Posted on 07/09/2007 7:40:58 AM PDT by Millee
For nearly a century, America has loved cartoons. We love talking dogs and courageous mice. We fantasize about giant robots and rocket rides through space. Every Saturday, millions of kids pile in front of their basement TVs, chomping sugary cereals and delighting in animated adventures: Scrooge McDuck seeking troves of gold, Elmer Fudd hunting wascawy wabbits, Tom chasing Jerry, Ren conning Stimpy, Itchy murdering Scratchy ...
When you think about it, cartoons are the first pop culture a child sees. Before they've heard an entire Raffi CD, kids have already memorized the Disney pantheon, from Chip and Dale to Baloo the Bear. Kids are picky customers, but they get addicted fast. And sometimes the shows they love are less than perfect -- badly written, poorly animated and ultimately brain-rotting -- and years later, after a kid has grown up and become a successful video-game tester, he will discover that a favorite cartoon really wasn't up to par.
Here are some of our favorite shockers, cartoons that seemed so much better when we were young. We may have spent hours, even entire weekends, following these colorful stories (we were mere tots! Who could blame us?), but now that DVDs can allow for a second viewing, we wonder what we were thinking. Hindsight may be 20/20, but regret is forever.
(Excerpt) Read more at tv.msn.com ...
Where’s Clutch Cargo?
(Giving away my age now.)
When I was a kid I liked Gigantor and Kimba, The White Lion.
That’s because Ali was in Canada while American Soldiers fought for America.
I had all but forgotten Astro Boy!
Johnny Quest w/ Bandit
was hilarious. Still, the worst for me are Woody Woodpecker & Ren & Stimpy.
JONNY Quest!!!
I should have knowed that. :)
CAPTAIN PLANET!
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6024676895268445715&q=Captain+planet+robot+chicken&total=56&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0
Bump!
Ditto on Jonny Quest.
But let’s also hear it for “Here Comes the Grump”
Didn’t much care for the cartoon, but seems like since I turned 59, Johnny Quest is my main mission in life.
Johnny Quest and
Space Ghost!
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