2009-03-26, 08:20 | Link #45 |
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The "After these messages.....We'll be right back!" bumps are the stuff of legend, they are on youtube for all to see, just type in abc saturday morning bumps. My favorite were the ones with the dog and the fire hydrant, there were like 3 with the fire hydrant, 2 or three with a few dancers and 2 with a cowboy, great stuff!!!
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2009-03-26, 08:21 | Link #46 | |
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It was all about the original NES after cartoons for me too, but usualy after cartoons I would watch WWF Superstars and then hit the Nintendo for many hours of QUALITY video gaming action! |
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2009-03-26, 11:29 | Link #48 |
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Location: Southwestern US
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I used to start my day with a heapin 'bowl of Sugar Frosted Teethrotters to real classics like 8th Man, Marine Boy, Clutch Cargo, and Bugs Bunny. If I was feeling really lazy and didn't have any other plans, I'd hang around for Rocky and Bullwinkle, Speed Racer and Space Ghost (the old version, not that Coast-to-Coast stuff).
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2009-03-26, 18:38 | Link #50 |
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Location: Chicago, Illinois
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I have to go back aways but back in the day it was Bugs Bunny/Road Runner, the Archies, the Smurfs, and School House Rock. And then I had a child and ended up watching Pokemon, Dexter's Laboraratory, and Spongebob with her.
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2009-03-27, 22:00 | Link #52 | |
It's the year 3030...
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Location: Spaceport Colony Sicilia
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2009-03-28, 16:28 | Link #53 |
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i always hated captain planet, my younger brothers liked it though so I would always rout (sp?) for the bad guys.
i used to always watch on the weekends, but now that im older i can't remember which shows were weekend shows and which were after school shows... man my brain is fried |
2009-03-28, 19:00 | Link #56 | |
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Even stuff like Looney Tunes became heavily censored. =\ I doubt most people here even remember things like the Flintstones commercials for cigarettes. Surprisingly, animation used to be rather adult (and heavy with satire, adult themes, and political statements). The cartoons for children stereotype probably owes much of it's image to Disney and savvy marketers who saw an opportunity to sell directly to children.
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2009-03-28, 19:08 | Link #57 | |
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Rah, piss, moan, rant.... "yeah yeah sure sure, Hubey".
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2009-03-28, 19:33 | Link #59 |
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I see you share my hatred of movie theater commercials too. (I feel like snapping every time I see another damn cell phone commercial.....)
Honestly most of the offerings back in the 80's and 90's were terrible, basically 30 minute commercials. But there were some glimmers I think. Thundercats, Silverhawks, Robotech, and the like filled in some of the gap - mostly mindless, but timeless because the concepts and ideas were sometimes deeper than the rest of the drivel. Nickelodeon in the early 90's had a bit of a renaissance until they started censoring Ren & Stimpy - heck, even MTV had a decent animation block for a bit. And of course there were the Bruce Tim shows like Batman and Batman Beyond, and the Fox X-men show. Looking back on the past decade, Cartoon Network really had some talent with some of its original offerings, but it's mostly fallen back on "safe" kids shows. Spongebob has some interesting satire at times, but that fountain seems to have mostly dried up. Fairly Oddparents had some good one liners occasionally too. Probably the best and most original Western animation I've seen in a long time was Avatar. While still very tame compared to the average anime, I thought the complex characters and strong storytelling transcended what we typically think of "cartoons" (heck it was better than many "live" shows). It's a shame that more shows don't follow that example.
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