Do you agree?

I think that the 80's and early 90's had the best children cartoons of all time. Have you seen what kids growing up with today? They're very ugly and irritating to watch.

80's and 90's:

Here are a few exapmles.

http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2009-05-29-heman2.gif He Man And The Masters Of The Universe

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_W8dDqsMHtUc/RpJ5YFcw6zI/AAAAAAAAAVA/8zphqChck-w/s400/440px-RealGhostbusters_promotionalimage.jpg The Real Ghostbusters

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i316/NMMan/ZeldaCartoon2.jpg The Legend Of Zelda

http://www.wep.com/gallery/Denver/full/26.jpg Denver, The Last Dinosaur.

http://www.antiquiet.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/o_jem.jpg Jem And The Holograms

These shows were great, and I watched them when I was little. And they had it's own story.
A lot of the 80's/90's series was about people saving the world, for exapmle He Man, She Ra. etc.
And they looked like real cartoon humans.



Today's cartoons shows:

http://l.yimg.com/a/p/i/bcst/channel7/2327/65736103.jpg Phineas & Pherb.
This show is terrible, and can you actually believe this is Disney's latest cartoon?

The show is about... NOTHING! 2 brothers is sitting under a tree and one say: What you wanna do today? I know let's build a roller coaster". And that's about it. VERY BORING, I mean, it's not exciting.

http://drawn.ca/wordpress/wp-content/images/replacements.jpg The Replacements.

Also Disney. About 2 kids who replace someone they don't like.

When children back in the days was watching He Man, they'd say like: "Wow, I wanna be like him, he's a hero."

But now, when they're watching this Phineas & Pherb crap, they don't learn anything. It's not like they're saying "Let's build a roller coaster in our backyard."

They do not look like humans, they're doodles!

This is my opinion, and it's hard to believe it's made by Disney who used to do such great shows such as Ducktales, Rescue Rangers, Tale Spin.

I'm so happy I grew up with those 80's and 90's cartoons.

i agree. i grew up in the 80s, 90s and there were so many great cartoons:
he-man, thundercats, alvin and the chipmunks, real ghostbusters, johnny bravo, muppet babies to name but many. but now what do we have? crap that's what!

cartoons are a joke these days- the characters have zero appeal, the storylines are boring and the theme songs are well, forgetable. and yet when it comes to cartoons, all people talk about is the simpsons and family guy. the simpsons is nowhere as good as it first came out, whilst as for family guy-i just couldnt stand that cartoon- i find that show bloody awful to be quite honest. it is so sad. :(

sad to say this, but cartoons died towards the early half of 2000 onwards.

I don't know if they're still doing it with today's cartoons, but one trend that began in the days while I was still watching Saturday morning cartoons was that each show had to have a moral or a lesson. And it got worse and more dumbed down as I got older. Fortunately, I grew out of those cartoons with my teenage years and discovered HBO!

Today's cartoons are sh*t.


Also do they even show cartoons on Saturday mornings anymore?? About a year ago I was having some work done on my car on a Saturday morning and one of the mechanics turned on the TV on our local NBC affilliate and they were showing some teenage TV show, it was the same with most of the other channels. The mechanic responded "whatever happend to bugs bunny"?

Yeah! They're awful! None of today's cartoons has not any message, they're pointless.

It was fantastic to get up every morning just to watch the cartoons, and when I see them today, it feels the same. :D

The kids today who actually like that, can't be very bright.

I'm listening to these great, awesome theme songs that we saw on TV back in the days, they were so good then!

I agree today's cartoons are awful. I much prefer the cartoons of the 60's and 70's that I grew up with.

All cartoons were better then.

I agree, cartoons were better back in the 70's and 80's.

Yes.

Yeah! They're awful! None of today's cartoons has not any message, they're pointless.

It was fantastic to get up every morning just to watch the cartoons, and when I see them today, it feels the same. :D

The kids today who actually like that, can't be very bright.

I'm listening to these great, awesome theme songs that we saw on TV back in the days, they were so good then!

also, have you noticed the characters in the 80s and 90s shows were better drawn and animated. whereas with todays cartoons, it is like there is hardly any effort that is being put in at all? thank goodness for you tube that we can watch the classics. much better than the crap that is being offered to us at the moment on tv.

I can't agree more!

Let's compare two cartoons...."Garfield and Friends"....and "Chowder".

Sure, "Chowder" is successful, but it won't last for 7 seasons unlike "Garfield". And soon..."Chowder" may be gone as well.

Longevity was something that cartoons had, these cartoons today don't have that!...Unless it's "Spongebob" or "The Simpsons", where you want those damn shows off, but they never will!

What I'm upset about is...these children will NEVER see the cartoons that we saw (and that includes Looney Tunes and Tom and Jerry).

also, have you noticed the characters in the 80s and 90s shows were better drawn and animated. whereas with todays cartoons, it is like there is hardly any effort that is being put in at all? thank goodness for you tube that we can watch the classics. much better than the crap that is being offered to us at the moment on tv.

Exactly! That's what I meant that they looked real and today's cartoons looks crap. Children's TV today in general is crap, all of these Disney comedy shows are making kids crazy, and they probably don't know anything about the time before their time.

Saturday mornings in the 70's used to be like sacred time for kids my age; the networks really treated them respectfully and catered to the kid audience.

We had things like NEW cartoons on Thanksgiving morning and a full hour (I think) devoted to "sneak peeks" the Friday night before the fall Saturday morning premieres of new and returning shows.

Some of the cartoons were great, some not so great. But I do think that most of them were at least "fun" shows; now we seem to have so many shows that are cynical in their attitude, and I don't think that's very positive for kids. Also there's this phenomenon of making 'adult' cartoons like "Family Guy" and "South Park" but kids are tuning in to them. I think it's great to have shows that cater to all ages but I fear that some of the satire and meaning of the 'adult' shows are lost on kids. I doubt for instance that Mike Judge meant to have "Beavis and Butthead" come off as heroic or admirable but most kids I know that loved that show thought they were "cool".

It's like putting "Playboy" magazine in its own special place at the bookstore as opposed to putting it right next to the comic books where kids are accessing it. I don't believe in any censorship but let's put things in their proper perspective and at least try to think about the effect its having on the youngest, and most vulnerable, of our society.

maybe the children of this era like the cartoons of today because they don't know of anymore carttons

Saturday mornings in the 70's used to be like sacred time for kids my age; the networks really treated them respectfully and catered to the kid audience.

We had things like NEW cartoons on Thanksgiving morning and a full hour (I think) devoted to "sneak peeks" the Friday night before the fall Saturday morning premieres of new and returning shows.

Some of the cartoons were great, some not so great. But I do think that most of them were at least "fun" shows; now we seem to have so many shows that are cynical in their attitude, and I don't think that's very positive for kids. Also there's this phenomenon of making 'adult' cartoons like "Family Guy" and "South Park" but kids are tuning in to them. I think it's great to have shows that cater to all ages but I fear that some of the satire and meaning of the 'adult' shows are lost on kids. I doubt for instance that Mike Judge meant to have "Beavis and Butthead" come off as heroic or admirable but most kids I know that loved that show thought they were "cool".

It's like putting "Playboy" magazine in its own special place at the bookstore as opposed to putting it right next to the comic books where kids are accessing it. I don't believe in any censorship but let's put things in their proper perspective and at least try to think about the effect its having on the youngest, and most vulnerable, of our society.
Saturday morning cartoons in the 70's were really special. I remember those Friday night previews they had every year. I used to get up at about 5am on Saturdays just to watch my shows. My Parents were still in bed. lol

I think the same can be said about the comic strips. The only one that is any good is Peanuts, and since those are classics anyway, that should tell you something! All the rest have hints of vulgarity, bodily functions, sick humor and frankly just aren't funny. I don't have kids, but if I did, I sure wouldn't want them reading these. That's such a shame.

The cartoons of today are horrible as well. I'm glad this topic was brought up because I thought that maybe I was criticizing them because I'm in my 40's and a bit too old for them anyway.

Andrea

I don't think they learn anything from these new shows.

I don't think they learn anything from these new shows.

I don't think that cartoons necessarily have to have a moral or a lesson, but it would be nice to see intelligently done cartoons that don't rely on insult humor or bodily functions to get a cheap laugh.

I always knew that if you ran off a cliff or dropped an anvil on someone's head, that it would hurt like hell.

maybe the children of this era like the cartoons of today because they don't know of anymore carttons

i think that if you were born between the 50s and 80s era, then you were exposed to more vastly superior cartoons. there was more choice but also the quality was great. if however, you were born in the late 90s, there is very much a chance you are exposed to a lot of bad cartoons.

i'd urge all the young kids of today's generation to go on you tube and watch the classics from the 40s- late 90s. there is real quality animation, as well as great storylines, theme songs and morals in these shows. not like todays, that is.

I'm born 1990, and since I live in Sweden, we got some shows a little later then the USA, so I have seen all 80's and 90's shows. I'm a retro girl!

They definitely don't make cartoons like they used to. My favorites are the classic Warner Brothers cartoons from the 40s and the stuff that was made during the 70s.

My favorites is from the 80's and the 90's.

Show i rember watching are the realghostbusers,swatkat,supermariobrothr super show, pee weee herem not really cartoooon, aliven andthe chipmunks. i also watch spider-man Animated series AND x-mEN Animated series. I ALSO REMBER WATCHING MUMMPET BABIES MY FAVORITE CARTOON THEN DOUG. THAT WAS GOOD SHOW. I ALSO rEEMBER BATMAN ANIMTED SERIES, AND NINJA TURTLES AND CAPITAN PLEANT. I ALSO WATCH MIGHTY MOUSE WOOODY WOOOD PECKER,SPACE GHOST, fANSIC FOUR 1970'S CARTOON , SCOOBY DOO,TOPCAT THE JETSONS, RUGRATS AND BOBBYS WORLD. TODAY CARTOOON ARE KIND OF GROSSSE. I WATCH SOME ON CARTOON NETWORK NOW THE NEWER CARTOON ARE KIND OF DIRTY .

i think that if you were born between the 50s and 80s era, then you were exposed to more vastly superior cartoons. there was more choice but also the quality was great. if however, you were born in the late 90s, there is very much a chance you are exposed to a lot of bad cartoons.
Excellent point!

i'd urge all the young kids of today's generation to go on you tube and watch the classics from the 40s- late 90s. there is real quality animation, as well as great storylines, theme songs and morals in these shows. not like todays, that is.
This is GREAT advice! Actually one of the funniest cartoons I've ever seen is the Mickey Mouse classic "Steamboat Willie". I rented a Disney classics DVD with this and other classic Mickey Mouse cartoons and I was :lol: as though I were a kid again!

Andrea

I was just channel surfing and I can't believe how crappy Saturday morning kids' programming is now. The best thing I could find was a Spanish version of Sesame Street.

Excellent point!


This is GREAT advice! Actually one of the funniest cartoons I've ever seen is the Mickey Mouse classic "Steamboat Willie". I rented a Disney classics DVD with this and other classic Mickey Mouse cartoons and I was :lol: as though I were a kid again!

Andrea

thanks andrea :) !

They are really terrible!


http://www.tiscali.co.uk/tv/images/library/shows/dave-the-barbarian/lg-promo/lg-promo-dave-the-barbarian-1.jpg
Uhh, I hate this.

http://www.freewebs.com/stefanbg/Brany%20&%20Mr%20Whis(1).jpg

Total pointless show. A rabbit and a dog falls from a plane and lands in jungle.

WTH are they supposed to be? they sure look terrible.

It's pictures of the shows "Dave The Barbarian" and "Brandy & MR Whiskers". It's very crappy! And yes, on the 2nd picture, their bed is made of a bra.

It's pictures of the shows "Dave The Barbarian" and "Brandy & MR Whiskers". It's very crappy! And yes, on the 2nd picture, their bed is made of a bra.

ah ok. i was wondering what that the hell that was. but seriously though popular entertainment has gone downhill- the music, tv shows, films and cartoons- 99.9% of them are woeful. cannot believe what an awful decade this has been for us, compared to say the 70s, 80s and 90s. particuarly when it comes to what is on offer to us. sad to say, the word 'creativity' just doesn't exist anymore.

ah ok. i was wondering what that the hell that was. but seriously though popular entertainment has gone downhill- the music, tv shows, films and cartoons- 99.9% of them are woeful. cannot believe what an awful decade this has been for us, compared to say the 70s, 80s and 90s. particuarly when it comes to what is on offer to us. sad to say, the word 'creativity' just doesn't exist anymore.

I couldn't agree more. I'm stuck in the past.

I agree with most of you who said today's cartoons are awful. They lack substance and identity. The problems with today's cartoons is that can kids of today look back 20 years from now and said they said they grew up on "Dexter's Laboratory", "Swat Kats", or "Pokeman?!" Get real! When I was a kid, I imitated "He-Man" "The Hulk", "Bugs Bunny" I can't get enough! They need Saturday Morning cartoons on network TV back. I know cable TV cut into those ratings, but that was a tradition. The Boomerang channel shows many Hanna-Barbera classics, for those of you who get the network, they are what Cartoon Network was in the early mid 90s.

I agree with most of you who said today's cartoons are awful. They lack substance and identity. The problems with today's cartoons is that can kids of today look back 20 years from now and said they said they grew up on "Dexter's Laboratory", "Swat Kats", or "Pokeman?!" Get real! When I was a kid, I imitated "He-Man" "The Hulk", "Bugs Bunny" I can't get enough! They need Saturday Morning cartoons on network TV back. I know cable TV cut into those ratings, but that was a tradition. The Boomerang channel shows many Hanna-Barbera classics, for those of you who get the network, they are what Cartoon Network was in the early mid 90s.

Exactly.

ah ok. i was wondering what that the hell that was. but seriously though popular entertainment has gone downhill- the music, tv shows, films and cartoons- 99.9% of them are woeful. cannot believe what an awful decade this has been for us, compared to say the 70s, 80s and 90s. particuarly when it comes to what is on offer to us. sad to say, the word 'creativity' just doesn't exist anymore.

I agree here again!

My life this decade was a joke and to make things worse...there's no escape! Anything that's entertainment this decade was ****, I can't even enjoy myself!

Well, I'm livin' the life as I used to before this decade, but everything around me is changing, so I agree.

Nothing beats cartoons from the 70s & 80s. Oh the memories... I can remember as a kid getting up like 6am every saturday & watching cartoons till almost noon! Those were the days. There were some cartoons in the 90s that were good but as the 90s was passing, cartoons slowly went downhill. Now you are lucky to see any cartoons on Saturday mornings. If you can find any, they are crap.

I really wish they would put more cartoons from the 70s & 80s out on dvd.

I really wish they would put more cartoons from the 70s & 80s out on dvd

Yes, that'd be great!

also, have you noticed the characters in the 80s and 90s shows were better drawn and animated. whereas with todays cartoons, it is like there is hardly any effort that is being put in at all? thank goodness for you tube that we can watch the classics. much better than the crap that is being offered to us at the moment on tv.


I thank God for youtube every day. I don't even have a television in my bedroom anymore because my computer is my television. There really isn't anything on anymore on Saturday mornings so on that day I watch youtube. It's really great for past shows.

I thank God for youtube every day. I don't even have a television in my bedroom anymore because my computer is my television. There really isn't anything on anymore on Saturday mornings so on that day I watch youtube. It's really great for past shows.

same here where i live in england. children's TV is no longer occupying saturday mornings- as it is now replaced by cookery shows! and youtube is a great site to watch the shows that don't get shown anymore by the networks. today's cartoons are just instantly forgettable.

same here where i live in england. children's TV is no longer occupying saturday mornings- as it is now replaced by cookery shows! and youtube is a great site to watch the shows that don't get shown anymore by the networks. today's cartoons are just instantly forgettable.

Yes, it's great that they have those shows on youtube. There's so much you haven't seen in years that you can find there.

Yes, where else in the world can you find episodes of "Captain Caveman" and the opening theme for "Partridge Family: 2200 A.D."! That stuff is pure gold, and for all the things I don't like about the internet, things like that make me very thankful for it. :)

Yes, where else in the world can you find episodes of "Captain Caveman" and the opening theme for "Partridge Family: 2200 A.D."! That stuff is pure gold, and for the things I don't like about the internet, things like that make me very thankful for it. :)

Yes, same here. :)

seems as if with cartoon network and nickelodeon especially, those two channels have gone downhill. i like boomerang a lot because it shows only the classics and not the crap that we have right now.

Yeah, Boomerang is better.

sad to see the crap thats on tv now. tv stations that take good shows off the air or try to replace them with remakes or something they think will bring in more ratings because some one up the ladder had the Idea that they could bring in more ratings and just end up killing the show completely or bring a slow death witch either leads to the time slot being filled by the crap listed above.

sad.:eek:

Do you agree?

I think that the 80's and early 90's had the best children cartoons of all time. Have you seen what kids growing up with today? They're very ugly and irritating to watch.
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I think the latest date for great childrnes programming would be late 1960s. And we're not yet out yet. Unless we watch our DVD';s or online video resources.

Persdonally and frankly----I think that the entire 80s particular were the dark ages, and the late 60s-70s as well.

As I say in another post elsewhere in another topic [Cartoon characters you cannot stand], I am a child of the early to middle 1960s as my profile probaly says [I was born twenty years before John Lennon's grisly murder on December 8,1960-Lennon was murdered in 1980] and even back in the 70s-90s I hated the shows then, too child like, Funny thing is, back when I was a child, demogrpahcis didn't mean as much then as they do now.,.big band could mean anything from Lawrence Welk to Bobby Darin to Spike Jones, rock and roll could be anything from Shelley Fabares singing that song about her Johnny Angel with strings to Jerry Lee shaking, and all mkind sof comics from Ernie Kovacs to Groucho to the Stooges and Bozo, likewise you'd have The Ed Sullivan Show with all kinds of performers. Ironic as I got more adult more able to get references in Quick Draw, Bugs, Bullwinkle, and such, cartoons had by 1967 or so been dumbed down more so for kids. [Major exceptions: the last remaining episodes of Gumby, though they've also been given the "shark jumping" prize on the late, lamented "Jump the shark" site evne for late 60s episodes, and the fun Linus the Lionhearted cartoon's final episodes. Ironic, since most of the shows mentioned from the eighties I recall as animated television commericals yet Linus also started that way, for Post cereals in 1962, though no product was mentioned. One of the best middle and latter erasixties cartoons shows.IMHO]. 70s, nothing but increaisng anti-violence stuff such, and eighties, bottom of the barrell [The voice of Rocky the squirrell and Tigger on SMURFS? on GUMMIES?]]

Then came that too cool for school stuff, Tiny Toons. Alladdin cartoons spinning off of Disney. [Though to be fair they almost wanted to try to make things more funny but only generally had that "we're hyper and in your face". I blame "Who Framed Rioger Rabbit" [1988], depsite being an important animation resurgence boot, for this.]

Howver the 1990s also had Beavis and Butthead, Daria, The Simpsons, Ren and Stimpy and Cartoon Planet [I must be the ONLY 1960s kid who likes this..as I mention in another topic, I saw a praying mantis and two Hanna-Barbera related things jumped like its cousin, the grasshopper to my head----
Melody of the Pussyctas in her superioir comic book form making "praying mantis, fly to the church, see all the people"-yeah RIGHT like THAT would pass religious types as easy as a mantis could--and "Cartoon Planet" and "Space Ghost"'s ZORAK, the attention wanting band member mantis. THe Paul Schaeffer and Ed McMahon of the show..]

But I can hardly as a 48 year man stand to reminisince fondly about much after 1967 or so..

Well, probably because you had your childhood in the 60's. And if you compare cartoons 20 years ago and cartoons today, there's a huge difference of quality.

I'll never forget when I flipping channels and caught "Slacker Cats" on ABC Family. I thought it was like Garfield and Friends based on the commercials -WRONG! On of the cats talked about an orgy. I couldn't believe it. I just sat in front of the TV with my mouth open.

Well, probably because you had your childhood in the 60's. And if you compare cartoons 20 years ago and cartoons today, there's a huge difference of quality.

i agree. your opinions are often based on your previous childhood that you were born in. however, for me, i love cartoons from the 50s to early 90s, though many of my favourites tend to be from the 80s. for most young adults like ourselves, cartoons jumped the shark by the early 00s onwards.

I'll never forget when I flipping channels and caught "Slacker Cats" on ABC Family. I thought it was like Garfield and Friends based on the commercials -WRONG! On of the cats talked about an orgy. I couldn't believe it. I just sat in front of the TV with my mouth open.

There's nothing but crap nowadays.

i agree. your opinions are often based on your previous childhood that you were born in. however, for me, i love cartoons from the 50s to early 90s, though many of my favourites tend to be from the 80s. for most young adults like ourselves, cartoons jumped the shark by the early 00s onwards.

Well, I'm also a huge 80's fan. And in the early 90's they showed both 80's and 90's cartoons that I enjoyed.

Yeah I am seeing alot of great old cartoons being uploaded to YT. What's nice is there are programs so you can grab the videos off of YT & have them on your puter. What's even better is you can convert the videos, join them together if you need to & burn them to a dvd. :)

Yes, where else in the world can you find episodes of "Captain Caveman" and the opening theme for "Partridge Family: 2200 A.D."! That stuff is pure gold, and for all the things I don't like about the internet, things like that make me very thankful for it. :)

I just left youtube watching captain caveman and the flintstone kids. Its the best invention in 2000

I just left youtube watching captain caveman and the flintstone kids. Its the best invention in 2000

Everything's there.

I agree modern cartoons are junk.Everything about them.-What is even worse is many of the good older cartoons that often appealed to both kids and adults have mostly been taken off the air.You'd be hard pressed to find great shows like The Flintstones,The Warner Bros. classic toons,the Disney Classic toons, Woody Woodpecker etc. on any tv station nowadays.These cartoons used to ALWAYS be on the air, and should always be shown.

You can blame groups of "Do Gooders" such as Action for Children's Television for RUINING children's television. :(

In the late 1960s and early 1970s they began complaining that many children's shows that aired on Satirday Mornings and Weekday Afternoons were either "Too Violent", were "Program Length Commercials" or "Lacked any Educational Value". They persuaded the FCC to BAN many of these shows, and eventually required Children's Shows to carry that infernal "EI" label. :angryfire

Fortunately many of those "Banned" Cartoons are now available on DVD. Some of them actually have labels saying "Not intended for viewing by Children". IGNORE THEM. If you have Children by all means purchase those DVDs, and have your kids watch some REAL Cartoons for a change. :lol:

What I'm upset about is...these children will NEVER see the cartoons that we saw (and that includes Looney Tunes and Tom and Jerry).

Yes they will, as some of us parents show our kids those cartoons, and some of those cartoons still air on TV or are on DVD, and online.

I agree. Back when I was growing up in the 90's I watched cartoon shows such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Ghostbusters, Denver the Last Dinosaur, Darkwing Duck, Goof Troop, Talespin, Chip N' Dale's Rescue Rangers, Rugrats, Rocko's Modern Life, Aaahh! Real Monsters, the classic Looney Tunes Shorts. Then when I got older I became a fan of Toonami, The Powerpuff Girls, and many others and now with them now gone from the networks, I find it terrible with what the brain less shows they have replaced them with and hope one day they bring these great cartoons back for the kids of this generation to see.

You can blame groups of "Do Gooders" such as Action for Children's Television for RUINING children's television. :(

In the late 1960s and early 1970s they began complaining that many children's shows that aired on Satirday Mornings and Weekday Afternoons were either "Too Violent", were "Program Length Commercials" or "Lacked any Educational Value". They persuaded the FCC to BAN many of these shows, and eventually required Children's Shows to carry that infernal "EI" label. :angryfire

Fortunately many of those "Banned" Cartoons are now available on DVD. Some of them actually have labels saying "Not intended for viewing by Children". IGNORE THEM. If you have Children by all means purchase those DVDs, and have your kids watch some REAL Cartoons for a change. :lol:ACT as it was called was started by a prissy Sentor wife whom had nothing better to do than to sit around and count the acts of violents she claim that was on those old WARNER BROTHERS cartoons.She also went after HANNA-BARBARA.This was the late 60's when this happen,so by the 70's,those era of cartoons were more bland,and they were suppose to be educational,and all of that garbage!:angryfire If I had kids,I would have no problem letting them watch these "Bad" cartoons.The only thing bad about them is the silly adults whom sees everything that not even in these cartoons,and trying to force their values on me!I didn't like it then,and I sure don't like it now.Some people need to mind their own business,and let people live the way THEY want to live,and shut the:cuss: up!