[Mygirlsmom]

I maintain it's because kids are no longer exposed to classic cartoons - Bugs Bunny and Tom&Jerry is where I learned my initial love of classical music without even knowing it.

How many kids today would recognize "the Lone Ranger" (i.e. Rossini) Tchaikovsky, Liszt or Wagner? We knew them all.

Sing with me now: "O Bwunhilda....you are so wuuuuv-wy"

[dfwgator]

How many kids today would recognize "the Lone Ranger" (i.e. Rossini) Tchaikovsky, Liszt or Wagner? We knew them all.

"Eh, what's up, Doc? Who...? Franz Liszt? Never heard of him... Wrong number."

[PGR88]

I maintain it's because kids are no longer exposed to classic cartoons - Bugs Bunny and Tom&Jerry

When I watch the insipid, PC cartoons today, like "Dora the Explorer" - they make me want to puke.