Hammerman vs ProStars

These were 1991, so I'd already aged out of caring about these things. Hammerman sounds funnier, though.

Also, Hammer deserves the vote because he bothered to voice his own cartoon.

I do remember waiting hours for it to come on and wondering if the animators were having seizures. but i ate all kinds of garbage at that age, so I was all in.

Pro Stars was cool when the theme song was a take off of We Will Rock You, the replacement theme song was ass.

I barely remember a single episode of either, but still dying to know how Gretzky got to be part of the clan.

today's ProStars would be

Lebron
Mahomes
Draisaitl
?

How did I miss this poll?!

I've sometimes wondered: were there actual fans of Hammerman? And, if so, were they at all put off by the fact that the interminable, overexplain-y theme song took up 1/3 of the runtime of every episode?

Hammerman! Hammer!
Hammerman! Hammer!
Whenever there's a crime,
Some crooks are gonna do time!
They all better beware,
'Cause the Hammerman will be there!
Here's how it started, (Talk!)
A long time ago,
The legend of the hammer, and,
How it began to grow!
He was given magical shoes,
from a hip-hop Motown dude!
Together they had power,
They stood up for what was right,
But Gramps was getting old,
And he couldn't keep up the fight! (Right!)
So Gramps and his grand-daughter,
They went out on the road, (Searching!)
To find the man they knew could tell
who was worthy of the load!
They met a guy named Stanley, (Stanley!)
Who was dancing every night!
He jumped for kids, played every day,
His heart was outta sight!
So Gramps opened up the bag,
And took out the magical shoes!
He set them on the ground,
And they soon began to groove!
Like the shoes knew at once
they had finally found their man,
They hopped right on his feet,
And he became Hammerman!
Hammerman! Hammer!
Hammerman! Hammer!
Hammerman! Hammer!
Hammerman! Hammer!
Oh, yeah!

Then Gramps asked Stanley
If he'd like the bag, as well
And Stanley said, 'Sure,
Thanks, that would be really swell.'
Then Stanley asked Gramps
If the bag was magical, too
Then Gramps said, 'No,
It's just a bag to hold the shoes.'
Then Stanley said, 'Cool,
Just thought I'd check and see.'
Then Gramps said, 'Yes, I understand
Why you'd ask that question of me.'
Then Stanley took the bag
And he folded it very neatly
Then because Stanley's polite
He thanked ol' Gramps very sweetly
Then Gramps said, 'You're welcome'
'Cuz good manners are the plan
There's only fourteen minutes left
To the theme for Hammerman
Hammerman! Hammer!
Hammerman! Hammer!

Other instant classic Saturday morning cartoons that same year and that should not be slept on include

Wishkid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBi73rBrKEs

and Yo Yogi!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvEPZ5yLEDA

Like crypto, I had aged out but even if I had still been a kid, this slate of garbage might've been enough to encourage me to, like, play outside or something on Saturday mornings.

ride that Culkin wave

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i voted ProStars, it's all about helping kids