Wow! From the golden age of my childhood! Fat Albert, Nasty McKeevil, the MERLIN game (my cousin had one of those)! I was in the second grade when this aired. I just barely remember these bumpers. I was living in Alexandria, Virginia at the time, and WDVM was STILL WDVM (not WUSA). The memories! I gotta admit, though, that by this time, I had made NBC (WRC 4) my primary Saturday Morning cartoon channel because 1981 was the year the SMURFS debuted! Thanks for the memories!
I suspect the Captain America PSA for the US Department of Energy might have been the first time I was aware of the character. As astonishing as this may seem in the MCU era, for many of us born in the mid-1970s, Captain America was a very obscure Marvel superhero to little kids in 1981 since his 1966 cartoon wasn't often rerun on television a decade and a half later, unlike the original Spider-Man cartoon which I could still watch daily in syndication, and the new Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends series was just starting over on NBC, and I also knew Spider-Man from the "Spidey Super Stories" segments on the Electric Company. Meanwhile, the Lou Ferrigno Incredible Hulk series was entering its final season on CBS and, while my parents generally put me to bed before that show started, Lou Ferrigno as the Hulk would show up as a guest on some kids shows like Mr. Rogers Neighborhood (to show that the Hulk was nothing to be scared of, he was just an actor in green makeup). Captain America and most of the other Avengers (as well as most other Marvel characters) honestly didn't really have much going on pop culture-wise outside of comic books in the early 1980s. I know there was that one Captain America TV movie from 1978 but I would've been too young to have seen it.
I was first exposed to Cap wayyyy back in early 1981 when 7-Eleven released a series of six mini comic books (complete with bubble gum), featuring Spider-Man, The Hulk, Cap, Archie, Jughead, and Sabrina the Teenaged Witch. The moment I opened that Cap mini-comic and stared directly at his iconic shield (the regular comics always displayed it from side views), I was hooked to the character for life (I'm 50 and ready to convert my Cap collection into a museum).
@@m.r.keller9642 Now that I think about it some more, I probably saw Captain America on the back card for the Hot Wheels The Heroes series (which also had Hulk and Spider-Man on the card) but I wouldn't have known who he was. Also, there's a non-zero chance that I might've seen Captain America in one of those Hostess Fruit Pies ads in comics circa 1980. I mainly read Richie Rich but I think my parents bought us the occasional Marvel Comics comic.
I always thought I made up the penguins playing hockey with the Atari-like music in the background. Thank you for clarifying I wasn't crazy with this video!
Wow! From the golden age of my childhood! Fat Albert, Nasty McKeevil, the MERLIN game (my cousin had one of those)! I was in the second grade when this aired. I just barely remember these bumpers. I was living in Alexandria, Virginia at the time, and WDVM was STILL WDVM (not WUSA). The memories! I gotta admit, though, that by this time, I had made NBC (WRC 4) my primary Saturday Morning cartoon channel because 1981 was the year the SMURFS debuted! Thanks for the memories!
Some more rare CBS Saturday Morning bumpers have been found.
I remember these!
@@ChristopherSobieniak Including the one with the tortoise and hare?
@@JHollowayNetwork Yep, I was 4 when these were shown.
And once again, I'm a happy seven year old second grader. 😊
I definitely remember Captain America's PSA with those villains. Thanks for posting!
CBS saturday moring cartoons brins me back memories
I suspect the Captain America PSA for the US Department of Energy might have been the first time I was aware of the character.
As astonishing as this may seem in the MCU era, for many of us born in the mid-1970s, Captain America was a very obscure Marvel superhero to little kids in 1981 since his 1966 cartoon wasn't often rerun on television a decade and a half later, unlike the original Spider-Man cartoon which I could still watch daily in syndication, and the new Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends series was just starting over on NBC, and I also knew Spider-Man from the "Spidey Super Stories" segments on the Electric Company.
Meanwhile, the Lou Ferrigno Incredible Hulk series was entering its final season on CBS and, while my parents generally put me to bed before that show started, Lou Ferrigno as the Hulk would show up as a guest on some kids shows like Mr. Rogers Neighborhood (to show that the Hulk was nothing to be scared of, he was just an actor in green makeup).
Captain America and most of the other Avengers (as well as most other Marvel characters) honestly didn't really have much going on pop culture-wise outside of comic books in the early 1980s. I know there was that one Captain America TV movie from 1978 but I would've been too young to have seen it.
I was first exposed to Cap wayyyy back in early 1981 when 7-Eleven released a series of six mini comic books (complete with bubble gum), featuring Spider-Man, The Hulk, Cap, Archie, Jughead, and Sabrina the Teenaged Witch. The moment I opened that Cap mini-comic and stared directly at his iconic shield (the regular comics always displayed it from side views), I was hooked to the character for life (I'm 50 and ready to convert my Cap collection into a museum).
I owned a pair of Freezy Freakies, as a kid. Made my hands stink, though.
@@m.r.keller9642 Now that I think about it some more, I probably saw Captain America on the back card for the Hot Wheels The Heroes series (which also had Hulk and Spider-Man on the card) but I wouldn't have known who he was.
Also, there's a non-zero chance that I might've seen Captain America in one of those Hostess Fruit Pies ads in comics circa 1980. I mainly read Richie Rich but I think my parents bought us the occasional Marvel Comics comic.
I always thought I made up the penguins playing hockey with the Atari-like music in the background. Thank you for clarifying I wasn't crazy with this video!
We just don't have the resolution with the whale breaking up the game...literally.
I haven't seen an episode of Wake Up in over 41 years and I can't find it anywhere on CZcams!
WDVM 9 is now WUSA 9 still a CBS affiliate
Wow. Haven't seen this in years.
On NBC Daytime,
The Last 2 Weeks Of Las Vegas Gambit.
Cbs bumpers looked good
oh great