Remember back in the days of the 80's and 90's when you could count on good quality, entertaining cartoons that lasted from 8am to noon? Why did these days go away?

Many of these go back to the early-60's and sooner. And I miss them, too.

Two years ago I read somewhere that a Jetsons movie was due this year. Haven't heard a word about it since. I wish they would.

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Remember back in the days of the 80's and 90's

What, like they didn't exist before then? Come to think of it, a few of the ones you showed go back a lot further.

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I remember first were the Flintstones and the Jetsons and Scooby Doo on one channel, and then on another there would be Reboot, and Skeleton Warriors, Double Dragon, Beethoven, and though it's not a cartoon, Power Rangers came on Saturday morning as well. Though of them all, Reboot was the only cartoon from the 90s that we saw at that time that I actually liked.

saturdays used to be soooo much fun. we had Captain Noah, Capt kangaroo, Mr. Wizard... and all the PSAs and SCHOOL HOUSE ROCK!!!! lol


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The 80s and 90s were quality cartoons? Au contraire, mon frère...Real quality cartoons only existed in the 1960s and EARLY 1970s...

zthatzmanz28 wrote:

The 80s and 90s were quality cartoons? Au contraire, mon frère...Real quality cartoons only existed in the 1960s and EARLY 1970s...

And many of those just seemed to be more...intelligent.

To clarify/amend my statement about them being more intelligent, I meant there was more to them that adults could find funny too.

I dunno, but I was always eager to get up early on Saturday to catch my cartoons and eat my cereal with ice cold milk. I feel sorry for today's kids.

but i was telling my mom about how the stuff in between the cartoons were filled with learning... and like i said, the "live" shows were educational too.

what kid isnt going to watch a science show with an old man teaching kids about chemical reactions that blow things up??? Mr. wizard was the man!!! lol

Alan Smithee wrote:

To clarify/amend my statement about them being more intelligent, I meant there was more to them that adults could find funny too.

Not all cartoons were necessarily meant to be "funny" (ie: GI Joe, Transformers). In my humble opinion, the 80's was the best era for cartoons overall because in addition to the classic 60-70's cartoons that were still running by then, newer comedic cartoons were added in the 80's as well as action cartoons! Most of them had some kind of moral or message at the end of the show as well. I think the 80's provided the most variety of cartoons of any era. The shows at that point in time provided entertainment for younger children, teenagers, and adults. And for the first time there were cartoons that specifically targeted girls (Rainbow Bright, My Little Pony, JEM, She-Ra, etc). I think that I could argue that the 1980's had the most "intelligent" line-up of Saturday morning cartoons of any decade.

I loved Jem....

Jem is truly outrageous, truly truly truly outrageous, outrageous contageous, Jem is my name no one else is the same... Jem is my nnnnaaaammmmeee! LOL

we are the misfits our songs are better,
we are the misfits we're out to get her!

lol...

wants2laugh wrote:

I loved Jem....

Jem is truly outrageous, truly truly truly outrageous, outrageous contageous, Jem is my name no one else is the same... Jem is my nnnnaaaammmmeee! LOL

we are the misfits our songs are better,
we are the misfits we're out to get her!

lol...

Lol. I remember NOT liking Jem, but I watched it every week because my female cousin LOVED that damn show, lol. But hey, she had to suffer through GI: Joe so I guess that was fair!

thats right... my bro made me watch gi joe, johnny quest... he-man

but i had my romeo rainbow brite doll... and he gave my cabbage kid "flight lessons" by throwing her from the top of the stairs! creep!

i REALLY liked the wonder twins on the superfriends... remember Zan, Jayna, and Gleek???

Also, the 90's had some pretty good toons as well:

ok capt... now ur pushin it with the 90s LOL


















I FEEL SOOOO OLD

wants2laugh wrote:

I loved Jem....

Jem is truly outrageous, truly truly truly outrageous, outrageous contageous, Jem is my name no one else is the same... Jem is my nnnnaaaammmmeee! LOL

we are the misfits our songs are better,
we are the misfits we're out to get her!

lol...

Me and my cousins used to play Jem!! We even had to colored wigs and everything

80's did have some great Saturday morning cartoons though

We grew up.

Tony Marino wrote:

We grew up.

only at times.. my sis had kids for me to be a kids again... now they are grown and the oldest just had a kid--- cant wait till i get to be a kid again with her! lol

Do they even still have Saturday morning cartoons? Most of the networks I used to watch on network TV stopped showing 'em.

I grew up during the anime era so I was big on some of that dubbed anime stuff on Saturday mornings. Ah, those were the days.