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Aristus

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2. I lived the '70's version, before Ronald Reagan sold the airwaves to toy manufacturers.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Tue Sep 12, 2023, 03:23 PM

Sep 2023

The cartoons we had may not have been poorly-disguised toy commercials, but almost all of them came with Victorian-Era levels of moralizing and paternalistic didactics. So many cartoons ended with a live-action coda in which the star voice actor recited 'You kids need to know...' PSA's.

We were also lucky enough to have some very good live-action programming to enjoy. A lot of it (The Land Of The Lost, Space Academy, and so on) was dreck, But there was also Ark II, and later in the 1970's, Hot Hero Sandwich, a variety show series that was so good, my parents used to watch it with us.

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On this day, September 12, 1992, Saturday morning cartoons died. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 OP

I watch Saturday morning cartoons on MEtv The Blue Flower Sep 2023 #1

I lived the '70's version, before Ronald Reagan sold the airwaves to toy manufacturers. Aristus Sep 2023 #2

I'm checking the TV schedules for 1992 - 1993, and I'm not sure I buy this guy's argument. mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 #3

Well, the networks bailed, but there was still cable Fiendish Thingy Sep 2023 #4