have a cereal that none of us have tried and a show that none of us understand. Surprisingly it makes for decent audio! So join us as we discuss Apple Raisin Crisp and Pole Position, the only video game adaptation that made the story even sadder than the game!

A is for Apple! I can't remember the rest, but I bet the rest of the crew does! Find out as they remember Apple Jacks and discuss why Jeff is the only one who still eats them! Then, set the wayback machine for WAAAAY back as the team reviews the original Jonny Quest cartoon from 1964! How well has it held up? Depends on which element you're talking about. Listen to learn more!

This time out, we were challenged to remember our all-time favorite cereal prizes from our childhoods. Now you're thinking the same thing, right? It was a great trip down memory lane, which continued when we remembered our favorite time of day during school: RECESS!!! Was this the last great Saturday morning cartoon? It's a possibility!

Hold on a secondicus, you mean there was ANOTHER video game cartoon AND cereal for us to cover? You mega-beticus! Was the show annoying? Oh yeah. Was the cereal delicious? Kinda! The gang goes back to the video game well to discuss the longest Nintendo commercial ever, Captain N: The Game Master! But first, they discuss perhaps the greatest gimmick cereal every created: The Nintendo Cereal System!

We know video games don't make great movies, but can they make great cartoons? The SuperCast crew debates that very topic this time as they discuss the first ever video game anthology cartoon, the Saturday Supercade! But first they discuss whether video games can make good cereal with Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr Cereals! It's a Power-Up Saturday!!!

Leave it to Disney to turn a sugary snack into a franchise! And to do it well! This time out, the crew discusses Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears and we find out just WHY they chose to go with this particular cavity-causing candy! But first, we get healthy with a bowl of Oatmeal Squares. Boring? Maybe. Delicious? Absolutely.

Aaaaayyyy....the SuperCast crew bounces around through time with the coolest character this side of Lando Calrissian: Arther Fonzarelli! That's right kids, even Happy Days got a cartoon! Sort of. Did it work? Welll....Corn Pops are good, huh? Before our intrepid heroes venture into the past, they enjoy a bowl of Corn Pops and discuss just why they've managed to survive untouched for decades.

Hi-Ho Silver! This time out we travel back to the old west to discuss that Masked Avenger, the Lone Ranger. Who wasn't really LONE because he had Tonto, but whatever. Before we go back in time that far, we have a single bowl of Total, because that's all you need, right?

Teen Wolf! It's a fun 80's comedy starring Michael J. Fox! So of COURSE it was a perfect candidate for a Saturday morning cartoon! The themes of the movie are great for such an endeavor. If ONLY the cartoon had followed those themes. What did it do instead? Listen and find out. But first, why did a cereal shaped and flavored like Ice Cream Cones last less than a year on to toy shelves? We may have an answer. But probably not...

As the SuperCast crew dives into 2021, they take a SLIGHT step back and discuss one of (if not THE) last Saturday Morning Cartoons, Fillmore! Was this a fitting swan song for the great Saturday Mornings of history? Listen and find out! But first, a lively debate is had about the decision by the makers of Cheerios to flood the shelves with every possible variety of toasted O's imaginable. Enjoy!

Yeah, we're a couple days late, but this way you can continue the holiday vibes for a little while longer!!! Join the crew as they remember their favorite animated Christmas shows, both episodic and specials!!! Happy Holidays to you and yours, and thank you for a great year for the Saturday Morning SuperCast!

Just like this podcast, this cartoon is 2 things in one! The Wuzzles was a fun mid-80's concept from Disney that combined 2 animals into every character. The SuperCast crew has fun discussing their favorite mashup, but only after they discuss their love of S'Mores and whether or not a S'Mores cereal is ever a good idea.

Can't we all just get along? If we're the Get-Along Gang, then we can! It's another creation of American Greetings that became a Saturday morning franchise, complete with toys! How does the show hold up, can we all still get along with it now? Listen to find out! But first, the crew discusses the lack of success of donut-based cereals, which turns out to be much more interesting than it sounds!

Have no fear, the SuperCast crew is here! And they're talking about everyone's favorite Shoeshine Boy, UNDERDOG! But first, they talk about one of the greatest debacles in the history of cereal: The un-sweetening of ALPHA BITS! How could a cereal once so great be brought asunder by something as silly as nutrition?

There was a time when you'd open up the latest issue of Mad magazine and find a wickedly written and cleverly illustrated parody of big-time Hollywood blockbusters, including eight of the nine Skywalker Saga films.Alas the magazine has become a reprint vehicle nowadays, the victim of downsizing and budget cuts. Lost amid this change? Mad's adaptation and satirical take on "The Rise of Skywalker," leaving completists bereft of one final story. But not for long. Tom Richmond and Desmond Devlin, both of whom charted years working for Mad, have undertaken an IndieGogo project -- Claptrap -- (https://bit.ly/2HCz3lk) that aims to expand upon Mad's vast library of film takedowns by adapting several films that, at the time, were overlooked or ignored. We sat down with the pair to discuss what it was like being a part of Mad, what prompted the IndieGogo and just how rich a vein "The Rise of Skywalker" was for a new version of "Mad Goes to the Movies."

It's time to get spoooooky!!! With Halloween right around the corner, the SuperCast crew decided it was time to go down in the cellar and poke around to see what sorts of frightful fun they could dig up. They found a charmingly goofy cartoon featuring Rick Moranis! Rick Moranis In Gravedale High is a little-known show that should be better-known. But before they school you, the SuperCasters discuss everyone's favorite once-a-year breakfast, the Monster Cereals!!! Which was your favorite??

This time out, Cory provides his culinary expertise regarding the greatness of Peanut Butter Crunch and the perfect way to eat it. (Trust us, he's right). After that, the crew gets stuck in another universe with pink and orange skies and Trobbits, which are similar to but legally distinct from both Hobbits and Trolls as they discuss the Pre-He-Man (Pre-Man?) series BLACKSTAR!!!!

How many of you thought that Captain Caveman was a walking coconut when you were kids? Interesting. One of us always thought that as well. You'll have to listen to find out who. But before we get all prehistoric on this piece, we'll talk about that OTHER stone-age cereal, COCOA PEBBLES! How does it compare to its Fruity brethren? Let's find out together!

Friends are there...anytime you need them! That's what we learned from Garfield & Friends in the late '80s/early '90s. Well, that and Mondays are out to get us. But before we learn that, Cory schools us on his memories of WWF Superstars cereal and then the crew gets hearty with a bowl of Frosted Mini Wheats. Does this episode get soggy too fast? Listen and find out!

Just a little note to let you know we're taking a small break to rest and reset before we come back in the fall!

The message of this week's show is important to MarvinDog Media, so we wanted everyone who listens to MarvinDog Media shows to have a chance to hear it. Diversity is not a bad thing. Period. This month, the guys talk about a small line from the mid-80s that was born out of a mother's desire to give her son toys that looked like him and his friends. It was a terrific toy line, but very short-lived. Taylor has suggested that Mattel might take a page out of this toy line for their new Masters Of The Universe Origins line, and Jeff thinks it's a good idea! Listen and and find out just how cool these figures were, and why the guys think they deserve another lookClick to sign Taylor's petition: https://www.change.org/p/mattel-produce-sun-man-figures-with-masters-of-the-universe-origins-toys?utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=custom_url&recruited_by_id=1d44d680-c716-11ea-ba9f-773e838c27c6Don't forget our Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/marvindogmedia