Friday, September 3, 2010

-Old Cartoons are the bomb-

I was really bored the other day and I was on you-tube. I was like why not tube some old shows i used to watch when I was younger. Some of my favorites were Rocko's Modern Life, Rugrats, The Angry Beavers, Catdog, Real Monsters, Hey Arnold, The Big Comfe Couch, and Gumby. Now I know we're supposed to blog on topics that have a significance so I was going to point out how bizarre some of these shows were, that young kids used to watch. Thinking back, I loved those shows, but some of them had suggestive content not really suitable for a younger generation to watch. For example, on Rocko's Modern Life, I tubed this video that was about Mr. and Mrs. Bighead, who are Rocko's neigbors, lost the lust in their married life. So Mrs. Bighead tried to attract attention, in a flirtatious manner, to Rocko. This made Rocko very uncomfortable and what eventually happened Rocko set the Bigheads back up and they were happy again. Thinking back I was like, wow I really loved these shows, but I didn't remember much of what messages were being sent through them. It's very interesting how they would put something like that for young viewers to watch. On the other hand, I never really remembered much of anything that impacted my "development" from my younger years up till my adolescence years. I guess this is the reason why Nickelodeon got rid of these shows, because I never see them on anymore.

1 comment:

  1. I remember growing up with those shows as well. They were the reasons I watched Nickelodeon and all the other not so great shows that were with them. I never really cared for Rocko's Modern Life but I loved to watch The Angry Beavers and Hey Arnold. I still remember watching them at like 8 in the morning and sitting in front of the T.V for hours on end until they ended and they brought on other weirder shows. You can also watch those shows on the 360. I forget how but its nice to resee those shows. Nice blog.

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