Long before reality TV blurred the lines between celebrity and character, Saturday morning cartoons were already doing it-with ink, paint and a heavy dose of bubblegum pop. Throughout the 1960s and ...

Saturday mornings once involved cartoons, pajamas, and a giant bowl of cereal balanced on the couch. Bright cereal boxes played a big role in that ritual. Their mascots starred in commercials that ran ...

There was something almost ritualistic about Saturday mornings in the 1970s, 80s, and 90s. Kids would drag themselves out of bed before the sun had fully committed to rising, bowl of cereal in hand, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. But ask most people today, and they barely remember the cartoons existed—which is exactly why animation historian Mark McCray was ...