I’m up early watching Saturday morning cartoons with my grandkids. What a flashback! I have vivid memories of Saturday morning TV when I was a child. But cartoons have changed a lot. We’ve come a long way from Looney Tunes, Mickey Mouse, Rocky and Bullwinkle and Huckleberry Hound.
For one thing, today’s animation seems so cheap and amateurish. Probably because it is computer generated instead of hand drawn. The characters and content are all tied to merchandising. Cartoons are basically one long commercial.
But one thing hasn’t changed. Kids still love cartoons. You just have to make sure the themes are wholesome and appropriate. Unlike my childhood, there are cartoons on TV today that are shockingly sexual, violent, and reflective of negative values. At least with Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote even us kids knew the violence wasn’t real.
Yes indeed, they were fun to watch.