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When your favorite sitcom gets turned into a Saturday morning cartoon with
time travel, raccoons, and pantless pigs, you know you’re living in peak classic TV. From Happy Days to Star Trek, The Dukes of Hazzard to Laverne & Shirley, these live-action classics were reimagined as animated chaos… often with questionable results.

In this countdown, we revisit five of the most bizarre (or maybe the best) cartoon spinoffs ever made.

Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:57 - The Dukes (The Dukes of Hazzard)
04:04 - Jeannie (I Dream of Jeannie)
07:46 - Star Trek: The Animated Series (Star Trek)
12:14 - The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang (Happy Days)
14:58 - Laverne & Shirley in the Army (Laverne & Shirley)

https://youtu.be/qmFQpSH0SFU?si=3bra0yRkMpAwC4Rm

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On Wed, 13 Aug 2025 04:30:47 -0400, Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net>
wrote:

When your favorite sitcom gets turned into a Saturday morning cartoon with >time travel, raccoons, and pantless pigs, you know you’re living in peak >classic TV. From Happy Days to Star Trek, The Dukes of Hazzard to Laverne & >Shirley, these live-action classics were reimagined as animated chaos… often >with questionable results.

In this countdown, we revisit five of the most bizarre (or maybe the best) >cartoon spinoffs ever made.

Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:57 - The Dukes (The Dukes of Hazzard)
04:04 - Jeannie (I Dream of Jeannie)
07:46 - Star Trek: The Animated Series (Star Trek)
12:14 - The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang (Happy Days)
14:58 - Laverne & Shirley in the Army (Laverne & Shirley)

https://youtu.be/qmFQpSH0SFU?si=3bra0yRkMpAwC4Rm

Reminds me that I (in the UK) saw the animated "Brady Kids" and "The
Addams Family" before the parent shows. So when I eventually saw the
real thing I wondered what happened to the talking bird/wizard and the
house that turned into a car, respectively.

--
Jerry Brown

A cat may look at a king
(but probably won't bother)

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Melissa Hollingsworth <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:

Verily, in article <mrbp9khdek5ar4r4g454n89ibhbhf9env5@jwbrown.co.uk>,
did jerry@jwbrown.co.uk.invalid deliver unto us this message:

Reminds me that I (in the UK) saw the animated "Brady Kids" and "The
Addams Family" before the parent shows.

I saw a few episodes of the Brady cartoon. Starting in the second
series, they got a new actor for Greg who sounded nothing like the
original. The new actor was a mature, deep-voiced man, and it was disconcerting to hear that voice as a teen's voice.

I never heard of The Dukes. Somehow I'm sure it's bad. I vaguely recall
a cartoon version of Punky Brewster. Never watched it, though.

https://youtu.be/X0UW04evm9Q?si=JIPB8VJXWkzooTWx

The theme sounds like a porno. Boom Chaka Chaka Chaka boom Chaka, Chaka
Chaka.

https://youtu.be/jRt0ZC7W8Eo?si=1cGjQzWBJOl-4Mhf


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Melissa Hollingsworth <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:

Verily, in article <1346810351.776797523.704360.anim8rfsk- cox.net@news.easynews.com>, did anim8rfsk@cox.net deliver unto us this message:

https://youtu.be/X0UW04evm9Q?si=JIPB8VJXWkzooTWx

The theme sounds like a porno. Boom Chaka Chaka Chaka boom Chaka, Chaka
Chaka.

https://youtu.be/jRt0ZC7W8Eo?si=1cGjQzWBJOl-4Mhf

I just looked up The Dukes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMpDE7kQrj8

Apparently they gave the General Lee the powers of Chitty Chitty Bang
Bang. Okay then.

Most cartoons are so, so bad. We really shouldn't let our kids watch
this crap.

I see they are displaying the confederate flag very, very, very, very, very prominently. I know people that would blow a fuse over the very first frame
of that animation.

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jerry@jwbrown.co.uk.invalid wrote:

Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:

Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:57 - The Dukes (The Dukes of Hazzard)
04:04 - Jeannie (I Dream of Jeannie)
07:46 - Star Trek: The Animated Series (Star Trek)
12:14 - The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang (Happy Days)
14:58 - Laverne & Shirley in the Army (Laverne & Shirley)

https://youtu.be/qmFQpSH0SFU?si=3bra0yRkMpAwC4Rm

Reminds me that I (in the UK) saw the animated "Brady Kids" and "The
Addams Family" before the parent shows. So when I eventually saw the
real thing I wondered what happened to the talking bird/wizard and the
house that turned into a car, respectively.

I remember a lot of TV shows in the early to mid 1970's getting a cartoon version: The Brady Bunch, The Patridges (in outer space!), Gilligan's Island

It also seemed to overlap the time they had a band and performed a song at
the end.

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On Wed, 13 Aug 2025 11:37:47 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net>
wrote:

Melissa Hollingsworth <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:

Verily, in article <1346810351.776797523.704360.anim8rfsk-
cox.net@news.easynews.com>, did anim8rfsk@cox.net deliver unto us this
message:

https://youtu.be/X0UW04evm9Q?si=JIPB8VJXWkzooTWx

The theme sounds like a porno. Boom Chaka Chaka Chaka boom Chaka, Chaka
Chaka.

https://youtu.be/jRt0ZC7W8Eo?si=1cGjQzWBJOl-4Mhf

I just looked up The Dukes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMpDE7kQrj8

Apparently they gave the General Lee the powers of Chitty Chitty Bang
Bang. Okay then.

Most cartoons are so, so bad. We really shouldn't let our kids watch
this crap.

I see they are displaying the confederate flag very, very, very, very, very >prominently. I know people that would blow a fuse over the very first frame >of that animation.

Today, sure. But back then, it would have been very popular in the
South.
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Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"

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psperson@old.netcom.invalid wrote:

anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:

Melissa Hollingsworth <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:

I just looked up The Dukes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMpDE7kQrj8

Apparently they gave the General Lee the powers of Chitty Chitty Bang
Bang. Okay then.

Most cartoons are so, so bad. We really shouldn't let our kids watch
this crap.

I see they are displaying the confederate flag very, very, very, very, very >>prominently. I know people that would blow a fuse over the very first frame >>of that animation.

Today, sure. But back then, it would have been very popular in the South.

Um, no, it was popular thruout the country.

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In article <107hu3e$3rkoo$8@dont-email.me>, weberm@polaris.net wrote:

When your favorite sitcom gets turned into a Saturday morning cartoon with >time travel, raccoons, and pantless pigs, you know you’re living in peak >classic TV. From Happy Days to Star Trek, The Dukes of Hazzard to Laverne & >Shirley, these live-action classics were reimagined as animated chaos… often >with questionable results.

In this countdown, we revisit five of the most bizarre (or maybe the best) >cartoon spinoffs ever made.

Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:57 - The Dukes (The Dukes of Hazzard)
04:04 - Jeannie (I Dream of Jeannie)
07:46 - Star Trek: The Animated Series (Star Trek)
12:14 - The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang (Happy Days)
14:58 - Laverne & Shirley in the Army (Laverne & Shirley)

https://youtu.be/qmFQpSH0SFU?si=3bra0yRkMpAwC4Rm

There was a series of the show "Emergency!".Thought I'd see the Brady Kids on here too.
As a kid I always wondered why the animal side kicks weren't in the live action version.
Also on "Star Trek" I was wondering where all these alien crew members came from and
weren't on the original show.The answer is simple In animation you can do ANYTHING!

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