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?

Movie Flashback!

So, much to Jaysen's frustration I have been on a flashback tour of some of my old favorite movies. With the writers strike going on...there's nothing on tv, and so in the evenings I find myself trying to find things to do (besides the things I SHOULD be doing. There are always PLENTY of things to do, but I take the evenings off. Seriously, you should try it!) Anyway, Netflix has been shipping us some great 80s movies lately. I've been filling my queue with some great movie memories. So, I thought I would share some of my favorites with you for your viewing enjoyment.


16 Candles
Adventures in Babysitting
Back to the Future (Great Scott!)
Beetlejuice
Big
Breakfast Club
The Burbs
D.A.R.Y.L.
Dead Poets Society
Desperately Seeking Susan

Dirty Dancing
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
E.T. (ET phone home!)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (Bueller, Bueller...)
Field of Dreams (if you build it, they will come)
Flashdance (what a feeling!)
Flight of the Navigator
Footloose
Ghostbusters (Who you gonna call?)

Girls Just Want to Have Fun
Goonies
Howard the Duck (I know, I know...but I loved it back then!)
Indiana Jones (any of them!)
Karate Kid
Labyrinth (just rewatched this one and it wasn't as good as I remembered it to be. Sigh)
Ladyhawke
Land Before Time
Lean on Me
Legend of Billy Jean
Mannequin
Man with One Red Shoe
Mask
Never Ending Story
Outsiders
Police Academy (Freeze Dirt Bag!)
Pretty in Pink
Princess Bride (As you wish)
Rain Man (K-mart sucks)
Return to Oz
Romancing the Stone
Short Circuit (#5 is alive!)
Spaceballs
St. Elmo's Fire
Stand by Me
Star Wars (Use the force Luke!)
Superman
Supergirl
Top Gun
Troop Beverly Hills
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Willow

Am I missing your favorite? Let me know!