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Old 2012-01-04, 15:33   Link #48
Vexx
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Originally Posted by solomon View Post
Really now.

The way you can look at is it that those shows and others made cartoons respectable again. Respectable for a wide age group of people to watch and be entertained by.

Because frankly before 1988, the only cartoon that anyone over the age of 13 would probably sit down and watch was the Bugs Bunny/ Road Runner show. Other than that cartoons were laaaaaaammmmeeeee. Overzealous parents groups and squemish pencil neck TV executives made cartoons to be the most purile, bland juvenile type of entertainment ever.
Jonny Quest and the Flintstones were initially aired on prime time evening television if I recall. The Flintstones were essentially an animated "Honeymooners" set in imaginary cave times and Quest was a science fiction adventure series. But they were unusual for the time.
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