"I'm a [BLANK] kid!"

[Reynard]

I'm a Commodore 64 and Atari 2600 kid

 

[payn]

 

[trappedslider]

and for bonus points I was a wake up at 6 to watch

kid

 

[deganawida]

Let's do some deeper cuts.

I'm a Captain N, Pole Position, and Mysterious Cities of Gold kid.

Now I have the theme for Cities of Gold running through my head!

 

[CleverNickName]

I'm an Atari-playing, Thundercats-watching, Bunnicula-reading, Pop Rocks munching latchkey Gen-X kid.

 

[Willie the Duck]

Huh. I was a Sesame Street, Mr. Rogers, Big Blue Marble kid, but after that I was much more of that supposed 'Kids on Bikes' block than any kind of specific show or movie-kid.

It's not like I didn't see kids-formative movies like Star Wars and ET (and Starcrash, Flash Gordon, the Black Hole, Black Cauldron, Beastmaster, Excalibur, etc.). Same with shows like Muppets, Hanna-Barbera cartoons, re-run Looney Tunes/Merry Melodies, and early Nickelodeon (mostly Lassie and Monkees re-runs, and the new Mr. Wizard).

However, at that time people really worried about too much TV rotting your mind, and outside of Saturday morning, I think I was limited to an hour a day. Much of it ending up more family-friendly than kid-specific (Little House on the Prairie/MASH/The Wonderful World of Disney). There was only one TV in the house, after all (not counting the little B&W one in the garage dad watched the game on when he was working on the car).

 

[schneeland]

First thought was: (Star Trek) Next Generation kid. I watched a couple of things as a teenager, but TNG was probably the most defining (it was THE thing I wanted to watch when I came home from school).

But I think I'm also a "Sendung mit der Maus" and "Löwenzahn" kid (for the non-Germans here: Löwenzahn , Die Sendung mit der Maus), a "Was ist was?" (English title is apparently How and Why) book kid, and a Lego kid (esp. pirates and the medieval stuff).

 

[Parmandur]

I was an Animaniacs kid when I was supposedly way too old for cartoons. But I was also a "X-Men" kid and was certainly not a "kid" when it aired.

Also: I was a Friday Night Videos and WWF kid.

Honestly, one of the great all-ages shows ever made for TV.

 

[Wofano Wotanto]

I'm old enough that I can't claim any of the vast amounts of great animation that arrived after my childhood, but Looney Toons, Jonny Quest and Thundarr were (and are) still awesome. Past 1981 I'd be stretching it to call myself a kid, but that didn't stop me from wishing a lot of stuff had showed up earlier when I could still binge-watch on Saturday mornings.

But honestly, I think Tom Swift Junior, Elric of Melnibone and Tarzan had more impact on me than all the television in the world.

 

[DammitVictor]

Like many, many others, I am a He-Man kid. A "get up at 4am to watch the Super Mario Bros Super Show... in Spanish" kid.

Definitely a Bravestarr kid.