Saturday, January 27, 2007

On this Cartoon Saturday, we note that The Mighty Hercules was a successful cartoon series from the mid-1960's. The show was, as you might expect, loosely based on Greek myth, though more for character names and ideas than for actual plots. This Hercules lived in Ancient Greece and gained access to godly strength with a magic ring given to him by Zeus. His sidekick was a centaur named Newt.

Singer Johnny Nash, of "I Can See Clearly" fame, sang the show's theme song.



Some episodes of the show are compiled on the video depicted above. It promises "an hour of fun."