We’ve got a new puppy in the house – 3 months old Lab/mix live-wire and tearin’ the place down …
Sharing space with older Lab and 2 cats, I’m reminded of the old Saturday morning cartoon where the puppy comes up behind the cat – “rrroooww rrroooww rrroooww rrroooww” – cat stuck to ceiling … … Don’t think I’ve ever laughed that hard since … Can’t remember if that cat was Sylvester or not …
Anybody else remember that cartoon? (Or did I just ‘date’ myself …) :dubious:
All I can find on Saturday mornings anymore is animated junk.
Whatever happened to the old WB cartoons that could keep you rolling on the livingroom carpet for two hours? At what point did we (as a society) start buying the violence and destruction that is on now in preference to Howdy Doody, Captain Kangaroo, and all the values and lessons taught through humor by the old WB cartoons (and others …)?
What’s your favorite Saturday morning cartoon?
Wile E. Coyote wins my vote. Always keeps his eye on the prize, never gives up, always willing to try something else – even if it seemed absurd at the time …
Ever see a better lesson on the value of persistence and the American Free Enterprise System? Should be mandatory viewing in every classroom in the world.
Okay, so that’s my challenge to you, – Favorite cartoon (and or character) and the lesson learned …
I used to love the old Bugs Bunny cartoons (and Tiny Toons when I was a bit older). I disticntly remember one where Bugs and Daffy are arguing (again), since Elmer was on his ‘I’m gonna get me a wabbit’ kick again.
B:It’s duck season (points gun at Daffy)
D: It’s rabbit season (points gun at Bugs)
B:It’s duck season (points gun at Daffy)
D: It’s rabbit season (points gun at Bugs)
B: It’s rabbit season (moves gun in a small circle, still pointed at him)
D:It’s duck season (points gun at himself) FIRE!!!
Elmer shoots, and Daffy finds his bill on the back of his head. (“You’re dithpickable”)
Lesson: Think before you speak, especially when arguing with a wily wabbit
You remember that? Boy, are you OLD!
It was Claude Cat
Amen, sister!
I dunno, but I sure miss them. They were funny. Foghorn Leghorn saying “Fortunately I keep my feathers numbered for just such an emergency.” Ah, heck, Foghorn Leghorn saying anything.
I’m sure there were some good lessons ensconced in those cartoons, but I refuse to think that hard about them. They were just so much fun! I feel sorry for today’s kids who don’t get to see them. I feel even sorrier for today’s kids for having to put up the the crap that has replaced them.
Gender correction. (Don’t worry about it though – no way you could know – It’s a long story … one I’m sure I’ll have to post someday – wait a minute, I think I remember a thread …)
Forgot about that one :::rolling-on-floor:::
Thanks for the links …
Nice part about it, if you don’t think about it hard, is that you don’t have to think that hard about them to get the message … :::wait-for-it-it’ll-come-to-you:::
I’ve taped as many old cartoons as I could, still searching for place to by collections on DVD – Mrs. Disguise has already OK’d purchase to $200 for such …
Rocky and Bullwinkle, of course. By far the best (though other Jay Ward cartoons can count, too)
Anyone else remember Hoppity Hooper, BTW?
Strictly speaking, Bugs Bunny aren’t Saturday morning cartoons (which were cartoons made for TV). The WB cartoons were all made to be shown in theaters.
Warner Brothers taught values with their cartoons? Not the ones I saw. And they definitely weren’t pacificistic either. The violence might be cartoonish but it’s still there in spades. I have no idea how violent modern cartoons are but I know they weren’t that bad just 12 years ago when I still watched them and I doubt they’re that bad now either.
The old WB cartoons were written for adult audiences, shown before a movie. Most new saturday morning toons are written for kids, and writers seem to think kids are idiots.
recent good cartoons:
Jackie Chan Adventures
Batman Animated Series
Batman Beyond
Samurai Jack (this was never on saturday mornings, though)
Meh, I don’t think Saturday morning fare is any worse now than it’s ever been. I think the problem is just that you’re not the target audience anymore.
Sure, they used to show the WB cartoons on Saturday Mornings (I avoided them like the plague, btw; I was far more intent on catching X-Men), but you also had total garbage like Hannah Barbara cartoons that don’t stand up to some of the better contemporary American cartoons and translated anime they show now.
To answer the question of just where Bugs and Co. went, AOL Time Warner finally managed to unify the rights to all the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies. These cartoons were then to be shown exclusively on Cartoon Network. The number of shorts shown was mighty limited - “One Froggy Evening” was on about twice a week, for instance - and then stopped. The old shorts are now available only on Boomerang, and CN is dedicated more to in-shop cartoons; hope you like Teen Titans, Codename: Kids Next Door, and Family Guy reruns, that’s all they seem to have anymore.
So, unless you want to pay upwards of a hundred dollars to get the converter box deal with 700 channels, 680 of them sports in Spanish, you can’t watch Bugs Bunny anymore. :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:
There are two smallish collections on DVD, heavily slanted toward the lesser quality fifties work. (I like the wartime stuff best.) I keep wishing they’d dump everything to DVD now and quit playing around.
Our local CBS affiliate airs a bunch of Nick Kids cartoons on Saturday mornings. Blue’s Clues, Dora the Explorer, and The Backyardigans are the ones that come to mind immediately. They’re all a far sight better, and more educational at that, than the crap I spent hours watching as a child on Saturday mornings. SuperFriends, anyone? Or that horrible Dungeons & Dragons cartoon? Ugh, I say.
… Don’t think I’ve ever laughed that hard since … Can’t remember if that cat was Sylvester or not …
