Tuesday, October 09, 2012

Tuesday's Overlooked TV: The Mighty Hercules


I was probably already a little too old for this cartoon when I was watching it in the mid-Sixties. I knew it was pretty goofy and cheaply-made, even then. But what can I tell you? It came on every afternoon at four o'clock, which meant I had just enough time to walk up the road from where the school bus dropped us off, turn the TV on, and sit down to watch it. And most afternoons for a year or so, that's what I did. I saw it enough that the theme song has been stuck in my head for nearly fifty years. Some of you may suffer from the same affliction.

10 comments:

pattinase (abbott) said...

Not familiar to me. Maybe it was locally shown?

James Reasoner said...

I believe it was nationally syndicated, but that's always hit-and-miss. According to IMDB, it was produced in Canada.

Todd Mason said...

It was a national syndication offer, but you probably weren't watching too many afternoon cartoons in the latter '60s, Patti! I don't remember the theme to this one, somehow (I'm sure the clip or others can fix that), but I did watch it sporadically in the late '60s...

Anonymous said...

Oh sure, I remember it well. I wonder who is singing the theme song? I appreciate the TV memory.

Ed Lynskey

James Reasoner said...

The theme was sung by Johnny Nash. Whether it's the same Johnny Nash who later did the hit song "I Can See Clearly Now", I have no idea.

D.A. Trappert said...

It sounds like Johnny Nash is channeling Gene Pitney.

Cap'n Bob said...

I was stuck seeing it because my spoiled 4-year-old cousin liked it and he ruled the roost in that home. I didn't like it then and I still do.

Charles R. Rutledge said...

It aired during the 60s on Sunday mornings here in Atlanta. When I was very young I was confused as to where Hercules fit into the bible. The characters on the show looked kind of like the pictures of I'd seen of Moses and Jonah, so I figured they knew all had to know each other. I think a Sunday school teacher tried to set me straight, but I'm not sure I believed her.

Rittster said...

I was too young to see it on original run but I did see it in reruns and just now the theme song brought a smile to my face. definitely memorable. i lived in atlanta at the time.

Tom Mamson said...

I used to watch this too. And it still pops up on my satellite on occasion. The episodes were written by George Kashdan and Jack Miller who were also editors at DC Comics around that time.