I feel this so much! The anticipation for each new ep was real. Btw, had completely forgotten about The Smurfs, was such a classic. And don’t even get me started on missing an episode, the agony was real, had to wait for reruns and hope you'd catch it.

I think you're referring to 'Widget's World', which had the main character Widget whose pet was a high-tech robot dog named Rivet. That show didn't get much spotlight but it had some die-hard fans. It was more under-the-radar but still aired in a lot of places during the mid-90s. The …