Wednesday, March 25, 2020

Lee Majors Presents Funshine Saturday Sneak Peek (ABC, 1974)



Narrated by Don Adams, the Six Million Dollar Man himself is here to let you know what new cartoons are in store for 1974.


That is, if he's not foiled by PSSST, Public School on Saturday and Sunday Too, played by improv sketch group The Ace Trucking Company, featuring Fred Willard doing an Oliver Hardy bit.


PSSST steals the cartoon tapes from Funshine Saturday, who was on his way to show them to Lee Majors and his kids.  Who is Funshine Saturday, you ask?


You asked for it.  Proof that there can be no just and loving God.

We get some Bionic Man schtick and a visit to the Let's Make a Deal set, but no cartoons until halfway through.  Even then, they're uniquely stingy with the clips.  We get Schoolhouse Rock, Devlin, Korg 70,000 BC, These Are the Days, New Adventures of Gilligan, and Hong Kong Phooey.  The main theme is that these are educational shows, though they make an especially weak argument for it.  Over the ending credits Don Adams blurts out "Yeah, there's also Bugs Bunny and Super Friends."

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