Here's one of my all-time favorite Saturday morning cartoon shows: Here Comes the Grump, produced in 1969 by Depatie-Freleng and broadcast on NBC. The show must have cost quite a bit, as every episode required new characters, new settings, etc., as Princess Dawn and Terry visited new lands every episode in their pursuit of the Crystal Key. Dave Depatie and Friz Freleng based the Grump on Yosemite Sam from the cartoon "Knighty Knight Bugs" which Freleng directed while at Warner Bros. Odd Fact: Yosemite Sam was originally based on Friz Freleng himself. Here is the title sequence, with a theme song I was still singing years after the show went off the air:
This is probably the best episode of the bunch.... And I am proud to say that I actually own the "Cheese Mountain" background painting from this episode! It's the Blabbermouth of Echo Island:
Here's The Grand Slam of Door City...
And the end credits...
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