Game Time: An episode of Junior Partner Pyramid (1979)

 After we've previously screened two celebrity-centric episodes of Junior Partner Pyramid, let's serve up one with kids and their parents. This aired on a Friday, as at the end of the show (closing credits were partially edited), they plugged the Saturday night lineup.

Toonfomercial: Rory Raccoon for Post Toasties (1964?)

We all know Rory Raccoon was a supporting character who had one of the rotating features on Linus The Lionhearted. While Bob McFadden voiced Rory on the show, the commercials Rory did for Post Toasties have Mel Blanc subbing for McFadden.

Here, Rory thwarts Claudius Crow......

Blanc, of course, had been doing ads as various Looney Tunes characters for Post prior to the launch of Linus, so he was available when McFadden was not.

Coming Attractions: Meet Netflix's Scooby-Doo!

 Casting has been completed for Netflix's forthcoming Scooby-Doo: Origins, with Nick Robinson & McKenna Grace among the stars.

The final casting was for Scooby himself, and, well, here he is.....

Yep, they cast an actual dog, instead of using CGI or AI. Makes ya long for the days of Frank Inn training pets for television back in the 60's.

Stay tuned.

Getting Schooled: The series premiere of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (1968)

 We had this up before, then it was deleted.

Now, the estate of Fred Rogers has started their own YouTube channel, and so, we represent the series premiere of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.

Rating: A.

This is NOT how to have a birthday party (The Flintstones, 1964)

 From season 5 of The Flintstones:

Fred (Alan Reed) is up to his neck in trouble with both wife Wilma (Jean VanderPyl) and the Water Buffalo Lodge when Bedrock's only caterer mixes up two parties scheduled for the same night. A clown, meant for Pebbles' party, ends up at the lodge, and a jazz band and the Boulderettes show up at the Flintstone house, as you'll see in this excerpt:

I eventually saw this in syndication. Typical silliness.

Rating: B.

Toon Rock: Sunny Afternoon (1966-2016)

 60 years ago, the Kinks released "Sunny Afternoon", which didn't quite reach the top of the charts here in the US, although it did in England & Ireland. This anniversary video has a mix of styles, including those of Peter Max & Terry Gilliam. Max, of course, did the character designs for the Beatles' "Yellow Submarine" 2 years later.

Saturday Morning's Forgotten Heroes: Wonder Wheels in The County Fair (1977)

 I think we had this one up before, but it was taken down. It's back, but for how long, who can say?

Wonder Wheels is at "The County Fair" to foil a larcenous duo of thieves, one of whom is also competing in a motocross race.

Rating: B.