Here it is, 3am Saturday...Here I am, awake. I really don't mind. I'm a night owl anyway, due in large part to the 5 or 6 years on third shift at the Retail Landfill. I like to indulge in cartoons when I'm off, and welp, this is my night off. Actually, every night for the rest of my time on earth is my night off, but THAT'S another post. I didn't stoke up the Samsung Galaxy to talk about my job (or lack thereof) at the Retail Bunghole. What I really want to talk about is cartoons. (See? Priorities.) I am an early 70's baby, so I grew up on SATURDAY MORNING cartoons. I don't think the networks even do that anymore. I just looked at the schedule. CBS is on some animé kick, and ABC and NBC have weekend versions of their daily morning news shows, a couple of toons or animal programs, and then I saw sports. I may have been missing something; you can check for yourself. It got a little too dismal for me, having experienced awesome Saturday morning entertainment like this:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_United_States_network_television_schedule_(Saturday_morning)
The cartoons were followed by the ABC Weekend Special, American Bandstand, and Soooooooooooul Train. (Oh, what, like you ever just call it "Soul" Train. You have to do it with FEELING.) I'm trying to remember when Saturday morning cartoons ceased to be a "thing." Of course, most of us reached that point in our teen years when we were too "grown" to wile away 6 hours or so watching tv when there was hanging out and courting to be done. (There was always time for "Saved By Tne Bell" though; don't even get that twisted.) There was still a Saturday morning cartoon-topia for the young bucks behind us, but over the years, it eventually disappeared. I blame video games, cable/satellite, the internet, and President Obama. LOL! Just kidding on the Obama part. I totally respect our POTUS. That was just a little half-assed commentary on how people blame him for EVERYTHING, but I digress.
In an effort to reclaim a bit of the glitter of my childhood--because it's real in these mean streets of the REAL world--I watch whatever cartoon classics are available on Boomerang nowadays. They take me back to a simpler time and have a calming effect, which seems crazy because classic cartoons are super violent: Anvils crushing coyote skulls, cats being blown up by a sticks of dynamite...but hey, they were JUST FINE 10 seconds later. Nothing wrong there...Sadly, I can count on one hand the cartoons they air that I consider classics: Looney Toons, Tom And Jerry, Scooby Doo Where Are You?, The Smurfs, and The Flintstones. Slim pickins, yes, and I am mainly there for Tom and Jerry and The Looney Toons, two of my favorites. Boomerang needs to up their classic cartoon game; hell they're the ONLY network in the game. See (what had happened was), Boomerang started out as a segment on the Cartoon network. Then it was made into a separate entity. Now Boomerang needs an offshoot. They could call it "Boomerang For Crotchety Middle-Age Gen X-ers Who Don't Consider 'Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends' Classic". What???? It has a certain...something.
**I originally attempted to right a lamentation/rant about the dearth of classic cartoons over a year ago, but apparently, my mind wasn't ready. This is what I came up with instead, and if I must say so myself, it kinda cute.
http://shellybirdsnest.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-post-that-wasnt-supposed-to-be.html
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_United_States_network_television_schedule_(Saturday_morning)
The cartoons were followed by the ABC Weekend Special, American Bandstand, and Soooooooooooul Train. (Oh, what, like you ever just call it "Soul" Train. You have to do it with FEELING.) I'm trying to remember when Saturday morning cartoons ceased to be a "thing." Of course, most of us reached that point in our teen years when we were too "grown" to wile away 6 hours or so watching tv when there was hanging out and courting to be done. (There was always time for "Saved By Tne Bell" though; don't even get that twisted.) There was still a Saturday morning cartoon-topia for the young bucks behind us, but over the years, it eventually disappeared. I blame video games, cable/satellite, the internet, and President Obama. LOL! Just kidding on the Obama part. I totally respect our POTUS. That was just a little half-assed commentary on how people blame him for EVERYTHING, but I digress.
In an effort to reclaim a bit of the glitter of my childhood--because it's real in these mean streets of the REAL world--I watch whatever cartoon classics are available on Boomerang nowadays. They take me back to a simpler time and have a calming effect, which seems crazy because classic cartoons are super violent: Anvils crushing coyote skulls, cats being blown up by a sticks of dynamite...but hey, they were JUST FINE 10 seconds later. Nothing wrong there...Sadly, I can count on one hand the cartoons they air that I consider classics: Looney Toons, Tom And Jerry, Scooby Doo Where Are You?, The Smurfs, and The Flintstones. Slim pickins, yes, and I am mainly there for Tom and Jerry and The Looney Toons, two of my favorites. Boomerang needs to up their classic cartoon game; hell they're the ONLY network in the game. See (what had happened was), Boomerang started out as a segment on the Cartoon network. Then it was made into a separate entity. Now Boomerang needs an offshoot. They could call it "Boomerang For Crotchety Middle-Age Gen X-ers Who Don't Consider 'Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends' Classic". What???? It has a certain...something.
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http://shellybirdsnest.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-post-that-wasnt-supposed-to-be.html
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