Hey, I Remember This Show: The Perils of Penelope Pitstop

Ah, it's Saturday morning and a young* man's thoughts inevitably turns to cartoons.

For example, this one from the early 1970s, which, long before the advent of Buffy or Xena or Lara Croft, introduced the children of my generation to the concept of the action heroine. Inspired by the "cliffhanger" serials of Pearl White, this cartoon lives on in my memory a lot more than it probably should.

But at least it seems a bit more healthy to watch than one of those new-school horror films in which some innocent blonde girl gets chased by some malevolent fiend, right?

Er, right?



* Okay, youngish...