Do You Remember These Short-Lived Cartoons From 1970?

Do You Remember These Short-Lived Cartoons From 1970? 1970 gave us some of the strangest cartoons ever to hit Saturday morning television — and almost all of them vanished within a single season. In this video we're digging into five short-lived animated series from 1970: a show built entirely on nineteenth-century nonsense poetry, a Jerry Lewis cartoon where Jerry Lewis didn't even voice himself, a Doctor Dolittle series with a psychedelic rock band living inside a medicine case, a Rankin/Bass dragon show that got pulled off the air before Christmas, and one series you probably think ran for years — but only made sixteen episodes. These shows had real pedigree behind them. Rankin/Bass, Filmation, DePatie-Freleng, Hanna-Barbera. Legendary animation studios, respected literary source material, and in one case a genuine pop-culture legacy that's still alive today. None of it was enough to survive the brutal Saturday morning schedule of 1970. We're covering premiere dates, episode counts, voice cast details, production history, why each show got cancelled, and what happened to them afterward — including the seven episodes of one series that are essentially lost to general audiences, and the two shows that are almost impossible to legally watch today. Which of these five do you actually remember? Drop a comment and let me know — and tell me which one you think deserved a longer run. TIMESTAMPS 0:00 — Intro 0:40 — Number 5: The Tomfoolery Show 5:25 — Number 4: Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down 10:20 — Number 3: Doctor Dolittle 15:35 — Number 2: The Reluctant Dragon & Mr. Toad Show 20:25 — Number 1: Josie and the Pussycats 24:20 — Final Thoughts If you enjoyed this one, hit like and subscribe for more forgotten cartoon deep-dives every week. Comment below with the cartoon year you want covered next. Super Thanks is always appreciated — it directly funds the research behind these videos.