Tag: Old School Cartoons

Dodo The Kid From Outer Space

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This is another viewer request, but I don’t have any memory of this cartoon so I hope our viewers can help in that department!

We’re talking about Dodo, the Kid from Outer Space, and from what I’ve been digging into, this one’s a real deep cut from the early 1960s.

Dodo is a kid—well, kind of a kid—who comes from another planet and ends up on Earth. He’s got these strange abilities and gadgets, and the whole show revolves around him getting into odd situations while trying to blend in with humans… which, as you can imagine, doesn’t go smoothly.

The episodes were short, almost like little quick-hit adventures, and the animation style? Very simple… very “of its time.” This wasn’t Disney-level stuff. More like something you’d catch early in the morning before school while eating cereal.

The show actually started in Belgium, not the U.S., which might explain why a lot of us here don’t remember it.

It first aired around 1965, right in that era when space-themed everything was taking off.

Dodo didn’t really talk much—he communicated more through sounds and reactions, almost like a cartoon version of a silent comedian.

Are you humming the theme now?

“George, George, George…” — Why This Theme Still Lives in Our Heads….

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How many of you can still sing “George, George, George of the Jungle… watch out for that tree!” without missing a beat? It’s funny how certain TV themes stay locked in our brains word for word, even decades later. There’s a reason for that. Songs like this were simple, repetitive, and told a story. They weren’t just background music, they explained the show, used humor, and stuck to a rhythm that was easy to remember. Once it got in your head, it never really left.

That’s exactly what made George of the Jungle so memorable. Produced by Jay Ward Productions, the cartoon was a playful parody of jungle adventure heroes, but it was the execution that made it timeless. The show leaned into slapstick comedy, with George swinging confidently through the jungle… usually straight into a tree.

The theme song, written and performed by Sheldon Allman, is a perfect example of why these tunes stick. It narrates the premise, delivers the punchlines, and sets the tone all in under a minute. You didn’t just hear it, you learned it.

And that was the magic of 60s television. Before binge-watching and skipping intros, the theme song was part of the experience. Shows like George of the Jungle made sure you knew exactly what you were about to watch, and made it catchy enough that you’d remember it for the rest of your life.

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