What was your fave cartoon as a kid and why?

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presidente

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Just curious. Did anyone else want Jerry or the Road Runner to lose? They did play the say cartoons over and over, and after a while, you knew who would win.
 
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presidente said:
Just curious. Did anyone else want Jerry or the Road Runner to lose? They did play the say cartoons over and over, and after a while, you knew who would win.
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oh, you bad ol' puddy tat!
 
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presidente said:
Just curious. Did anyone else want Jerry or the Road Runner to lose? They did play the say cartoons over and over, and after a while, you knew who would win.
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Lol Yes I did!
I had such a twisted mind back then. I imagined how I would rule the world. Alas, I fawned because I thought I shouldn’t think such things…

oh, you bad ol' puddy tat!
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My mind was never really that twisted though.
I just thought how my world would look. Thinking back I think it could have may well have accumulated to communism 😬
 
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Garfield

why...he was big, fat and lazy and totally represented America.

Until Homer Simpson came along. Also he was funny. When watching tv, you need to laugh, otherwise, why would you watch it.
 
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oddly, i did not watch tv as a kid. just didn't like it. but when i was a teen (& smoking pot), we would get stoned & watch deputy dog & scubby doo & laugh our faces off!
 
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Lanolin said:
Garfield

why...he was big, fat and lazy and totally represented America.

Until Homer Simpson came along. Also he was funny. When watching tv, you need to laugh, otherwise, why would you watch it.
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In the words of Homer Simpson, "I am so smart, I am so smart.......S. M. R. T."!!!!!! 🤣🤣🤣
 
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Garfield, of course. But, I sure watched a lot of She-Ra when I was a child and had a lot of She-Ra products lol
Princess of Power!
 
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CarriePie said:
Garfield, of course. But, I sure watched a lot of She-Ra when I was a child and had a lot of She-Ra products lol
Princess of Power!
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I remember She-Ra. Speaking of Garfield, I can't wait until that new Garfield movie comes out!
 
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moondancer said:
Not really dating material I suppose.. I'm kind of a bit of a recluse when it comes to other peoples tastes.
So what did you like to watch as a kid? And What made it funny and interesting?

I grew up on Tom and Terry, The Flintstones, Daffy Duck, Popeye, Tweety, looney tunes, Roadrunner> It was very American. I loved the western front. Our british cartoons were not as good in my opinion. I loved the enemy fight.

here's a clip of my childhood favourites.

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For me it was the Anamaniacs. I can't remember many specifics, just that it had me laughing a lot. Honestly it might have been a bit snarky but also just silly. For example, the girl character's name is Dot, so I remember an episode where they would periodically speak of a pattern of polka dot, for which every time this was mentioned she would obediently grab the speaker's hands and start dancing. Here is a clip of Wacko singing the countries of the world.

Rug Rats was also really cute and smartly written. Even my dad would watch it with us.
Also Doug, The Simpsons, and what kid raised in a Christian home could fail to mention Veggie Tales?
 
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Sculpt said:
Too true, some of those vintage cartoons from 20-50s were visually striking with the creativity. (Got a link to the John K interview?)

Yep, I don't doubt there's certain formats and formulas. Of course, the one good thing about most cartoons, although there are plenty of exceptions, is that they have a worthwhile lesson. But sometimes it's fine to bake cookies instead of protein bars or toss a salad. Whenever I watched cartoons, I wanted something unique; preferred learning, pushing through adversity, stopping evil, friendship, adventure, moral lessons.

Just my opinion, but early on I was rather shocked at the (often) mean-spiritedness of Bugs/looneytoons (Last of the Mohicans comes to mind) and cartoon violence of Tom & Jerry formats. I wasn't a fan of those, and not much for the silliness of the Hanna-Barbera (Peter Potamus was decent lol). One exception would be the creativity of a few Roadrunners.

Most modern kid-cartoons I've seen, if I had to sit with kids, really irks me, it's mostly high-pitched silly melodrama.

I don't really watch cartoons anymore unless I'm with friends who are doing it. More modern ones I've appreciated were Ren & Stimpy S1-2, Recess, Fillmore and Adventure Time. I won't walk out on a Simpsons or SouthPark, as it's hard to beat good satire.
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I forgot about Recess, that was indeed a good one.
 
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Ballaurena said:
For me it was the Anamaniacs. I can't remember many specifics, just that it had me laughing a lot. Honestly it might have been a bit snarky but also just silly. For example, the girl character's name is Dot, so I remember an episode where they would periodically speak of a pattern of polka dot, for which every time this was mentioned she would obediently grab the speaker's hands and start dancing. Here is a clip of Wacko singing the countries of the world.
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"Call me Dottie... And you die."
 
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Ballaurena said:
For me it was the Anamaniacs. I can't remember many specifics, just that it had me laughing a lot. Honestly it might have been a bit snarky but also just silly. For example, the girl character's name is Dot, so I remember an episode where they would periodically speak of a pattern of polka dot, for which every time this was mentioned she would obediently grab the speaker's hands and start dancing. Here is a clip of Wacko singing the countries of the world.

Rug Rats was also really cute and smartly written. Even my dad would watch it with us.
Also Doug, The Simpsons, and what kid raised in a Christian home could fail to mention Veggie Tales?
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Animaniacs was excellent. One of my favorites of that WB world was this:

 
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Gojira said:
Animaniacs was excellent. One of my favorites of that WB world was this:

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I've never heard of Animaniacs but I see why they call it that. The girl goes all demon on them and those red things hanging from chicks beak remind me of 'something', 🧐.
 
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