Thatababy by Paul Trap for November 16, 2014

Wow, that is SAD….

I remember “Snorks” in my childhood. Anyway, those sure were the days.

Thanks to Schoolhouse Rock many of us have the preamble to the US constitution memorized, though we never set out to do so.

Saturday morning cartoons died a long time ago, There is nothing but crap on television now.

Even “Cartoon Network” and “Boomerang” hardly show the classics anymore.

I thought Saturday Morning Cartoons died long long long long long long long ago…. NBC stopped in 92, CBS not long after that…. ABC killed em in 2004…. oh that is right CW

♫ Conjunction Junction what’s your function . . . ♫ I remember all of those except the snorks.

the most important thing I ever learned on television was that “three is a magic number.”

THE BISKITTS!!!! (1983)My favorite SatAM years were 1982-1987.

Their just not good cartoons unless someone gets an anvil dropped on their head or blown up.

“Boy, I say Boy, that’s an awful big hammer ya’ll got there. What’s it for?”

What, no Go Go Gophers? No H.R. Puf ‘n Stuff (or however you spelled it, and yes I know it wasn’t a cartoon but it was on Saturday mornings, which leads me to…..) No BANANA SPLITS? (Possibly one of the all-time ear-worm songs would be their theme song.)

All good things must come to an end. Unfortunately.

Maybe we can get Mr. Peabody to fire up the Way-Back Machine.

Remember the Friday night previews of the new cartoon seasons? Those were the days.

these replaced the REAL toons , Bugs, Porky, Popeye, Roadrunner etc.

they lasted until this year? I have not seen them in ten years :(Well I did see some new Bugs Bunny cartoons on youtube

I am sorry it is gone now!

I watched Wacky Races and Snorks on Boomerang. I’ve always loved School House Rock. (School house rocky, a chip off the block, it’s your favorite school house, school house rock!) We own the complete collection on DVD.

The only one on here I didn’t recognize was Frankenstein Jr. (Was he related to Frankenberry and Count Chocula?) For that matter, does anybody remember Batfink? (Which I personally liked far better than Hong Kong Phooey……)

Actually, it wasn’t government regulations, it was parent’s groups. They teamed up to drive away the “awful” super-hero cartoons that dominated from 1966 – 1968 and were “too violent.” This was during the time of “Space Ghost,” “Shazzan!” the original “Spider-Man” series, Hanna-Barbera’s “Fantastic Four” series (which mostly adapted the original Lee and Kirby stories), etc. We then got two decades of the blandest stuff you’d ever want to see, such as “The Archie Show” (with a Big Moose who couldn’t even THINK of beating anyone up), “Scooby-Doo,” most of the stuff mentioned in today’s “Thatababy,” and more. They also took the occasion to slice up classic theatrical cartoons, including taking every shotgun blast out of the hilarious “Duck! Wabbit! Duck!” During this period, no one could have a gun on these cartoons, not even the police!

This was all done in the belief that, if we removed violence from cartoons, then real violence would go away. It didn’t. Just like, when the Comics Code Authority was created to combat allegations that comic books created juvenile delinquency, juvenile delinquency didn’t go away. Just like, when Dungeons and Dragons was under attack for causing teen suicide. Or, more recently, the thinking is that if violent video games went away, school shootings and the like will go away.

None of these attempts came from the government, but from “concerned” citizens groups," nor any censorship groups that grew from them.

Where have all the good shows gone?Long time passing.Where have all the good shows gone?Long time ago.Where have all the good shows gone?Gone to cruddy writers who can’t tell a good story from a hole in the ground, everyone.

Today’s episode of “Action Figure Man”: “Action Figure Man sells a few thousand toys!”

what we have now a bunch of Ugly cartoons. Not sure what the attraction is to them.

I remember watching every single one of these. I still watch cartoons.

Even if you assume that network shows made specifically for television are meant, 1962 is too late. “Ruff and Reddy” started on NBC in 1957, and “Winky-Dink and You” on CBS in 1953. And those are just the ones I can offhand remember.

The “Wacky Races” guy looks like the Purple Pie Man from Strawberry Shortcake.

Warner Brothers (the Termite Terrace era), MGM, Paramount featuring “POPEYE THE SAILOR MAN” – ever hear of him? – So well written that children and adults could find humour in them – Today’s “toons” are dedicated to a specific age group – if you’re a week past that time frame, they became stale.

Remember all those as favorites, except for the ‘Snorks.’

The artistry has been cheapened in the newer cartoons.

Miss them all. :-(

Thank you Paul Trap! I loved watching everyone of these cartoons and more as a child. You have made my more then my day, made my week! Love your strip, keep up the funny business.

I was born in 1964, so I am Generation X. Bill Cosby…nevermind..

“I’m just a bill…”

jabberjaw? were they in jellystone?