Jem
USA Network (1985 - 1988)
This cartoon premiered on the USA Network in 1985 and continued airing new episodes through May 1988. I didn't watch it when I was a kid, but I'd sometimes catch a few minutes here and there. It looked fun and I probably would have enjoyed it, but the idea of a boy being allowed to enjoy anything that was meant for girls was a concept that got beaten or shamed out of you pretty quickly in those days.
I did catch a few episodes many years later when the internet made things more easily accessible. It's not my favorite cartoon from the era, but it's pretty good and it has quite a bit of humor that was probably more geared towards the parents who are in the room while their kids were watching. This screencap comes from an episode called "In Search Of The Stolen Album" which aired for the first time 30 years ago today. My favorite of these band names is The Moss Covered Stones, but Tom Potty and the Headbreakers is a classic too.
