So. You may have noticed the new design for my blog. yea, it’s literally been a month in the making (Hey I have a full time job and I need sleep folks). This is also my 100th Post. Feel like I should talk about something special, something important, a topic that got me to starting this blog on tumblr to begin with. That, my friend is,

SATURDAY MORNING CARTOONS

Anyone who experienced their child hood in the late 80’s to 90’s will notice the bleak landscape of animation plaguing our children today. I mean seriously, they all look like crappy flash animations peppered with motion tweens. What happened to painted backdrops? Detailed character illustration? Witty dialogue clever enough not to be offensive, but enough for adults to pick up on? Story arcs?  Even a friggin plot?

No.

The majority of cartoons today depressingly lack all these traits. The 90’s was a sweet spot for all things animation. Directors and animators were feeling a little emboldened and Generation X’ers started getting snarky with their writing. Before then it was all campy, silly drivel made to sell your baby boomer dad cereal. The nineties didnt stop that, they just gave you better, more interesting cartoons that sold you way cooler stuff. All the cartoons had the right amount quirkiness, action, violence, sci-fi, and just a little dash of sex appeal for us prepubescent boys growing hair in weird places.

After the jump, I’m going to show you some videos of my personal favorites for you folks who think that Pluto not being considered a planet isn’t a big deal. And no, I will not even bother to show you what’s on the air today, cause you know what the #%$! I’m talking about. All I have to say is, there is a cartoon show about kids hanging out in the mall. A CARTOON SHOW ABOUT KIDS HANGING OUT IN THE MALL. That’s just wrong.

Click the read more link below the post for a window into the past. Please spread the word, I want people to remember this stuff.