The Top Saturday Morning Cartoon Theme Songs

Most of us can remember actually looking forward tofor a lifetime.
getting up on Saturdays. Knowing there was no school,Alvin and the Chipmunks: Watch out, cause here we
we'd jump out of our bed in our foot pajamas, pourcome. The cartoon Alvin and the Chipmunks featured
ourselves a bowl of sugar-sweetened cereal, andthree orphaned chipmunks and their adoptive father
camp out in the living room for the next three hours. AllDavid Seville. The trio consisted of the troublemaker
of this served one purpose: to watch SaturdayAlvin, the brainy Simon, and the lovable and perpetually
Morning Cartoons. Back then, Saturday Morninghungry Theodore. Since the chipmunks released
Cartoons were a way of life, but it wasn't just theseveral recordings, the theme song to the television
cartoons we coveted, it was also their theme songs.show had to be great...and it was. A major plot line of
Even now, years later, many of us still have the themethe series featured David Seville as the manager,
songs of our beloved cartoons stuck in the crevicespushing the chipmunks into musical success through
of our memory. The following is our list of the toprehearsals (Please note: doing this in real life with real
Saturday Morning Cartoon theme songs, back whenchipmunks will only result in rabies).
Saturday Morning Cartoons were actually cool.Scooby Doo: Scooby Dooby doo, where are you,
Gummi Bears: Gummi Bears, bouncing here and therewe've got some work to do now. Ah, good ol' Scooby
and everywhere (come on, you know the words). Theand the gang. The cartoon Scooby Doo featured a
Gummi Bears was a show introduced by a companydog with a Donald Duck-esque speech impediment
that knew a thing or two about animation: Walt Disney.solving supernatural crimes alongside Shaggy, Velma,
Centered around a group of bears with human likeDaphne, and Fred. Another Hanna-Barbera production,
characteristics fighting bad guys in Medieval TimesScooby Doo remains on of the most popular cartoons
(yes, yes, it's a true story), The Gummi Bears isand well known characters in animation history. The
credited with being one of the first true Saturdaytheme song also remains popular: just hearing it is
Morning Cartoons. Ahead of its time, the animationenough to give you cravings for a Scooby snack.
behind The Gummi Bears set a precedent for othersSaved by the Bell: When I wake up in the morning and
to follow. The theme song was also, to put it bluntly,the alarm gives out a warning. Okay, Saved by the Bell
quite awesome. The lyrics and the tune made you feelis technically not a cartoon, but it was showcased on
happy to be awake so early, and ready, if needed, tothe Saturday Morning Cartoon line up so it makes the
fight any ogre that came your way.list. If you have a problem with that, talk to Slater. A
The Smurfs: Ahem, mi mi mi.....La la la la la laaaaaa, la laseries that featured six friends at Bayside High School,
la la laaaaaa. If ever there was a theme song, and aSaved By The Bell was like a Breakfast Club for
show, completely unforgettable it was The Smurfs.television. But, not all was fun and games: every so
Produced by Hanna-Barbera, The Smurfs foreveroften a "very special episode" would appear
have a place in pop culture. A series about little blue(remember when Jesse was addicted to caffeine
creatures living in mushroom shaped houses andpills? I pray she's doing okay). As for the theme song,
constantly evading the grasp of the evil sorcererit's hard to hear an alarm clock or miss a bus and not
Gargamel, The Smurfs were a rock of Saturdaythink of Saved by the Bell. Unfortunately, in real life
Morning Cartoons for nearly a decade. With a themethere is no bell to save us when we are running late;
song that is - if anything - easy to memorize, the songwe usually just have to make up a lie.
of The Smurfs is one that will surely stick in our heads