I still say the first 5 seasons of Family Guy were when it was at its best. There are some funny/good episodes after that, like the Star Wars ones, and And Then There Were Fewer (the Clue 2-parter), and imo a lot of the ones where we follow Carter.
Though American Dad is still leagues better imo. It's a little more absurd, but it's a better fit for the stories they want to tell there.
The local PBS station carried a science show called Newton's Apple. Not only was the content amazing to a nerdy kid, the theme song was way too cool for a PBS show.
Reruns/syndication. I don't think I watched much of either as they originally aired, not old enough yet or not alive in the case of MSW. We just had free antennae channels, so weeknight evenings were lots of syndicated shows.
MASH was another common one but I didn't like it as much. I found Alan Alda annoying and the Klinger schtick weird.
A second is really hard to pick though. There’s so many great kids shows from that time, if I picked one it would just be at random.
Maybe Rocko’s Modern Life, because the absurdity of it stands out more than many others.
Out of Animaniacs, Scooby Doo, Power Rangers, Dexter's Lab, Powerpuff Girls, Johnny Bravo, Angry Beavers, Road Rovers, Rugrats, CatDog, Hey Arnold, The Wild Thornberrys, SpongeBob (Seasons 1-3), Arthur, Little Bear, Cow and Chicken, Ren and Stimpy, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Ed Edd n Eddy, Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, Fairly Oddparents, Jimmy Neutron, Reboot...
If I had to narrow those down, I'd say Animaniacs and Grim Adventures but damn it's really hard to choose just two.
Well, I was pretty big into Magic School Bus for a while when I was still of the age to be watching that sorta thing, as in I had some VHS tapes of that show, and tbh its animation still holds up really well 30+ years on (RIP Nelvana unless things change for the better for them; they're pretty much a licensing company now for the time being), and oh, for davidgro, this was another PBS show that had a banger theme song, made by the late Little Richard, and I remember liking Clifford and Arthur well enough too.
Rugrats was also one of my earliest memories in this regard and I liked it a lot too, and it's also really cute looking back onto it as well.
Strange Hill High, a really unique but short lived show which blew my mind.
Honourable Mentions:
Now, one of my most watched TV shows as a kid was Arthur because my parents insisted on showing it to me a lot. It's fine but not my favourite. Music is banging. [also wtf - it went on until 2022???]
Also Spectacular Spiderman would edge out a place in top 2, but I only saw that as an adult or late teenager. You can binge it all in about a week and rewatch every year because the episodes are so concise, but it's absolutely banging. (Full episodes supposedly on YouTube or Disney+)
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Nemo@slrpnk.net · 14 pts · 191d
Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?
3-2-1 Contact
David the Gnome
KittenBiscuits@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 190d
Contact! Let's make CONNN-tact!
200ok@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 191d
Simpsons and In Living Color (I was a latchkey kid)
Discover@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 191d
Futurama and ATLA
Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 0 pts · 191d
Futurama isn't exactly what I would let my kids watch, but ok.
Zahille7@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 191d
Sure, but it's way less raunchy or suggestive than Family Guy.
Usually.
DFX4509B@lemmy.wtf · 2 pts · 191d
Modern Family Guy especially.
Zahille7@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 191d
I still say the first 5 seasons of Family Guy were when it was at its best. There are some funny/good episodes after that, like the Star Wars ones, and And Then There Were Fewer (the Clue 2-parter), and imo a lot of the ones where we follow Carter.
Though American Dad is still leagues better imo. It's a little more absurd, but it's a better fit for the stories they want to tell there.
DFX4509B@lemmy.wtf · 1 pts · 191d
The episodes after Brian got killed and resurrected have gone off the deep end in terms of being outright sadistic, though.
Zahille7@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 191d
Justice League and Justice League Unlimited
200ok@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 191d
What were yours?
TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 191d
I think it's gotta be Arthur and Rugrats
200ok@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 191d
Solid choices
davidgro@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 191d
The local PBS station carried a science show called Newton's Apple. Not only was the content amazing to a nerdy kid, the theme song was way too cool for a PBS show.
That and Animaniacs.
FireWire400@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 191d
Pokémon (grew up with seasons one to four)
The Angry Beavers
kahjtheundedicated@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 191d
Zaboomafoo, Dragon Ball
sem@piefed.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 191d
Loved Zabu!
Vanth@reddthat.com · 6 pts · 191d
Star Trek: Voyager and Murder, She Wrote
Leather@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 190d
WOW! Decades apart!
Vanth@reddthat.com · 2 pts · 190d
Reruns/syndication. I don't think I watched much of either as they originally aired, not old enough yet or not alive in the case of MSW. We just had free antennae channels, so weeknight evenings were lots of syndicated shows.
MASH was another common one but I didn't like it as much. I found Alan Alda annoying and the Klinger schtick weird.
BlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.org · 6 pts · 191d
X-Men
A second is really hard to pick though. There’s so many great kids shows from that time, if I picked one it would just be at random. Maybe Rocko’s Modern Life, because the absurdity of it stands out more than many others.
Truffle@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 190d
Thundercats and Silver hawks. I loved those shows!
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 191d
Andy Griffith Show
Bugs Bunny/ Looney Tunes cartoons
Leather@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 190d
When I was sick I got to watch reruns of Andy, Dukes of Hazard, and I love Lucy.
WanderWisley@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 191d
Original power rangers, samurai pizza cats.
nile_istic@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 191d
Buffy. Not exactly a kid show, but I was a kid when I watched it ¯_(ツ)_/¯
cheeseburger@piefed.ca · 5 pts · 191d
He-Man on Saturday morning, and Alf during prime time!
No problem!
shittydwarf@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 191d
The Racoons
MASH
Monster96@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 191d
Spongebob and Fairly Odd Parents. I still watch it to this day
makkurokurosuke@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 191d
Simpsons
Anything from golden age Cartoon Network (dexter, coward the dog etc)
Blackfeathr@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 191d
Out of Animaniacs, Scooby Doo, Power Rangers, Dexter's Lab, Powerpuff Girls, Johnny Bravo, Angry Beavers, Road Rovers, Rugrats, CatDog, Hey Arnold, The Wild Thornberrys, SpongeBob (Seasons 1-3), Arthur, Little Bear, Cow and Chicken, Ren and Stimpy, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Ed Edd n Eddy, Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, Fairly Oddparents, Jimmy Neutron, Reboot...
If I had to narrow those down, I'd say Animaniacs and Grim Adventures but damn it's really hard to choose just two.
RebekahWSD@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 191d
Ghostwriter and Sailor Moon!
anon6789@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 191d
While 6 yr old me and 16 year old me w of uld have wildly different opinions, the most significant 2 that I still love today as much as back then are:
The Simpsons, and Batman the Animated Series
Many things I've seen since then can't top those two.
KittenBiscuits@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 190d
Scooby and Thundarr the Barbarian
Truffle@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 190d
I remember the little peanut creatures!
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 191d
When I was an actual kid, I liked Marlin Perkins Rearranging the Animals
When my baby sister was a kid I liked Electric Company
When my babies were kids I liked Blues Clues
And I'll always have a hug for a muppet, Sesame Street or otherwise.
taldennz@lemmy.nz · 4 pts · 191d
Whatever reruns were playing on the channel we had... Beggars can't be choosers (though I note, some beggars are quite choosey - odd).
sem@piefed.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 191d
Arthur
Mr Rogers
(Barney, but don't tell anyone)
novibe@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 191d
Hard to choose to be honest… but Avatar for sure. And maybe Powerpuff Girls? Kenan & Kel? Mythbusters (if it counts?)?
Godort@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 191d
Slayers and Reboot
_deleted_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 191d
DFX4509B@lemmy.wtf · 3 pts · 191d
Well, I was pretty big into Magic School Bus for a while when I was still of the age to be watching that sorta thing, as in I had some VHS tapes of that show, and tbh its animation still holds up really well 30+ years on (RIP Nelvana unless things change for the better for them; they're pretty much a licensing company now for the time being), and oh, for davidgro, this was another PBS show that had a banger theme song, made by the late Little Richard, and I remember liking Clifford and Arthur well enough too.
Rugrats was also one of my earliest memories in this regard and I liked it a lot too, and it's also really cute looking back onto it as well.
Shimitar@downonthestreet.eu · 3 pts · 191d
A-team and Star Treck TOS.
Both on BW actually.
That shows my age i guess.
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech · 3 pts · 191d
I was a hardcore Thomas the tank engine nerd.
And Theodore Tugboat.
FoolsQuartz@lemmynsfw.com · 2 pts · 190d
can't remember if this is accurate but
League of Super Evil comes to mind (canadian show btw, which is interesting)
And
Strange Hill High, a really unique but short lived show which blew my mind.
Honourable Mentions:
Now, one of my most watched TV shows as a kid was Arthur because my parents insisted on showing it to me a lot. It's fine but not my favourite. Music is banging. [also wtf - it went on until 2022???]
Also Spectacular Spiderman would edge out a place in top 2, but I only saw that as an adult or late teenager. You can binge it all in about a week and rewatch every year because the episodes are so concise, but it's absolutely banging. (Full episodes supposedly on YouTube or Disney+)
Leather@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 190d
🎶Reading-rain-bow🎵
MCTamTam@feddit.org · 2 pts · 191d
Candle Cove
I still can't believe my parents let me watch this.
m532@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 191d
Miraculous
Ritter hoch 3
melsaskca@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 190d
Mr. Dress-up (with Casey and Finnigan) and The Friendly Giant (with Rusty the Rooster and Jerome the Giraffe).
mub@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 191d
Chocky - 1980s UK kids sci-fi shows.
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