I was sitting around watching Go Go Gopher clips on YouTube awhile back because the theme song had come into my head. Is it politically incorrect if the Indians, er Native Americans, always win and are in fact gophers?
We used to watch Popeye after school everyday. Haven’t seen anyone mention that. When I still watched TV I was watching The Warner Brothers and Sister Dot. Don’t think that was the name, but it was great. Also, Ren and Stimpy. I loved Mr. Horse.
Yes o wee post-boom kid, Saturday mornings were always reserved for quiet time in the household, as a tradition. In fact, the entire day was devoted to the American dream of "family." Just another tradition broken by the techBros of today, and another tech device added to the dustbin of history: the family television screen.
That screen, believe it not kiddles, was shared with baby and dad alike, with friends and visiting family, and stood as a cornerstone of the living room for decades (replacing the spot of the family radio dial). All of this changed in one lifetime, and looking back on the media played is like reading a history book. From the endless loops of 1930s to 40s black-and-white Disney cartoons, to black-and-white Godzilla vs. Mothra or King Kong movies. Then, occasionally, you got full-resolution color for a re-run of The Wizard of Oz or Fantasia, or if lucky, the silent film Treasure Island (1920) which was hand-colored, and I hear now lost to time. There were also Christian-oriented claymations with the likes of Gumby and others, which was just a prequel to Sunday Morning, an even quieter day in the suburban America that I knew, where even the corner stores were closed and you couldn't even buy a candy bar or a pack of Camels.
I'm grown now, with grandchildren and tons of nieces and nephews of all ages, and I can tell ya now, not one of these pre-or post-pubescent wonders experience any of that, no, they do not "consume" the type of media as we did in the 50s, 60s, and 70s. Some might say that's a good thing, but I tend to disagree... what do you think?
Boris & Natasha, that was just the perfect foil. And Peabody and Sherman and the way-back machine.
The following generation had cartoons that were tailored to the marketing of toys and snack foods to kids. I like to think my (our) generation was the trailblazer, and the lessons that the MadMen learnt were applied to that following generations.
My introduction to opera was the same! I watched Looney Tunes every Saturday morning and then watched Carol Burnett, All in the Family and Mary Tyler Moore at night
I think you must be just a couplefew years older than me (1970, here) because I don’t remember Looney Toons on Saturdays as a kid, those + the Little Rascals/Our Gang & the 3 Stooges were on Sunday morning. Saturday was the Super Friends, Fat Albert, Land of the Lost and of course the ever present Schoolhouse Rock. I would’ve loved it if Bugs and Co. had been on BOTH days.
My dad, grandfather and a plethora of great uncles all had Type-I diabetes and the disease was not yet as well understood as it is today, especially what exactly caused it (this is pre-DNA and all that), so sugar cereals (and soda, sweets of all kinds) were doled out to us kids in as limited a fashion as possible. Ergo, I’ve got no fun childhood cereal stories, but I know how to make eggs in about 10000000 different ways. 🤣
1965 here, and I think that by the late 70's shows that were tailored to the "kid" cohort were being released. I remember Fat Albert, and the injection of Schoolhouse Rock.
What I loved about the Merrie Melodies and Looney Tunes were that they weren't targeted at children, and when they were originally drawn and released (from the mid 1930's through the mid 1960s, yeah, a 30 year run!) they were really for adult audiences, and they were used to break up double headers at the theaters, to give people time to rest or buy more from the concessions.
Roadrunner and Bugs were our favorites too—so much so that my younger brother had (has?) a decent collection of stuff, including glasses, mugs, etc. He also had a human-sized stuffed animal Wile E. Coyote that used to cruise with him in his Trans Am! Fun times.
Bugs Bunny in drag was the BEST!
I was sitting around watching Go Go Gopher clips on YouTube awhile back because the theme song had come into my head. Is it politically incorrect if the Indians, er Native Americans, always win and are in fact gophers?
We used to watch Popeye after school everyday. Haven’t seen anyone mention that. When I still watched TV I was watching The Warner Brothers and Sister Dot. Don’t think that was the name, but it was great. Also, Ren and Stimpy. I loved Mr. Horse.
Great Stuff! Pinky and the Brain also, too.
Yes o wee post-boom kid, Saturday mornings were always reserved for quiet time in the household, as a tradition. In fact, the entire day was devoted to the American dream of "family." Just another tradition broken by the techBros of today, and another tech device added to the dustbin of history: the family television screen.
That screen, believe it not kiddles, was shared with baby and dad alike, with friends and visiting family, and stood as a cornerstone of the living room for decades (replacing the spot of the family radio dial). All of this changed in one lifetime, and looking back on the media played is like reading a history book. From the endless loops of 1930s to 40s black-and-white Disney cartoons, to black-and-white Godzilla vs. Mothra or King Kong movies. Then, occasionally, you got full-resolution color for a re-run of The Wizard of Oz or Fantasia, or if lucky, the silent film Treasure Island (1920) which was hand-colored, and I hear now lost to time. There were also Christian-oriented claymations with the likes of Gumby and others, which was just a prequel to Sunday Morning, an even quieter day in the suburban America that I knew, where even the corner stores were closed and you couldn't even buy a candy bar or a pack of Camels.
I'm grown now, with grandchildren and tons of nieces and nephews of all ages, and I can tell ya now, not one of these pre-or post-pubescent wonders experience any of that, no, they do not "consume" the type of media as we did in the 50s, 60s, and 70s. Some might say that's a good thing, but I tend to disagree... what do you think?
Love all this... you brought back some memories! Rocky & Bullwinkle-my FAVORITE.
"Diabeetus" LOL!! I remember watching Bewitched and wished I had those magical abilities! Gladys Kravitz! HAHA! And Carol Burnett-fabulous stuff!
Boris & Natasha, that was just the perfect foil. And Peabody and Sherman and the way-back machine.
The following generation had cartoons that were tailored to the marketing of toys and snack foods to kids. I like to think my (our) generation was the trailblazer, and the lessons that the MadMen learnt were applied to that following generations.
My introduction to opera was the same! I watched Looney Tunes every Saturday morning and then watched Carol Burnett, All in the Family and Mary Tyler Moore at night
I know, right? What a great time to be alive!
It was definitely a unique time to be alive lol
I think you must be just a couplefew years older than me (1970, here) because I don’t remember Looney Toons on Saturdays as a kid, those + the Little Rascals/Our Gang & the 3 Stooges were on Sunday morning. Saturday was the Super Friends, Fat Albert, Land of the Lost and of course the ever present Schoolhouse Rock. I would’ve loved it if Bugs and Co. had been on BOTH days.
My dad, grandfather and a plethora of great uncles all had Type-I diabetes and the disease was not yet as well understood as it is today, especially what exactly caused it (this is pre-DNA and all that), so sugar cereals (and soda, sweets of all kinds) were doled out to us kids in as limited a fashion as possible. Ergo, I’ve got no fun childhood cereal stories, but I know how to make eggs in about 10000000 different ways. 🤣
1965 here, and I think that by the late 70's shows that were tailored to the "kid" cohort were being released. I remember Fat Albert, and the injection of Schoolhouse Rock.
What I loved about the Merrie Melodies and Looney Tunes were that they weren't targeted at children, and when they were originally drawn and released (from the mid 1930's through the mid 1960s, yeah, a 30 year run!) they were really for adult audiences, and they were used to break up double headers at the theaters, to give people time to rest or buy more from the concessions.
Good stuff!
Roadrunner and Bugs were our favorites too—so much so that my younger brother had (has?) a decent collection of stuff, including glasses, mugs, etc. He also had a human-sized stuffed animal Wile E. Coyote that used to cruise with him in his Trans Am! Fun times.