Comments on: Top Five Saturday Morning Cartoons

By: jim

jim — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 19:47:31 +0000

i remember school house rock on saturday mornings..conjunction junction what’s your function..somehow even now i flip through saturday mornings cartoons just for a glimpse of yesteryear…back then cartoons were the best..and saturday morning was a ritual..it was a break from everyday kids life..saturday was a whole vaction wrapped into one day..a day just for us kids..with gaiking and force five..tom and jerry..muppet babies..now it is like there is no saturday without them..nit even school house rock..those were the days..the best days of my life

By: Baby Carrot

Baby Carrot — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 12:35:29 +0000

Lol,
Isn’t a mystery more fun? Anyway, the moniker is something I actually stole from something my brother said at one point. I have quite a few nicknames/surnames and this one is used when competing in games used on the Steam engine. Primarily Counter-Strike and Battlegrounds. Because this is a family site… Let’s just say the name stems from the resemblance to a female body part… From there I’m afraid you’ll have to use your imagination.

By: Sean

Sean — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 19:39:53 +0000

@Chuck T: Good call on Super Friends and Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends. I totally forgot about them when trying to think back, but those were two that I always watched. I mean, everyone knows “Wonder Twin Powers Activate!”

@Ed: You also correctly jog my memory on Bats. I too remember watching that premiere in Primetime. I was instantly hooked and instantly disappointed that they weren’t going to make it a regular deal.

By: JFCC

JFCC — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 23:09:45 +0000

I’m sure Big Guy will be here momentarily to make some comment to the effect of, “No, but I am yo Daddy!”

My dad (i.e., your uncle) posts as “Ronster.”

By: Ed

Ed — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 23:03:45 +0000

I know you know who he is. The problem is I don’t know who he is.

And keeping with this theme… knowing is half the battle.

I also don’t know who Big Guy is. For the longest time I thought it was my Uncle.

By: JFCC

JFCC — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 19:52:40 +0000

Oh, I know who he is. I just don’t know where that handle came from.

Chuck T, on the other hand, I’m less sure about, but welcome, Chuck! Thanks for the comment. I think the animated Star Trek series is probably one of the more underrated cartoons out there.

By: Ed

Ed — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 19:50:24 +0000

w/JFCC – I’m not even sure I know Baby Carrot, but I too am wondering WTF with that handle. Baby Carrot – Who are you?

By: Ed

Ed — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 19:48:12 +0000

@Sean & JFCC – Batman: The Animated Series actually began as a synidcated weekday afternoon show on Fox. I recall it had its premiere in Prime Time one Sunday evening before The Simpsons and then took its regular perch at 4:00 p.m. on the Fox afternoon block of toons.

It premiered in the Fall of ‘93. How do I all know of this? I was a Senior at UMASS Amherst and my dorm cronies and I would gather en masse to watch what we believed to be the finest animated series to date – in terms of mature storytelling.

Anyway, it eventually moved to Saturday mornings midway through the 90’s.

By: Chuck T.

Chuck T. — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 19:32:39 +0000

Though not a huge fan, I distinctly recall the future jobs episode of Muppet Babies. When asked about a career in computers, Kermie without hesitation realizes he likes playing games more than making them; and that pretty much killed any computer job for me.

Man, I feel lucky to be old: Super Friends, Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends, I even caught a few episodes of the old Star Trek cartoon, way back when.

By: JFCC

JFCC — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 19:13:52 +0000

@Big Guy—The Nintendo cartoon bloc were one of the shows I considered, but I couldn't remember enough about it. I agree X-Men is a good choice. @Sean—Batman: The Animated Series was indeed a Saturday morning show, but again, it came later and was one of those shows I enjoyed on a high school/adult level, so it didn't really fit with the spirit I was trying to recapture in this post. That's funny about DangerMouse—I also only watched that at my grandparents' house because they had cable. I watched it on Nickelodeon, though. Nick also ran another Thames cartoon, Count Duckula, and Bananaman, which ran during the Sunday morning show Total Panic!. @Baby Carrot—You're correct, Voltron was a syndicated show as well. I'll do a top ten cartoons soon so we can discuss stuff like that. Though it'll have to include Gaiking... (Incidentally, WTF's up with that handle?)