Oh, the memories. Sitting in front of the television on the Saturday mornings of my youth, a big bowl of sugary cereal in hand. This is something that must seem alien to today's kids. Honestly, what happened to the concept of the Saturday morning cartoon? Sure, there are a couple, but by and large you have to tune into the Cartoon Network to catch them, and even then they have some live-action stuff on occasion. It used to be that you could turn on the television, and whatever channel you tuned in to, it would be all cartoons all the time. Anyway, Space Ghost was one of the characters that I had an attachment to, and now Warner Brothers has delivered the complete Hanna Barbera series that ran from 1966-1968.
As I watch this series, something came immediately to mind, I think I have fonder memories of the character than I do for the series. The reason for that, I do not remember any of these stories, nor do I remember the accompanying show, Dino Boy in the Lost Valley. This is probably because I was more of a kid in the 1980's, and saw more of that run, with the likes of The Herculoids in tow. I wasn't alive during this run. Still, this is a fantastic collection of old school toons from the early days of Saturday morning animated excursions. What is even better is watching the show the way it was originally presented, with each episode being comprised of two Space Ghost shorts with an episode of Dino Boy in between. Both shows were created by top animator Alex Toth.
Space Ghost delivers plenty of action as he patrols the galaxy with his sidekicks, the brother/sister team of Jan and Jace, along with their pet space monkey Blip (I could have sworn it was Gleek, perhaps he was renamed for the 1980's series). Wherever they went, they were met with trouble, including recurring villains like the praying mantis Zorak, and the cat-like creature Brak, as well as an assortment of one-offs. The show had its share of humor, but it was predominately space-faring science-fiction themed action.
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