Watching "Davey and Goliath" As Entertainment

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I was talking to a young fellow (early 20s) about this show and he called it “religious junk”

Now when I was a kid I was able to watch Davey and Goliath as entertainment. Sure it had a religious message, but at least to me, it was pretty easy to skip right over that if you were not that religious.

I mean it wasn’t the greatest cartoon but neither were the Popeye Cartoons (the ones with Brutus in them, the ones with Bluto were cool), and we watched those.

My question for you is this, if you used to watch Davey and Goliath as a kid, were you able to ignore the religious part of it and just enjoy it for the entertainment value

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When I was a kid I was oblivious to the religious nature of it. I watched it because there was nothing else on in that timeslot.

Obviously the ‘young fellow’ will have a different take on it than a five-year-old.

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The Simpsons parody had more entertainment value in 20 seconds than D&G in its entire run.

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It was just entertainment for me (despite the religious overtones). I always wondered if Gumby would show up there.

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I was raised going to church. I watched Davey and Goliath. And I am just now thinking…It was religious? Apparently I was oblivious.

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I watched it as entertainment. I caught the religious tone, but it must not have knocked me over.

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I’ll bet THAT lit the switchboards.

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There was nothing else on.
I was scraping the bottom of the cartoon barrel, hoping for a meager scrap of amusement, & usually forlorn, thereafter.
Phooey.

D&G is an early, alienating element in my losing religion.

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I also watched without understanding that it was religious.

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I watched it as a kid in those dark days before cable when it was the only kid’s show on among the nine available channels. The religious aspect was plain to me since there was always some message about God at the end delivered by the dog. It made me a little uncomfortable.

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Has anyone else thought of…?

‘I’m back from the dead, Davey, and I’m aaaaallll evil now.’

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I watched Davey and Goliath quite a lot, but I don’t remember being particularly impressed with its religious overtones. I think I knew they were there but I wasn’t clear on much else. My family went to church, and I could tell that D&G weren’t the same thing (that is, not our denomination), but that’s about it. To this day “A Mighty Fortress is our God” makes me think of claymation; I’m not sure that was their intention.

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I have fond memories of D&G when I was a kid and watched cartoons all day Saturday D&G was the first morning program after the tv station came on the air. It was part of my Saturday ritual. First station identification, national anthem then Davy & Goliath at 6:45 am.

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I watched it as a kid for entertainment. Hell, I watch it now as entertainment. Talking dogs with funny voices are cool.

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I went to Catholic school, and when it was time for the teacher to wheel in the TV-on-a-cart, my thoughts were, “Yippee! It’s cartoon time!” Sure, they had a moral to each story, but to me it just felt like we were getting a break from learnin’.

I’ve managed to catch it a few times as an adult, and it’s more nostalgic than preachy.

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D & G was the only thing on for us kids in that time slot. We watched it because it was available. I suppose it was a claymation version of “Lassie.”

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I watched it as background. The relgious stuff didn’t mean much to me, and even as a kid, the cartoons were boring. But we only could get two channels back then, and it was marginally better than the religious programming elsewhere (Christian, so it was somewhat alien to me).

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My memories were that I enjoyed watching it, but it was also the only thing on at that time that I had any interest in watching. The Abbott and Costello movies wouldn’t start for another hour or so. I recognized it was religious, but compared to Jot! (I think that’s what it was) it was the epitome of subtlety.

Egads, I nearly started talking about Abbot and Costello movies - which sounds like either a great premise, or a really scary one. Or perhaps - both!

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My memory is the same as others. There were only three channels and it was the only 15 minutes on sunday morning that wasn’t church programming. I think the relgious message went over my head. I watched it because it resembled a cartoon.

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I’m now an Athesist, but back then I went to church and the religious message was clear as day. It’s like watching Birdcage (either the French orig. or Robin Williams’) and not catching the gay angle.