I have no recollection of events unfolding in the manner in which you describe, Ch. 1

If there is any merit to delayed gratification, it is certainly not encouraged by cable TV.

Cartoons are now ubiquitous and there is no need to wait until Saturday morning anymore :-).

No more excitement of waking up early on Saturday to see Scooby friking Doo or Josie and the

politically incorrect Felines. 

H.R. Puffin stuff, who is your friend when things get rough?

 I'll give you one guess what befriended

the writers of that program when they were feeling a little down.

As Scooby used to say (without any puffing):  "doobie doobie doooooooo"

Here was the lineup circa 1973:

The Jetsons -
The Batman/Tarzan Adventure Hour -
Hong Kong Phooey -
Goober and the Ghost Chasers -
Speed Buggy -
Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch -
Yogi's Gang-
Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan -
Roman Holidays -
Josie & the Pussycats -
The New Scooby-Doo Movies -
Funky Phantom -

If you really want to forget what has been blocked from your mind all those years ago, check this out:

http://dt.prohosting.com/70s/childtv/childtv.html

I remember being totally bummed out one morning when they interrupted all the Saturday

programming for the Vietnam peace talks in Paris.

What was Kissinger's problem?

And the Electric Company:

I sort of remember asking my mom about cancer during one of the programs.  It was hard for me to
believe that there was a disease which doctors could not cure.   And there was apparently no
explanation for the cause.

What a bummer.

But Saturday was good TV all day.  We had the Wide World of Sports in the afternoon.  And late at

night, at least if you lived in Wyoming and were watching Denver television (or was in Salt Lake

City?) one could feast on "Sci-Fi Flicks" or "Creature Features."

Of course, at that time it was much better to watch the old flying saucer movies in your own

rocket ship made of inverted chairs and tables with blankets draped over them.

Even weekday television in the mornings wasn't that bad.   Remember Hotel Balderdash from the

local Salt Lake City television channel?  Wiki describes is as follows:

Hotel Balderdash was a children's television show in the 1970s with three zany hosts: Cannonball, Harvey and the wacky Raymond, who performed antics and slapstick in between cartoon clips.
This show was produced at KCPX/KTVX - TV in Salt Lake City. It was seen throughout Utah, but was also a regional show seen in parts of Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, and Wyoming. The show debuted on KCPX-TV, the ABC affiliate in Salt Lake City, on September 11, 1972; soon after the debut of the show the station changed its call letters to KTVX. "Hotel Balderdash" lasted for over ten years as the most popular local show of any type in the area. Between 55% to 65% of the entire morning audience - all ages - would get up to watch this "local" children's program.

Still cable isn't all that bad.  I would have totally rocked out on Jimmy Neutron--as I do now--

regardless of whether it is age appropriate:-)