Cartoon Crazies!

Who is your favorite cartoon character? My son changes his mind frequently. As for my daughter...it's Dora all the way.

I think back on all of the cartoon characters I have known and loved and some bring back some great memories. Do you remember these great shows?

Thundercats {Ho!}

The Smurfs

Rainbow Brite

Care Bears {sharing is caring}

GI Joe {because knowing is half the battle}

Jem {she's truly outrageous}

Transformers

Alvin and the Chipmunks {Before they hit the big screen}

Fraggle Rock

He-Man

Inspector Gadget {go, go gadget arms!}

The Jetsons

The Littles

Tailspin

Animaniacs {gnorf!}

Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers

Ducktales {Woo hoo!}

My question is...what happened? There were some seriously great cartoons when I was a kid. Most of them had morals to the story. You know, something you were supposed to learn in the quick 30 minute show. Alvin was always doing something naughty and Dave would show him the right way to do it at the end of the show. {BTW...do you remember the Alvin and the Chipmunks movie? Where they flew around the world in hot air balloons? Oh, it was SO good!}

Anyway, my poor kids are stuck with such dumb cartoons now. Some of them are down right inappropriate for kids too! Am I the only one that feels this way? Have you heard of these shows?

Ed, Edd and Eddy

Kids Next Door

Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy

Squirrel Boy

Camp Lazlo

George of the Jungle

Fosters Home for Imaginary Friends

Spongebob

Fairly OddParents

Now, I'm not saying that ALL of these are naughty shows. But most of them are just DUMB. I know there are a lot of Spongebob fans out there...but I am not one of them. Sorry! It's MY blog, so it's MY opinion. :0) Anyway...thankfully my kid prefers to watch Scooby Doo re-runs on Cartoon Network. He had an obsession with Fairly OddParents for a while there that drove me crazy. Timmy Turner is NOT a nice boy! Sigh.

I say...bring back the shows with the warm and fuzzy lessons for our kids. Even Thundercats taught us not to be egotistical, or that family is important. Seriously....

Am I the only one with a problem here?

Happy Smurfday!

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Do you remember the smurfs? I LOVED watching the smurfs. Papa Smurf, Brainy Smurf, Smurfette, and mean old Gargamel...they made my Saturday mornings! Well, apparently they just turned 50! Holy cow! It seems they were actually a comic first before becoming hugely popular in the 80s with their tv series. Because of this, their company has decided it's time to re-introduce them to the world. Late next year a Smurf movie will be released, and then hopefully 26 new 30 minute episodes for our kiddies to watch. The characters will be updated, and more girls added to the little mushroom house community. So, it will be interesting to see what they come up with. But, I think it's just Smurfy! Much better than most of the cartoons that they've got on tv nowadays don't you think?