I don’t remember having any problems with the various “and friends” cartoons. But on the other issue, I was born in 1972 and as a kid was absolutely familiar with The Three Stooges, Abbott and Costello, Laurel and Hardy, and Our Gang from heavy TV play. Also constant reruns of more recently canceled (but still before my time) shows, such as half of the rural purge series. (On the other hand, I never saw a single episode of Star Trek until 1987, when Fox started running them in advance of the premier of ST:TNG.)