The Worst Cartoon Character of all Time - NUMBER ONE!!

Well, we've made it.   We've sorted through the first nine Worst Cartoon Characters of all Time, and now we are at the Number One Worst.  For those of you who disagree with my choices, I invite you to make your own list and I will happily post it here, where it will be read by nearly no one.   Hardly worth the effort, isn't it?   With that, I bring you my #1 choice for Worst Cartoon Character of all Time:

10.  Baby Huey
9.  Squiddly Diddly
8.  Buzzy the Crow
7.  Hippity Hopper
6.  Loopy de Loop
5.  Go Go Gophers
4.  The Blue Racer
3.  The Beary Family
2.  Sad Cat
1.  Klondike Kat

 Total Television Productions is a mixed bag.   They produced some cartoon series that were actually decent, such as Tennessee Tuxedo, King Leonardo, and their most famous creation, Underdog.  On the other hand, they created some cartoons that are so bad they challenge even the most avid cartoon fan to sit through an episode.   Klondike Kat was the worst, as far as I am concerned, beating out Commander McBragg as the worst thing they ever made.

Klondike Kat is a "Klondike Kop" (I don't know why they had this aversion to the letter C), working out of Fort Frazzle under the direction of Major Minor.  He is constantly trying to apprehend Savoir Faire, a French Canadian mouse who is terrorizing the Klondike, robbing everyone of their food.  Savoir Faire is aided by Malamutt, his sled dog and all-around valet.

Malamutt does not talk, which is a blessing.   This cartoon series is saddled with more asinine catch phrases than any cartoon series I've ever seen, and every phrase is used at least twice  in every episode.  Klondike is fond of saying "Klondike Kat always gets his mouse!" and "I'll make mincemeat out of the mouse!" which is as inane as it is unappetizing.  Savoir Faire's calling card is "Savoir faire is everywhere!" in probably the worst French accent since Pepe le Pew.  By the end of just one cartoon, you want to rip off your ears as well as your eyes. 

To add to all this, the cartoons are (I know I have used this a lot lately) badly animated and unfunny.  The characters are badly designed and don't have any characteristics that make you want to root for them, sympathize with them - nothing.  You actually end up DISliking the characters intensely after a viewing.  This series is a total waste of time from beginning to end. 

The Klondike Kat cartoons were created in 1963 as part of the Tennessee Tuxedo show.  As Total Television began rerunning and syndicating their old shows, Klondike Kat ended up on the Underdog show and the Go Go Gophers show as well, which provided him with a much longer television life than he deserved.  I watched a LOT of cartoons as a kid, and I distinctly remember leaving the room whenever Klondike Kat appeared on the screen.   I hated him then, and still do to this day.

Another TV cartoon series, Dudley Do-Right, covered some of the same territory as Klondike Kat, but instead of being a train wreck it was actually a hilarious, well-written and produced parody of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.  However, it was said that the actual RCMP protested the series.   Evidently they had never heard of Klondike Kat...

OK, I hate to do it, but here is a Klondike Kat cartoon.  If you can make it to the end, as a reward you can see a "Sing a Long Family" cartoon, one of the few cartoon series that Total Television did well.  Hopefully that will make up for what you are about to watch.  Put away any firearms and any sharp utensils as you watch Island in the Sky, a title which makes absolutely no sense...



Okay, I know that many of you are wondering why certan cartoons are missing, and why didn't they make the list.   Next week i will post the 'Honorable Mentions," listing the cartoons that maybe should have been on this list but for one reason or another were not included.   I promise I will discuss The Great Gazoo, Pepe le Pew, and other suggestions that were made.  See you here next week!

The Top Ten Worst Cartoon Characters of all Time, Part 5

We're halfway there!  We have already listed numbers 6-10 in the Top Ten Worst Cartoon Characters of all Time, and are now moving onto the Top Five.   Things will be getting much, much worse now, so please only watch the videos if you truly have NOTHING better to do with your day.   If you really give it some thought, I am sure you can come up with something better.  With all warnings in place, we cautiously move onto number five...

10.  Baby Huey
9.  Squiddly Diddly
8.  Buzzy the Crow
7.  Hippity Hopper
6.  Loopy De Loop
5.  The Go-Go Gophers

This culturally sensitive cartoon series was originally part of the Underdog television show from 1966-1968.   The cartoons all took place in Gopher Gulch, home to a Midwest American army fort during the late 19th century.  In charge of the fort was Colonel Kit Coyote, aided by his Sergeant Okey Homa.  At this point in Gopher Gulch history, all the Indians have been driven out of the area except two remaining members of the Gopher Indian tribe, Chief Running Board and Rumbled Feather.  These two have decided to fight the colonization of their land and stay in Gopher Gulch.  The cartoons all deal with the Colonel's efforts to secure Gopher Gulch by eliminating the remaining Indian population, and how the Gopher Indians thwart his every attempt.


I'm not sure who decided the genocide of the Native Americans was great fodder for a cartoon series, especially in the 1960's, but for some reason this series was quite successful.  After appearing on Underdog, the Go-Go Gophers were spun off into their own series from 1968-1969.  They then made random appearances on Tennessee Tuxedo and other Total Television shows in syndication.   As recently as 2012 their cartoons were released on a series of DVD's, despite the fact that the cartoons are probably the most un-PC cartoons ever made for television.  (Interested in buying?  Here's the link)  The subject matter is insensitive and the stereotypes are broad and insulting, with Chief Running Board speaking in dialect that went out of fashion long ago.  Rumpled Feather hardly speaks at all.

In addition to all this, the cartoons are all pretty much the same, not terribly funny, and cheaply animated.   Here's a typical example of a Go Go Gopher cartoon... 

On your right, a set of glasses featuring the Gopher Indians.  A Pepsi giveaway from the late 60's or early 70's.

Below, a 2012 DVD release of "The Best of the Go Go Gophers."   I'm no sure who chose which ones were the best, but if he had to watch all 48 cartoons to decide, he definitely has my sympathies.