It's that time, lock and load, the Michael Berry Show is on the air.

The Michael Berry Show is sponsored by the Saturday morning cartoon.

Until the late 1960s, a number of Saturday morning cartoons were just reruns.

Reruns of animated series, made for Primetime Television, series like The Flintstones,

Topcat, The Jetsons and Johnny Quest.

Now some Saturday morning programs consisted of telecast of older cartoons made for movie

theaters, cartoons like Looney Tunes, Tom and Jerry or Woody Woodpecker.

The remainder of the network's Saturday morning schedules, or schedules if you're listening

in England were filled by reruns of Black and White live-action series made in the 1950s,

shows like The Loan Ranger.

A few things led to the decline in the Saturday morning cartoon.

Cable Television for one made cartoons readily available on networks like the Disney Channel,

Nickelodeon and the Cartoon Network.

At home viewing, either via the VHS or later the DVD made cartoons available on demand.

Now streaming services really kicked the on-demand viewing into full gear.

You know, if you were lucky enough to grow up during the heyday of the Saturday morning

cartoon, the new my friend had a rich childhood that kids today will never understand.

He's a demon and he's going to be chasing after someone.

Only one group there is to challenge this intergalactic threat, the super friend.

Me, George Jetson, Spider-Man, Spider-Man, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man.

Here I come to save the day.

That means that Mighty Mouse is on the way.

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