I was not watching this original lineup when it aired back in 1969, but its amazing how many of these shows persevered for years. I would watch Scooby and Dastardly and Muttley well into the 1980s and would have memories of Penelope Pitstop and the Archie Comedy Hour as well. Classics.
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I, unfortunately, DID watch these shows when the originally aired.
(Unfortunately because of how long, long, ago this was.)
Saturday mornings were great back then and I would get up early and had a whole morning of entertainment waiting for me. The networks cared about kids back then.
The Friday morning ofter Thanksgiving some networks would have “Day-after-turkyday” special showings of their Saturday morning fare.
Thanks for the post.