TV Animation - 1960
do 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020, please?
Yes, I'm planning on doing a drawing like this for every year.
I'm ashamed to admit that I'm familiar with only about half of these characters; although I do remember Courageous Cat, King Leonardo and Tooter Turtle. I vaguely remember the Nutty Squirrels. I was a fan of Huckleberry Hound, The Flintstones (who were a direct copy of The Honeymooners), Rocky and Bullwinkle, Mr. Magoo, and the later Popeye cartoons (weren't his nephews -- Pipeye, Peepeye, and Poopeye; and in earlier cartoons, Pupeye -- a bunch of little scamps!).
As much as I love cartoons, I feel there are some which have not fared well in live-action treatment: Mr. Magoo and Dudley Do-Right, for example (fine actor that he was, Brendan Fraser's Dudley was depicted as such a moron, I actually found myself -- shock of shocks! -- rooting for Alfred Molina's Snidely Whiplash halfway through). The big-screen adaptation of Popeye (with Robin Williams) was entertaining. And John Goodman was perfectly cast as Fred in the big-screen Flintstones movie. That being said, my favorite "feature-length film" of any of these characters is the 1977 animated holiday film Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol. Loved it as a kid; love it even more as an adult.
