Animation · 1970s
13 shows13 sequences
1 sequenceFat Albert and the Cosby Kids
1972–1985CBSAnimation
A North Philadelphia junkyard, with a moral at the end and a live-action introduction at the start.
- Season 1
1 sequenceStar Trek: The Animated Series
1973–1974NBCAnimation
Filmation's Saturday-morning continuation, with most of the original cast back on microphone duty. The theme is Courage's melody rescored for a cartoon orchestra, brighter and quicker than the live-action original.
- Seasons 1–2
1 sequenceSchoolhouse Rock!
1973–2009ABCAnimation
Three-minute songs about grammar and arithmetic dropped between Saturday morning cartoons, and remembered longer than the cartoons.
- Season 1
1 sequenceHong Kong Phooey
1974ABCAnimation
A janitor dog who is a secret kung fu detective, with Scatman Crothers singing his own theme.
- Season 1
1 sequenceBattle of the Planets
1978–1980SyndicationAnimation
Gatchaman recut for America with a robot added to explain away the footage that was cut.
- Season 1
1 sequenceJosie and the Pussycats
1970–1971CBSAnimation
An Archie Comics spin-off built around a band, with records released under the characters' names.
- Season 1
1 sequenceMr Benn
1971–1972BBC OneAnimation
A man in a bowler hat, a costume shop and a changing room door, thirteen times.
- Season 1
1 sequenceBagpuss
1974BBC OneAnimation
Thirteen episodes, and a sepia photograph opening that colours in when the cat wakes up — Smallfilms doing the whole premise in the titles.
- Season 1
1 sequenceJabberjaw
1976–1978ABCAnimation
A drumming shark in an underwater band, which is Scooby-Doo restaged in 2076 with Curly Howard's voice.
- Season 1
1 sequenceRoobarb
1974BBC OneAnimation
Felt-tip animation that boils and shimmers because it was drawn one frame at a time and never traced twice.
- Season 1
1 sequenceThe Wombles
1973–1975BBC OneAnimation
Litter-collecting creatures under Wimbledon Common, whose fictional band had six top-twenty singles in one year.
- Season 1
1 sequenceChorlton and the Wheelies
1976–1979ITVAnimation
A happiness dragon in Wheelie World, from the studio that went on to make Danger Mouse.
- Season 1
1 sequenceJamie and the Magic Torch
1976–1979ITVAnimation
A torch that opens a hole in the bedroom floor down a helter-skelter into Cuckoo Land.
- Season 1