Well, it's good to see Disney diversifying their Saturday cartoons

[sarah_yzma]

Originally posted by frogboy4
or a Smurf really doesn't. That's why I say apples and oranges.

are you saying everyone isn't like a smurf???

WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?!?!?!?!?!?

Sarah

 

[Manda:-D]

I saw "Lloyd in Space", the other day....It reminded me of a Futurama for kids....At least the episode I saw!
......I admit, Pee-Wee Herman always gave me the creeps!
I'm still upset that nobody has those epic, three-four-episode storylines anymore, like they did sometimes on Ducktales....
I miss my Animaniacs. But, in honor of this show, (and my fave character, Dot), I'm changing my signature!!!

 

[Drtooth]

Yeah, Animaniacs/Pinky and the Brain/Freakazoid/Toonsylvania shows were always the reason for getting up Saturday morning.

I was devistated when Pee Wee was pulled and replaced by... igk...Raggedy Ann and Andy. They could have at least put a GOOD show on instead.

The Weird Al show was the second greatest Live action Sat Am kid's show ever. (no one lives up to Pee Wee) Too bad they were replaced by Half a**ed Nick JR reruns (Blues Clues is so and annoys me up a tree for the obvious)

 

[Super Scooter]

Originally posted by sarah_yzma
are you saying everyone isn't like a smurf???

WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?!?!?!?!?!?

Sarah

You have just been Smurfed.

Did anyone ever see the precursor (or whatever it is) to Rocky and Bullwinkle? It starred a rabbit and a tigger, similair to Hobbes, and they wnet around and had adventures like Rocky and Bullwinkle? That was one of the first cartoons on television, and one of my favorites.

(in case you're wondering, in the early ninties alot of weird thirties, forties, and fifties memorabilia videos were released from cheap companies. They were pretty neat. Saw a few Old Gang and banned Looney Tunes episodes that way.)

 

[Zack the Dog]

Hey cool thread!!!!


I'm a BIG ducktales fan! It would be great if they brought it back! they are bring new scrooge MC duck comics back thought!

Oh i loved talespin, i don't find it a spin off of ducktales thought, it was great bring old jungle book characters into a mix like that! the sea duck was awsome! and don carnarge was a great villin!

Darkwing and quackpack were spinoffs not as good at all, darkwing was good but quack pack was lame, it was a neat idea but i think it went in the wrong direction somehow, i mean i love donald duck!

I used to love watching the Sonic the Hegdhog cartoon on ABC, it was the second Sonic cartoon show made.

most Disney cartoons now are about kids going to school, talking poorly draw, but greatly voiced dog's going to school, aliens going to school, teenage witches going to school, kid super heros going to school.....exexexex, no fun at all. I liked the idea of takeing classic charcters and putting them in new adventures like ducktales, talespin, C&D and R/R.

the new TMNT cartoon is okay, but it's not better then the first, i think in the first new ep two weeks ago on fox they spent like five mintues of splinter being bombarded by mouser robots and then he finaly started to atack them then falling thought the floor, it was a waste of time showing him trapped and worried so long untill he finaly started to fight, i thought they were going to have the Turtles rescue him because he was not doing anyhing for so long......i think the turtles need pupils too, and the theme song is junk.....


Zack)Rowlf the Dg

 

[Zack the Dog]

Okay, am I the only one who thinks that House o Mouse is just an ad for Disney? Not even a good one? I hate it, except for the actual cartoon interstials, and that one episdoe with Pain and Panic, but that's abouyt it (Sour Grapes fro not putting Darkwing or Scrooge in it!)

actualy Scrooge is in House of Mouse, stared in one ep were he bought the house from pete, and mickey thought it would be great but scrooge made everything so cheep to save money, like a very small screen to watch the cartoons on, shutting off the lights and stuff like that. scrooge had also been in a few of the cartoons they show to like the midsummer nights dream and around the world in 80 days, with his Willber " from Mr. Ed" voice too;-) only he was dressed more of his older disney cartoon style not from ducktales.

Jim cummings is a big part of that show, they should have bonkers & darkwing duck along with the many other charcters he voiced before on the show, there was one mention of Darkwing duck in one of the pluto cartoons that was shown HOM, Pluto was watch tv and as he flipped the channles they were all dog shows like plutos dog works, "darkwing dog", house of dog, you know stuff like that.

nothing to do with jim cummings but
I don't know if i have seen Roger rabbit on the show but i have seen Benny the cab make a speeking cameo twice. and i belive it was chariles flecher that did him.



Zack the Dg.

 

[Ernie101]

TMNT is raising the roof on the ratings for it.I love it! Too Bad only peter laird participates in turtle merchandise now!

 

[Super Scooter]

Originally posted by Zack the Dog


Jim cummings is a big part of that show, they should have bonkers & darkwing duck along with the many other charcters he voiced before on the show,

Zack the Dg.

When is Jim Cummings not a major part in a cartoon!

Jim Cummings is cool. I didn't realize he played Bonkers along with the other cop. Of course, it doesn't surprise me. He now plays both Winnie the Pooh and Tigger. I knew he played Darkwing though. I really liked Darkwing Duck.

 

[Zack the Dog]

yeah and he works in many cartoons and not just disney which is great! and yep he voiced Lucky Pickle and Bonkers. I love his Don Carnarse character from TaleSpin and he's the best with Pete in goof troop and is still doing him when needed. plus there are tons of other's how about Ed from the Lion King;-)

 

[Chilly Down]

I agree with you about DuckTales, Jamie, but disagree with you about TaleSpin. I felt that one was as original in its own right, with interesting characters and exciting storytelling. There are a lot of times lately I wish these two shows were on. (Quack Pack, on the other hand, WAS a ripoff.) I liked Darkwing OK, but starting with Goof Troop, I haven't liked a single Dis cartoon.

OK, I'll qualify that. Even though I don't watch it every week, I do like House of Mouse. The cartoons themselves are fairly pedestrian, but I like the concept of Mickey hosting a show and trying to hold it together every week. This is basically "The Muppet Show" with Disney characters, and I think the show proves that there's still viability in that format. Heck, they should stick even CLOSER to that formula. Get rid of the "cartoons" Mickey is introducing, and have the classic characters put on a show! They could even have guest-star voices. I also like the fact that all the characters from Disney films of the past are in the audience. It makes it feel like they're all part of one universe. I feel the same way when TMS characters interact with Fraggle or Sesame characters. (Admittedly, though, Disney is overexposing its characters these days, through all those cheapquels.)

It's funny to me too to hear about others referring to Animaniacs as the "good ol' days." That was after my time too, though I did watch the show and liked it. But it doesn't bring nostalgic feelings for me. But, Super Scooter, I have to ask: just how old ARE you, man? It sounds like you're referring to Crusader Rabbit, and that show hasn't been on for YEARS. I only know of it from reading animation books.

To address Cory's initial topic: yes, Saturday mornings aren't what they used to be. Four shows pretty much ruined it for everyone. "Ren & Stimpy" was great because it returned edginess to an art form that had long since grown too stale and cute. It was also very stylized in a 50's kind of way, which was refreshing. Now, a third of the shows are gross but without R & S's humor, and every character just shrieks at each other. The "stylized 50's" look has been aped, but only to produce poorly drawn shows that aren't interesting to look at. "Rugrats" was cute and I guess a good example of its kind, except the drawings are so ugly. "Rugrats" inspired a slew of weak imitators that feature even uglier drawings and even more shrieking voices. "Doug" never engaged me, but it at least had a unique look and storyline--both of which, of course, have been imitated in those thousands of bad shows that now rule ABC Saturday morning. And while I like some anime, I never could stand the hyperactive "Pokemon," which has plenty of its own imitators as well.

Whew! So those four shows (while somewhat admirable in themselves) have destroyed Saturday morning for us.

I long for the day when I can sit down with a bowl of cereal again and watch a well-drawn cartoon with funny, interesting characters.

On a final note, just to put the whole thing in perspective: I read a book called "Saturday Morning TV" that was published in 1980. In it, the author laments about shows like "Scooby Doo" and wishes things could be returned to the good old days of "Howdy Doody." So I suppose it all depends on your vantage point. A decade from now, Internet fans will be saying, "I miss Pokemon. Why don't they make shows like that anymore?"