The longest running American Saturday-Morning cartoon was Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids which ran for twelve years.
Scooby Doo and Shaggy have been around longer as characters, but technically they've been in different series, but talk about staying power!
Scooby Doo, Where Are You? 1969-1972
The New Scooby Doo Movies 1972-1974
The Scooby Doo Show 1976-1979
Laff-a-Lympics 1977-1979
Scooby Doo and Scrappy Doo 1979-1980
The All New Scooby and Scrappy Doo Show 1983-1985
The 13 Ghosts of Scooby Doo 1985-1986
A Pup Named Scooby Doo 1988-1991
What's New, Scooby Doo? 2002-2005
Shaggy and Scooby Doo Get a Clue 2006-?
(original titles such as Richie Rich/Scooby Doo, Dynomutt/ScoobyDoo, and Scooby and Scrappy Puppy Power Hour have apparently been redistributed into the other titles)
Velma Dinkley's post Scooby-Doo filmography is difficult to find, and her TV-MA rated "Velma Behind the Green Van Door" is something of a collector's item.
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Originally posted by Ice ColdYou're absolutely right. The longest running American cartoon over all categories (whether daytime, primetime, saturday morning) is the Simpsons which has signed on for a 19th year.
The Simpsons is the longest running cartoon, I always thought. 😕
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Originally posted by fred garciaDefine what you mean by 'Oldest Running Cartoon'
still think its scooby doo 🙂
If it's the oldest cartoon that's still being shown now then things like Mickey Mouse and Tom and Jerry are decades older than Scooby Doo.
If you mean it in the terms of 'longest running cartoon' (ie: New episodes still being produced today), then maybe Scooby Doo. But take into account that from 1992 to 2001 there were no new episodes of Scooby Doo, where as the Simpsons has been constantly running for the last 20 years.
Originally posted by Frank BurnsGood post, Frank Burns!
I think you're right. Wasn't Mickey Mouse the first cartoon? Originally he was a rabbit though I think.
I always thought that "Steamboat Willie" was the very first Mickey Mouse cartoon, and I found that it was released on November 18, 1928. I read on Wikipedia that there was an earlier release of a Mickey Mouse animation on May 15, 1928 called "Plane Crazy," but it doesn't have any sound. After the success of the sound quality on "Steamboat Willie", Disney re-released "Plane Crazy" with sound. So i guess there could be some fun debate on whether "Steamboat Willie" or "Plane Crazy" really came first or not.
I had never heard of your rabbit / Mickey Mouse connection before, so I searched ["mickey mouse" rabbit] and found Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, an animated character by Disney first seen in "Trolley Troubles" on September 5, 1927!!
After nine successful Oswald releases in 1927 (from Wikipedia article under Trolley Troubles), Disney asked for a raise from his distributor, Charles Mintz. Disney was surprised when he found that not only was Mintz wanting to cut his pay by 20%, but Mintz also owned the rights to Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. Walt Disney refused to accept the pay cut and gave up the rights to Oswald. Disney went on to create Mickey Mouse who looks verrrry close to Oswald lol. The articles I read don't say it specifically, but I am guessing that the original Oswalds didn't have sound either, and were only later re-released with sound after Steamboat Willie.
Quick Oswald history at: http://thisdayindisneyhistory.homestead.com/OswaldRabbit.html
"Trolley Troubles" video:
"Plane Crazy" video:
"Steamboat Willie" video:
Thanks for sharing about the rabbit connection, Frank Burns. That's good stuff.
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