Comments on: Revisiting my Childhood

By: Daniel

Daniel — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 19:09:01 +0000

Great cartoons, Does anyone know where to find the lyrics?

By: Nathan Pitman

Nathan Pitman — Wed, 27 Apr 2005 21:51:17 +0000

Right now I’m not big into these 3d animated cartoons, and oddly enough my daughter doesn’t respond to them with as much interest as ‘reality’ based shows like ‘Balamory’ (Still love the 3d intro though) and ‘The Fimbles’, but I guess you probably don’t get them in the states.

By: kartooner

kartooner — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 12:25:59 +0000

Donnie: I take it you were a fan of the Disney Afternoon as well? Along with Ducktales, my brother and I also watched Talespin, Gummi Bears, The Smurfs and a slew of others that I can't think of off the top of my head. Matt: Oh yes, add Darkwing Duck to that list. Here's a bit of trivia: One of the voice actors on Darkwing Duck, who did the voice of the Liquidator and Bud Blood, was also the voice of Teddy in Stephen Spielberg's A.I.

By: Matt (brother)

Matt (brother) — Tue, 12 Apr 2005 21:27:51 +0000

Lets not forget about Darkwing Duck, I mean he was like one of my first superhero memories. Me and Kartooner would run home after school and turn on Friday afternoon Cartoons. Then one of us would piss the other one off, we’d throw something, our grandma would come in, yell at us and PERFECTLY without a doubt our dad would come home the exact second it would all end, just for us to get in BIGGER trouble.

Aaaah.. Life was good. Ooo oo.. Remember pulling out the bed Erik/Our Forts? Haha.

By: Donnie Jeter

Donnie Jeter — Tue, 12 Apr 2005 20:02:47 +0000

I still can recite the entire “Duck Tales” song. Great post my friend.

By: kartooner

kartooner — Tue, 12 Apr 2005 14:15:30 +0000

Max: Well hey, if it's going to stick like that, might as well have the right lyrics: Life is like a hurricane Here in Duckburg Race cars, lasers, aeroplanes It's a duck-blur Might solve a mystery Or rewrite history Duck Tales (oooh oohh)

By: Max

Max — Tue, 12 Apr 2005 13:59:07 +0000

Oh man, I had forgotten about Duck Tales. That was a good cartoon. I’m going to have the theme song in my head all day now…

By: kartooner

kartooner — Tue, 12 Apr 2005 13:23:51 +0000

Greg : You're right. Just the other day I had Tivo tape a Ducktales movie and despite certain descrepencies (no doubt because of the fact I'm older and have more of a critical eye) it was even more enjoyable because I understood various jokes that I might've missed as a kid. Let's face it, as a kid you're paying attention moreso to the colors, as Beto pointed out, the music and the overall story. However, as an adult watching cartoons you pay more attention to the character interactions, inside jokes and dialogue. The overall story is just the icing on the cake. Beto: Thankfully she hasn't fallen prey, nor will I allow it to happen. Instead I'll divert her attention to Sesame Street and The Backyardigans, shows that I feel offer more value in the form of education and entertainment.

By: beto

beto — Tue, 12 Apr 2005 03:38:05 +0000

The Simpsons is one of the best examples of a cross-generational cartoon: Toddlers (like Zoe) watch it for the big, bright, almost garish colors and –for what you say here– the music, older kids watch it…well, because they watch a lot of TV anyway, and older-older kids trapped inside adult bodies (us) watch it because of its twisted humor and sociological jokes.

The Backyardingans look like something that could pop out in Discovery Kids channel… BTW, hasn’t your daughter fallen prey of the Purple Menace yet? * crossing fingers *

By: Greg

Greg — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 21:21:07 +0000

Its nice how a lot of animated shows can appeal to all ages. The cool part is that as kids get older, they can continue to appreciate and revisit the same old shows, because theyll understand them on a whole new level. At least that has been my experience.

When I think about having kids, I think about how lucky they are going to be that I already know all the fun stuff to do. Like watching King of the Hill, and avoiding purple dinosaurs.