Remember the days when you’d set your beeping alarm watch to 6 a.m. on Saturday morning to wake up in time to catch your cartoons? Man, nothing compared to the stillness of the house in the early ...

Gorillaz, the animated band, burst on the scene 25 years ago. NPR's Juana Summers talks to musician Damon Albarn and artist Jamie Hewlett, the band's creators, about how it has evolved.

It's hard to combine disco, punk, country, and techno into one song, but singer-songwriter Chrystina Lloree Fincher did the unthinkable. Fincher may not be a household name, but her voice echoed in ...

A throwback classic created by edutainer Bill Cosby found Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids using the funky intro to indoctrinate audiences about problems faced by the young in an urban community. Wanna ...

For any kid who grew up in the ’80s, it wasn’t about the content of character. It was about the size of Transformer. After school and Saturday mornings, masses of children spent hour after hour parked ...

Nothing shapes our childhoods more than our favorite cartoon theme songs. Whether it’s pretending to be our favorite characters or performing in our favorite episodes, watching cartoons is something ...

There was no greater thrill on a Saturday morning than hearing the opening chords of your favorite animated series. There are so many unforgettable cartoon theme songs of the '90s that you'd watch the ...

Betty Boop and “Blondie” are joining Mickey Mouse and Winnie the Pooh in the public domain. The first appearances of the classic cartoon and comic characters are among the pieces of intellectual ...

Ah, the 1980s, a time of spandex, synth guitars, and toy advertisements disguised as Saturday morning cartoons meant to entertain a generation of kids all over the world. It's impossible to sum up the ...

There are a lot of things that go into making a cartoon show work, and one of the most significant is creating a memorable theme song. A decent theme can make or break a show's popularity, as in many ...