You know, there are some lame telly shows at the moment. I am not talking about Big Brother or Fame Academy (does that still exist) as that is always bad. I am talking about cartoons. Remember Tom and Jerry or the fantastic fun of Bugs Bunny. Wow.
But we're going a little bit beyond the era of the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flinstones (barely watchable) or the Jetsons (yuck) or even http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scooby_doo (that was just plain awful).
No, our diet of American based fun really came from Nicktoons. Back in the day we had it all! Classic cartoons that could be rewatched in your teenage years and still be appreciated. And even now, if we're lucky enough to get to see a rerun, they are more than just watchable, they are relevant to modern life as we know it.
How many people remember the Rugrats. Wouldn't it have been fun to have adventures just like them when we were younger. Ahhh.
But for me, there were two classics from Nickelodeon. Firstly was Ren and Stimpy. That was just sick, in every sense of the word. Can you remember 'Log!' or the just plain stinky stories that were available every week. Joy!
And of course, the top dog, the one and only had to be Doug. Wow, the adventures of Doug Funnie and Skeeter. His comic book skills, his love for Pattie. This was a pure quality cartoon and I could watch that everyday, even today, if they would re-air it. And the amount of people that are influenced today.
The later Nicktoons were not so great, although I did like Rocko's Modern Life, it really all started to go downhill with Ahh, Real Monsters. That was a slippery slope which saw the Rugrats make far too many movies, and Doug being transferred to Disney - and yes, it was a butchery. Ren and Stimpy still retained their stinkiness and managed to go 'Adult' but it just was no longer the same.
Oh, the memories...
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