Odd Cartoon w/ Old Man building a rocket & going into sp

[jason586]

I have this faint memory of an odd cartoon that I can not find with various google searches.
A few things I remember about it:
Quirky and Short old man who shuffled his feet
He either talked little or in an odd way
He was building or built a homemade rocket
He went up and floated around in space
A boy went up with him, I think
It would probably be early eighties
It came on very, very early - something like 5:30 or 6:00 am Saturday Morning (if that helps)

[MacGyver]

A couple of things come to mind:
First of all, I'm reminded of The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin, though it's definitely an airship that is built and Teddy Ruxpin is a bear that accompanies the old inventor. So I'm sure that one's not it.

I'm also reminded of Dr. Snuggles- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Snuggles
Perhaps this is the show you're thinking of?

I'm also reminded of Disney/Pixar's "Up" but that's obviously not it either. (But interesting that this kind of storyline has been done a number of times.)

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[jason586]

Wow, that was amazing - it was Dr. Snuggles!

[MacGyver]

Oh yay! I actually was able to answer one of these questions for somebody. Good! I'm glad you found the cartoon you were looking for.

_________________
"I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No man comes to the Father but by me." - Jesus (John 14:6)

"You can do anything you want to do if you put your mind to it."- MacGyver

"Thunder...Thunder....Thunder...ThunderCats...HOOOO!!!!!!"- Lion-O

[jason586]

After looking up a bit of info on Dr. Snuggles, I now understand why it stuck with me and seemed so odd at the time. I was probably only 6-8 years old the last time I saw it (born in 1975), and I'm surprised how much I remember was fairly accurate!
It's been fun going down memory lane the last week looking up and watching the older cartoons/intros/theme songs with my wife on youtube and netflix.

Thanks again!