Most kids today don't need to watch Saturday morning cartoons in the living room with the volume turned all the way down so don't wake their parents, they have their own 42-inch screen TV in the bedroom next to the computer and PlayStation 4 and Xbox.
Don't worry we have a chance to bring those memories back here's the link to the petition www.change.org/p/abc-saturday-morning-kids-programming-to-return
Man, getting up at the crack of dawn, getting a giant bowl of diabetes, and parking in front of my mom's old ass Curtis Mathis console. Voltron, the Saturday Supercade, Force Five, reruns of Wonder Bug, Photon, and a bunch of brain rotting crap too numerous to even list. And I loved every goddamn minute of it. Weekday afternoons were pretty sweet, too, though. Transformers, G.I. Joe, Thundercats, Robotech, Inspector Gadget.
I remember Loony Tunes and since my dad knew a little English at the time we both use to watch it together! Sure looking back on some of those episodes I can see why (IMO) about 25% of those cartoons would NEVER be seen today because of hot topics (politics, alcohol/tobacco use, with a dash of racial stereotypes), but even then as a kid I had enough brains and education to separate fact from fiction. Now we have groups and committees to cry bloody murder instead of expecting parents to teach there kids any type of common sense. Why put the responsibility on the parents of those kids? When I was a kid sometimes the family would spend Saturday mornings watching cartoons together, especially when they had a 2 or 3 hour block of Loony Tunes and the like like Tom and Jerry (yes, there's a lot to go in there too)... TODAY because of some of these groups, now kids RARELY speak to ANY family members under the same roof! Instead EVERY member of the family stays in there own room and communicate PURELY through text messages and they're telling me that this is better NOW than before when the whole family could sit TOGETHER IN THE SAME ROOM albeit for only and hour or two!
Yeah, my mom used to watch cartoons with me all the time. She actually really liked Garfield and the Peanuts because she read the comic strips every day. She also really liked Bugs Bunny and Tom and Jerry. We used to sit and watch horror movies and stuff like The Terminator and Alien. The fucking moral guardians have utterly ruined everything fun in the world. Puritanism at its finest, led by worthless shitheads like Billy Graham and Pat Robertson. She watched me play Mortal Kombat. Watched me pull some guy's fucking spine out. Guess what? She went "Oh, god, that's gross." but never said "Oh, that's just too much for my baby to handle!". Of course I was like 17 when it came out, but still.
Professor Rosenstock My favorites were G.I. Joe, Transformers, Voltran, He-Man, ThunderCats, Smurfs, Battlestar Galaticia or how you spell it. LoonyTunes. Just to name a few.
Leonardo Braynen:Yes...all of those early 90s cartoon shows were fun and taught kids to have a moral conscious too. The guy in this video said people can just watch a good cartoon on cable or the internet. Not everyone has money for cable tv and/or the internet to watch a quality cartoon show. It should be on basic television.
Frnd ravager 48 i am glad u r lucky to experience those good days. I also did with spiderman, small wonder, dungeons and dragons and much more. But not that much since in our country India there were no saturday morning cartoons just re reruns of these shows that also during the end of the decade in 98 & 1999.
Saturday morings in the 1970s and early 80s was a magical time. It can never be again. You sat in front of the tv with your bowl of Frankenberry, Count Chocula, Fruity Pebbles, Lucky Charms.. the milk would turn sweet and beautiful after a few minutes. You were in God's Heaven. The poor kids today missed it!! Lament.
I'm so glad I was a kid during the 1970's. I used to love getting up Saturday mornings and pouring a bowl of Honeycomb cereal. Then I'd sit on the floor in front of our big RCA ColorTrac 26" TV to watch "Far Out Space Nuts" and "Big John, Little John."
@Marshall W I thought I was the only one who remembered that show too. This show, Kaptain Kool and The Kongs, Wonderbug, The Kids from C.A.P.E.R ... those were the days.
As a child of the 70's and 80's, I looked forward to Saturday morning cartoons. Watching coyote and roadrunner shorts while chowing down on a bowl of Cocoa Krispies was the highlight of my week. It was a great time to be a kid and brings back many fond memories for me. Kids today missed out on an awesome era.
We had been talking about the Marc Anthony and Pussyfoot cartoons! Even got stuck with a cool nickname at work! Who can be upset with Wile E Coyote Super Genius?😁
Even commercials today suck balls! Back then even the Cocoa Pops commercial was cool, and I always waited for the G.I Joes toy commercial to see what was the next toy or vehicle about, I would even song all the way through the Ad and enjoy the entire thing even though it was all propaganda. The world now sucks, and commercials are tiring and unoriginal. The 80's were indeed the days!
My weekend plans were something like this.... scary movie with pizza on fridays, or arcade/bowling.... saturday morning cartoons till noon then off to the park or a friends house to play nintendo till sundown.. sunday was just chilling at the park, maybe a barbeque... then stress on the evening over friday's homework assignments.... this was through the late 80's early 90's in L.A. ..... weekdays, it was come home from school to catch ducktales... and then Batman the animated series and then off to the park to play baseball.... I always wore a baseball cap (had about 13 of them) and carried a baseball glove with me.. I dreamed of being an Air Force F-15 pilot and maybe playing in the Major leagues ....... Childhood will always be some of the best times in my life... I did joined the military and served 3 combat tours to Iraq... lost many good friends and continued on with the fight without them.... but life has not been the same without them, and i have to live with that .. but I will always recall the times when life was simpler and fun... when being innocent presented itself with a universe of possibilities and dreams that defeated Cobra and serpentor... when gargamel never found the smurfs... and when the ninja turtles always beat shredder!!!...
Uh no, quality's just as good and in some cases better. Go try to watch an old cartoon right now and see if you can sit through it without cringing, the quality's there, the quality was just always shit.
It was a very different time. I think that while things like Cow and Chicken have aged poorly there are some genuinely beautiful examples of episodes of Dexter's Lab, Johnny Bravo and the original PowerPuff Girls that are stand out examples of fun, engaging, even really smart writing, even if they can also be crude and simple at times.
No, Cartoons are crap these days. and don't think i'm a 90's kid, because cartoons where good into the early-mid 2000's too- you don't see amazing, quirky, and inquire shows like courage the cowardly dog(an personal favorite of mine), grimm adventures of billy and mandy, powerpuff girls, johnny bravo, dexter's laboratory, ed edd n eddy, etc. Yeah there's an few exceptions like gravity falls which are amazing...but that's just a few.
Simple was the way i loved cartoons honestly...a great example of this is courage the cowardly dog- it featured complicated backstorys, Inquire characters, witty humor and even pretty damn deep moments that can make you either feel bad for some characters or cry. It was an amazing cartoon that will never be- and shouldn't be replicated...yet it was simple. A simple concept, just like what a real cartoon should be in my opinion.
You hit on the point right there. If something is limited, you feel fortunate to see some- its special and therefore means more to you. When its available everywhere it cheapens whatever it is. Some chocolate is a delightful pleasure;too much chocolate will make you puke.
@@marjimhip8487 It can depending on how its applied or utilized. Freedom, though, is a more ambiguous concept than something like entertainment or chocolate. But, yes, even with something generally considered "good" like freedom- there is such a thing as too much of a good thing.
It's the end of an era folks. Saturday mornings in the 70's and 80's were awesome if you were a kid at that time. I looked forward to seeing Looney Tunes, Pac Man, Grimmy, Heathcliff, Garfield, The Smurfs, The Justice League, and God knows what else. If those cartoons were watched while scarfing down a huge bowl of Cocoa Krispies, Apple Jacks or Kix, all the better! Leave it to the government to take a great childhood memory and ruin it!
+Kyle Raccoon As a child of the 80s, it wasn't as great as it is made out to be. Sure the cartoons, music, low-brow action movies were all top notch...when you could get it. Truth is we were all bored as fuck most of the time because ALL that entertainment was expensive (except TV). We didn't have TH-cam and all the other free entertainment on the internet. I had to scrimp and save to buy an album. I'm in my 40s and I am _still_ getting around to buying albums I couldn't afford as a kid. Hell, my first TV wasn't even in color. XD I hate to sound like an old man, but you dern kids got it easy nowadays. [shakes fist]
Livid Imp I am in my 40's we did something kids today don't do we would go outside and do stuff we would play sports or anything outside because if we where in the house that means we where in trouble
Yeah the government claims they care so much about you then they rape your wallet at the end of the day and your mind people need to start standing up against those fuckers
Don't forget all of the Hanna-Barbera cartoons -Scooby, Huckleberry Hound, Yogi Bear, Johnny Quest, Batman and the super 7 The Flintstones, The Jetsons etc.
Happy Days, weren't they. Remember pouring half-a-cup of sugar on your cereal on Saturday mornings, because Mom & Dad were still asleep, and couldn't yet prevent you? ;)
They have shower like SpongeBob which is a perfect characterization of the decisions that have been made up till this point. I still can't believe how good we had it in the 90s
Man I really miss Fox Kids, Kids WB, ABC Family and all of those other blocks from back in the day. Its funny how as a kid it was nearly impossible for me to get up for school, but waking up at like 6 in the morning on a Saturday to watch the newest episode of Digimon or Medabots while making time to fix a big ass bowl of cereal was no problem.
6 was sleeping in, on a saturday, a couple of the channels had the higher quality cartoons on early like CBS and NBC, and every now and then you would find anime on a channel that was supposed to be infomercials on saturday.
I would miss them, but the shows those networks put on got boring years before Saturday Morning cartoons stopped being a thing. Same with Toonami. It was dead long before they actually ended it, way back when. Apparently it got brought back, though. Meh.
Goatmon I would have to agree with you on that. Around the mid 2000's Saturday morning blocks started going downhill fast. It all started with channel/block names being changed (like when Fox Box became "Toonzai" for example) and then decent shows were being cancelled or taken off the air completely, and replaced with shitty and uninteresting shows. Things pretty much sucked after that honestly. Sometimes I envy the 80's kids, and people who vividly remember the early 90's because they had better shows, and less regulations during those days. Must have been nice...
I assume it was mostly just the result of growing up, and not being the demographic the networks were targeting anymore. It's better these days, now that networks understand that adults also watch them.
I think the last few points touch on this well, between the proliferation of more TV channels and cable and sat. TV with cartoon ONLY channels and so on, i feel like "saturday morning" would have been the cheapest block to replace (and there was likely rules that forced the educational shows to go on during time periods where kids WOULD watch, and not like 3AM or something).
+crusty21 LOL you got that right! I miss being a kid - no mortgage or rent, no bills. On the other hand, now that I'm an adult with a good-paying job, at least I have money to buy stuff. And I don't need to do hours of stupid homework nearly every evening. Gosh, how I hated homework. I get home from work and I can do whatever I want, which is pretty sweet.
Ahh The big secret is , after 12+ years of schooling "adults" to follow orders, they will come home from work and have the self actualization of a potato.
+crusty21 Yep, that pretty much describes my life. Oh, and I should clarify something - when I said above that "I have money to buy stuff," I meant not having to be at the financial mercy of your parents. I didn't mean being a consumer and buying crap I don't need. That's another thing - school teaches you to become a consumer and a debt slave. It does not teach you how to invest. Screw school.
Saturday morning cartoons was one of the best things about being a kid in the 80s. No matter how shitty my week was that was one thing that I could always look forward to.
God, is that true. I looked forward to it so much. Every Friday night I could hardly sleep because I was so excited to watch them. I swear I would give anything to go back and relive that time. I miss it so much
Great video and explanation..Saturday mornings and afterschool cartoons were a milestone to my childhood in the 90's and I noticed they began to change channels and disappear soon after 9/11 (especially fox and upn/mytv swapping afternoon shows) but now I know more of the backstory. Saturday mornings will never be the same. Glad I at least witness the golden era with "one saturday morning" and "school house rock" among others!
same thing happened Australia, the 90's were the pinnacle of Australian children's television, plus we'd get most of the imported US/UK/Canadian kids shows albeit a few years later mind you.in the 00's however kids viewing blocks were reduced to half an hour a day on commercial networks.
Thank god I grew up in the early 80s. Where I could watch cartoons and not be forced to wear a stupid helmet every time I rode my bike. And look, I'm still alive. Oh wow.
You and me both!!! A kid rides a few blocks on his bike and they're probably ready to put the parents in jail if the kid doesn't have a lousy helmet on. And then if you're going anywhere with the kids in the car, you gotta strap them all down like you're going to the moon thanks to lousy politicians and idiotic "do gooders" who have their collective noses in everybody else's business.
kids growing up today can watch cartoons 24/7 literally any time they want. I wish I had that deal growing up (although I would never have left the house). I have fond memories of Saturday morning too, but make no mistake kid's who can watch their favorite cartoon RIGHT NOW... THIS INSTANT, are not jealous that they have to wait once a week and wake up early to watch the cartoons the network deemed worthy to show them.
It's been a few years since I watched cartoon network, or boomerang with my kids, but I don't recall seeing the classics like Lonny tunes, Flintstones, or my childhood favorite Rocky and Bullwinkle...
Satelite TV means it just takes you about another 10 minutes to figure out there's still nothing on,or it's a rerun and you've already seen it.....And they're going to charge you another $120 at the end of the month.
In all honesty, I hated the Snorks because they were just underwater Smurfs in my book. My cartoon favorites were Kid Video, Rubix the Amazing Cube, The Puppies' Adventures, Thundercats and Turbo Teen.
Completely agree. Grew up in the 70s and 80s and you couldn't beat those times. Isis. Shazam. Capt. Caveman. Jabberjaw. Clue Club. SuperFriends. Clue Club. So much goodness came out of those times. Sad. No wonder kids are on Dr. Phil nowadays.
Bullcrapski! Give me 50s,60s,70s and 80s cartoons any day. The best times and era. And I do care. Just cause you can't have good times now and are bitter,don't ruin it for everybody else who remember fun times and innocence.
Give kids time to be kids! They get school most of the day and year along with homework! Let them have some time to enjoy childhood, because that NEVER comes back! Now kids are increasingly wanting to grow up earlier and earlier, but they have no idea being an adult isn't so great. There are so many responsibilities and your body breaks down over years.
P.S. All these adult programs are simply play time for adults. They forget the kids because of money and they want adult entertainment (not talking about porn, talking about all the things they replaced cartoons with).
Chris i wanted to grow up so badly and being an adult is lame. working most of your life away and having most of your money go to bills sucks big balls
The original Toonami (late 90's - early 2000's) on Cartoon Network was the shit! It's what got me into anime. Classics like Cowboy Bebop, Gundam Wing and Samurai Champloo, Trigun, Dragonball Z. Oh, and Adult Swim had Boondocks, Team Hunger Force and Venture Brothers.
GI Joe, Thundercats, etc. all had positive messages in their programming. School House Rock had so many lessons and so much to offer. This generation is truly deprived.
Thank the lord for TOONAMI. Back in the late 90's as an elementary school kid, the only thing sweeter than school day ending was getting home to 3 hours of Sailor Moon, Reboot, Dragonball Z, Ronin Warriors, Gundam Wing, Tenchi Muyo.
Jose Flores I miss it too. Saturday morning Toonami and the weekday shows. For a while they played both Dragonball and DBZ with Tenchi Muyo and Big-O later.
Jose Flores Wow didn't think I'd see someone mention Tenchi Muyo! lol The only reason I even got cartoon network (which was only available to me via satellite dish) was because I learned they were airing Tenchi in the states!! I was a fan of the series for years so I was excited as fuck. LOL Too bad so much of it was edited like those god awful swimsuits in the bath scenes or the use of "tea" instead of sake. hehe Good times though! I miss seeing Gundam Wing too! And Big O! If it wasn't for Cartoon Network airing those shows we wouldn't see anime so readily available on TV or so popular with the masses! 😍
I remember waking up every Saturday morning to catch the Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show our childhood was way more exciting than the new generation these type of early morning shows helped build character and made kids remain kids
I loved coming home from school and just plonk in front of the television and watch shows like Animaniacs, Tinie Toon Adventures and Batman and then there was of course the Saturday morning marathons. Good times.
Yeah no kidding !! How I MISS those sweet days where I sneaked-out to quietly watch MASK, RoboTech and Mighty Orbots at 4 AM. Enjoyed Transformer, GI Joe & He-Man at 3 PM. And then ended the day with some Thundercats, Silverhawks & Galaxy Rangers at around 9. There is NO justification for Them taking all that AWAY from us forEVER... T_T
Robotech, Silverhawks, Bionic Six, Jayce & WW, GI Joe, COPS, Inspector Gadget, Gummi Bears.... Man we had it good with these cartoons. And then the WWF and all crazy stuff on TV at the time. Even MTV (usually viewed at your rich pals house) was good back then. We went outside to play handball/stickball/hoops or broke out the coleco vision, Atari, NES or SMS to play with your buds. Good times!
No, not really. I liked being able to watch cartoons all day on Nickelodeon growing up. And nowadays entertainment is so much better thanks to Netflix, Hulu, Crackle, and of course TH-cam so we can watch our entertainment which includes many of the cartoons I grew up with and cartoons that are coming out now at anytime we feel like instead of waiting for a TV network schedule.
It all started when they took Pee Wee’s Playhouse off the air....that was the beginning of the end...I can never explain to my kids how much fun it was to be up at 8:00am, with a bowl of Count Chocula or Fruity Pebbles, watching Muppet Babies, Ninja Turtles, Garfield and Friends, Pound Puppies, The REAL Ghostbusters, DuckTales, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Camp Candy, Dungeons and Dragons.....hell, I think even Saved by the Bell came on Saturday mornings.....I watched Cartoon Express and Loony Toons in the evenings, and the best cartoons, He-Man, Thundercats, and Transformers were on right after school....the good old days.
+Bobby Seale Junior Yes! I remember all of those shows! (I think I was the only kid on earth who preferred Filmation's Ghostbusters) Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Wish Kid, Bump in the Night, Sonic the Hedgehog, Bobby's World, Adventures of Super Dave, Winnie the Pooh were great too
Saturday was the shit back then! Shazam/Isis hour, Tarzan, Scobby Doo, Hong Kong Phoey, Superfriends, Captain Caveman, & Johnny Quest😲Now theirs crap on tv. Like Teletubbies & Sponge Bob😡🔥
I don't think the Teletubbies are wrapped to tight. Sponge Bob in the bikini bottom, what's he doing in the bottom of someones bikini. Let's go back to school house rock
Thundarr the Barbarian, Mr. T, Plastic man, Spiderman and friends, Kidd Video, Dungeons and dragons, Bugs Bunny( the old ones ) Justice League , Man !!! I miss those days!!
@@stevenwalker1051 heck yeah! Dungeons and dragons! Gummy bears, transformers, voltron, gobots, foofur, gravesdale high, galaxy high, the one about the bear cub that lived in the swamp in Louisiana. Thundercats, x-men, the original tmnt. Teen wolf is hands down the greatest cartoon of all time ☝️
Its all good every Saturday morning I pop in old school cartoons for my son. King Arthur and the knights of Justice, ThunderCats, SilverHawk, HE-MAN, MASK, Bionic 6 and etc. It was a pain getting the DVD's but we are good to go.
They didn't want to have no more an innocent and well behave society,WHY???.... because this people are evil and manipulated by the devil👹and the devil👹doesn't like what is innocent and good,they ruined up the good old days.....The devil👹 came to steal,Kill and destroy.
What about Conjunction junction....What's your function? 🎼 I even remember learning "The Constitution" during the commercial breaks. Does anyone else remember these animated cartoons designed to educate the wee American?
Lisa Heck yes movin' thosd verbs and phrases And clauses ,Im just a bill sittin on capital hill! Elbow room elbow roomeverybodys gotta have elbow room! that was school house Rock!!!
Some new TV channel needs to be created that uses the old TV guides to recreate all the same broadcast networks as they were originally broadcast from the 1960s to now exactly as they were for everyday of the week it would be a great way to teach history as well as old social values that seem to be renewed for today's generations - Truth,justice, and the American way.
That’s a fact. Cartoons have freakin sucked for years now. Some decent ones, but nothing can compare to cartoons back then. I still watch them, and I still love them as much as I did then. They just don’t have the same magical feeling as they did when I was a kid, because I was watching them for the first time and I was a kid, so they just mesmerized me in a different way than now. Lol. They’re still awesome when I watch them, though. What a time to have been a kid. If I had a wish, it would be to go back to that time and relive my childhood.
CW (once known as kids WB back in the day) was my channel when I was little. Of course, I'm not an adult, I'm only 14, so i was kind of at the end of it. Up until I was maybe 9 I woke up every morning to watch cartoons but it was the best when I was little. Eventually it was just reruns and crap. I'm never gonna forget the great Saturday mornings I had tho
sad times Saturday mornings where great back in the 80s and early 90s the kids today just don't know what they are missing kids today are so different no escapism just zombies on there tablets and devices atleast we knew when to switch off and play with the toys we loved and interacted after Saturday morning's with our friends
I Remember Waking Up Early Every Saturday Morning on The Weekends to Eat Breakfast and Watch Cartoon's From 8am Til 11'Oclock, UNTIL SOUL TRAIN Came On at 12.. Now.. If You Don't Know Nothing About Watching Soul Train on Saturday Mornings.. You'd Missed Out!
Kyle Nicholas There's an episode of Ducktales where Huey, Dewey and Louie play hooky from school. They convince Scrooge that it's a Saturday, and they watch pre-recorded Saturday morning cartoons, Scrooge asks them about going to school, and they reply with "watching Saturday morning cartoons". That line would be made redundant nowadays.
Kids can't be kids any more. They took away the cartoons, the free time from homework, the rainbow, the right to run crazy around the neighborhood, and the right to play with toy guns. You could walk into any airport gate, deliver newspapers on a bike, play tackle football and go fishing. On a second thought we're lucky to have survived childhood back then!
Ronad Reagan, the great anti American. He had so much faith in America that he high tailed it to Germany when he got cancer but he couldn't outrun that Alzheimer's. That man was wicked as hell.
Also, Millennials won't wait for a certain time for a show to come on TV since everything is on demand now. We didn't have a choice but to wait Saturdays to watch Eek the Cat, Transformers, Muppet Babies, and X-Men at their designated airtimes.
Not the good ones. They didn't have Super Friends, The (original) Amazing Spider Man, Thundarr, He-Man, or Transformers as they were watching the stuff in the late 80s, to mid 90s that was largely terrible save for X-Men. You also forget that Millennials were born from roughly 1985 to 2004 so the majority of them don't know the earlier stuff that Gen X-ers (1965-1984) would be familiar with. They probably had no idea as to what was like when Soul Train came on which meant that cartoons were kaput for the week. Not to mention you forget that Saturday morning cartoons were a staple since the 1960s.
Absolutely correct. The best cartoons were from the late 60's - 70's. the animation was better and there was a story and sometimes at the end of the cartoon there would be a character asking/telling you the moral of the story - i.e. He-Man, She-Ra. M.A.S.K. . In the 80's the animation style changed. Even in the 90's the stories were full of sick humor or violence - I prefer my generations cartoons as I was born in the early 70's the cartoons and even tv sitcoms were better than today's. That's why Malcolm in the Middle focused on growing up in 80's & the Goldbergs as well. It was a simpler time to be a kid.
Mark Cysts i waited patiently for hecliff and riff raff, fat albert and he man to come on, i did my homework and choirs so that i wouldn't have any interruptions
It is really 1980 and after when Generation Y (Millennials) started, Gen X is from 1961 to 1979. The next Generation is soon to start, Generation Z - 1999 to present.
And because of that, now most kids are on their game systems more, eat less cereal, spend more time on tablets and phones, have less imagination, hardly play with toys and almost rarely go outside. Now there's hardly anything good on TV on Saturday morns lol. But $$ talks.. glad I grew up during Sat''s greatness while it was..
Our government gives corporate america that kind of power. They send their fucking cronies to grease the hands of politicians to get their way and it's legal. It's fucking legal to bribe politicians! How fucked up is that? If someone kills a politician or any government official they get the death penalty but if someone kills a child they get a few years. How fucked is that??? The American dream is to actually be a politician. That way you can be a greasy pedophile and a liar and extort money from the people and get away with (literally) murder. Not to mention that cops serve them not us (in case your heads have been up your asses for you to not know tgis.) What do they REALLY do for us? Not a fucking thing. "The 'untouchable' politician... nobody deserves a bullet in the head more than those sick fucks.
ah memories, on Saturday mornings my line up would consist of: Roughnecks, Beast Wars, Gargoyles, Reboot, Monster Rancher, MIB, Extreme Ghostbusters, and Godzilla.
BigtheGangsterCat mine was Samurai Pizza Cats, Transformers and Megaman plus X-Men, Gummy Bears and some other shows like Batman, Animaniacs and the likes.
I remember how sometimes cartoons would come out with a new episode and there was something new to watch everyday. Even if your favorite cartoon(s) weren't on. Cartoon Network and Nick were literally childhood gemstones that no kid will get to experience anymore.
Screw what the kids want I want a bigger house and more expensive car, let's trash those cartoons for infomercials they are more profitable. This was undoubtedly spoken in a TV network conference room at some point in the 90s.
I miss getting up at 6 and watching toons till 1pm then go outside all day and play. I feel sorry for kids now days they a never know what they missed out on
flowerpink33 do you remember the cartoon block on weekdays?? Started with old 3 stooges clips about 5 30am after the station did the stars and stripes and wings poem, then went into Huey the duck, popeye, and a few others. And nothing like when school was out and watching til 8am. There was my little pony, thunder cats, He Man, She Ra, too. Then came 700 club and it was time to go outside to play!
I think all of your reasons here are spot on! Saturday morning cartoons were a highlight of most of our lives is you are over 30. Today I believe kids really suffer from the instant gratification method of how cartoons are provided to them. Having to wait all week to see the shows you love really teaches patience, a trait that is in short supply in today's world.
It's really kinda sad when you think about it. If you are over 30, Saturday morning cartoons really were the highlight of our lives. Life never got any better than that for most of us.
When I was a child, I forward to watching the Real Ghostbusters, Beetle Juice, Gravedale High, Hammer Man, Kid and Play, and Bill and Ted Excellent Adventure with a bowl of Captain Crunch or Ghostbuster cereal. It’s too bad that the children of today will never get the opportunity to joy watching up early to watch their favorite shows. Therefore, the Government needs to stop trying to indoctrinate the children to let kids be kids. Thank you sharing, God bless. 🙂👍 P.S. God loves the world that he gave his only begotten son, Jesus Christ. Anyone, who believes in him, will not perish but have everlasting life. (John 3:16)
Iwtlv well if they don't have cable or Internet, how are they going to watch cartoons if they bring it back? Explain that one! Also you can't say they can go to library or friends, what if they live out in the boonies, far away from neighbors and friends.
nothing to apologize for :-) as an aside, i was not the originator of the comment. user 'lwtlv' was the one who mentioned that '..not everyone has cable tv..'
You can say that again I wasn't born in that era but I remember watching Looney toons and seeing road runner beat the life out of Wilde Coyote 😂😂😂 drop big ass rocks on his head then he falls 1000 feet and gets back up like it's nothing 😂. Then the road runner tricks Wilde coyote and blows his body into pieces with dynamite 😂 and also Tom and Jerry too hilarious.
As a kid in the 70s, i loved saturday-morning cartoons and anything artistically imaginative on the channels, but i noticed the soulful-quality and real potential of cartoons were already weakening by 1976, with few exceptions of what was watchable. And by 1984-1985, it felt like the magic was increasingly stifled -Thanks for this video explanation, except it is missing a point about the creative spirit that decrea$ed from 1976 on. and the same predicament applies to what happened to pop music and comic books noticably from 1978 on, the media control caused a profound chain-reaction that is rarely discussed, and just look at it today, sad, cold, bleak empty in comparison
... It was as if anything stimulating to intellect or imagination was deliberately shunned by a dehumanizing force, more and more noticable from 1976 on, and it became obvious by 1984. everyone seemed oblivious to the anti-culture movement, except those who kept the dream alive. Here in 2017 people need the very basic principle of love to be resuscitated in them, or in many cases never knew it
The cartoons did decline in quality in the 70s because the networks refused to pay more for new shows. So they insisted on reruns of reruns and only bought very cheap new shows. Scooby Doo was on for years and years, you may recall. But the show was only actually in production for a short time. ALL the rest were reruns. For years. The networks insisted on this. We all say home and wondered why there were never any new episodes and why they all looked so dull compared to the early anime imports.
Yeah, Kids today can watch crappy looking Cartoon Network, cartoons anytime they want. But at least we had quality. Animators took more effort in making 80's cartoons. Not that flat Flash crap.
Yeah the quality of the cartoons definitely went down. And who wants to watch that old crap on cartoon network. We need that company BASF to come in and you know - they don't make the products, but they make them better, lol.
So glad I grew up in the 60's and 70's. Shows like Space Ghost, the Herculoids, Johnny Quest, Thundar the Barbarian and the Banana Splits, just so many that I can't think to remember to list them here.......
CatfishHunter61 Me too man!! Hong Kong Phooey, The Flintstones, and Jabber Jaws were my favorite cartoons in the 70's :-) We didn't have the technology that kid's today have but I believe we had better child hoods. It would KILL me to stay indoors on a summer day after watching cartoons! Riding my bike, playing sports, flying my kite on windy days is what I used to live for. Now in my neighborhood all the children are inside on beautiful days playing video games or on their IPhones. It's just amazing how times have changed!
Me too, My main experience with G.I.Joe was back when he had his Kung Fu Grip. (THE GRIP OF DEATH!) and he was a twelve inch high doll with hair a beard and a facial scar and had kick ass adventures. When they came out with those dinkey little two inch dolls and all that "YO JOE!" screaming with the flag It was for some reason kind of depressing for me.
He-man, Thunder-Cats, X-Men, LooneyToons, Scooby-Doo, Jetsons, Flintstones, Hanna-Barbera, Inspector Gadget, Captain Planet, Pinky & The Brain, Popeye, Dexter's Laboratory, Muppet Show, Super Friends, Mr. Magoo, Peewee's Playhouse ... although I was a girl, I never liked those girly-cartoons...LOL. Sigh :-(
CatfishHunter61 I agree, but I absolutely HATED those damned Banana Splits!!!!! As a kid, I only wanted ANIMATION, not three idiots in stupid animal costumes faking it on musical instruments and pathetic slapstick "humor". Space Ghost was THE MAN!!!!!!!! I also liked Eggo waffles on Saturday morning instead of cereal.
Ryan Clephane - yeah funny how Batman the tv program was way better the movies versions.And you cant get a better batman than adam west , just u can't have a bettet james bond than sean connery (for example) the wit and irony make them beter for starters , but they just had that something extra as well.
I was so happy when the CW pushed on through with Saturday morning cartoons. And I was 26 at the time! However, I still looked forward to shows like Yugioh, Dragon Ball Z, and shows like that. One Saturday morning I woke up, turned on the TV, and lo and behold I saw a bunch of animals pouncing around with people giving random ass facts about them I didn't care to know. I remember thinking to myself, "Where's the 'toons at man?!?!" Hasn't been the same since then. There's nothing like the old days.
They had animals on TV in the old days also Rin Tin Tin, Lassie, King on Sargent Preston, Gentle Ben, Flipper, Westerns with cows and horses, sometimes with bears and wolves. Tarzan had apes, elephants, lions, snakes and crocodiles.
TimidTheProducer-Live for God OMFG I remember one Saturday morning, it was a long week at school, and i was looking forward to some Saturday morning cartoons, and i remember being so pissed seeing a bunch of random ass bears roaming around the forest when I first turned on my TV changing the channel, and I was thinking, "heeeeey where's Sonic X?" what kid is going to be enjoying hearing facts about animals they don't care about? Excuse my language, but FUCK THE GOVERNMENT!!!
Lots of good "live action" shows on Saturday mornings too in the 70s, "Shazam", "Isis", "HR Pufnstuf" "Sigmund & the Sea Monsters" just to name a few. Was very fortunate and blessed to be a child in the 1970s. Very blessed to still have those tender memories at age 55.
Too bad kids will never know about the joys of waking up early with a big bowl of sugary ass cereal and watching some good cartoons.
I remember watching Star Trek while eating Golden Puffs right out of the box.
Jason Elliott today they’re experiencing the joys of watching cartoons whenever they want, not just on the morning of one day of the week.
Most kids today don't need to watch Saturday morning cartoons in the living room with the volume turned all the way down so don't wake their parents, they have their own 42-inch screen TV in the bedroom next to the computer and PlayStation 4 and Xbox.
I totally agree. Especially when kids have to watch toy commercials followed by American Bandstand and Soul Train.
Don't worry we have a chance to bring those memories back here's the link to the petition www.change.org/p/abc-saturday-morning-kids-programming-to-return
Man, getting up at the crack of dawn, getting a giant bowl of diabetes, and parking in front of my mom's old ass Curtis Mathis console. Voltron, the Saturday Supercade, Force Five, reruns of Wonder Bug, Photon, and a bunch of brain rotting crap too numerous to even list. And I loved every goddamn minute of it. Weekday afternoons were pretty sweet, too, though. Transformers, G.I. Joe, Thundercats, Robotech, Inspector Gadget.
I remember Loony Tunes and since my dad knew a little English at the time we both use to watch it together! Sure looking back on some of those episodes I can see why (IMO) about 25% of those cartoons would NEVER be seen today because of hot topics (politics, alcohol/tobacco use, with a dash of racial stereotypes), but even then as a kid I had enough brains and education to separate fact from fiction. Now we have groups and committees to cry bloody murder instead of expecting parents to teach there kids any type of common sense. Why put the responsibility on the parents of those kids? When I was a kid sometimes the family would spend Saturday mornings watching cartoons together, especially when they had a 2 or 3 hour block of Loony Tunes and the like like Tom and Jerry (yes, there's a lot to go in there too)... TODAY because of some of these groups, now kids RARELY speak to ANY family members under the same roof! Instead EVERY member of the family stays in there own room and communicate PURELY through text messages and they're telling me that this is better NOW than before when the whole family could sit TOGETHER IN THE SAME ROOM albeit for only and hour or two!
Yeah, my mom used to watch cartoons with me all the time. She actually really liked Garfield and the Peanuts because she read the comic strips every day. She also really liked Bugs Bunny and Tom and Jerry. We used to sit and watch horror movies and stuff like The Terminator and Alien. The fucking moral guardians have utterly ruined everything fun in the world. Puritanism at its finest, led by worthless shitheads like Billy Graham and Pat Robertson. She watched me play Mortal Kombat. Watched me pull some guy's fucking spine out. Guess what? She went "Oh, god, that's gross." but never said "Oh, that's just too much for my baby to handle!". Of course I was like 17 when it came out, but still.
voltron Transformers, G.I. Joe, Thundercats for the fuckin win
+Andy Williams We all did, man. We all did.
Dorelaxen HAHAHAAAshit man , couldn't say it any better
Saturday Morning Cartoons are not the only thing gone missing. Friday and Saturday Night Programming went to shit too!
ryan johnson There were a few.
TV went to shit.
MrMJmusicLover Yeah, I miss Snick and Cartoon, Cartoon Fridays
Professor Rosenstock My favorites were G.I. Joe, Transformers, Voltran, He-Man, ThunderCats, Smurfs, Battlestar Galaticia or how you spell it. LoonyTunes. Just to name a few.
ryan johnson Yeah, Friday night Tv; The best time you had without ever leaving the house to have a good time. : )
When I was a kid in the 80s the cartoons were the best.
Amen
Genuwine6799G i Miss those days
Facts
Yes that feeling. Great time to be a kid.
So true
I'm so glad I got to experience the 80's - 90's Saturday and Sunday morning cartoons run.
ravager48 same bruh! it actually madenus balanced adults unlike todays generation imo!
Leonardo Braynen:Yes...all of those early 90s cartoon shows were fun and taught kids to have a moral conscious too. The guy in this video said people can just watch a good cartoon on cable or the internet. Not everyone has money for cable tv and/or the internet to watch a quality cartoon show. It should be on basic television.
Frnd ravager 48 i am glad u r lucky to experience those good days. I also did with spiderman, small wonder, dungeons and dragons and much more. But not that much since in our country India there were no saturday morning cartoons just re reruns of these shows that also during the end of the decade in 98 & 1999.
80s kid with a 90s childhood, reporting! Grew up on X-Men cartoons :)
kpop biz umm.... almost everyone have Cable and internet these days.
Saturday morning cartoons was the shiznitz
Chicago Street TV You know it.
Chicago Street TV I miss those days. BTW nice profile picture, I live in Chicago!
Chicago Street TV get on the magic school bus
Chicago Street TV With a big bowl of cereal! Fro 7am-12pm was nothing but cartoons in the 80s
Everyone list their 1 favorite.
Thundercats
Saturday morings in the 1970s and early 80s was a magical time. It can never be again. You sat in front of the tv with your bowl of Frankenberry, Count Chocula, Fruity Pebbles, Lucky Charms.. the milk would turn sweet and beautiful after a few minutes. You were in God's Heaven. The poor kids today missed it!! Lament.
I always started my mornings with either The Big Blue Marble or Marlo and the Magic Movie Machine, both always came on about 6:30 or 7:00.
OMG Big Blue Marble. I loved that's show! I even did the "Dear Pen Pal program" and got a pen pal from Malaysia. I wonder what he's doing now?
Pete Jones Saturday morning cartoons were still a thing in the 2000s
Oh heck yes
Yep 51 here for me fruit loops watching Looney tunes, wrestling, and Saturday afternoon creature double feature 😀
I'm so glad I was a kid during the 1970's. I used to love getting up Saturday mornings and pouring a bowl of Honeycomb cereal. Then I'd sit on the floor in front of our big RCA ColorTrac 26" TV to watch "Far Out Space Nuts" and "Big John, Little John."
@Marshall W I thought I was the only one who remembered that show too. This show, Kaptain Kool and The Kongs, Wonderbug, The Kids from C.A.P.E.R ... those were the days.
@Marshall W I forgot about Bigfoot and Wildboy; that was my show too. I also used to watch a show on CBS called The Hudson Brothers Show.
@Marshall W You're welcome. It's sad kids will never know the joy of anticipation and quality Saturday morning shows. Stay blessed!!
"Far Out Space Nuts". I f***in' loved that show! It was a masterpiece and help propel the Star Wars trilogy inspired by George Lucas!
As a child of the 70's and 80's, I looked forward to Saturday morning cartoons. Watching coyote and roadrunner shorts while chowing down on a bowl of Cocoa Krispies was the highlight of my week. It was a great time to be a kid and brings back many fond memories for me. Kids today missed out on an awesome era.
We had been talking about the Marc Anthony and Pussyfoot cartoons! Even got stuck with a cool nickname at work! Who can be upset with Wile E Coyote Super Genius?😁
Even commercials today suck balls! Back then even the Cocoa Pops commercial was cool, and I always waited for the G.I Joes toy commercial to see what was the next toy or vehicle about, I would even song all the way through the Ad and enjoy the entire thing even though it was all propaganda. The world now sucks, and commercials are tiring and unoriginal. The 80's were indeed the days!
I used to have either Rice Krispies, Corn Pops or Frosted Flakes
Indeed
Leave it to the government to ruin cartoons
Amen
Ditto.
Marriage,
Families,
Public school,
Churches,
The economy....
You're soooooooo correct,
@sour airhead.
Jackson Ramsey ... Well actually, EVERYTHING!
Not to mention Mo Rocca.
Government ruins everything.
girzwald3 they sure do regulate everything
The worst part is that they actually think they're "helping people."
This is why I don't trust the government they only make everything dull and boring reminds me of pixies from fairy odd parents
True dat
Hell Yeah, I don't even like these new cartoons
The Superfriends, Thundarr the Barbarian, Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends and Dungeons & Dragons were among my favorites.
Mine too still watch them on CD
Joseph Slater Captain planet
Wow. Never thought I'd actually be HAPPY to see "The Cavity Creeps" again.
Man, that's taking it WAY back.
Me too u were a mid 70s baby born between 75-79
Johnny Quest!
Saturday morning cartoons were something to live for as a kid
Indeed, I experienced it...The age of innocence.. What a wonderful time growing up.!!!!!!
My weekend plans were something like this.... scary movie with pizza on fridays, or arcade/bowling.... saturday morning cartoons till noon then off to the park or a friends house to play nintendo till sundown.. sunday was just chilling at the park, maybe a barbeque... then stress on the evening over friday's homework assignments.... this was through the late 80's early 90's in L.A. ..... weekdays, it was come home from school to catch ducktales... and then Batman the animated series and then off to the park to play baseball.... I always wore a baseball cap (had about 13 of them) and carried a baseball glove with me.. I dreamed of being an Air Force F-15 pilot and maybe playing in the Major leagues ....... Childhood will always be some of the best times in my life... I did joined the military and served 3 combat tours to Iraq... lost many good friends and continued on with the fight without them.... but life has not been the same without them, and i have to live with that .. but I will always recall the times when life was simpler and fun... when being innocent presented itself with a universe of possibilities and dreams that defeated Cobra and serpentor... when gargamel never found the smurfs... and when the ninja turtles always beat shredder!!!...
john doe totally agree and thank you for your service and sorry about your losses
john doe cartoons till noon then time to clean the house
john doe we had wrestling on all weekend too
So basically politics killed Saturday morning cartoons.
and the consumers influence too.
It's all about the money.
Faded Jate Basically Politics kills everything.
And Video Killed the Radio Star
And greed.
The good old days cartoons on Saturday morning soul train in the afternoon we will never see those again the good days are gone 😢
R i p i miss the old days
We need to bring back those days
Don't forget Solid Gold
Don't forget the king fu movies after that.
The mlb game of the week
Who remember the WWF westling on Saturday?
You mean WWE Saturday Morning Slam.
👋
Naminski i gripe about tv all yhe time now. No fun at all!
Superstars of Wrestling and Wrestling Challenge and Kung Fu used to be a Saturday staple after cartoons!
Yep!
It's sad my kids childhood won't be anywhere near as good as mine.
@ What a ridiculous comment.
Cozmic Mojo I say fijd all Congress's parents ajd tell them what tgere sons ahd daughters are doing behind there backs.
Yes, the QUANTITY of animated programs are there, but the QUALITY is no longer present.
Blame "Let's pander to the lowest common denominator" Cartoon Network for that.
Uh no, quality's just as good and in some cases better. Go try to watch an old cartoon right now and see if you can sit through it without cringing, the quality's there, the quality was just always shit.
It was a very different time. I think that while things like Cow and Chicken have aged poorly there are some genuinely beautiful examples of episodes of Dexter's Lab, Johnny Bravo and the original PowerPuff Girls that are stand out examples of fun, engaging, even really smart writing, even if they can also be crude and simple at times.
No, Cartoons are crap these days. and don't think i'm a 90's kid, because cartoons where good into the early-mid 2000's too- you don't see amazing, quirky, and inquire shows like courage the cowardly dog(an personal favorite of mine), grimm adventures of billy and mandy, powerpuff girls, johnny bravo, dexter's laboratory, ed edd n eddy, etc. Yeah there's an few exceptions like gravity falls which are amazing...but that's just a few.
Simple was the way i loved cartoons honestly...a great example of this is courage the cowardly dog- it featured complicated backstorys, Inquire characters, witty humor and even pretty damn deep moments that can make you either feel bad for some characters or cry. It was an amazing cartoon that will never be- and shouldn't be replicated...yet it was simple. A simple concept, just like what a real cartoon should be in my opinion.
When you had less you had more.
100% Fact
You hit on the point right there. If something is limited, you feel fortunate to see some- its special and therefore means more to you. When its available everywhere it cheapens whatever it is. Some chocolate is a delightful pleasure;too much chocolate will make you puke.
dmichael100 so, does that apply to freedom as well?
@@marjimhip8487 talking cartoons and tv shows
@@marjimhip8487 It can depending on how its applied or utilized. Freedom, though, is a more ambiguous concept than something like entertainment or chocolate. But, yes, even with something generally considered "good" like freedom- there is such a thing as too much of a good thing.
It's the end of an era folks. Saturday mornings in the 70's and 80's were awesome if you were a kid at that time. I looked forward to seeing Looney Tunes, Pac Man, Grimmy, Heathcliff, Garfield, The Smurfs, The Justice League, and God knows what else. If those cartoons were watched while scarfing down a huge bowl of Cocoa Krispies, Apple Jacks or Kix, all the better! Leave it to the government to take a great childhood memory and ruin it!
I wasn't born in the 80s unfortunately
+Kyle Raccoon
As a child of the 80s, it wasn't as great as it is made out to be. Sure the cartoons, music, low-brow action movies were all top notch...when you could get it. Truth is we were all bored as fuck most of the time because ALL that entertainment was expensive (except TV). We didn't have TH-cam and all the other free entertainment on the internet. I had to scrimp and save to buy an album. I'm in my 40s and I am _still_ getting around to buying albums I couldn't afford as a kid. Hell, my first TV wasn't even in color. XD
I hate to sound like an old man, but you dern kids got it easy nowadays. [shakes fist]
Livid Imp I am in my
40's we did something kids today don't do we would go outside and do stuff we would play sports or anything outside because if we where in the house that means we where in trouble
Yeah the government claims they care so much about you then they rape your wallet at the end of the day and your mind people need to start standing up against those fuckers
+Chaeles Lorah
True, but you couldn't be outside all the time. Boredom was still an issue.
The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show was the grand champion of Saturday morning cartoons.
Oh god yes! It came on at 11am where I live and stayed home until it ended before going out. It was a great series.
Don't forget all of the Hanna-Barbera cartoons -Scooby, Huckleberry Hound, Yogi Bear, Johnny Quest, Batman and the super 7 The Flintstones, The Jetsons etc.
Hooptie Hamburger I agree. It wasn't Saturday morning without Bugs and the gang. Hanna Barbera to a lesser extent
Hooptie Hamburger That was the s#!t😄💯
you can always show a dvd of cartoons. theres the cartoon channel.
I used to take my bed covers down stairs with me and snuggle on the couch in my PJs....... good times
balf1111117373 I still do
I still do too except my wife and I each have our "couch blankets" that are always here.
Happy Days, weren't they. Remember pouring half-a-cup of sugar on your cereal on Saturday mornings, because Mom & Dad were still asleep, and couldn't yet prevent you? ;)
In the 1970's and 80's I loved waking up for my Saturday morning cartoons. It's sad kids today won't know the unique excitement of those times.
Agreed.
They have shower like SpongeBob which is a perfect characterization of the decisions that have been made up till this point. I still can't believe how good we had it in the 90s
@@BianicEpicVideos Do you remember Batman: The Animated Series ?
Man I really miss Fox Kids, Kids WB, ABC Family and all of those other blocks from back in the day. Its funny how as a kid it was nearly impossible for me to get up for school, but waking up at like 6 in the morning on a Saturday to watch the newest episode of Digimon or Medabots while making time to fix a big ass bowl of cereal was no problem.
6 was sleeping in, on a saturday, a couple of the channels had the higher quality cartoons on early like CBS and NBC, and every now and then you would find anime on a channel that was supposed to be infomercials on saturday.
I would miss them, but the shows those networks put on got boring years before Saturday Morning cartoons stopped being a thing.
Same with Toonami. It was dead long before they actually ended it, way back when.
Apparently it got brought back, though. Meh.
Goatmon I would have to agree with you on that. Around the mid 2000's Saturday morning blocks started going downhill fast. It all started with channel/block names being changed (like when Fox Box became "Toonzai" for example) and then decent shows were being cancelled or taken off the air completely, and replaced with shitty and uninteresting shows. Things pretty much sucked after that honestly. Sometimes I envy the 80's kids, and people who vividly remember the early 90's because they had better shows, and less regulations during those days. Must have been nice...
I assume it was mostly just the result of growing up, and not being the demographic the networks were targeting anymore.
It's better these days, now that networks understand that adults also watch them.
hahaha just got my daughter into watching digimon. its funny off loading my old favorite cartoons on to her so i can watch them again
If it was necessary to have educational content, then do that on Sunday and leave Saturday cartoons alone! Dagnabit.
Amen to that ! ! ! !
Good idea except that most kids go to church so the ratings wouldn't be good.
Saturday and Sunday are the only days they can sleep in. Why force kids to so something boring like wasting their time at Church?
A Floyd
Exactly. We wouldn't have to watch them, since Sundays are boring and everybody sleeps in.
I think the last few points touch on this well, between the proliferation of more TV channels and cable and sat. TV with cartoon ONLY channels and so on, i feel like "saturday morning" would have been the cheapest block to replace (and there was likely rules that forced the educational shows to go on during time periods where kids WOULD watch, and not like 3AM or something).
Sorry kids, other people will always decide what's best for you... All part of growing up into the miserable existence of adulthood.
crusty21 ain't that the truth
+crusty21 LOL you got that right! I miss being a kid - no mortgage or rent, no bills. On the other hand, now that I'm an adult with a good-paying job, at least I have money to buy stuff. And I don't need to do hours of stupid homework nearly every evening. Gosh, how I hated homework. I get home from work and I can do whatever I want, which is pretty sweet.
Ahh The big secret is , after 12+ years of schooling "adults" to follow orders, they will come home from work and have the self actualization of a potato.
+crusty21 Yep, that pretty much describes my life. Oh, and I should clarify something - when I said above that "I have money to buy stuff," I meant not having to be at the financial mercy of your parents. I didn't mean being a consumer and buying crap I don't need. That's another thing - school teaches you to become a consumer and a debt slave. It does not teach you how to invest. Screw school.
crusty21 Fuck that!
Saturday morning cartoons was one of the best things about being a kid in the 80s. No matter how shitty my week was that was one thing that I could always look forward to.
PREACH!!!!!!
Yep me too...so happy to have grown up in the 80s!
God, is that true. I looked forward to it so much. Every Friday night I could hardly sleep because I was so excited to watch them. I swear I would give anything to go back and relive that time. I miss it so much
Great video and explanation..Saturday mornings and afterschool cartoons were a milestone to my childhood in the 90's and I noticed they began to change channels and disappear soon after 9/11 (especially fox and upn/mytv swapping afternoon shows) but now I know more of the backstory. Saturday mornings will never be the same. Glad I at least witness the golden era with "one saturday morning" and "school house rock" among others!
same thing happened Australia, the 90's were the pinnacle of Australian children's television, plus we'd get most of the imported US/UK/Canadian kids shows albeit a few years later mind you.in the 00's however kids viewing blocks were reduced to half an hour a day on commercial networks.
They flew a plane right into my childhood.
arjl880 Conjunction junction whats your function??
Moon Pie 60's and 70's was the dawn of time of cartoons, prehistoric if you will. 80's was the golden age.
arjl880 we grew up in a GREAT ERA
Thank god I grew up in the early 80s. Where I could watch cartoons and not be forced to wear a stupid helmet every time I rode my bike. And look, I'm still alive. Oh wow.
Yep. Never hit my head riding a bike, but got skinned up pretty good a few times...
You and me both!!! A kid rides a few blocks on his bike and they're probably ready to put the parents in jail if the kid doesn't have a lousy helmet on. And then if you're going anywhere with the kids in the car, you gotta strap them all down like you're going to the moon thanks to lousy politicians and idiotic "do gooders" who have their collective noses in everybody else's business.
kids growing up today can watch cartoons 24/7 literally any time they want. I wish I had that deal growing up (although I would never have left the house). I have fond memories of Saturday morning too, but make no mistake kid's who can watch their favorite cartoon RIGHT NOW... THIS INSTANT, are not jealous that they have to wait once a week and wake up early to watch the cartoons the network deemed worthy to show them.
It's been a few years since I watched cartoon network, or boomerang with my kids, but I don't recall seeing the classics like Lonny tunes, Flintstones, or my childhood favorite Rocky and Bullwinkle...
Your god. The crack pipe...
So glad I was born in the early 80's, good times, my kid doesn't even watch tv... No seriously.
What's there for a kid to watch these days?
@@wtk6069 Whats there for anyone to watch?
Satelite TV means it just takes you about another 10 minutes to figure out there's still nothing on,or it's a rerun and you've already seen it.....And they're going to charge you another $120 at the end of the month.
@@wtk6069 cheap and cheesy TH-cam content creator videos smh
Tom Caffrey And there’s still commercials.
They claimed they were to violent yet they replaced them ones even more violent than them
The cartoons are wicked now and satanic
Yes, there is even a cartoon called Mr.Pickles the Satanic Dog. Cartoons today suck balls!
Cartoons are more computer generated now compared to hand drawn back in the days. Compare the difference to shows like Scooby Doo and Danger Mouse.
Shout outs to everyone who remembers the Snorkels
In all honesty, I hated the Snorks because they were just underwater Smurfs in my book. My cartoon favorites were Kid Video, Rubix the Amazing Cube, The Puppies' Adventures, Thundercats and Turbo Teen.
Who remembers schoolhouse rock? Wasn't that educational?
Yes, it was! We used to sing the Constitution's Preamble in school. We still remember that sad scrap of paper sitting on the Capitol steps
towringer He became a law, though, so the wait was worth it.
Shannon Hill think u mean the Snorks :)
I still remember the first morning I turned on Garfield and Friends and found a news show instead. That's when the world went downhill.
Chas Gregg Do you remember when that was?
1995
Proving once, and for all that the news industry is unstoppable, and the animation industry is one screw up away from extinction.
Well the news is not all bad, if you take away the negative hard bias stuff.
Garfield and Friends stunk. That show got rid of Hey Vern! It's Ernest!, Pee Wee's Playhouse, and the Muppet Babies.
The government, always gotta ruin good stuff
Hey tihs is nod okay dude. yuo relly have to washt yuor langugeage :)
You got that right...ALL the good stuff !
i'm just a bill & i'm sitting here on capitol hill, i loved these (1970's) conjunction junction what's your function.
I was so lucky to have grown up in the 80s. We even watched old stuff from the 50s and 60s. Saturday morning truly was important. Miss those days
stacyblue1980 I miss the 1980's sat. morning cartoons too. I too am born in the 80's.
Very good times :)
Completely agree. Grew up in the 70s and 80s and you couldn't beat those times. Isis. Shazam. Capt. Caveman. Jabberjaw. Clue Club. SuperFriends. Clue Club. So much goodness came out of those times. Sad. No wonder kids are on Dr. Phil nowadays.
Nbodoy wanst to wacht old stuff form teh 50s andn 60s. no one craes
Bullcrapski! Give me 50s,60s,70s and 80s cartoons any day. The best times and era. And I do care. Just cause you can't have good times now and are bitter,don't ruin it for everybody else who remember fun times and innocence.
Give kids time to be kids! They get school most of the day and year along with homework! Let them have some time to enjoy childhood, because that NEVER comes back! Now kids are increasingly wanting to grow up earlier and earlier, but they have no idea being an adult isn't so great. There are so many responsibilities and your body breaks down over years.
P.S. All these adult programs are simply play time for adults. They forget the kids because of money and they want adult entertainment (not talking about porn, talking about all the things they replaced cartoons with).
Jason "my cougar wife" xD
Jason haha Yeah it was just funny that you mentioned "cougar" like when guys refer to their girlfriend as "my hot girlfriend"
Chris i wanted to grow up so badly and being an adult is lame. working most of your life away and having most of your money go to bills sucks big balls
Blame the Great Writer's Strike of 1988. It caused Paranoia and Rush to Judgement in regards to the Government,FCC and FTC.
The original Toonami (late 90's - early 2000's) on Cartoon Network was the shit! It's what got me into anime. Classics like Cowboy Bebop, Gundam Wing and Samurai Champloo, Trigun, Dragonball Z. Oh, and Adult Swim had Boondocks, Team Hunger Force and Venture Brothers.
Lascall Othello At one point they were showing my favorite anime Sailor Moon
Barry Bradwell That was on the Saturday morning Toonami back then and we had the afternoon toonami with big-o.
Lascall Othello don't forget magical shopping arcade habinabachi, fooly cooly, miss those shows!
Lascall Othello
Fooley Cooley is getting two new seasons. Maybe thatll brighten your day.
GI Joe, Thundercats, etc. all had positive messages in their programming. School House Rock had so many lessons and so much to offer. This generation is truly deprived.
Thank the lord for TOONAMI. Back in the late 90's as an elementary school kid, the only thing sweeter than school day ending was getting home to 3 hours of Sailor Moon, Reboot, Dragonball Z, Ronin Warriors, Gundam Wing, Tenchi Muyo.
Jose Flores I miss it too. Saturday morning Toonami and the weekday shows. For a while they played both Dragonball and DBZ with Tenchi Muyo and Big-O later.
Jose Flores Wow didn't think I'd see someone mention Tenchi Muyo! lol The only reason I even got cartoon network (which was only available to me via satellite dish) was because I learned they were airing Tenchi in the states!! I was a fan of the series for years so I was excited as fuck. LOL Too bad so much of it was edited like those god awful swimsuits in the bath scenes or the use of "tea" instead of sake. hehe Good times though! I miss seeing Gundam Wing too! And Big O! If it wasn't for Cartoon Network airing those shows we wouldn't see anime so readily available on TV or so popular with the masses! 😍
Jose Flores and struggling to do homework while watching them lol
SpaceCowboy That sums up my middle school life pretty well.
You guys remember robotech
I remember waking up every Saturday morning to catch the Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show our childhood was way more exciting than the new generation these type of early morning shows helped build character and made kids remain kids
One of our worst mistakes getting rid of cartoons on Saturday and destroying tradition .....
I loved coming home from school and just plonk in front of the television and watch shows like Animaniacs, Tinie Toon Adventures and Batman and then there was of course the Saturday morning marathons. Good times.
toonsylvania
The good old days. And Saturdays with School House Rock.
Those were my blissful times! All those toons were my favs
Me too. I’d come home no one would be home til like 5. I’d watch Jetsons also. With my cereal good times
Ha! So I was right all along... being a kid in the '80's really WAS the best time to be alive as a kid!! :-)
Yeah no kidding !!
How I MISS those sweet days where I sneaked-out to quietly watch MASK, RoboTech and Mighty Orbots at 4 AM.
Enjoyed Transformer, GI Joe & He-Man at 3 PM. And then ended the day with some Thundercats, Silverhawks & Galaxy Rangers at around 9.
There is NO justification for Them taking all that AWAY from us forEVER... T_T
Robotech, Silverhawks, Bionic Six, Jayce & WW, GI Joe, COPS, Inspector Gadget, Gummi Bears.... Man we had it good with these cartoons. And then the WWF and all crazy stuff on TV at the time. Even MTV (usually viewed at your rich pals house) was good back then. We went outside to play handball/stickball/hoops or broke out the coleco vision, Atari, NES or SMS to play with your buds. Good times!
mashroob Yes indeed! The 80's kids had the best and last great childhood experience!
mashroob Hell yes!!
Mario Blue Definitely. Saturday Morning Cartoons, Atari 2600, 5200, and 7800. Video game arcades. Rubik's Cube...we had all the cool shit.
Government be like "who the F needs a childhood?"
Quagdarr
Because money
Quagdarr yeah the earliest example if forceing kids to go to school
Quagdarr They do.
Ender Sage WE NEED TO MAKE CHILDHOOD GREAT AGAIN
Flappy Pancakes I don’t care, if I want to watch Batman TAS or JLU, I’m watching Batman TAS or JLU!!!
The world went straight to hell when they did away with Saturday morning cartoons!😱😭👿
Angel A FACTS
No, not really. I liked being able to watch cartoons all day on Nickelodeon growing up. And nowadays entertainment is so much better thanks to Netflix, Hulu, Crackle, and of course TH-cam so we can watch our entertainment which includes many of the cartoons I grew up with and cartoons that are coming out now at anytime we feel like instead of waiting for a TV network schedule.
Angel A that's too true
It all started when they took Pee Wee’s Playhouse off the air....that was the beginning of the end...I can never explain to my kids how much fun it was to be up at 8:00am, with a bowl of Count Chocula or Fruity Pebbles, watching Muppet Babies, Ninja Turtles, Garfield and Friends, Pound Puppies, The REAL Ghostbusters, DuckTales, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Camp Candy, Dungeons and Dragons.....hell, I think even Saved by the Bell came on Saturday mornings.....I watched Cartoon Express and Loony Toons in the evenings, and the best cartoons, He-Man, Thundercats, and Transformers were on right after school....the good old days.
+Bobby Seale Junior
Yes! I remember all of those shows! (I think I was the only kid on earth who preferred Filmation's Ghostbusters)
Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Wish Kid, Bump in the Night, Sonic the Hedgehog, Bobby's World, Adventures of Super Dave, Winnie the Pooh were great too
Saturday was the shit back then! Shazam/Isis hour, Tarzan, Scobby Doo, Hong Kong Phoey, Superfriends, Captain Caveman, & Johnny Quest😲Now theirs crap on tv. Like Teletubbies & Sponge Bob😡🔥
Regular TV in general sux now. Will and grace? Glee! Big bang theory 🤮
I don't think the Teletubbies are wrapped to tight. Sponge Bob in the bikini bottom, what's he doing in the bottom of someones bikini. Let's go back to school house rock
Thundarr the Barbarian, Mr. T, Plastic man, Spiderman and friends, Kidd Video, Dungeons and dragons, Bugs Bunny( the old ones ) Justice League , Man !!! I miss those days!!
@@EVENSOAMEN right on! 😆
@@stevenwalker1051 heck yeah! Dungeons and dragons! Gummy bears, transformers, voltron, gobots, foofur, gravesdale high, galaxy high, the one about the bear cub that lived in the swamp in Louisiana. Thundercats, x-men, the original tmnt. Teen wolf is hands down the greatest cartoon of all time ☝️
Its all good every Saturday morning I pop in old school cartoons for my son. King Arthur and the knights of Justice, ThunderCats, SilverHawk, HE-MAN, MASK, Bionic 6 and etc. It was a pain getting the DVD's but we are good to go.
I'm a millennial but I'm so glad I grew up watching reruns of Saturday morning cartoons. Kids these days don't have many quality shows.
They used to show cartoons on weekdays at 5-6 in the morning before you go to school in the 80s and 90s.
poundu27
They did it during the 70's to. Where I lived, cartoons played Monday -- Friday: 5:30am to 8am; 2pm to 5pm.
*ALL* wicked and evil comes from the government. Always been that way.
"For the love of money is the root of all evil...." (1. Timothy 6,10)
They didn't want to have no more an innocent and well behave society,WHY???.... because this people are evil and manipulated by the devil👹and the devil👹doesn't like what is innocent and good,they ruined up the good old days.....The devil👹 came to steal,Kill and destroy.
Now our freedom is lost, and maybe the hidden messages in the cartoons were trying to warn us.
What about Conjunction junction....What's your function? 🎼
I even remember learning "The Constitution" during the commercial breaks.
Does anyone else remember these animated cartoons designed to educate the wee American?
i remember them I'm only a bill and I'm sitting on capital hill lol thanks for that PEACE
Armus Stith I remember that little dude! Lol
Lisa I liked Molly Molly get your adverbs here but my all time favorite was My Hero, Zero.
Schoolhouse Rock!
Lisa Heck yes movin' thosd verbs and phrases And clauses ,Im just a bill sittin on capital hill! Elbow room elbow roomeverybodys gotta have elbow room! that was school house Rock!!!
As a child of the 80's, I used to love Saturday morning cartoons. Now I have a four year old son and wondered where they went. Mystery solved.
It really sucked when my Smurfs and Gummy Bears got replaced by the "Today" show...
Yep, that was another reason - Saturday morning versions of the weekday morning news/lifestyle shows.
Bring them back it's better that crap that's on
Um, No. Because Mo Rocca said "No". He along with Alie Ward wants to make sure Saturday morning programs were both educational and informational.
I remember watching Looney Tunes cartoons all morning on Saturdays! It was great! Boy, this country has really went down the sh**ter! Lol!😂
yea, looney tunes was was the best! my favorite was road runner and coyote!
Saturday morning cartoons & pancakes was an early childhood bliss back in the 70s.
it was looney toons ;)
B DOG my kids are growing up on all those great cartoons like Looney Tunes thanks to TH-cam
B DOG bbbbbbbbb that's all folks
I remember I loved that Crest commercial...the commercials were even good I guess.
i wish they would bring back Saturday Morning Cartoons
I second that, and I am past 21.
Derrick Sweat me too
I own them all on dvd! So i can still watch them
Some new TV channel needs to be created that uses the old TV guides to recreate all the same broadcast networks as they were originally broadcast from the 1960s to now exactly as they were for everyday of the week it would be a great way to teach history as well as old social values that seem to be renewed for today's generations - Truth,justice, and the American way.
Um. No. Because Mo Rocca said no. He and Alie Ward wants to make sure Saturday mornings are both educational and informational.
Todays children will never really know that feeling from 80s cartoons. They dont get it.
Hey man, Animaniacs was pretty bitching.
That’s a fact. Cartoons have freakin sucked for years now. Some decent ones, but nothing can compare to cartoons back then. I still watch them, and I still love them as much as I did then. They just don’t have the same magical feeling as they did when I was a kid, because I was watching them for the first time and I was a kid, so they just mesmerized me in a different way than now. Lol. They’re still awesome when I watch them, though. What a time to have been a kid. If I had a wish, it would be to go back to that time and relive my childhood.
CW (once known as kids WB back in the day) was my channel when I was little. Of course, I'm not an adult, I'm only 14, so i was kind of at the end of it. Up until I was maybe 9 I woke up every morning to watch cartoons but it was the best when I was little. Eventually it was just reruns and crap. I'm never gonna forget the great Saturday mornings I had tho
sad times Saturday mornings where great back in the 80s and early 90s the kids today just don't know what they are missing kids today are so different no escapism just zombies on there tablets and devices atleast we knew when to switch off and play with the toys we loved and interacted after Saturday morning's with our friends
Aron Sowerby *their 👓
Sad. I loved Saturday morning cartoons as a kid.
I Remember Waking Up Early Every Saturday Morning on The Weekends to Eat Breakfast and Watch Cartoon's From 8am Til 11'Oclock, UNTIL SOUL TRAIN Came On at 12..
Now.. If You Don't Know Nothing About Watching Soul Train on Saturday Mornings..
You'd Missed Out!
This must be repealed and cartoons must come back. (Saturday and Weekdays)
Camel76 Wouldn't even matter at this point.
Camel76 Too late. You can't put toothpaste back in the tube. The culture has changed too much.
Wutsizface It's not too late.
Wutsizface I take solace in knowing that today's spoiled brats will never know the joy of Saturday morning cartoons.
Kyle Nicholas There's an episode of Ducktales where Huey, Dewey and Louie play hooky from school. They convince Scrooge that it's a Saturday, and they watch pre-recorded Saturday morning cartoons, Scrooge asks them about going to school, and they reply with "watching Saturday morning cartoons". That line would be made redundant nowadays.
I always wanted to know what happened to Saturday morning cartoons, but now I wish I could go back...I'm sad knowing the truth.
Kids can't be kids any more. They took away the cartoons, the free time from homework, the rainbow, the right to run crazy around the neighborhood, and the right to play with toy guns. You could walk into any airport gate, deliver newspapers on a bike, play tackle football and go fishing. On a second thought we're lucky to have survived childhood back then!
Relax they got drag queen story hour
Amen!
all of that taken away by Karen's, they need to be slapped
During this lockdown, m kids have remote school from 9 to 5 and then homework after. It’s pretty ridiculous.
Crazy how we all did the same thing nationally, with no social media
"The 9 most terrifying words in the English language: I'm from the government and I'm here to help." - Ronald Reagan
ALSO FROM RONALD REAGAN"IF FASCISM EVER FINDS IT'S WAY INTO AMERICA,IT WILL BE THROUGH LIBERALISM"....END QUOTE.
The irony
Ears with Feet rite
Ronad Reagan, the great anti American. He had so much faith in America that he high tailed it to Germany when he got cancer but he couldn't outrun that Alzheimer's. That man was wicked as hell.
@@kimalonzo4912 OSAMA OBAMA WICKED,OR GEORGE BUSH WICKED?
Also, Millennials won't wait for a certain time for a show to come on TV since everything is on demand now. We didn't have a choice but to wait Saturdays to watch Eek the Cat, Transformers, Muppet Babies, and X-Men at their designated airtimes.
Mark Cysts amen to that
Not the good ones. They didn't have Super Friends, The (original) Amazing Spider Man, Thundarr, He-Man, or Transformers as they were watching the stuff in the late 80s, to mid 90s that was largely terrible save for X-Men. You also forget that Millennials were born from roughly 1985 to 2004 so the majority of them don't know the earlier stuff that Gen X-ers (1965-1984) would be familiar with. They probably had no idea as to what was like when Soul Train came on which meant that cartoons were kaput for the week.
Not to mention you forget that Saturday morning cartoons were a staple since the 1960s.
Absolutely correct. The best cartoons were from the late 60's - 70's. the animation was better and there was a story and sometimes at the end of the cartoon there would be a character asking/telling you the moral of the story - i.e. He-Man, She-Ra. M.A.S.K. . In the 80's the animation style changed. Even in the 90's the stories were full of sick humor or violence - I prefer my generations cartoons as I was born in the early 70's the cartoons and even tv sitcoms were better than today's. That's why Malcolm in the Middle focused on growing up in 80's & the Goldbergs as well. It was a simpler time to be a kid.
Mark Cysts i waited patiently for hecliff and riff raff, fat albert and he man to come on, i did my homework and choirs so that i wouldn't have any interruptions
It is really 1980 and after when Generation Y (Millennials) started, Gen X is from 1961 to 1979. The next Generation is soon to start, Generation Z - 1999 to present.
And because of that, now most kids are on their game systems more, eat less cereal, spend more time on tablets and phones, have less imagination, hardly play with toys and almost rarely go outside. Now there's hardly anything good on TV on Saturday morns lol. But $$ talks.. glad I grew up during Sat''s greatness while it was..
amen to that
curlAlldizzle05 When the cartoons went away the children went away.
Thank you Corporate greed
Our government gives corporate america that kind of power. They send their fucking cronies to grease the hands of politicians to get their way and it's legal. It's fucking legal to bribe politicians! How fucked up is that? If someone kills a politician or any government official they get the death penalty but if someone kills a child they get a few years. How fucked is that??? The American dream is to actually be a politician. That way you can be a greasy pedophile and a liar and extort money from the people and get away with (literally) murder. Not to mention that cops serve them not us (in case your heads have been up your asses for you to not know tgis.) What do they REALLY do for us? Not a fucking thing. "The 'untouchable' politician... nobody deserves a bullet in the head more than those sick fucks.
Who knows maybe this was part of the catalyst that led to toys r us going out of buisness.
ah memories, on Saturday mornings my line up would consist of: Roughnecks, Beast Wars, Gargoyles, Reboot, Monster Rancher, MIB, Extreme Ghostbusters, and Godzilla.
i think that was my _weekday_ lineup for a while, then try to get some sleep before school, unless I could fake an illness.
BigtheGangsterCat mine was Samurai Pizza Cats, Transformers and Megaman plus X-Men, Gummy Bears and some other shows like Batman, Animaniacs and the likes.
BigtheGangsterCat beast wars and monster rancher holy crap man thank you for the nostalgia!
BigtheGangsterCat Yes, your a 90s baby just like me.
I remember how sometimes cartoons would come out with a new episode and there was something new to watch everyday. Even if your favorite cartoon(s) weren't on. Cartoon Network and Nick were literally childhood gemstones that no kid will get to experience anymore.
Screw what the kids want I want a bigger house and more expensive car, let's trash those cartoons for infomercials they are more profitable. This was undoubtedly spoken in a TV network conference room at some point in the 90s.
I miss getting up at 6 and watching toons till 1pm then go outside all day and play. I feel sorry for kids now days they a never know what they missed out on
It's no fun being a kid today.
They do seem a lot less cheerful and imaginative.
@@Jim55324 becuse liberals trying to brainwash them
These kids today don't even know what they're missing!
Kids are not in school on Saturdays so thanks to E/I programs, they don't have to be.
@@raaston9761 how true and not only that but how about what they show now and days.
man they dont want us have nothing the cartoons running now is bull
The government ruined our lives. I was raised on ThunderCats
flowerpink33 do you remember the cartoon block on weekdays?? Started with old 3 stooges clips about 5 30am after the station did the stars and stripes and wings poem, then went into Huey the duck, popeye, and a few others. And nothing like when school was out and watching til 8am. There was my little pony, thunder cats, He Man, She Ra, too. Then came 700 club and it was time to go outside to play!
ThunderCats never appeared on Saturday mornings even once.
Pirates of Dark Water was on the last season of Saturday Morning Cartoons on NBC. Good stuff.
Actually, The Pirates of Dark Water was on ABC.
Land Of The Lost.
@@samoyed81966 and for a short time it was on fox but i i think that might have been only aired as a special!
classic loved that cartoon and had the action figures
I think all of your reasons here are spot on! Saturday morning cartoons were a highlight of most of our lives is you are over 30. Today I believe kids really suffer from the instant gratification method of how cartoons are provided to them. Having to wait all week to see the shows you love really teaches patience, a trait that is in short supply in today's world.
mccool29 Amen
It's really kinda sad when you think about it. If you are over 30, Saturday morning cartoons really were the highlight of our lives. Life never got any better than that for most of us.
When I was a child, I forward to watching the Real Ghostbusters, Beetle Juice, Gravedale High, Hammer Man, Kid and Play, and Bill and Ted Excellent Adventure with a bowl of Captain Crunch or Ghostbuster cereal. It’s too bad that the children of today will never get the opportunity to joy watching up early to watch their favorite shows. Therefore, the Government needs to stop trying to indoctrinate the children to let kids be kids. Thank you sharing, God bless. 🙂👍
P.S. God loves the world that he gave his only begotten son, Jesus Christ. Anyone, who believes in him, will not perish but have everlasting life. (John 3:16)
That sucks, not everyone has cable tv, or internet service! They should put the cartoons back on!
Iwtlv agreed
Iwtlv well if they don't have cable or Internet, how are they going to watch cartoons if they bring it back? Explain that one! Also you can't say they can go to library or friends, what if they live out in the boonies, far away from neighbors and friends.
there's TV that does not require cable or internet connection
Charlie Tan my bad, lol, I thought you said no television. Sorry, lol, been up most of the day since early morning.
nothing to apologize for :-) as an aside, i was not the originator of the comment. user 'lwtlv' was the one who mentioned that '..not everyone has cable tv..'
I loved one Saturday morning on ABC. Doug , Recess, Bill Nye the science Guy. Those were the days man.
Conch FritterKing Bill Nye the Talking Vagina Guy 😫
Conch FritterKing Bill nye the fascist guy?
+Agent. ( -_-) lol
Disney's Doug sucked!!! Should have never left Nick.
I find myself privileged to have experience the 80s cartoons. Today's cartoons are brainwashed boring pasteurised slides.
There is no message in the cartoons today.. very sad
There are plenty of messages in cartoons like the Powerpuff Girls remake, it's just that they aren't good messages.
Kocka Micka rose colored glasses for the past. Many great cartoons today
You leave out the late 90's/ early 2000's cartoons like Pokemon that were good. Star Wars: The Clone Wars wasn't bad either
Kocka Micka spongebob square pants with bikini bottoms and ignorant starfish with a clarinet playing squid and greedy crab (government at work)
It never fails: Always leave it up to the Federal Government to screw everything up.
The Government must have been huge fans of Captain Kangeroo or Picture Pages.
Well, Republicans mainly.
@@gaywizard2000 Actually????? ALL politicians and bureaucrats are. The difference between me and you is that I'm not an ideologue.
@@gaywizard2000 Both parties want to abolish cartoons from broadcast TV entirely.
So the blame is not entirely on the Democrats. For once people are blaming the other political party.
when the Saturday cartoons went away, so did my childhood!
I agree with you....it was much better than football.
yeah its no wonder why this generation is so screwed up. the government killed the imagination for all kids
Funny L i hear you, im 28 and it sucks. Fuck you u fucking government.
M. Torres pokemon Diamond and Pearl thou on satruday #GoodTimes
Wyh do yuo caer abuot yuor chlidhood?
My little brother & I used to watch Dungeons and dragons religiously every Saturday morning. Those were good days!
That cartoon was fire 🔥... I miss those days too
It wasn't so bad, I loved Beakman's World.
Yeah, but that was supposed to be at the end of the cartoons, not instead of cartoons.
leonardo899 good show. how about the show dinosaurs. not a cartoon. "were gonna need another Timmy" lmao
I can't understand how bill nye the fake science guy was more popular than beakmans world.
Beakman's World was so awesome! Him and Bill Nye fostered my love of science hardcore! 💖
first thing i bought with my own money was an ALF doll 25$...lol
Looney toons was both entertaining and educational, you could learn a lot from foghorn leghorn.
You can say that again I wasn't born in that era but I remember watching Looney toons and seeing road runner beat the life out of Wilde Coyote 😂😂😂 drop big ass rocks on his head then he falls 1000 feet and gets back up like it's nothing 😂. Then the road runner tricks Wilde coyote and blows his body into pieces with dynamite 😂 and also Tom and Jerry too hilarious.
I say, "that boy is right", I say.
As a kid in the 70s, i loved saturday-morning cartoons and anything artistically imaginative on the channels, but i noticed the soulful-quality and real potential of cartoons were already weakening by 1976, with few exceptions of what was watchable. And by 1984-1985, it felt like the magic was increasingly stifled -Thanks for this video explanation, except it is missing a point about the creative spirit that decrea$ed from 1976 on. and the same predicament applies to what happened to pop music and comic books noticably from 1978 on, the media control caused a profound chain-reaction that is rarely discussed, and just look at it today, sad, cold, bleak empty in comparison
... It was as if anything stimulating to intellect or imagination was deliberately shunned by a dehumanizing force, more and more noticable from 1976 on, and it became obvious by 1984. everyone seemed oblivious to the anti-culture movement, except those who kept the dream alive. Here in 2017 people need the very basic principle of love to be resuscitated in them, or in many cases never knew it
Looney Tune cartoons were the funniest, and had a sense of humanity in them.
The cartoons did decline in quality in the 70s because the networks refused to pay more for new shows. So they insisted on reruns of reruns and only bought very cheap new shows. Scooby Doo was on for years and years, you may recall. But the show was only actually in production for a short time. ALL the rest were reruns. For years. The networks insisted on this. We all say home and wondered why there were never any new episodes and why they all looked so dull compared to the early anime imports.
I’m trying to remember some of those ‘70s cartoon. What were they? Superfriends?
Or did it go away because Cartoon Network made an all-day cartoon channel
Nah, that came many years later. The Golden Age of Saturday Cartoons was the 80s.
Nah, a huge chunk of families didn't have cable
Saturday Morning cartoons were still Awesome between 1996 and 2003 though.
They didn't really go to shit until 2005-2007.
The Sid and Marty Krofft shows were excellent, and so were lots of the cartoons of the mid to late 70s.
but 2005 was when Avatar the last Airbender premiered ... that show was awesome
TheFutureKing everything went to shit around 2005 or so, not just cartoons. still waiting for life to be worth it again...
That show sucked.
I never got into that show. My girlfriend loves it and tried to get me to watch it. I got bored after about 10 episodes.
I know right. I started to noticed too back then
Gov acted like we didn't go to school 5 days a week
Yeah, Kids today can watch crappy looking Cartoon Network, cartoons anytime they want. But at least we had quality. Animators took more effort in making 80's cartoons. Not that flat Flash crap.
Yeah the quality of the cartoons definitely went down. And who wants to watch that old crap on cartoon network. We need that company BASF to come in and you know - they don't make the products, but they make them better, lol.
Have you seen Amazing World of Gumball? What're you even talking about? LOL
what happened to bugs bunny and Yosemite Sam? "Oh no! A bunny shot a short person with a temper! TRIGGERED!" I hate this generation...
Captain FUN yea the new ones, I hate this new generation crap!
Mark C they still do re runs?
80s > 2017
yep, all day
CrustyClaps = nostalgia
CrustyClaps I wouldn't know
So glad I grew up in the 60's and 70's. Shows like Space Ghost, the Herculoids, Johnny Quest, Thundar the Barbarian and the Banana Splits, just so many that I can't think to remember to list them here.......
CatfishHunter61 Me too man!! Hong Kong Phooey, The Flintstones, and Jabber Jaws were my favorite cartoons in the 70's :-) We didn't have the technology that kid's today have but I believe we had better child hoods. It would KILL me to stay indoors on a summer day after watching cartoons! Riding my bike, playing sports, flying my kite on windy days is what I used to live for. Now in my neighborhood all the children are inside on beautiful days playing video games or on their IPhones. It's just amazing how times have changed!
Me too, My main experience with G.I.Joe was back when he had his Kung Fu Grip. (THE GRIP OF DEATH!) and he was a twelve inch high doll with hair a beard and a facial scar and had kick ass adventures.
When they came out with those dinkey little two inch dolls and all that "YO JOE!" screaming with the flag
It was for some reason kind of depressing for me.
He-man, Thunder-Cats, X-Men, LooneyToons, Scooby-Doo, Jetsons, Flintstones, Hanna-Barbera, Inspector Gadget, Captain Planet, Pinky & The Brain, Popeye, Dexter's Laboratory, Muppet Show, Super Friends, Mr. Magoo, Peewee's Playhouse ... although I was a girl, I never liked those girly-cartoons...LOL. Sigh :-(
CatfishHunter61 I agree, but I absolutely HATED those damned Banana Splits!!!!! As a kid, I only wanted ANIMATION, not three idiots in stupid animal costumes faking it on musical instruments and pathetic slapstick "humor". Space Ghost was THE MAN!!!!!!!! I also liked Eggo waffles on Saturday morning instead of cereal.
H.R. Puffinstuff SUCKED! Real animation was the way to go.
I used to love Saturday morning cartoons. X men, thunder cat, power Rangers etc...
RIP Adam West
Ryan Clephane - yeah funny how Batman the tv program was way better the movies versions.And you cant get a better batman than adam west , just u can't have a bettet james bond than sean connery (for example) the wit and irony make them beter for starters , but they just had that something extra as well.
I don't know about Adam West, but I think what that something extra you were thinking of were a set of Balls...But I'm probably wrong...right?
I was so happy when the CW pushed on through with Saturday morning cartoons. And I was 26 at the time! However, I still looked forward to shows like Yugioh, Dragon Ball Z, and shows like that. One Saturday morning I woke up, turned on the TV, and lo and behold I saw a bunch of animals pouncing around with people giving random ass facts about them I didn't care to know. I remember thinking to myself, "Where's the 'toons at man?!?!" Hasn't been the same since then. There's nothing like the old days.
They had animals on TV in the old days also Rin Tin Tin, Lassie, King on Sargent Preston, Gentle Ben, Flipper, Westerns with cows and horses, sometimes with bears and wolves. Tarzan had apes, elephants, lions, snakes and crocodiles.
Yeah, I liked the animals too. I hate the pc baloney they try to push on kids though without the kids even knowing it.
TimidTheProducer-Live for God OMFG I remember one Saturday morning, it was a long week at school, and i was looking forward to some Saturday morning cartoons, and i remember being so pissed seeing a bunch of random ass bears roaming around the forest when I first turned on my TV changing the channel, and I was thinking, "heeeeey where's Sonic X?" what kid is going to be enjoying hearing facts about animals they don't care about? Excuse my language, but FUCK THE GOVERNMENT!!!
Viz Anime Fan one hundred percent understand your frustration! lol
TimidTheProducer-Live for God thank you :)
Control control control control control absolute control you have no say-so that's our government for you
Samuel Ja abosuletly. Leave the educating to the parents and let them decide if they want their children to watch cartoons!!
Lots of good "live action" shows on Saturday mornings too in the 70s, "Shazam", "Isis", "HR Pufnstuf" "Sigmund & the Sea Monsters" just to name a few. Was very fortunate and blessed to be a child in the 1970s. Very blessed to still have those tender memories at age 55.