The Dude’s High 5s: Old School Cartoons

I used to love cartoons.  What happened?  Did I grow up?  Did I turn into a fun hating ogre?  I just think that most cartoons today suck. There’s a few here and there that I love (Venture Brothers, South Park), but for the most part, I don’t like them. My friends always joke that I never had a childhood.  They make assumptions that I was always the cynical dick that I present myself as.  Well, to throw a wrench in their plans, here are my favorite 5 cartoon shows from when I was a child.

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5. Garfield & Friends

Garfield sucks.  It’s not funny. The fact that I loved this show reminds me that people, especially children, like things that suck.  I do not begrudge Jim Davis his life’s work; I do however question anyone that finds it funny (including my past self).

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4. The Legend of Prince Valiant

I was always a junkie for medieval weaponry, culture, and the like.  I loved old school sword and sorcery video games, pen and paper D&D, and fantasy novels.  The Legend of Prince Valiant wasn’t a nice addition to my insatiable lust for all things medieval.  It was also a bit different than my usual entertainment as it wasn’t a funny cartoon, but an adventure show.

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3. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Everyone has their favorite turtle.  Mine was Donatello because he was a tech guy.  The movies killed the Turtles for me, but I have fond memories of the cartoon.

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2. Looney Tunes

If you like cartoons, and you don’t like the old school Looney Tunes, then you suck.

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1. G.I. Joe

Damn I wish I was a less destructive child.  I would have made bank off my toys.  I used to love the show because I loved the toys.  As a kid I loved two things, small fires and large fires.  I used to collect G.I. Joes as a kid.  That might not be the best way to put it.  I used to destroy G.I. Joes as a kid.  I would take them apart, mix and match them, light them on fire, poke holes in them, and all other manners of torture.

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So what cartoons did/do you folks watch?