70s Children's TV

Kids Shows and Cartoons

• Sesame Street theme music, off the Sesame Street 2 record
• Here's the part of the theme song from Captain Kangaroo that I didn't talk over on this tape.
• Theme song from The Electric Company (Heyyy Youuu Guyyyyyys!!!)
• Memories of the ZOOM TV show
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  • ZOOM Theme song
  • A little fanfare that gets played often during the show.
  • Incredibly dumb kazoo song they played at least five times per show.
  • A girl on the show reading (unfortunately not singing) their familiar postal address. (Box three five oh...)
  • The Ubby Dubby fugue. For true ZOOM fans and neurotics only.
  • Some of you wanted to know the names of the ZOOM kids. Here's one cast, straight from the mouth of another kid: me! (I read the names aloud as they appeared on the screen at the end of the show.)
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  • A devoted ZOOM fan sent in this scan of a cast listing from ZOOM, listing the kids' names and ages.
  • Here's a nice composite image of some of the ZOOM kids. I think it's from one of the later years.
  • ZOOM is back on the air (new shows). Visit the new ZOOM website here.
  • Here is an adorable thank-you for these sound clips, from a family of ZOOM fans, new and old. (RealAudio format.)
• Brief synthsizer selection played over PBS logo, often heard after the above shows
• Theme song to Josie and the Pussycats
• Theme song from Felix The Cat. Granted, this goes back way before 1973, but that's when I made this tape.
• Here's a promo for Run, Joe, Run!, a show about a dog who is relentlessly pursued for something he didn't do.
• Make way for Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch.
• Theme song from the cartoon version of Gilligan's Island
• Introduction to the TV show SHAZAM! (You can hear my Australian dad laughing at it, if you listen closely.)
• ISIS was the feminine counterpart to SHAZAM.
  • This introduction should sound familiar.
  • To turn into the Egyptian Godess, she had to intone, "Oh, Mighty Isis!".
  • Here's the outro music. To me, it's very reminiscent of Charlie's Angels.
  • Also check out this picture of an ISIS doll.
• Think Pink! Here are three sound bites from the Pink Panther cartoon (the later one, with dialogue).
  • Opening theme.
  • A memorable bit, in which the Pink Panther keeps crushing the inspector by opening the door onto him, alternately from the left, from the right, then down.
  • Outro, with cute descriptions of other shows.
• Remember those brief In The News news magazines for kids? Here's an entire one in RealAudio format, complete with a commercial for the Marathon Bar in the middle. Today's topic is Fast Food in School Lunches.
• Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
• Here's an outro from Fat Albert, with a voiceover promoting What's New, Mister Magoo and Space Academy.
• Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics
• Speed Buggy
• Superfriends
• Wonder Twins
• Theme song from Big John, Little John
• Remember The Banana Splits? Here is the opening and closing theme music.

Krofft Shows

• Who could forget H.R. Pufnstuf?
• Here's a promo for Land Of The Lost.
• This is the theme music for Land of the Lost.
• Lidsville
• This is an outro for Lidsville, featuring different theme music, and a voiceover promo for another (non-Krofft) show: Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch.
• The original Krofft Supershow Theme (1976) (or see the lyrics)
• The revised Krofft Supershow Theme (1979)
• The theme music to Magic Mongo
• Theme music to Elektrawoman and Dynagirl
• Wonder Bug theme
• Dr. Shrinker
• Bigfoot and Wildboy
• Bugaloos

Krofft Information

• Krofft Fact Sheet, provided by Larry Latouf (Larry also contributed this nice composite Krofft Picture.)
• Text file with info on H.R. Pufnstuf, courtesy of jolomo@netcom.com
• Living Island, the unofficial Krofft site

Commercials directed at kids

• Kellogg's Sugar Smacks ad ("Dig 'em!")
• The Wild Rider (by Marx)
• Froot Loops commercial. This is a variation on the classic "follow your nose".
• Ad for Playdoh Fun Factory Jr.
• Kellogg's Sugar Frosted Flakes ad, complete with good ole Tony The Tiger.
• The Two Speed Superwheel With High/Low Stick Shift (by Marx!)
• By request, here is a commercial boasting of all the colors available from Crayola.
• Charles Nelson Reilly puts in a fun plug for Bic Banana Ink Crayons.
• She's my Dusty, the action/fashion doll that comes with the award/night set. She plays tennis and golf, and looks beautiful, too.
• Get up and go with Cheerios, with Super Stripes for your bike in specially-marked boxes.
• Here's a memorable commercial for the Evel Knievel Shock Absorbing Stunt Cycle. You can't miss that cool noise it makes when you wind it up.
• In case Evel wasn't enough for you, how about these SSP Ultrachrome Racers?
• Honeycomb's big, yeah yeah yeah. It's not small, no no no!
• Here's some dolls I'll bet no one has anymore: Steve Scout and Bob Scout, approved by the Boy Scouts of America.
• Everyone remembers Count Chocula and Frankenberry, but Boo Berry was the most lovable of all. I used to have a Boo Berry beach towel.
• Commercial for Freakies Cereal. We are the freakies! Everyone still have your free Freaky Magnets? They're not free anymore! Believe it or not, The Freakies Company is alive and well and has a web site! They offer T-shirts, videos, pictures for children to color and more.

  They also have nice lawyers:

  The "Freakies" Song is the copyrighted property of The Freakies Company and is used with permission. The Freakies Company is not responsible for the content of this web site. Any commercial use of this material, or any unauthorized display, distribution, transmission or other use of this material, is expressly prohibited.

• McDonalds commercial (Ronald goes to the moon to get cheese for cheeseburgers)
• Another McDonalds ad (Who's the McFriendliest fellow in town...)
• A mercifully short clip of the theme music from Funshine Saturday On ABC. If you want no mercy, here's a RealAudio clip of the whole song.
• This isn't the most memorable, but it's still a Burger King commercial from the 1970s.
• Here's an adorable public service announcement to warn kids not to regard pills as candy. Some cute little pill-puppets danced around and sang in squeaky pill-voices, "This is serious: we can make you delirious...". I think it was called, We're Not Candy.
• How seventies can you get? Here's an ad for Charlies Angels dolls.
• When you were little, the Big Wheel was your ride!
• For the bigger kids, the Green Machine was much cooler.
• The Mad Cow phenomenon might have put Crazy Cow cereal right out of business if it had happened 20 years earlier.
• Here's a later Sugar Smacks commercial, still with the original frog voice.
• Remember those little hand gyroscope exerciser thingies? Why?
• Wanna drive yourself nuts? Play this commercial for Kidalongs (made by Tomy) about 10 times in a row!
• Here's a later variation on the "Who's the McFriendliest" McDonalds commercial.
• Here's a PSA (public service announcement) to suggest kids should save their money.
• This is a memorable one for Frankenberry and Count Chocula. Sorry, no mention of Boo Berry in this one.
• Mr. Mouth, Mr. Mouth. You'll remember this one. It's for a game.
• I have a small child that disobeys me. But for those who want one in doll form, try Baby Thataway.
• Even if you were in the midst of a tricky game of Twister, you could probably sing this jingle better than these guys did!
• Everyone should remember Baby Alive, the doll that drinks and eats.
• Cookies for breakfast? Heavens, no. Unless it's my Cookie Crisp cereal, you know.
• Tropical Punch flavored Kool Aid was new at one time. Remember, kids? Oh yeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
• I haven't heard the McDonalds Goblins sing in a long time. Now, thanks to -DeeT's virtual drug, you can hear them, too!
• Here's another nostalgic McDonalds ad. The lyrical hook says, "Everybody's headin' for McDonaldland".
• Here's a nice juicy long clip from the intro of the Hudson Brothers Razzle Dazzle Show. Remember Ron Hull and his emu?
• Ending music from the Hudson Brothers Razzle Dazzle Show.
• Shake up your mouth, with Dentyne Dynamints.
• Hey! You got your peanut butter in my chocolate... Reeses.
• The rock group KISS was ahead of its time, not only musically but in terms of merchandising. Here, kids can be the first on their block to play with...
  • A KISS Radio
  • KISS Dolls
  • KISS-Your-Face Make-up
• PSA TIME!!!! Steve was kind enough to send us some fun PSA spots that ran in the late 70s and early 80s.
  • Here's one on energy conservation from 4-H.
  • "Abominable," a while fluffy snow monster thing with a little black around its eyes, has some advice for the kids. Created by the Better Business Bureau.
  • This and the next two are from NBC. They feature a goofy guy with dark curly hair (Lenny Schultz, from the New Laugh-In who tells us that there's a smart way to watch TV.
  • There's a smart way to watch TV, part 2.
  • There's a smart way to watch TV, part 3.

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