# Watching "Davey and Goliath" As Entertainment **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 14, 2008, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-davey-and-goliath-as-entertainment/477146 "2008-12-14T19:43:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-davey-and-goliath-as-entertainment/477146/1 "2008-12-14T19:43:55Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-davey-and-goliath-as-entertainment/477146/2 "2008-12-14T19:52:13Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-davey-and-goliath-as-entertainment/477146/3 "2008-12-14T19:59:36Z")
The Simpsons parody had more entertainment value in 20 seconds than D&G in its entire run. ---
**Author:** ![kitemaker\_chuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a88e4f/32.png) [@kitemaker\_chuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitemaker_chuck)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-davey-and-goliath-as-entertainment/477146/4 "2008-12-14T20:07:29Z")
It was just entertainment for me (despite the religious overtones). I always wondered if Gumby would show up there. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-davey-and-goliath-as-entertainment/477146/5 "2008-12-14T20:28:24Z")
I was raised going to church. I watched Davey and Goliath. And I am just now thinking…It was religious? Apparently I was oblivious. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-davey-and-goliath-as-entertainment/477146/6 "2008-12-14T20:30:45Z")
I watched it as entertainment. I caught the religious tone, but it must not have knocked me over. ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-davey-and-goliath-as-entertainment/477146/7 "2008-12-14T20:31:13Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > The Simpsons parody had more entertainment value in 20 seconds than D&G in its entire run. I’ll bet THAT lit the switchboards. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-davey-and-goliath-as-entertainment/477146/8 "2008-12-14T21:57:52Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Prize](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@Sir\_Prize](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Prize)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-davey-and-goliath-as-entertainment/477146/9 "2008-12-14T22:07:55Z")
I also watched without understanding that it was religious. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-davey-and-goliath-as-entertainment/477146/10 "2008-12-14T22:19:04Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-davey-and-goliath-as-entertainment/477146/11 "2008-12-14T22:23:53Z")
Has anyone else thought of…? ‘I’m back from the dead, Davey, and I’m aaaaallll evil now.’ ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-davey-and-goliath-as-entertainment/477146/12 "2008-12-14T22:31:46Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-davey-and-goliath-as-entertainment/477146/13 "2008-12-14T22:44:58Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![bufftabby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@bufftabby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bufftabby)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-davey-and-goliath-as-entertainment/477146/14 "2008-12-14T22:48:25Z")
I watched it as a kid for entertainment. Hell, I watch it _now_ as entertainment. Talking dogs with funny voices are cool. ---
**Author:** ![kath94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/67e7ee/32.png) [@kath94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kath94)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-davey-and-goliath-as-entertainment/477146/15 "2008-12-15T02:33:11Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_Bowe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@Doug\_Bowe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_Bowe)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-davey-and-goliath-as-entertainment/477146/16 "2008-12-15T03:23:22Z")
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.” ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-davey-and-goliath-as-entertainment/477146/17 "2008-12-15T03:24:27Z")
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). ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-davey-and-goliath-as-entertainment/477146/18 "2008-12-15T03:26:49Z")
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! ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-davey-and-goliath-as-entertainment/477146/19 "2008-12-15T03:35:31Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-davey-and-goliath-as-entertainment/477146/20 "2008-12-15T05:40:52Z")
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. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-davey-and-goliath-as-entertainment/477146.md?page=2)