20 Forgotten TV Shows From The 1970s

[@paulnelson5144]

I was a kid in the 70’s. I remember all these shows well. They are not forgotten.

[@FairyChild_For_Freedom-Justice]

I remember every Saturday yelling Shazam hoping to get the powers so that I could do my house chores and get back to the cartoons. Sadly it never worked😂😂😂

[@tyalayton5930]

This was my Saturday morning in the 70’s.💕

[@Greenhornet_64]

Mine too!!!!! And I miss it.

[@everlenaoliver6912]

As a child of the 70s, I loved these shows and grateful for my education through School House Rock. ❤

[@sirxanthor]

If you loved School House Rock, look up "SNL only a bill" Saturday Night Live made a spoof of the origional animation, which hits spot on 😂

[@ddavis4730]

It was paid for by a Democratic administration when Reagan came into office they stopped the funding of School House Rock. I bought the VHS tapes for my kids in the late 90s

[@desertgirl8647]

being a kid in the 70s was pretty cool!

[@amigajoe1]

70s kid myself. Also recall- Run Joe Run! Lancelot Link: Secret Chimp Space Academy Far out Space Nuts The Lost Saucer The Ghost Busters (OG Larry Storch version) -The one I forget was with adults and kids wandering a post-apocalyptic wasteland in a huge space shuttle-looking bus. Can NOT recall it...

[@kevinflorer1211]

I should file a class action Lawsuit against Sid and Marty Croft for childhood Trauma and Nightmares. And School House Rock for LIES and Propaganda.

[@michaelwhite4976]

Most if not all of these summed up my Saturdays in the 70's. 😊👍🏻

[@nevaehlumiere5418]

@@michaelwhite4976 I don’t remember the one from the UK

[@wb3381]

I noticed some are not in the original order

[@johndurham6172]

Cartoons until noon then an hour of pro-wrestling ending the day with a Sci-fi double feature. Somehow I never made it out of the house.

[@viviandelagarza6399]

@@michaelwhite4976 I loved Saturday morning cartoons, I'm a bit of a nerd lol school house Rock was my favorite.

[@CappyLarou]

how in the hell do you not say H.R. Pufnstuf correctly? they sing it in the damn song!!!!

[@JohnWilson-wg4gk]

😜 I was only going to read the comments without actually watching the video...until I read YOUR comment. Then, watching it became an imperative . 🤨 I'm not going to give it away - everyone can just watch it, too. 🤣 But I've never heard a more incorrect pronunciation...

[@FolkFaninMA]

Exactly!! Not only that, but he said it differently every time. LOL

[@deniseplaster3672]

Land of the Lost.

[@Gregory......]

" Puff " In " Stuff "

[@israelborrerojr9772]

@@CappyLarou Poof and Stoof!

[@KevinPayton-fq8gd]

I loved Fat Albert and Superfriends. Schoolhouse Rock is forever iconic to this day.

[@DebbieOlandese]

Schoolhouse Rock is most definitely needed today!

[@phyllisgodwin8799]

Loved Sigmond and the Sea Monsters! So corny, but I was a kid!😊

[@thebackrooms7511]

@@phyllisgodwin8799 So bad it was good!

[@gailmorgan2556]

@@phyllisgodwin8799 I always loved that and never forgot it. 😁

[@erinriwen]

I grew up with all of these. Not only have I not forgotten, I own and still watch most of them.

[@Aragorn6519]

Wierd 😮

[@erinriwen]

@@Aragorn6519 Why?

[@RachaelStalcup-kp4yv]

I don't think it's weird...it's cool

[@kennethlee494]

Land Of The Lost, Shazam, Secrets Of Isis, Super Friends, Scooby Doo, Space Ghost and Josie and the Pussycats were among my Saturday morning favorites in the 1970's. Captain Kangaroo was a favorite every weekday morning from the mid 1960's until the early 1970's.

[@dx1450]

I also (vaguely) remember Speed Buggy.

[@conandis5542]

What about the 2 magpies called Heckle & Jeckle? Was that a US or AUS cartoon? And Kum Kum. Anyone remember that?

[@micheleperri9994]

Land of the Lost was my favorite. My sister and I used to reenact episodes of Dyna Woman and Wonder Girl. I also loved HR Puffin Stuff and Josie and the Pussycats. So many memories and simpler times. We had it better than kids do these days.

[@SuperMickey57]

The Banana Splits inspired me to ride my mini-bike in the house! I never see mention of "The Hudson Brothers Razzle Dazzle Show", now that's a forgotten show of the 70s.

[@daylewoolf8734]

I loved The Hudson Bothers! They, Land of the Lost and Laffalympics were my favorites! Anything Sid and Marty Kroft did was psychedelically amazing!

[@nevaehlumiere5418]

OMG I loved the Hudson brothers! “No thanks! I’m trying to cut down!”

[@SuperMickey57]

@@daylewoolf8734 Hey Margolis!!

[@SuperMickey57]

@@nevaehlumiere5418 Hey Margolis!!

[@cassandraknight8804]

I loved the banana splits, running around 😂

[@yourthaiguy]

Brings me right back to my Saturday morning routine 1974…❤❤❤

[@bjowen5335]

H.R. Peefunshtuuffe! Aw, I remember it well...

[@barbarajarvis-lefebvre6766]

I was in love with Jimmy. He was in those teen magazines like Tiger Beat. 😂

[@markanthony3275]

WitchiePoo had the best witch's laugh I've ever heard ! Remember her "Vroom Broom" ?

[@kylerogerspowers2935]

Lots of fun memories. Thank you for the Memories.

[@jefffuller9918]

Wow. I never heard so many mispronounciations of show titles.

[@janelansaw7082]

Yeah, WTF? Can’t they hear the song HR puffin stuff!

[@kendallfountain3729]

No zhit?

[@indiana2096]

I feel so old, I remember and watched most of these shows and actually have quite a few of them on DVD!

[@oldcountryboy]

They're not forgotten. You can still watch them on KZbin.

[@momster64]

I do love seeing “you won’t recognize this celebrity!” or “movies you’ve never heard of!” or “things you’ve forgotten!” clickbait titles cause you can be sure I do 😊

[@matthewellenberger1905]

I used to watch all of these! I loved the Sid and Marty Krofft shows!

[@thisolesignguy2733]

Seeing most of these, I can't help but be thankful I was an 80s kid 😁 I got to see the 70s shows that made it into reruns because they were actually good, and got to bypass the ones that made you think the writers were on LSD.

[@kevinhendryx665]

You miss the point! That's why those 70s shows rule!

[@ontheruntonowhere]

Everyone creative was on drugs in the 70s, that's why it was the best decade. Before conservatives taught us to hide genuine feelings and mock sincerity.

[@idaniaesparza3881]

BRING ALL THOSE SHOWS BACK!! The World needs desperately to recapture days gone by that made us feel innocent and hopeful!

[@jeffburnham6611]

@@idaniaesparza3881 you'd never be able to bring back Fat Albert. While the show's cartoonish nature was acceptable by 1970's standards, it's far too controversial and portrayed black people with over-sized lips.

[@ealdraedwalls270]

These shows are on Tubi.

[@dx1450]

@@jeffburnham6611 And, of course, Bill Cosby being a rapist...

[@christyboykin2666]

Space Ghost, Johnny Quest and Speed Racer.....watched them all in the 70's. Those were my favorites 😊

[@Snowdragon.]

I loved Isis, and her crow called Tut. I was a kid when I watched all of these shows. Loved Dina Girl.

[@drnstvns]

How many times did you stand there, arms to side, and say “Oh mighty winds that blow on high, lift me now so I can fly!” That and spinning around trying to turn into Wonder Woman. LOL

[@Whatswiththestupidhandles]

Dyna girl.

[@virginiaconnor8350]

I used to watch "Captain Kangaroo", but it was the earlier, non-animated series with Bob Keeshan when I was younger with my siblings. We also watched "Davey and Goliath" (but we were Lutherans). Bill Cosby seems creepy now, but we had no idea about him; I only remembered him on "I Spy" and listened to him on his records.

[@rcschmidt668]

Was Captain Kangaroo really animated, or was that just the opening?

[@mikeshaffer4912]

I watched Fat Albert a lot as a kid.

[@phillipmckinnon6883]

Best Saturday mornings ever!!

[@johnetheridge5833]

I’m 63 years old and i will never forget 1970’s saturday and sunday mornings and weekdays mondays to fridays mornings before school and and afternoons after school cartoons.

[@juliaross5268]

Don ‘t let this end without Johnny Quest!

[@kevinhendryx665]

But that's the 60s, not the 70s. Still the coolest ever, tho!

[@nevaehlumiere5418]

And his friend Hadgi

[@PeaceLove-N-Happiness143]

Speed Racer

[@dougstewart3788]

Jonny Quest was the best!

[@lynnez.2818]

Bill Cosby and Fat Albert cartoon show. I didn't see many episodes but every single one had a running joke having to do with the punch line "no class!" I loved it.

[@davejoe2592]

That's right. "Fat Albert, you got NC brother...No Class!"

[@ontheruntonowhere]

You're just like school in summer.

[@kevinwilliams5224]

Forgotten by whom? I remember every single one of these!

[@stebaer]

This is a very good follow-up on Saturday Morning Shows and even upon watching these transports us back to each time when they were on.

[@thegood9]

Cannot tell you how many times I stood in my back (and front) yards during storms and yelling "SHAZAM!!!" to the top of my lungs...

[@susanmilanez1040]

What... No Super Chicken...? Loved that Crazy Bird...!!! Lol

[@rcschmidt668]

“To the Super Coop, Fred!”

[@Quartzquiz333]

@@susanmilanez1040 You knew the job was dangerous when you took it.

[@Whatswiththestupidhandles]

Great theme song.

[@jerryrichards8172]

The best time to be a kid fro 7am to 10 was cereals and cartoons. Then it was outside until the street lights came on then we would all separate back to are dwellings in time for dinner and eavning tv with your parents and bord games

[@GuitarLessonsBobbyCrispy]

Banjo, Moog synthesizer and timpani. What a strange combination of instruments to be played together, but it somehow worked for The Land of the Lost intro music.

[@dalemoyers8881]

Thanks for the memories!! Loved watching these shows as a kid in the 70’s. Keep up the good work. 😎

[@user-deizme]

O! M! G! How AWESOME was that trip down memory lane?! SOOO LoVeD it❣️ I watched ALL but 3 or 4 of them! I ALLWAYZ say I'm a product of the 80', clearly spured on by 70's! Thx 😁

[@quernalt]

Oh my, he didn't mention the ping pong balls in Captain Kangaroo

[@PeaceLove-N-Happiness143]

I was on that show Captain Kangaroo with my Brownie class. 😂

[@ELMATADOR-o9d]

Wow!! This took me back. Almost brought tears to my eyes. Innocent years

[@AnitaVaughn-m3e]

You forgot Speed Racer Flash Gordon and The BayCity Rollers

[@KateLyons-f4k]

@@AnitaVaughn-m3e you are so right I loved the music of the bay city rollers and still do

[@1volante1]

@@AnitaVaughn-m3e Speed Racer’s original tv run was from 1966 to 68- it doesn’t apply to this video’s title/subject. The Bay City Rollers were indirectly mentioned at 23:52 as it was part of that show.

[@mountaintiger6945]

My favorite episode was Isis meets Capt. Marvel. Did anyone else see the actor who played Billy in the last Shazam movie ? 😁 These shows were integral to Gen X latch key kids teaching us important lessons our parents weren't there to teach us.

[@Harvey0506]

I forgot how many cartoons we had in the 70'S Saturday mornings were great for kids and this clip was just the tip of the iceberg. I finally got to show my wife HR PUFF N STUFF.😊

[@hellbillygoatboy]

Truly enjoyed this trip to the past. Cheers! Thanks!😊

[@vampirelady70]

I remember all of them except the wombles....my kids love Land of the Lost (had ia couple seasons on dvd)... krofft Superstars and Superfriends were my absolute faves

[@wellingtonsmith4998]

I have Land of the Lost on dvd and still watch an episode every month or so

[@silvercommander]

@@wellingtonsmith4998 it is on Amazon prime

[@bwilliamson6418]

The Bugaloos inspired my brother, two neighbor girls, and me to form our own musical group that we planned to call the New England Asters, never mind that none of us had guitars or percussion, much less knew how to play them if we had. We'd usually just lip sync to Bugaloos or Archie's records and pretend we were going to make it big sone day. Elementary school in the '70 was a very weird time! :)

[@curtiswilliams8377]

😭😭😭😭Wow these was my days I watched everyone of these shows. It made life so peaceful compared to today. There's nothing to watch on Saturday TV anymore, frfr😔😔💔💔

[@usrmtc1601]

@@curtiswilliams8377 what I did was recorded my shows on a thumb drive and lined them up with commercials of the time and fall to sleep watching them so I sleep good, yes it’s sad that those times are gone but nothing saids we can relive those time by watching them again 😊

[@robinrobin02]

Cartoons are MEtv mornings during the week...if that helps.

[@shallendor]

As a child of the 70's, none of these shows were forgotten! I didn't like The Wombles or Lidsville, but i loved the rest! Sid and Marty Kroft made so many of my favorite shows, but Electa Woman and Dyna Girl was my favorite, since they are 2 of the 4 characters that gave love for the Superheroine in Peril/Trouble/Danger genre, which i still love to this day! 3 is a magic number is my favorite of all the Schoolhouse Rocks videos!

[@freedomthroughspirit]

I loved those shows! Especially Electra Woman and Dyna Girl ❤ and Land of the Lost

[@warbunny13203]

Electra Woman and Dyna Girl as well Bigfoot and Wild Boy were my favs, many others were good too🤔🤔😁👍😁😁🇺🇲🦅🇺🇲

[@gizzyguzzi]

@@warbunny13203 wonderbug!

[@Tcarichards]

I was in love with Joyfrom the Bugaloos

[@Jangocat]

I didn't remember how hot she was until this video, of course I was 4-5 years old back then lol

[@nevaehlumiere5418]

I thought she was the prettiest thing and wanted to be just like her

[@indiana2096]

To this day I still lover her!

[@jamescole6846]

Same. I watched every one of those stupid shows just to see her.

[@BethWondrely]

Absolutely loved most of these! Thank you for this!!!

[@vhagerty]

We used to watch Gigglesnort Hotel. That show is trippy as an adult. 😊

[@AnimeBleachBabe]

@@vhagerty I thought I was the only one who remembered that show!

[@indiana2096]

I thought I was the only one who remembered that one!

[@sutterpark]

I remember all this! I love them all

[@Daniel-ur3mw]

How can you mispronounce and correctly pronounce names in the same segment so many times !!

[@heidivert830]

Love all these😊

[@Tara_S125]

WOW!!! Memories just flooded back. Land of the Lost, Sigman and the Sea Monsters, HR Puff n Stuff, Electro Woman and Dyna Girl, The Banana Splits, Scooby-Doo and of course Schoolhouse Rock were my favorites. Feeling nostalgic. Thank you 🙏🏼

[@JohnShields-xx1yk]

A little kid in the early 1960's, Saturday morning Scooby Doo was a blast.

[@chrisduda1342]

Check out the Saturday night live skit with Rob Lowe as shaggy.super funny

[@MsSabbith]

Land of the Lost scared my socks off! Did you know Captain Kangaroo was a Marine who saved Lee Marvin? Got School House Rocks on CD...still sing songs with my husband

[@nevaehlumiere5418]

Land of the lost scared you? Really? I liked Chucka, the ape boy or whatever he was.

[@michaelstocker2880]

@@MsSabbith And he was the clown on Howdy Doody.

[@Bargle5]

Actually, he wasn't (the marine). I saw a video debunking that one somewhere. If I could remember where, I'd tell you.

[@michaelstocker2880]

@@MsSabbith He’s was a Marine, but joined too late to be in the war.

[@janemcnaughten7275]

Hello. H.R Puffin stuf was my favourite show. I had a huge crush on Jack Wild ( mind you I was only 5 years old😉) Jane in New Zealand 🇬🇧🇳🇿

[@WalterUrban-m7e]

Don't forget Japanese shows Ultraman, Johnny Soko and his Flying Robot, and The Space Giants.😊

[@sean1728]

🎯

[@patriciaposthumus6684]

I never see shows like Flipper, Gental Ben, Daniel Boon, etc, on any of these lists. We had so much more than just strange and funny kids' shows. I would really live to see a full comprehensive list of the shows from the 70s and 80s. That would be really cool. I'm one of the older Gen Xers. I spent my young childhood in the 70s and my teen years in the 80s. It's been fun watching some of these lists and taking a walk down memory lane, but it would be nice to see a list that bridges the gap between.

[@Kornheiser10]

I think those were actually 60's shows like Lassie.

[@patriciaposthumus6684]

@Kornheiser10 now that I think about it maybe the 70s. I'm an older Gen X. I was born in 1968, so I think I'm actually one of those micro generations that the kids talk about nowadays, like the xinnials. I'm not sure anymore. These kids keep changing things, and it's hard to keep up.

[@Kornheiser10]

@patriciaposthumus6684 I'm with you, I'm 1967...I believe we're very different from late Gen-Xrs...I think you had to live through the 70s, not just born in them....

[@robinrobin02]

@@patriciaposthumus6684 wouldn't watch a Flipper one. Do you know how bad the dolphin was actually treated?

[@towdjumper5]

God, I loved Saturday mornings with a BIG bowl of cereal. Mom and Dad did too I bet..

[@caroleo.9109]

I watched these shows and had forgotten about all of them. It was fun seeing and being reminded of them again.

[@brendaguy8747]

I think Sid and Marty Kroft owned Saturday morning in the 70’s.

[@Jangocat]

As someone who was a kid in the 70's, I wouldn't call most of those shows forgotten, I remember every show on this list except Electra Woman and Dyna Girl, The Wombles and the Kroft Super Show. Your title should have been 20 classic shows from the 70's or something like that. Spot the cat had strips lol, always found that funny.

[@glenngroh7883]

From a time where children knew TV wasn't real.

[@ttm1093]

@@glenngroh7883 And when we used our imagination

[@fleshharrowerx9894]

Lidsville is still the koo koo kookiest. Pour one out for Charles Nelson Reilly!

[@c.k.185]

Damn… I miss those days… so many other memories were jarred out watching this. Evel Kenevel, K-tel commercials, Mr. microphone, Jaws, Young Frankenstein, Star Wars… etc, etc 😂

[@HarveyCopeland-yf2xx]

The best background music 🎶

[@MichelleMC6067]

I Love classic movies and tv shows ❤ Thanks for sharing 🎉

[@tvav69]

All of these were awesome but Shazam was my fave. 😊

[@OathfLouve]

I was there watching all theses shows!!!🌟It’s amazing, I was transported back to like 4 or 5 years old!!! Felt in the heart, thank you and the commentator is spot on💥💥💥

[@ginaroman6803]

I loved the Banana Splits!! One of my favorites!

[@csf7773]

Me too!

[@SS-cv6lq]

The 70's may not have had today's technology but the TV and the music was and still is far better than anything on television today.

[@davidhoward4715]

No, not really.

[@SS-cv6lq]

Better than Woke and RAP CRAP

[@Star-c6d7h]

I remember well, watching Saturday cartoons with cereal. After they were all over and "IN THE NEWS" came on to tell us what was in the news, mom would turn off the TV and say, time to clean up bedrooms and the house, and this afternoon, mowing the yard. That was in the 70's

[@larryfrombpt]

I remember these shows and loved watching them Saturday mornings.

[@librarian66]

I was a 1970s kid, I remember all of these shows...yeah, some weren't so great but they always entertained the young me.

[@bxpress6507]

If I ever forgot these shows..I'm on seiousssss trouble😂😂😮

[@tro8191]

Where do we even start on how incredible the shows of the 70’s were?!!! Loved em all!!! My favorite, “The Secrets of Isis”. My first crush in life was on Joanna Cameron who played Isis. Omg she was sooo hot! I was 10 when I ordered her poster from a book order club (Lucky Book Orders I think it was called). Kept the poster til I moved away to college 😂. Oh Joanna Cameron (RIP) I luv’d ya😊!

[@Middle-Road.Kim.K]

Another big cartoon in the late '70s was G-Force. Didnt know it at the time that I was watching anime type characters.

[@vhagerty]

Battle of the Planets! My brother and I used to love that show. 😊

[@Middle-Road.Kim.K]

@vhagerty _That_ was the name of that show! What I said above didn't feel quite right, but would be recognizable. Thanks! 😀

[@paulajmartinez6288]

I remember watching these shows when I was a child.

[@LisaScoppetto]

I would love to see all of them❤❤

[@myplane150]

I still will sing the HR Puffinstuff theme song in my mind from time to time. Amazing how some thinks stick with you as you age...😁

[@harveyclark1042]

Someone should just start a cable channel with Saturday morning cartoons from the 70s, and it would be a massive hit! Of course you must force your children to watch it ha ha! There were so many good lessons to be learned… Fat Albert was the king of that!

[@rogererrasti7957]

Wow what memories I had forgotten these shows but as soon as I saw them all those memories came back, great shows.

[@drbluzer]

"CAPTAIN KANGAROO" was a carry over from the 1960's .

[@anonyarena]

So was The Banana Splits. It ran from September 7, 1968, to September 5, 1970, but it was still in re-runs into the 1970s. The same with H.R. Puffinstuf, which aired from September 6, 1969, to December 27, 1969, and was re-run into the 1970s.

[@vampirelady70]

actually the 50's...first episode was in 1955

[@rickwhitson2804]

I was glued to the TV on Saturday mornings. OMG I'm getting old

[@galimirnund6543]

I was a bugs bunny kid..... I just remember saturday morning getting up...get a bowl of Quisp cereal with my winnie the pooh cereal caddy and watch the bug bunny road runner show!!!

[@thebookofronism.723]

Fun fact. The kid with the red shirt that Isis was talking to was SHAZAM. Or Captain Marvel depending on who you ask.

[@whatifschrodingersboxwasacofin]

Even as a kid I wondered how they couldn’t find another actor in all of LA to play the later role. And both in red. Seriously. 😆

[@nancyculliton1540]

I remember most of those shows 🥰 life was so much better back then!

[@danielwarner7572]

loved Saturday mornings in the 70's. Always sat there watching Space Ghost with a bowl of cereal in my lap.

[@thegood9]

I have never heard someone pronounce "H.R. Puffinstuf" more times differently in one paragraph.

[@ilasas]

Memory unlocked.

[@MariaRodriguez-y6m]

As a kid in the 70s these were great childhood memories, we might have fought to get up for school, but we got up early every Saturday morning!!! Scooby Doo was my favorite!!!!

[@JasonLane-ci5ng]

I grew up in the 1970s boy am I glad Today's kids are dull ll and unimagenative

[@jeffreyharper2731]

Space Ghost was the best

[@nevaehlumiere5418]

There is a male voice actor on the text dramas of KZbin that sounds like space ghost. it’s overacting for sure, but he’s got a deep, booming voice. I keep expecting him to say he’s gonna take over the universe or something. Lol.

[@knightblossom8407]

I also loved Cpt. Caveman and Shmoo!!

[@ontheruntonowhere]

Schmoo!!!

[@AldreKatCrafts]

I remember all of those shows. I loved them as a child. 🤗❤️🤗 I may be in my 50’s now, but I really miss Saturday morning cartoons. Never caught the Wombles.

[@JamesEdward-h4d]

I loved watching electrowoman and dynagirl after land of the lost when i was a kid!!!!! Fun fun!!

[@sirpoppinchuck]

All my favorites as a kid in the 70’s Saturday mornings was everything!!!! I had a Lidsville lunchpail too!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😁😁😁😁👍👍👍

[@cathyw3413]

Loved these shows! Highlights for me were Land of the Lost, Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, Isis, Captain Kangaroo, Speed Buggy, and Schoolhouse Rock.

[@DaughterofDarkness]

I loved Sigmund & The Sea Monsters!