Cute at Any Price!

Magilla Gorilla was the tar of THE MAGILLA GORILLA SHOW which ran from 1963 to 1966 and has been rerun ever since. Magilla spent his days in the display window of Mr. Peebles' Pet Show, eating bananas and being a clown for passersby. Desperate Mr. Peebles continually marked down Magilla's price to make the gorilla more attractive to potential customers. Each episode, Magilla would go home with a new owner, but somehow always ended up returning to the store.

One customer who was honestly interested in owning the big ape was a little girl named Ogee, who often asked "How much is that gorilla in the window?" .

We've got a gorilla for sale...
Magilla Gorilla for sale.
Won't you buy him...
take him home and try him...
gorilla for sale.

Don't you want a new gorilla you can call your own...
a gorilla who'll be with ya when you're all alone.

(Ogee speaking): "How much is that Gorilla in the window?"

Take our advice...
at any price...
a gorilla like Magilla is mighty nice.
Gorilla... Magilla Gorilla for sale!

Saturday Morning Cuties

After a few years of Saturday morning reruns, THE FLINTSTONES returned to the airwaves on CBS in 1971 as part of THE PEBBLES AND BAMM-BAMM SHOW. Pebbles Flintstone and Bamm-Bamm Rubble were now suddenly smitten teenagers and voiced by Sally (ALL IN THE FAMILY) Struthers and Jay (DENNIS THE MENACE) North! The show ran for a few seasons, returning periodically in repeats and debuting on DVD in 2008. These cuties were eventually married, making the Flintstones and Rubbles not only neighbors, but family too.

Pitstop Cutie

Penelope Pitstop first in the Hanna-Barbera animated series Wacky Races, and then starred in her own spin-off called The Perils of Penelope Pitstop. Penelope was voiced by Janet Waldo. Penelope drives a car called the Compact Pussycat- a pink vehicle with personal grooming facilities. Miss Pitstop dresses in a pink racing uniform with white gloves, maroon tights, and white go-go boots. She is known as the "Glamour Gal of the Gas Pedal". A cartoon cutie if there ever was one!

Cartoon Cuties

Tom & Jerry, the classic cat & mouse duo appeared in 114 theatrical MGM cartoons from 1940 to 1957, the first batch from Fred Quimby, followed by 18 produced by Hanna and Barbera. 13 shorts by Gene Deitch appeared in 1960. Warner Bros. veteran Chuck Jones revived the series in 1963 with 34 new shorts. In 1975, the guys returned via Hanna-Barbera for an all-new ABC Saturday morning series. CBS ran a Filmation version from 1980-82. Later FOX broadcast Tom & Jerry Kids in the 90s and finally Tom & Jerry Tales was a CW series up until last year. After almost 70 years, these cuties just keep the chase going.

Pixie + Dixie = Cutie

Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks was a segment of the Hanna-Barbera cartoon series The Huckleberry Hound Show from 1958 to 1962. It starred two cute mice, Pixie and Dixie, and a goofy (but kinda cute) cat named 'Mr. Jinks". The premise was basically Tom & Jerry times two. The series is most remembered for Mr. Jinks' trademark lament, "I hate those meeces to pieces!".

Cute on Wheels!