This thread is inspired by a reference to Elmer Fudd in another thread. I asked of Dez, in all innocence, who Elmer Fudd was. He was completely gobsmacked that I didn't know the name. When he showed me the cartoon I was vaguely aware of the character without actually knowing that it had a name.
That got me thinking: I don't ever remember seeing Bugs Bunny when I was a child. The cartoons I remember from watching television were Popeye, Huckleberry Hound, Yogi Bear, Mr. Jinx (who hated those meeces to pieces) and, later, Snagglepuss. Top Cat also turned up. In my teens, or possibly later, Tom and Jerry appeared, but I have no early recollection of Bugs Bunny, although clearly it's one of the original cartoons. Saturday morning cinema wasn't part of my childhood - in fact, I think by the time I left school my visits to the cinema still numbered in single figures.
Come to think of it, I don't recall watching any Mickey Mouse until I started teaching and being very impressed by a cartoon called "Mickey Mouse in Mathemagic Land".
By the time my children started watching, children's television had increased from the 55 minutes per day (I always remember feeling cheated in that it was referred to as "Children's Hour" but was 5 minutes short) that I knew, in which such gems as Animal Magic, Blue Peter (twice a week) and Crackerjack! took pride of place.
Which cartoons did you watch as a child? And how strongly do you remember them?