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Native of NC and an all out Tarheel Fan.

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Cartoons over the ages.
massiveplugger \| 11:00 AM on 06.23.2008	25 comments

As I have said before... I am 28 years old and have 1.95 children (other due on July 4th). I have been spending time watching cartoons with my son and I still cannot help but think about the older ones.

Do any of you remember when cartoons used to be on at 3:00 p.m. when you got home from school?

Ducktales

Tale Spin

What about GI Joe?

To me all of these cartoons were a blast to watch. It seems lately that kids are burdened with crappy ones like The Dinasaur King, Kirby, The Wiggles (even though it is not a cartoon) and more.

Do not get me wrong. There are some descent cartoons out there, but I just miss the flare of the other ones. Think God for Disney Cartoon Channel and Boomerang. I can still allow my child to watch some of the great cartoon's were people actually DRAW!

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23 comments | showing # 1 to 23

BlindsideDork

G.I.Joes was epic win! I think God all the tiem for that one.

Drawing is for the loosers of olden days! haha
Aww :(

linuxguy

@BSD:iz u kitteh?

covah

I just started getting back into dragon ball z and my inner child is just overjoyed by the pure awesome that show was.

MrSadistic

New cartoons blow (i.e. the new Transformers show on Cartoon Network with the shitty anime-ish style)

shipero

When I eventually have kids one of the first cartoons they'll be exposed to will be Batman: The Animated Series. If they don't like it they'll immediately be put up for adoption.

SysiphusRock

My girlfriend loves Ducktales, TailSpin and Rescue Rangers.

BlindsideDork

X-Men...it wasn't exactly the same time frame but X-Men ftw!

massiveplugger

X-Men... Rescue Rangers.... Batman.... Even the Batman with the kid taking the role and being guided by Bruce Wayne were all great.

GI Joe was definitely an epic cartoon. "Knowing is half the battle."

Batthink

Although I didn't follow them every single week, I did see the occaisonal Duck Tales or Talespin. GI Joe, however, didn't seem to appear on British TV, but then again, that isn't a great loss to me.

Mysterious Cities of Gold FTW. :OD

SilverDragon1979

@massiveplugger: I'm 28 as well, which means we should have watched the same stuff growing up. I definately remember the 3:00 cartoons after work. They always ran until around 5:00 or 6:00, and then Full House and Family Matters would come on.

I do remember Duck Tales and Talespin. I also remember Tiny Toon Adventures and Animaniacs.

SilverDragon1979

@massiveplugger: I unfortunately can never comment on your blog again. The UNC tarheel you have on your profile on the side of the screen is burning my eyes and I can't stand to look at it. As an NC State Wolfpack fan I am not allowed by law to have any further communication with you.

ShawnKelfonne

Don't forget Darkwing Duck.

I really miss the days when Disney made actual awesome stuff. I mean, are any of the kids nowadays going to be sitting around 10 years from now and talking about how awesome it was growing up watching Hannah Montana and Lizzie McGuire and all that crap?

Somehow I doubt it.

LarkOhiya

chip and dale rescue rangers. good cartoon, great game.

a lot of the games made off of cartoons at that time where really good.

Kayka

I remember waking up entirely to early on saturdays and watching all the cartoons for hours and hours until my parents woke up and kick me out of the living room.

It was the time of my life. :)

blehman

...Animaniacs and Tiny Toons.

That is all.

Primo

massiveplugger

Silverdragon.... I can understand that my Tarheel burns your eyes. Just remember that I have had a brother go to NC State and another to Chapel Hill (Tarheels). I bleed Carolina blue from my up bringing.

Pinky and the Brain.

I also remember the time period when you could wake up during the weekday mornings and watch some of the same cartoons that came on during the afternoon.

I agree about kids saying remember Hanna Montana!! But, most people probably did not think we would be talking about this as adults.

SilverDragon1979

@massiveplugger: You had a brother go to NC State ... ok well I can cut you some slack then.

BTW ... does anyone remember "Muppet Babies"?

Kyousuke Nanbu

I used to love the disney afternoon, I was quite sad when it vanished so abruptly(years later I found out why), waking up at 8 and watching all the cartoons on ABC and NBC.

Better times :(

massiveplugger

Yup... He graduated from their with a Forest Management degree and now mananges and large district around Asheville, NC. He is currently on the 40,000 acre fire down at the Carolina coast.

I remember muppet babies. I also remember the old school Tenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Hamza CTZ Aziz

High fucking five dude. Miss the cartoons of my youth.

Ninjajuice

Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, Ducktales, Mighty Max, Bobby's World, Beetleborgs, VR Troopers, Power Rangers, before they sucked. and Goosebumps.

Ducktales, and Mighty Max are the only ones I can still stomach on youtube, though.

KBs FuRy

I might be dating myself... but does anybody remember Star Blazer's?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5oniErmeuE
Fuck I loved that show!!

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