Usual fare for me, cartoon network shows like EEnE, Courage, and Dexter's lab.
What I find interesting is that when I find myself watching the old cartoons I used to, I would probably be more entertained by them than when I was a kid. Not to say I didn't like them, but just looking back at Jimmy's dream from last page I was just giggling like a buffoon like a whole time. As a kid I probably would have kept a straight face. Maybe it's because I realize how absurd everything else, like ballerina robots in Dexter's Lab or a smug as hell computer in Courage.
Trawling even my most distant memories, I loved Ed, Ed 'n' Eddy, Dexter's Laboratory, Monster Rancher, Teen Titans, X-Men Evolution, Tom and Jerry, Looney Tunes, Digimon Adventures, Duck Tales, Darkwing Duck, Goof Troop, Tale Spin, Marsupilami, Tailspin, Winnie the Pooh, Spider-Man TAS, Jackie Chan Adventures, Aladdin, Timon and Pumbaa, Sam and Max, Bonkers, Sharky and George, Osmosis Jones, Pinky and the Brain, Animaniacs, Freakazoid, Earthworm Jim, Extreme Ghostbusters, Godzilla: The Series, Men in Black: The Series, Bucky O'Hare, Mighty Max, Biker Mice from Mars, Street Sharks, The Moomins, The Clangers, Gargoyles, Alvin and the Chipmunks and, wow, does anybody remember The Racoons? I can't remember too well but I might have watched Toxic Crusaders and Mummies Alive too.
Does anyone remember What a Cartoon!? It was a platform for pilots, which gave us the likes of Dexter's Laboratory, The Power Puff GirlsJohnny Bravo, Cow and Chicken, I Am Weasel and Courage the Cowardly Dog. Here's one that didn't make it.
“I always believe the movies I've made are smarter than the way they are perceived by sort of mass culture and by the critics,” Snyder said, a statement he immediately followed by saying, “Also, ‘It looks like a video game.’
Ah, we are high school boys,
the miserable high school boys.
If we were girls, we could get popular by doing anything:
rock band, jazz band,
karate, kendo, mahjong, cyborg, synchronized swimming...
On the other hand, high school boys are
useless outside battle and sports anime.
But they're recklessly trying to make a slice-of-life anime about us.
Ah, we are high school boys,
the miserable high school boys.
Which makes me wonder if he's come up with anything new in the however-many years he's been working in the television industry.
Given how long he's had that idea, tried to do it and has been doing it, I'd say that's pretty standard for the industry. Getting a pet project out there can take as long as breaking into the industry in the first place.
He was one of the writers and animators for Johnny Bravo, Cow and Chicken and Dexter's Laboratory before he made Family Guy. He did pretty well, for a while he was the youngest executive producer in American television.
Pretty much all of the Cartoon Cartoons from Cartoon Network, it pains me that these are no longer shown! Also watched cool shit like Samurai Jack, Pokémon, Digimon and DragonBall Z. Gah, I love to reminisce!
