Allow me to give you a boring history lesson...
I was born in 1974 in the sticks outside of West Union, Ohio, and resided in a small house located just about 10 or 15 miles north of the Scioto County line...and around 90 miles northwest of Huntington, WV.
It's always amazed me that WSAZ's signal carried that far...if memory serves me correctly, my little house and it's coaxial antenna on a tower was one of the few places in the area that it did come in...remember this is a time, prior to digital signal.
Mr. Cartoon was my constant 4 p.m. companion...I honestly cannot remember a time in which I or my younger sister didn't watch Mr. Huffman's daily antics, until around 1989 (about a year after the daily show left the air and Mr. Cartoon was a Saturday exclusive thing) when we moved from the aforementioned abode to a larger house about 12 miles up the same road to the north....where sadly Channel 3's signal wasn't strong enough to come in.
What's weird is that my strongest memories of the show seem to be connected to whatever particular syndication package was being aired at that time...
Like, the Harveytoons package, which Mr. Cartoon aired in the early to mid 1980s. Being a HUGE comic book fanboy, I immediately fell in love with the animated adventures of the Harvey Comics stand-bys, like Casper, Wendy the Good Witch, and so on...
Then, Mr. Cartoon had a period where he showcased the original ALVIN SHOW incarnation of Alvin and the Chipmunks...
My favorite era of Mr. Cartoon history seems to fall somewhere during 1986 or '87, when the first half of Mr. cartoon's hour was the typical Warner Bros. Looney Tune or Popeye cartoon, and then the second half hour was filled with an episode of She-Ra: Princess of Power. Sure, it wasn't He-Man and the Masters of the Universe....but it was close enough...LOL!
Subject: Inquiry About Archived Mr. Cartoon Episode Featuring Louisa Elementary Students
ReplyDeleteDear Huffman Project Team,
My name is James Steven Eugene Burchette. I'm writing in hopes of locating a specific episode of Mr. Cartoon that aired in the mid-1980s. My sister and I were part of the audience on that episode, which likely aired around 1984 or 1985, when we were students at Louisa Elementary School in Lawrence County, Kentucky.
This show and our appearance on it are special childhood memories that I would love to reconnect with. I understand that not many episodes may have been archived, but I’m reaching out in the hope that you might have information, footage, or resources that could help identify or recover this episode.
If you need any additional information, I would be happy to provide it. Thank you so much for the work you're doing to preserve such a meaningful part of regional broadcasting history.
Warm regards,
James Steven Eugene Burchette
Email: jamesburchette1979@gmail.com
Phone: (606) 777-7054