Underdog Cartoon

Underdog was a beloved animated television series that ran from 1964 to 1973.

The premise was that Shoeshine Boy, a cartoon dog, was in truth the superhero Underdog. When villains threatened, Shoeshine Boy ducked into a telephone booth where he transformed into the caped and costumed hero, destroying the booth in the process when his super powers were activated. The villains almost always managed to capture Sweet Polly Purebred, a canine TV reporter, as part of their schemes; she was a helpless damsel in distress most of the time, and had a habit of saying, "Oh where, oh where has my Underdog gone?".

The show is also remembered for its theme song:

When criminals in this world appear,
And break the laws that they should fear,
And frighten all who see or hear,
The cry goes up both far and near for
Underdog! Underdog! Underdog! Underdog!
Speed of lightning! Roar of thunder!
Fighting all who rob or plunder!
Underdog! Underdog!

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. aired on CBS from 1964 to 1969.
The series was a spinoff of The Andy Griffith Show and featured Jim Nabors reprising his role as the bumbling, but lovable, Gomer Pyle, who had left the town of Mayberry and joined the U.S. Marine Corps. The series mostly revolved around Pyle's misadventures in the Marines, usually ending with his good-naturedness winning over adversity, especially his hard-nosed Drill Instructor, Gunnery Sergeant Vince Carter.

Other characters included Gilbert "Duke" Slater (Gomer's best friend), Sergeant Hacker, Bunny Wilson (Carter's girlfriend) and Lu Ann Poovie (Gomer's girlfriend).

Toss Across Game

Toss Across was first introduced in 1969 by the Ideal Toy Company.

It is a game in which participants play tic-tac-toe by tossing small beanbags at targets in an attempt to change the targets to their desired letter. The targets are three-sided blocks situated on a frame such that the impact of the beanbags can turn the block, changing the letter. Each block has a blank side, an X, and an O. As in traditional tic-tac-toe, the first player to get three of their letters in a row wins the game.

Operation

Operation is a battery-operated game made by Milton Bradley and has been in production since 1965. It consists of an "operating table," lithographed with a comic likeness of a patient (nicknamed "Cavity Sam") with a large, red light-bulb for his nose. In the surface are a number of openings, which reveal fictional and humorously-named ailments made of white plastic. Players take turns removing a particular ailment, using a pair of tweezers connected with wire to the board. If a player successfully removes the ailment they collect the amount shown on their card. However, if the tweezers touch the metal edge of the opening during the attempt (closing the circuit), a buzzer sounds, the patient's nose lights up red, and the player loses their turn.

70's Operation Commercial

80's Operation Commercial