Actually, spent all day looking and finally found it. It was the lilliput cartoons from Italy that I was thinking of. Here's one of them--more on youtube:



Wooo, I feel successful being able to find it in one afternoon.

Okay, here's one I've been trying to remember like crazy. It wasn't actually a show, but if anyone remembers watching nickelodeon back in the 80's, they will remember this as well. Unfortunately, I suck at describing this, but... The cartoon shorts they'd play that were maybe a minute or two in leng...