Wow! Nice to see I'm first for a review of what I think is not just a great childhood memory but a much under-appreciated & forgotten Saturday (sometimes Sunday) morning cartoon. Not to mention cartoonist Morrie Turner's (83 this year) excellent & then hip comic strip "Wee Pals". In fact,I still have my little paperback book of "Wee Pals/Kid Power". That's Connie,Diz,Sybil,Oliver and Rocky (voiced by Jay "Tonto" Silverheels of "The Lone Ranger" ). Plus others.
It's simply this,given what times were then in relation to people demanding & marching for equality, I.E.; race,gender,creed,religion etc. The folks at ABC took a chance on making the first multi-cultural TV cartoon show. Feaurting kids from Tuner's comic strip that seemed as knowledgeable as the kids in Charles Schulz's "Peanuts/Charlie Brown" cartoons.
As stated in the shows opening theme song the kids are "Red (Indian) Yellow(Outdated term for Asian) Black (African-American or then,Negro) & White (Caucasion). The episode's revolved around not only race,but other questions of equality. As well as showing that kids aren't as unobservant as most adults may think.
I think it's really a shame that this show has not yet been on even VHS. I'm hopeful someone will read this that can do something about that. We just don't see shows like this anymore and I think it's high time this was on DVD.
It's obvious I'll give ********** stars to "Kid Power" and to Morrie Turner. Your comics and TV show deserve to be re-discovered.
09.24.2015 - RIP Morrie Turner : December 11, 1923 – January 25, 2014)
It's simply this,given what times were then in relation to people demanding & marching for equality, I.E.; race,gender,creed,religion etc. The folks at ABC took a chance on making the first multi-cultural TV cartoon show. Feaurting kids from Tuner's comic strip that seemed as knowledgeable as the kids in Charles Schulz's "Peanuts/Charlie Brown" cartoons.
As stated in the shows opening theme song the kids are "Red (Indian) Yellow(Outdated term for Asian) Black (African-American or then,Negro) & White (Caucasion). The episode's revolved around not only race,but other questions of equality. As well as showing that kids aren't as unobservant as most adults may think.
I think it's really a shame that this show has not yet been on even VHS. I'm hopeful someone will read this that can do something about that. We just don't see shows like this anymore and I think it's high time this was on DVD.
It's obvious I'll give ********** stars to "Kid Power" and to Morrie Turner. Your comics and TV show deserve to be re-discovered.
09.24.2015 - RIP Morrie Turner : December 11, 1923 – January 25, 2014)