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They don't have any good cartoons to watch before school, and cartoons after school are don't exist. I remember watching woody woodpecker & friends before school, then when I got home, there was a bunch too choose from. Then saturday mornings. Today there isn't anything.
So What else are todays kids missing out on?
I was thinking about this recently.
My oldest daughter is almost 2, and I'm so greatful that she *at least* has Seasame Street to watch.
What happened to the simple 5 minute cartoons like Bugs Bunny and Porky Pig?
remember
07-03-2005, 14:24
There are some quite good kids shows for smaller children on CBeebies and CBBC in the UK though. I still watch the Chuckle Brothers with my daughter on a Saturday morning. (To me... to you!)
What do YOU remember about the 70's 80's and 90's?
PhoenixDown
08-03-2005, 17:40
I was never a big fan of Woody Woodpecker, Bugs Bunny and the gang. Too silly for me I guess.
I do remember getting up early on Saturday mornings to catch my favorite cartoons though. I see somoe of the cartoons on tv now and I feel they are just idiotic. I try to keep an open mind about it thinking that perhaps I am seeing things now that I am older, but I still love 80's cartoons and TV shows and I still think they have an element that is lacking in many of todays shows.
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They don't have any good cartoons to watch before school, and cartoons after school are don't exist. I remember watching woody woodpecker & friends before school, then when I got home, there was a bunch too choose from. Then saturday mornings. Today there isn't anything.
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I was thinking the same thing too.
I think the problem with todays generation of kids is they have nothing to look forwards to because they have accses to everything. For eg, mobile phones, having a pc and the internet, games consoles which compared to the 80's early 90's have improved and arent too expensive.
I remember running home to watch childrens itv and childrens bbc, the days when andy peters and philip schofeild presented from inside that broom cupbard. The programmes were aimed for all age groups.
Nowadays the presenters and voice overs on these progrmmes talk as though they are speaking to toddlers, same with the programmes for exampleThe hoobs. What 10 yr old is going to want to watch that before they go to school?
Karen1969
29-09-2006, 17:24
There's "Arthur" the Aardvaak. I think that's a brilliant cartoon for kids. I used to watch it before going to work. But yeah, there's not much good kid's tv on nowadays.
I have to say that I think all those '80's Saturday morning programs were awful though - Swap Shop, TisWaz, Saturday Banana. I hated them all. lol. Probably I was getting a bit to old for them by then I don't know. But doesn't every generation think that what they watched on tv was better than what the next generation is watching?
Also don't you think that some of the reasons we still love so many of the old programs we watched as kids is more down to nostalgia than whether the program was actually any good?
I adored the Banana Splits and think that program was absolutely brilliant but I'm not sure that, hand on heart, I could say it was "good".
JM28Cardiff
03-10-2006, 14:22
If you revisit some of the things you used to watch, a lot of them seem a bit poor! Still like bagpuss though
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What about the Justice League and after that there was always the classic Scooby doo. :-D
Woody woodpecker was awsome, my fav was Andy Pandy though. lol.
The Batman Animated series is so kool, classic even and paved the way for a shorter lived Superman series, and hte way kool Justice League series which rocks, loved it trying to spot which characters I knew, form the Green Lantern Corps, Jonah Hex, or the Shining Knight, and the Teen Titans, funny and kool too, nice theme tune also, and now theres a Legion of Superheroes series nice.
MommaMystique
09-12-2006, 15:51
Multicoloured Swap shop.... I was gutted when I didnt win the Status Quo prizes!
and as for Cartoons.... none can beat.........CAPTAIN CAVEMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!
Captain Caveman.....what were his girls called though thats a question?
MommaMystique
09-12-2006, 16:32
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Extra or wot Momma? You got it going on hunny bunny.
SirBillCotton
12-12-2006, 03:03
Todays childrens programmes are an absolute bloody disgrace. The entire archives centre at both the BBC and ITV want opening up and all the old kids programmes want repeating again, starting as far back as Muffin the Mule.
Very true Sir Bill, and there should be a nostalgic kids channel too.
Yeah what ever happened to decent cartoons that WERE funny ... the Pink Panther for example, or Road runner ...
MommaMystique
28-01-2008, 10:48
I expect the majority of the decent kids programmes we loved have been offered up as blood sacrifice to the Gods of Political Correctness.
I once heard Billy Connelly on the subject of political correctness and use the quote to this day...........
'Political correctness is the language of cowardism'
Yes I agree Momma - every word has to be weighed before you open your mouth - just in case it causes offence ! And what happened to the famous British Free Speech ??
MommaMystique
28-01-2008, 20:49
I better not respond to that question Joybee, in case the PC brigade are reading.
sixtyten
28-01-2008, 21:14
B*ll*cks to 'em:)
i really do feel bad for kids today.
look at we had in the seventies eighties and nineties.
wonderful tv shows like grange hill which im currently watching from the start.
sesame street,cartoons like dangermouse,batfink,superted and countless others.
if i had my choice id rather have what we had than all this technology and reality shows.
there is no where near as much quality tv now as we had.
kids now are to much in front of the tv screen.
when i was younger id be out all the time,we have acres and acres of fields wher me and my friends would stay out till 9 o clock.
the days went so quick but we had great times.
vanhelsing
19-11-2010, 01:34
Star Fleet on a saturday moning. No wonder Brian May covered the theme!
vanhelsing
19-11-2010, 01:36
Todays childrens programmes are an absolute bloody disgrace. The entire archives centre at both the BBC and ITV want opening up and all the old kids programmes want repeating again, starting as far back as Muffin the Mule.
Now THAT I agree with!!
You seen the weekend schedules for ITV1?
vanhelsing
19-11-2010, 01:39
B*ll*cks to 'em:)
Nice one, Sixtyten!! That deserves a can of Carlsberg Special Brew!
vanhelsing
19-11-2010, 01:44
How much're ITV(1)'s weekend schedule planners on a week?
They've just turned lazy by thinking that weekend telly has to revolve around Simon Cowell, James Bond, Poirot, Columbo, Reality TV.
Hey, Anybody remember Sapphire And Steel? Speaking of David McCallum, he can be seen in COLDITZ which is being repeated on YESTERDAY(12) on weekdays at 17:00 and before that there's the Onedin Line.
How much're ITV(1)'s weekend schedule planners on a week?
They've just turned lazy by thinking that weekend telly has to revolve around Simon Cowell, James Bond, Poirot, Columbo, Reality TV.
Hey, Anybody remember Sapphire And Steel? Speaking of David McCallum, he can be seen in COLDITZ which is being repeated on YESTERDAY(12) on weekdays at 17:00 and before that there's the Onedin Line.
to much reality tv on itv one on a saturday.
if its not x factor its that ramsay cooking show.
been watching the onedin line.
better than watching x factor
vanhelsing
20-11-2010, 15:44
Like I said, FAR too much reliance on
James Bond
Simon Cowell
Reality TV
How much is his painting I found in the loft/my house worth
cookery programmes
Agatha Chritsie dramas
Marillion
20-11-2010, 21:11
For god's sake - surely our parents thought the same when we were kids?
Marillion
20-11-2010, 21:25
Yes, I know there was no television when they were kids - I mean about how we used to spend our leisure time generally. Wrong thread!
Like I said, FAR too much reliance on
James Bond
Simon Cowell
Reality TV
How much is his painting I found in the loft/my house worth
cookery programmes
Agatha Chritsie dramas
we need more kids shows like we had.
all the above are damaging.
if only there where less of the above and more kids like tv.
less would be more.
citv needs brought back from half 3 to half 5 lke we had.
In one sense its is our own fault for Cowell and reality TV shows. Much as I hate them and dont watch the, they do attract huge audience figures. X Factor a few weeks ago pulled in 17 million viewrs which by any standards is excellent. The advertisers will be dlighted and as long as these shows keep pulling these figures we are stuck with them I may not like them but obviously millions do
Back to the thread, the haydays for kids TV I think was the 70 and early eighties, soo many quality cartoons and TV programmes many of which have alraedy been mentioned. My own favourites, early Scooby Doo, Flintstones, Hong Kong Phooey. bugs bunny Tom and Jerry
The Flinstones
Huckleberry Hound
Tom and Jerry
Popeye
The Jetsons
Wait till your father gets home.
I also like some more recent ones,
Rugrats
The Simpsons
Family Guy
I agree re the kids tv today it's awful the same thing every day and the real pity is that there are so many kids channels and they are just regurgitating the same trash every day.
A couple of weeks ago I showed my 8 year old daughter some clips on youtube of the kids programs I used to watch and she actually agreed with me that it was better than what she gets now!
That's why this Xmas I've bought my kids as stocking fillers DVDs of Bagpuss, Mr Benn, Dangermouse and Jamie and the magic torch they are all selling for around £2.99 on the internet - BARGAIN!!
Trickyvee
02-12-2010, 21:17
TV aside, I feel sorry for kids today because they don't appear to know that you use the foot of white stuff outside to go sledging, have snowball fights and build snowmen. I am astounded at the general lack of kids playing out in the snow. Even I couldn't resist going out and sculpting an elephant in the garden when I was snowed in from work a few days ago!
Heather74
02-12-2010, 21:21
Dunno where you live tricky,but our streets full of snowmen and I've seen at least half a dozen sledges those with out are improvising with bin lids and all sorts.
Also there's nothing more the big kids (teens) like doing than pelting you or your windows with snowballs!
Plenty of snow fun around my way too
Trickyvee
02-12-2010, 21:29
Glad to hear it Heather. There's one or two snowmen around here but that's it, and I live on a big estate full of kids. It's bizarre.
vanhelsing
02-12-2010, 22:43
Gaming...
These days it's all about how real the graphics look/how good they are and how detailed the games are (screw that. Give me a bit of imagination any time) and we never see any groups of kids roleplaying Ben 10/Spongebob Squarepants. In my day it was the A-team.
In one sense its is our own fault for Cowell and reality TV shows. Much as I hate them and dont watch the, they do attract huge audience figures. X Factor a few weeks ago pulled in 17 million viewrs which by any standards is excellent. The advertisers will be dlighted and as long as these shows keep pulling these figures we are stuck with them I may not like them but obviously millions do
Back to the thread, the haydays for kids TV I think was the 70 and early eighties, soo many quality cartoons and TV programmes many of which have alraedy been mentioned. My own favourites, early Scooby Doo, Flintstones, Hong Kong Phooey. bugs bunny Tom and Jerry
You forgot to metiong Fangface, Hey, its the King, The Groovy Ghoulies, etc. But I can'tsee why the newspapers make such a big deal about thing slike BGT, The X factor, I'm a Celebrity..Get me Out of Here and they never say what the big deal is and why they're so important.
B*ll*cks to 'em:)
True. They're always on about democracy and having rights to an opinion (as long as it's theirs and what gives them the right to force THEIRS onto everybody else considering they're in the minority). Maybe we should just ignore them and carry on as usual.
I agree re the kids tv today it's awful the same thing every day and the real pity is that there are so many kids channels and they are just regurgitating the same trash every day.
A couple of weeks ago I showed my 8 year old daughter some clips on youtube of the kids programs I used to watch and she actually agreed with me that it was better than what she gets now!
That's why this Xmas I've bought my kids as stocking fillers DVDs of Bagpuss, Mr Benn, Dangermouse and Jamie and the magic torch they are all selling for around £2.99 on the internet - BARGAIN!!
there we are paulos even your kids agree the things we watchedare better that the programmes oif today.
it shows these shows are classiics and will never die.
im sure if more kids of today seen what we watched they would think the same as your kids do.
TV aside, I feel sorry for kids today because they don't appear to know that you use the foot of white stuff outside to go sledging, have snowball fights and build snowmen. I am astounded at the general lack of kids playing out in the snow. Even I couldn't resist going out and sculpting an elephant in the garden when I was snowed in from work a few days ago!
We live in a more rural setting and haven't had the snow to sledge (yet) and have a hill where as kids nearly the whole town would gather. We took our kids early this year when we did have snow and am glad to report that it was just as busy as it always used to be. A lot of my age group were there with their kids passing it on to the next generation.
We live in a more rural setting and haven't had the snow to sledge (yet) and have a hill where as kids nearly the whole town would gather. We took our kids early this year when we did have snow and am glad to report that it was just as busy as it always used to be. A lot of my age group were there with their kids passing it on to the next generation.
and did you and other parents join in.
dont only pass it on but get involved in it as you used to do.
just because you are older does not mean you should not do it.
and did you and other parents join in.
dont only pass it on but get involved in it as you used to do.
just because you are older does not mean you should not do it.
You couldn't stop us!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8O2Opb6y-E
Notice you dont need an expensive sledge where an old compost bag will do!!!
i remember i used to use one of those big compost bags yo slide down the side of mountains yrs back.
few times i ended up ion a very ice stream.
did not matter just went up and did it again.
What happened to the simple 5 minute cartoons like Bugs Bunny and Porky Pig?
To be fair, the best ones were produced by one studio during a relatively short space of time. Same with Disney and Hanna Barbera. You get a concentration of talent that shines brightly for a short time.
It does still happen. For example, there is Pixar who make the Toy Story series, amongst others. They will probably go downhill eventually and we'll look back on their "golden age".
Defenitly Kids have noithing like what was so in the 1980s right through to me still being "young" in the late 90s/early 200s - though I still have a young outlook or try to today, but not always with luck Lol :eek:
Though Kids today (appear) though I may be wrong to havew way way more opportunitioes than in my day, but it still strikes a note that Tv (Kids and Adult Tv has gone totaly and is nothing what it was 10/20/25 year's since, but I am unsure - I think i'd of sacrificed rubbish TV of today growing up for the opportunity's Kids have today in a way somehow!
victorbrunswick
29-02-2012, 21:49
The other reason for the "popularity" of reality shows are that they're much cheaper to produce than a regular TV show combined with the fact that the viewing public is not particularly noted for its discriminating taste (especially in recent years) -- they'll accept whatever dross is offered them.
even though kids of today have more technology for me it seems as if they are not as happy.
with all this technology the bad point ias they spend to much time inside.
it also seems they are far harder to please.
but for the better technology tv programmes have suffered is there a connection betwwwen the better tech and tv getting worse i wonder.
they way we are nostalgic on rthis site i feel the kids iof today will not lookk back in 30 yrs and reminisce about things the way we do.
Yes far more reality shows now which is very sad.
the tv is just clogged up with all this sort of thing.
Its more quantity in terms of quality now.
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Defenitly Kids have noithing like what was so in the 1980s right through to me still being "young" in the late 90s/early 200s - though I still have a young outlook or try to today, but not always with luck Lol :eek:
Though Kids today (appear) though I may be wrong to havew way way more opportunitioes than in my day, but it still strikes a note that Tv (Kids and Adult Tv has gone totaly and is nothing what it was 10/20/25 year's since, but I am unsure - I think i'd of sacrificed rubbish TV of today growing up for the opportunity's Kids have today in a way somehow!
I can see what you mean Darren, you mention some good points that are really logical. Though I think Kids today, now have it way easier with thing's like Homework Club, Breakfast Club, After School Club etc at school but for me this is making thing's way easier and jusdt doing what has been so for the last 15/20 years ...... watering down education and making it easier for Kids to get their homework done - as opposed to in my day, it was either find theknowledge through family or go to a Library/read a book.
I guess it could be true they are not happy, but in a way too as a Kid i was content but also it is about "knowing what you know about life too" or that Kids now more now/or even possibly too much to be happy may-be even I think may-be possibly.
Retrogames
01-03-2012, 21:55
Depends on where you live, we have a park at the end of the street (slide, roundabout etc) a decent set of skate ramps, and a p/t council adventure playground and it's all full of kids 24/7. The school is next to it so it's full of kids and chatting mums/dads for an hour after school. If it wasn't there I think we'd still see football etc on the field, that's just the sort of place we live. If we still lived in Manchester I doubt the kids would ever really be out of the house.
it's also about how much we as parents put in, I take my lad down to the beach (10 mins walk) a couple of nights a week but we see a lot of parents just send their kids down to the park after school and shout them home for tea, rather than spend time with them passing on knowledge and experiences.
My lad also loves his DVDs, angry birds on my iPhone, and watching Ben 10 so it's a decent balance and not 'right on' parenting!
As for the kids of now not getting nostalgic, I knew that wasn't true the day I heard Dr Albarn on a Telly ad and thought 'what a good tune, not heard this for years!' each generation will remember its own rubbish fondly :)
i feel kids will be more into nostalgia if you spend time with your kids as you do R.G.
I think its wonderful you share memories of when you where young with your lad.
it gets him thinking i wonder what it was like growing up in my dads time.
even better if you have pictures to show him.
i feel lots of parernts more than in our time do not spend quaity time with there kids.
Depends on where you live, we have a park at the end of the street (slide, roundabout etc) a decent set of skate ramps, and a p/t council adventure playground and it's all full of kids 24/7. The school is next to it so it's full of kids and chatting mums/dads for an hour after school. If it wasn't there I think we'd still see football etc on the field, that's just the sort of place we live. If we still lived in Manchester I doubt the kids would ever really be out of the house.
it's also about how much we as parents put in, I take my lad down to the beach (10 mins walk) a couple of nights a week but we see a lot of parents just send their kids down to the park after school and shout them home for tea, rather than spend time with them passing on knowledge and experiences.
My lad also loves his DVDs, angry birds on my iPhone, and watching Ben 10 so it's a decent balance and not 'right on' parenting!
As for the kids of now not getting nostalgic, I knew that wasn't true the day I heard Dr Albarn on a Telly ad and thought 'what a good tune, not heard this for years!' each generation will remember its own rubbish fondly :)
Retrogames
03-03-2012, 07:28
Aye there's a lot to be said for chucking out the two income family idea and living cheaply, we were just lucky that my o/hs family lived in Prestatyn so we had an obvious (and cheap/nice) place to move from the city. A lot of my married mates back in Manchester have their kids in 8am-6pm child care from an early age so they can both work to pay a £200,000+ mortgage, but for me I know i was never bothered about how many toys I had or the size of my bedroom. We recently found out we've got baby no3 on the way at the end of the summer, a lot of people would plan a move to a 4 bed straight away but we'll happily keep two of the kids sharing for at least five years and build up cash before we move rather than get a whopping mortgage just because it's expected.
I think it's possible to give kids today an amazing experience growing up- heck my lads been to France and USA and he's only three- but it takes more managing and giving stuff up than ever before. And a lot of telling then to get the heck away from the elctronics items and go out and play :)
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