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<blockquote data-quote="WizarDru" data-source="post: 3783682" data-attributes="member: 151">Perhaps you would, but my kids (and for that matter, the vast majority of today's kids) wouldn't.&nbsp; And that doesn't have anything to do with age of the material, either.&nbsp; My kids are discovering (thanks to the addition of Boomerang to our lineup) shows like the Flintstones and lots of classic Hanna-Barbera material (the Wacky Racers is a favorite).&nbsp; That doesn't mean they enjoy drek like Astro and the Space Dogs, though.&nbsp;&nbsp; Mind you, the whole idea of &quot;Saturday Morning cartoons&quot; died in the 1990s.&nbsp; Sure, Fox and the CW still do program blocks...but they rebroadcast almost all of those shows through the week and show them on Cartoon Network and Jetix.&nbsp; Saturday morning as a destination is effectively gone.Could you mention some examples?&nbsp; I can't think of any other shows that make the female the action hero and her male counterpart (and later, romantic interest) as the bumbling comedy-relief and capture-victim that needs rescuing.&nbsp; I mean, Steve Trevor might have gotten rescued by Wonder Woman from time to time, but he was still considered a tough hombre' who punched-out nazis.&nbsp; Ron Stoppable's signature move is to lose his pants in the middle of a fight.&nbsp; Heck, he even has a McDonald's toy that does just that.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Yeah, I know.&nbsp; But the claim that the 80s was a cartoon wonderland filled with nothing but greatness is demonstrably false...that's the rose-colored effect I was referring to.&nbsp; There was even MORE crap, then.&nbsp; The Fonz in a Time Machine?&nbsp; Eeeeeyyyyy.&nbsp; The D&amp;D show was a great series, and broke some ground for kid's shows in the US.&nbsp; I would have been even more impressed with it, had I not already been watching subtitled anime on the local Japanese channel at that point.&nbsp; Seeing the ranger using his bow to knock a weapon out of someone's hand seemed pretty weak after watching Captain Harlock shoot and kill an alien warrior. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="WizarDru, post: 3783682, member: 151"] Perhaps you would, but my kids (and for that matter, the vast majority of today's kids) wouldn't. And that doesn't have anything to do with age of the material, either. My kids are discovering (thanks to the addition of Boomerang to our lineup) shows like the Flintstones and lots of classic Hanna-Barbera material (the Wacky Racers is a favorite). That doesn't mean they enjoy drek like Astro and the Space Dogs, though. Mind you, the whole idea of "Saturday Morning cartoons" died in the 1990s. Sure, Fox and the CW still do program blocks...but they rebroadcast almost all of those shows through the week and show them on Cartoon Network and Jetix. Saturday morning as a destination is effectively gone. Could you mention some examples? I can't think of any other shows that make the female the action hero and her male counterpart (and later, romantic interest) as the bumbling comedy-relief and capture-victim that needs rescuing. I mean, Steve Trevor might have gotten rescued by Wonder Woman from time to time, but he was still considered a tough hombre' who punched-out nazis. Ron Stoppable's signature move is to [i]lose his pants in the middle of a fight[/i]. Heck, he even has a McDonald's toy that does just that. :) Yeah, I know. But the claim that the 80s was a cartoon wonderland filled with nothing but greatness is demonstrably false...that's the rose-colored effect I was referring to. There was even MORE crap, then. The Fonz in a Time Machine? Eeeeeyyyyy. The D&D show was a great series, and broke some ground for kid's shows in the US. I would have been even more impressed with it, had I not already been watching subtitled anime on the local Japanese channel at that point. Seeing the ranger using his bow to knock a weapon out of someone's hand seemed pretty weak after watching Captain Harlock shoot and kill an alien warrior. :) [/QUOTE]

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