People almost always recall bygone eras as better than they were. It is tempting during these economic times to retreat into nostalgia and I have done my share. Today I fought that inclination and found some old cartoons online that I used to watch in the 1960s in elementary school. The best ones, such as Scooby-Doo, get recycled again and again. Thank goodness these others didn't qualify. One such cartoon is Clutch Cargo, pictured above. It was known as "limited animation" and indeed its animation was limited. It had almost none. If you're a glutton for punishment you can see Clutch Cargo on YouTube here, but I'd advise not going there. The most remarkably awful feature is the super-imposition of human mouths on the cartoon characters.
Continue awfulizing if you must with the 1963 cartoon "Hercules" by Trans-Lux's television syndication, may it rest in peace. This is a rendition of the ancient Greek hero with little basis in actual Hellenic myth. Its memorable features are a total ignorance of the actual Hercules story, appalling dialogue, and a centaur named Newton who says everything twice. Its one mini-redeeming feature is Johnny "I Can See Clearly Now" Nash singing the Hercules song during the opening and closing credits.
Just another reminder that Way Back Then, not everything was so great.
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