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26 October 2009 10:45 AM, PDT | Comicmix.com | See recent Comicmix news »

The 1970s remained a good time to be a kid, as the three networks continued to program Saturday mornings with hours and hours of programming aimed right at them. On the other hand, it was clear that finding new series to click with the evolving kiddie set was harder and harder so series seemed to come and go at a faster clip with shows from earlier years revived to fill gaps or revamped to bring the familiar to new audiences.

While super-heroes were largely done, magic, fantasy, and real adventure found their niches with series starting to be aimed at the younger set earlier and slightly more mature offerings as the hour grew later. All told, the dozen shows represented in Saturday Morning Cartoons: 1960s , out tomorrow from Warner Home Video, are snapshot into the decade.

For that younger set, there is Help! It’s the Hair Bear Bunch, which »

- Robert Greenberger

25 September 2009 | shocktillyoudrop.com | See recent shocktillyoudrop news »

We're terribly saddened to learn of the passing of actor/stuntman Dick Durock, most recognized by genre fans for his portrayal of Swamp Thing . Durock got his start making appearances in dozens of TV shows such as Battlestar Galactica , The A-Team , Santa Barbara , Knight Rider , Airwolf and many more. Personally, this writer remembers him scaring the hell out of me as the monster in the 1981 two part episode "Frye's Creature" of The Incredible Hulk . The actor went on to play the DC comics character Swamp Thing in Wes Craven's film, again in it's sequel The Return Of Swamp Thing and also for the Swamp Thing television series, which ran for 71 episodes. He was 72 years old. »

2 articles from 2009