Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels

Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels was one of many Crime-Solving Teens +Talking Animal Sidekick cartoons that flooded the airwaves in the 70s. The flood was a response to the breakout hit Scooby Doo as everyone tried to copy Scooby's formula.

The twist in Captain Caveman is that the talking animal is not an animal, but a caveman. A caveman so hairy and backwards that he looks, and talks, like an animal.

Despite its derivative origins, Captain Caveman was a fun cartoon. It had good visual gags and, most importantly, an excellent catch-phrase -- Captain Caaaaaaaaaaaaaveman! Shouting "Captain Caaaaaaveman!" was excellent fun for kids in the late 70s.

The plots were standard and derivative children's mystery show plot, but so what. Captain Caveman had a fun and original lead character - a super-powered ball of hair with a great catch-phrase - and that was enough to make it a good cartoon.moreless

Well, back when I was younger, I'd say..1998 perhaps, this show used to be on at about 7 o' clock in the morning.
I'd get up before school, I'd have my marmite covered toast and my cerials and I'd sit on the floor-sometimes next to the warm glow of the fire and watch this childhood gem of a show.
It would be in with the usual line-up of shows like Scooby Doo and Tom & Jerry kids, or perhaps Top Cat.
I loved this show and the small majority of other shows I have listed.
It was a cool show, but did lack the depth that the show Scooby Doo had, however this in my opinion was the better show.moreless

Of course this Hanna-Barbera show was modeled off Charlie's Angels and their own two properties: Scooby-Doo (which Cavey and the Angels appeared with the cowardly Great Dane on Laff-O-Lympics) and The Flintstones (hich Cavey would appear with later in the 80's after the Teen Angels went off the air). But as a kid, I used to have a crush on all three of the Angels and the slapstick comedy of Cavey was humorous as well. Mel Blanc voices as a fluffy caveman thing who was found frozen in ice. He is now a constant hero companion to the Teen Angels, Brenda, Dee Dee and Taffy. Throughout the series they have many hilarious, and sometimes scary missions, or adventures. They involve robberies, ghosts and kidnaps. Every episode "Cavey" uses his fur of tolls or his mallet of gadgets to solve mysteries and catch the villains.

At the time, this was quite an amusing and quite fun show to watch.moreless

i saw "Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels" when I was a kid. The problem is that I didn't like it. Captain Caveman always screams "Captain Caveman!" that really got on my nerves. As for the Teen Angels it noting more than a rip oiff of "Charlie's Angels." It was made by hanna-Barbara when the 1970's saw amination being held prisoner on Saturday Morning Television, and the people behind the series had no clue execpt to borrow concept from other prime time series. This series doesn;t do much to me. I wasted my time on a TV show that doesn't make sense.moreless

it seems like every cartoon that hanna barberra made was just another scooby doo rip off. this was one of my favorites. it had the slap stick jokes and the lame mysteries. and who could forget the trade mark captaaain caaavvee maaaan. the stories were just re written over and over.