When I was growing up...

[KrodMandoon]

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The youngins today may have more access to information to make their lives easier when doing research and all. They may have cooler gadgets than we did. But our cartoons kick the crap out of the ones they have today.

Yes,they did. It really saddens me to see what happened to studios like Ruby-Spears and Hanna-Barbera.

[Bighoff]

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And the congregation said....AMEN. Preach on, Preach on.

Although, there are a few kids that know when to be seen and not heard. They'd survive just fine in the 80s.

My mom had eyes and ears all over my town. I was too scared to try anything foolish. Everyone had permission to beat me on sight. And then you'd get it when you got home.

The worst was having to get your own switch for your whipping. And then hear the phrase...."this is gonna hurt me more than it's gonna hurt you" followed by "Stop crying before I give you something to cry about"''

Those were the days.

Damn right those were the days! Every generation has the "back in my days" speech but I'll be damned if it's not a bit more true for those of us born before 1983 or so. There's nothing like having to go get "The Belt" or go cut your own switch. Of course there's nothing like the feeling of dread when you're walking home knowing your about to catch it or after being spanked once already hearing the phrase, "Wait till your father gets home!" Nowadays it seems that kids don't have to use their imagination or think of things to do cause they've got their gaming system or computer to play with and heaven forbid that kids are made to go out and play, they might get burned by that big hot thing in the sky called the sun.

[countryboy]

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^^^agreed for me...back in the day, I hated being contained indoors. Whiffle ball, sandlot baseball, football at the park, basketball, or just hanging out with friends roaming the streets...being indoors was like being in jail.

Nowadays, the idea of hanging with friends is hooking up via facebook or texting. God forbid you actually go out with friends and roam the streets and get involved in a little mischief.

[DickDalewood]

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The youngins today may have more access to information to make their lives easier when doing research and all. They may have cooler gadgets than we did. But our cartoons kick the crap out of the ones they have today.

Holy cow, now THAT is the truth! Cartoons today are teeeeeeeeeeeeerrible. Just awful.

Great thread CB.

[Scottdau]

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The youngins today may have more access to information to make their lives easier when doing research and all. They may have cooler gadgets than we did. But our cartoons kick the crap out of the ones they have today.

I know you are a little younger than me. But man even in high school I loved Thunder Cats and Voltron. Those were some great shows! When I was a little younger ****ing He Man rocked. I had the Voltron lions and He Man toys. Never had the Thunder Cats though.

[Scottdau]

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Holy cow, now THAT is the truth! Cartoons today are teeeeeeeeeeeeerrible. Just awful.

Great thread CB.

That is because you are an adult now.

[Scottdau]

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Whiffle ball was the best.

[SouthernBrick]

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I know you are a little younger than me. But man even in high school I loved Thunder Cats and Voltron. Those were some great shows! When I was a little younger ****ing He Man rocked. I had the Voltron lions and He Man toys. Never had the Thunder Cats though.

I'm not sure how old you are but, I remember Thunder Cats. That was a pretty good show(But I hated snarf that fat cat whatever his name was lol).

I watched he-man a few times but could never get into it. Best action cartoon for me as a kid growing up hands down was Dragonball Z followed by Batman and then probably Transformers. Oh how I loved my batman cartoons and I had a lot of his toys. I watched all the super hero cartoons when I was little like X-men, spiderman, superman, etc.

I couldn't get enough of the superhero cartoons but, my favorite had to batman because, he had the bad *** car toys along with the bad *** everything else lol.

[deaduck]

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That is because you are an adult now.

Naw, overall todays toons are just lifeless compared to Thundar the Barbarian and Battle for the Planets.

[countryboy]

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I know you are a little younger than me. But man even in high school I loved Thunder Cats and Voltron. Those were some great shows! When I was a little younger ****ing He Man rocked. I had the Voltron lions and He Man toys. Never had the Thunder Cats though.

I watched Thunder Cats..and I had all the He-Man toys along with Castle Graveskull or whatever it was called.

Damn those were the days. In the playroom, playing with He-Man and GI Joe...wasting the day away.

[dingleberryfinn]

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i don't mind being an adult in these times but i wouldn't want to be a kid nowadays . it seems to me they have lost their innocence before they even get to elementary school . as far as cartoons , scooby & the smurfs were alright but if i had south park & family guy back in the day would have been alright by me

[Gotmadskillzson]

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Classic cartoons.........

Voltron
Thunder cats
The Littles
He-man
Silverhawks

Classic tv shows.......

What's Happening
Good Times
All in the family
Small Wonder
Wonder Years
A-team

that is what I watched growing up.

[trobinson97]

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I like the old 80's cartoons as much as anyone, but imo Flapjack, Chowder, Adventure Time and Invader Zim are right up there. My kids look at Ben 10 and Generator R.E.X. the same way I looked at Thundercats and Voltron.

[HealyMonster]

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I was just telling my wife last night. Dont kids ride bikes anymore? When I was a kid you damn near couldn't drive down my street with all the kids riding bikes on the street. We had jumps and all kinds of crap going down. In the neighborhood I live now, there are prob 15-20 kids between 6 and 17 and I haven't seen one of them even walk down the street outside of getting off the school bus or something.

It def. is different now.

1 thing I will say though is that the facebooks,twitter, computers are keeping the generations more "connected" basically my "teenage kids"(when i have kids) will be a little more intune to me than I was to my mom and dad. Computers will be a common ground I believe unless something else comes out.

some people with kids could prob confirm or deny this better.

[Scottdau]

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Naw, overall todays toons are just lifeless compared to Thundar the Barbarian and Battle for the Planets.

G Force rocked good call there. Ronnie Shell did the voice for Keith, he was my dad's friend, so I would talk to him about it when I was a kid. Gatcheman (Spelling?) was the same cartoon, just a little more graphic and so was G Force. Ronnie did the voice for Battle of the Planets.