Why aren't cartoons now cool like they were when I was a kid?
920082
I have to agree. When I was a kid I watched Smurfs, Fraggle Rock, Thundercats, He-Man & She-Ra, David the Knome.. I could go on. The shows my girls watch today are sometimes a little vial with their gas and booger jokes. With the exception of SpongeBob, I think it's all crap.
1096444
I used to LOVE that show!  I would have to watch them again before I noticed any goofy things, though, because it has been a long time!  :0)
1168944
I remember that cartoon. It was cool. Where have all the good Saturday morning cartoons gone?
571852
I grew up in the 80's so it's hard to pick just one.  The Smurfs, Transformers, G-Force, Herculoids, Go-Bots, Thundercats and Voltron.  The 80's was definitly the beginning of the cartoon boom.
290927
No way!  Cartoons are no way just for kids any more.  Some cartoons are catered to adults like: Darwn together, South Park, and many others.  \n\nYou are right that the craft of making cartoons goes unnoticed.  Tell them to go see Nemo, Shriek or somehting new that I haven't hurd of and ask them if they can't find the beauty in those illustrations.  \n\nCartoons also have "secret" jokes put in just for adults.  There is no way a kid would get that joke unless he's/she's got serious issues.\n\nHope that helps you!  Cartoons Rule!
723256
cartoon characters are wonderful means of mirroring ourselves in hyper ridiculousness. the modern version of the mediaval `fool' ,unless its disney and that's just sacarine dribble, so say that too! or the simpsons, a good idea but again always aiming for suburban blandness, can't have indivuals, unless they're deviants [shock horror], say that. Then there is `duckman', *&^%#$$%^%^brilliant, or my favorite ~Aeon Flux~ no words! And no one is strait, even better. Then there is `Stand Alone Complex' {japanese futurism], the subtext brilliant - the narrow minded  myopia of religion and how it *&&^%%people's minds. Clever in NOT pointing to any particular denomination. At least your curculum is focused on what's happening [man][sic]. Have fun.
731539
Because there cartoons, who doesn't like a good cartoon. shows like Phil and Raven aren't the same, there boring and trysto hard to relate to "a teen's real life".\n\nAnd don't come in cute Accessories and clothes..LOL
1097359
Yes and I love you for saying so. I was born in 74 and I think about the 80's alot. I miss a lot of things to include Saturday morning cartoons much like yourself. There are so many things but too many things to list here. I think it would be cool if there were decade categories on "answers" so that we could talk about each decade specifically in detail and everyone would know where to go-I honestly just by chance came across your question. I do, however, love to watch I love the 70's and 80's on VH1 and that allows me to reminisce a bit. I just sit there with a giant smile on my face the entire time.
770135
all the time sometimes enough time goes by that i dicover something new. Or find out how dumb I was for liking it in the past;Like full house. Its also cool to watch looney toons because when I was younger I liked it but know I find out there is so much adult comedy that its weird.
358578
I do but older ones (hey I'm 40 I'm old enough to remember old ones:)  Either way I like all the ones above but you gotta also include Hanna Barbera ones.....Flintstones, The Jetsons, Scooby-Doo, etc.  I also like Pink Panther, and just about anything prior to 1990.  \n\nNow for my return question, I'm babysitting my great nephew this weekend & he's been glued to Cartoon Network (which my personal fave has to be Boomerang when they show the stuff I am referring to above).  \n\nTell me WTF is Bobobobobo Bo Boboboooo?  Did I even say it right?  I watched it last night & feel like this is today's version of the Sid & Marty Kroft pothead stuff we had in the early '70's.. LOL  \n\nTo sum it up, we're who we are today thanks to Saturday mornings and ABC cartoons, including the Schoolhouse Rock! series that made watching commercials worth it!  I have some of my best memories from sleepovers and stuff on the weekends watching the masters of imagination give me my 30 minute fixes:)  I'm sure you'll agree!
349417
My favorites were, The Smurfs, The Snorks, The Get Along Gang, G.I. Joe. Whatever happend to good cartoons?\n\nOMG, I forgot all about the Gummi Bears! I loved that cartoon!!
872629
Okay...I'm 32 so you aren't that old.  I don't remember mini pops...I do recall when you could buy newly released singles on cassette and the introduction of the Sega and Nintendo.   All that time I thought I was the sh*t because I had Atari.  And speaking of cartoons...I suppose you recall that Fraggle Rock only came on HBO huh??  Just a little snippett.  And the original boy bands....NKOTB, Boyz II Men, Menudo, etc.  Need I go on????
882696
I'm not really sure, but I'll say this. Not a lot of anime fans are pleased with their favorite shows being censored and brought down to children's shows. One Piece being a good example. Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh had excellent success during the past few years (I mean, Pokemon was out when I was 14 years old! I'm 22 now). \n\nKids shows just aren't what they used to be, that's all. Most are probably watching Cartoon Network or Disney or Nick Saturday Mornings.
473300
Cartoons! They're cute!
150455
yes most definitely, since i was little.  and balloons too, my great uncle would always rub them on my head and i didn't like the static.  Stphen King introduced a whole new generation to the wonder of clowns.. Bozo you can go to he*l.
1033081
Oh, yea. I liked that cartoon. It was quirky and cute and something I could relate to. Some of these new cartoons on Saturday make me question who is writing these new cartoons.
308868
ohhh... {cringe} sid and marty krofft were going bonkers in the 70s with kid stuff like land of the lost, sigmund and the sea monsters (sorry, tomatoes only please!) and h r pufnstuf.  that alarming talking flute... what's more creepy than that?\n\nalso i remember the schoolhouse rock songs (the 1st infomercials?) on saturday mornings... "interplanetary janet she's a galaxy girl..."  and the cartoon "super friends".\n\nsomehow, we didn't care that there were only 4 channels, did we?