I love that show so much. So much care went into it. The deatails and everything. I read that they used black paker and inked to bright part, to give it that distinct look. Very complicated and or expensive.
I saved newspaper TV sections from most of the 1990s. Here's what was on broadcast network TV on Saturday, April 15, 1995:
ABC
CBS
FOX
NBC
PBS
6:00
Cro
The New Adventures of Mother Goose
Bullwinkle
Name Your Adventure
6:30
Fudge
Bullwinkle
State Newsmakers
7:00
The Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show
Jack Hanna's Animal Adventures
G.I. Joe
Today
Sesame Street
7:30
Beakman's World
The Baby Huey Show
8:00
Sonic the Hedgehog
The Little Mermaid
Animaniacs
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
8:30
Free Willy
Beethoven
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
Barney & Friends
9:00
Tales from the Cryptkeeper
Aladdin
Eek!stravaganza
News
Sesame Street
9:30
Reboot
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
The Adventures of Batman & Robin
Martha Stewart Living
10:00
The New Adventures of Captain Planet
Iron Man
Spider-Man
California Dreams
To the Contrary
10:30
Paid Programming
Fantastic Four
The Tick
Saved by the Bell: The New Class
Firing Line
11:00
Paid Programming
Gladiators 2000
X-Men
Saved by the Bell: The New Class
Washington Week in Review
11:30
Paid Programming
Mutant League
Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego?
Sweet Valley High
Wall $treet Week
I assume that where there is no listing, that half hour is a continuation of the previous half hour's programming, except at 6 am, in which case I assume that station was off the air.
In case anyone isn't aware, there's a big project to remaster/restore Reboot at the highest quality possible. They have multiple master tape copies for every episode, and for a ton of promo material, ads, etc. Huge, technically deep, and amazing project. The first few episodes are already out on youtube, but they also just released a documentary about the whole process.
It’s funny how I think cartoons from 10 years before are too old, and cartoons from 10 years after are too new, and everyone else experiences some variation of that depending on when they were born, and that all I’m left with is the feeling of time slipping away from me, like I was wrestling a greased up seal in a tub of oil
Counter-point - Bugs Bunny and the Looney Toons in general were peak cartoon. It was old even when I was a kid (32 now) but I loved it as a kid and I still love it now. Timeless humor.
I wonder if it started that way at first. Did TMNT get developed because of toy companies or was just just a mutually lucrative venture? Did it start earlier? Like Lone Ranger and Buck Rodgers type stuff? Interesting to think about for me.
It was happening long before TMNT. Transformers, He-man, Teddy Ruxbin, Gummie Bears, She-ra, Care Bears, etc. I'm no expert on which was the first, but I'm sure that the kids that watched it would be too old to really get into TMNT once that IP hit the market. TMNT wasn't even really inspired by toys, the comic was first, they just heavy exploited the toy market later. Shows like Care Bears and transformers were created specifically to sell toys as opposed to designing toys to sell a show.
If I'm not mistaken, He-Man was the one that started the boom of "cartoons that are actually 20 minutes of ads for a toy line", all thanks to the amazing profits that George Lucas was making off the toy rights of Star Wars.
Bucky o'Hare's characters were designed after the toys, ensuring that any holes a kid would see in the toys was also there in the cartoon. These holes were usually on the soles or hands to attach accessories.
They definitely latched onto the merchandise train, regardless of timeline. The toys are strange though, as they're a mix between the cartoon and the comics. And the comics got really sci-fi, while the cartoon stayed in NYC
I remember a lot of them because most were on Fox Kids in the Netherlands but I didn't have Cartoon Network so I missed some of those shows.
I also remember watching Walking With Dinosaurs as a kid. Than you also had the two Superman shows: Superman The Animated Series and Lois & Clark: The new adventures of Superman.
I remember back in first grade being able to watch Power Rangers when I got home. On Thursdays we would get out early and I could watch Bobby's World right before. Those were simpler times.
Cartoons only happened in the morning here. In the mid 00s I'd get home from school and watch 2.5 men lol. A-team sometime before that. At some point it was Knight Rider too. Only had like 2 or 3 channels growing up.
Assuming your family had the money to pay for the fancy TV channels that got these shows, otherwise good luck it's just the 4 regular terrestrial channels and reruns of Thunderbirds and Danger Mouse xD
Yeah, it's always a pleasant surprise on the rare occasion whenever the opposite is true.
Protip: Rewatch Spongebob and Invader Zim. I sometimes can't believe how much funnier both shows are as an adult, and I rue the fact that so many truly amazing jokes went completely over my head and unappreciated as a kid.
It's not even just the "adult jokes" themselves, but the personal worldviews of the creators. The "yeah, everyone is a con artist and an asshole" bits just don't hit the same as a kid lol
::: spoiler episodes
Highly recommend Chocolate With Nuts for Spongebob, and Battle of the Planets for Zim
:::
You gotta find the right setting first. Like sitting crisscross at the coffee table eating a bowl of Cookie Crisp or Rice Crispes Treats cereal, that your mom just brought you. You have no bills, no responsibilities (except that 3rd grade spelling test coming up), and no concept of the evils of the world. You are pure and innocent and completely engrossed in Batman catching the bad guy of the week.
Hmmm, yeah i think i see the problem...
I rewatched some Tiny Toons episodes a while back, and thought that overall they held up well, ignoring the dated references. Animaniacs held up better, but the references still show their age.
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binarytobis@lemmy.world · 59 pts · 119d
Batman TAS is unbelievably good. Gets a little better every time I rewatch it.
FatVegan@leminal.space · 21 pts · 119d
I love that show so much. So much care went into it. The deatails and everything. I read that they used black paker and inked to bright part, to give it that distinct look. Very complicated and or expensive.
Sunflier@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 119d
Kevin Conroy will always be the voice of Batman.
a_g_marut@lemmy.world · 43 pts · 119d
I saved newspaper TV sections from most of the 1990s. Here's what was on broadcast network TV on Saturday, April 15, 1995:
I assume that where there is no listing, that half hour is a continuation of the previous half hour's programming, except at 6 am, in which case I assume that station was off the air.
Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone · 8 pts · 119d
That 9:30 am slot is the real tricky one. Reboot, TMNT, or Batman?
wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 17 pts · 119d
In case anyone isn't aware, there's a big project to remaster/restore Reboot at the highest quality possible. They have multiple master tape copies for every episode, and for a ton of promo material, ads, etc. Huge, technically deep, and amazing project. The first few episodes are already out on youtube, but they also just released a documentary about the whole process.
Akasazh@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 119d
So... They are going to reboot it?
amgine@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 119d
Thanks! I loved reboot
Naz@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 118d
I have the whole show on my brain
Get me a neuralizer and I can dump 6K footage to disk :>
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 118d
Martha Stewart Living, of course.
usernamefactory@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 119d
Not tricky. Batman every time.
PacMan@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 119d
You should publish that all to a database online
brbposting@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 119d
@a_g_marut@lemmy.world this already on Archive.org ? Good work preservationist!
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 119d
Do you have the old comics pages? Nostalgia dude
Sunflier@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 119d
The golden age of television.
xkbx@startrek.website · 34 pts · 119d
It’s funny how I think cartoons from 10 years before are too old, and cartoons from 10 years after are too new, and everyone else experiences some variation of that depending on when they were born, and that all I’m left with is the feeling of time slipping away from me, like I was wrestling a greased up seal in a tub of oil
LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz · 12 pts · 119d
Seriously, the silent cartoons were kinda boring, and once they added color it gave me a headache.
Betty Boop was peak 'toon.
AmosBurton_ThatGuy@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 119d
Counter-point - Bugs Bunny and the Looney Toons in general were peak cartoon. It was old even when I was a kid (32 now) but I loved it as a kid and I still love it now. Timeless humor.
onlyhalfminotaur@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 119d
I'm of the same mind, I was born in 1988 but I recognize the original run of Tom and Jerry as the best kids cartoon ever made.
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world · 32 pts · 119d
As someone who started watching Saturday morning cartoons in the 1960's, I can definitely say the mid 90's was peak cartoon.
GreenShimada@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 119d
For a decade that 8am to 12pm slot on Saturdays was back to back gold.
EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com · 11 pts · 119d
I used to get up early on Saturdays rather than sleeping in so that I could watch cartoons.
GreenShimada@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 119d
Up until 4am playing Nintendo, up at 8:45 already late for cartoons. 10/10, would be child again.
hOrni@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 119d
Is anybody else of the opinion, that only Power Rangers are unwatchable now? The rest holds up.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 43 pts · 119d
No, they were also unwatchable then
RaoulDuke85@piefed.social · 2 pts · 119d
I was one of the few kids in my 3rd grade class that hated Power Rangers. Was so cheesy.
Then again that's when I started watching cynical shows like Beavis & Butthead, Ren & Stimpy, In Living Color.
yermaw@sh.itjust.works · 19 pts · 119d
The power rangers theme song slaps though
aeronmelon@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 119d
The first two seasons are evergreen (because of the Zyuranger and Dairanger footage).
It was diminishing returns from then on.
FosterMolasses@leminal.space · 4 pts · 119d
Pfff, what?
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard singlehandedly reignited my love for Power Rangers
Chaotic_Altruist@lemmy.zip · 18 pts · 119d
Sabrina was on Friday nights though, so I get why she'd be freaked out to still exist on Saturday morning
ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online · 15 pts · 119d
And if you missed them, you missed them...
MrNesser@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 119d
Fun fact Saturday morning cartoons took a nose dive when regulations on advertising to children started getting tighter.
Most of these cartoons/series were developed or funded by toy companies
LogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 119d
I wonder if it started that way at first. Did TMNT get developed because of toy companies or was just just a mutually lucrative venture? Did it start earlier? Like Lone Ranger and Buck Rodgers type stuff? Interesting to think about for me.
Wolf314159@startrek.website · 9 pts · 119d
It was happening long before TMNT. Transformers, He-man, Teddy Ruxbin, Gummie Bears, She-ra, Care Bears, etc. I'm no expert on which was the first, but I'm sure that the kids that watched it would be too old to really get into TMNT once that IP hit the market. TMNT wasn't even really inspired by toys, the comic was first, they just heavy exploited the toy market later. Shows like Care Bears and transformers were created specifically to sell toys as opposed to designing toys to sell a show.
ICastFist@programming.dev · 3 pts · 119d
If I'm not mistaken, He-Man was the one that started the boom of "cartoons that are actually 20 minutes of ads for a toy line", all thanks to the amazing profits that George Lucas was making off the toy rights of Star Wars.
Bucky o'Hare's characters were designed after the toys, ensuring that any holes a kid would see in the toys was also there in the cartoon. These holes were usually on the soles or hands to attach accessories.
ReluctantMuskrat@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 119d
TMNT was a comic book series in the 80s, long before the first movie and the cartoons that followed.
LogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 119d
Yeah true, kinda forgot about that. Guess i mean just the cartoon in this example, but it was just the first cartoon i thought of.
TachyonTele@piefed.social · 3 pts · 119d
They definitely latched onto the merchandise train, regardless of timeline. The toys are strange though, as they're a mix between the cartoon and the comics. And the comics got really sci-fi, while the cartoon stayed in NYC
finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 119d
X-Men '97 continues where X-Men left off. Worth a watch.
Zachariah@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 119d
Wait, TMNT was still on in the ’90s?
phar@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 119d
It ran for ten seasons my dude. The majority of its run was in the 90s
Zachariah@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 119d
TIL
Cowabunga!
TachyonTele@piefed.social · 4 pts · 119d
Its still on in the '20s
Zachariah@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 119d
TachyonTele@piefed.social · 3 pts · 119d
"Get used to those bars, kid"
noxypaws@pawb.social · 8 pts · 119d
I'm still angry at Power Rangers for taking over Sonic the Hedgehog's Saturday morning timeslot. That show was infinitely better than Power Rangers.
FosterMolasses@leminal.space · 8 pts · 119d
Not to mention Sabrina the Teenage Witch!
RaoulDuke85@piefed.social · 3 pts · 119d
I used to enjoy "Clarissa Explains it All."
protist@retrofed.com · 7 pts · 119d
Where's Ren and Stimpy on this list?
tacosanonymous@mander.xyz · 7 pts · 119d
I feel like it was an afternoon or evening show?
FosterMolasses@leminal.space · 6 pts · 119d
Too racy for first thing in the morning lol
LogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyz · 6 pts · 119d
I think that was originally on Saturday nights. I remember my dad letting me stay up to watch it because he secretly really loved the show.
moakley@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 119d
At first it was on Sunday mornings.
titanicx@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 119d
I still get this. Streaming is great, and it doesn't end with an infomercial.
Nomorereddit@lemmy.today · 7 pts · 119d
There were so many commercials!!!
Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 119d
How else were we supposed to remember the toy store existed?
Nomorereddit@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 119d
Do you still hear its calls in your mind and heart? (Aka the commercials)
AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 119d
Still less than youtube, and they were predictable and could be written around
Jankatarch@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 118d
Tbf we have AI generated mobile game ads now.
Domino@quokk.au · 5 pts · 119d
Needs more Canadian shows, Canada ruled the 90 kids show scene.
undefinedValue@programming.dev · 1 pts · 118d
Did you watch Recess? Nobody else mentioned it so I’m starting to think it might be Canadian. Uh oh! and Reboot too.
fenrasulfr@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 118d
I remember a lot of them because most were on Fox Kids in the Netherlands but I didn't have Cartoon Network so I missed some of those shows.
I also remember watching Walking With Dinosaurs as a kid. Than you also had the two Superman shows: Superman The Animated Series and Lois & Clark: The new adventures of Superman.
And as a kid I really enjoyed Star Trek Voyager.
ramenshaman@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 119d
I remember back in first grade being able to watch Power Rangers when I got home. On Thursdays we would get out early and I could watch Bobby's World right before. Those were simpler times.
boonhet@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 118d
Cartoons only happened in the morning here. In the mid 00s I'd get home from school and watch 2.5 men lol. A-team sometime before that. At some point it was Knight Rider too. Only had like 2 or 3 channels growing up.
obinice@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 119d
Assuming your family had the money to pay for the fancy TV channels that got these shows, otherwise good luck it's just the 4 regular terrestrial channels and reruns of Thunderbirds and Danger Mouse xD
Vegan_Joe@piefed.world · 9 pts · 119d
All of these came on basic airwave stations in my area. (NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX, UPN, WB, PBS, etc.,).
It wasn't until later that they were syndicated and played on cable TV.
undefinedValue@programming.dev · 1 pts · 118d
We didn’t have money, just one of those antennas and if you move it just right you could get YTV in somewhat decent quality.
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 119d
I tried to relive some of my childhood by downloading some older cartoons, like Duck Tales and Darkwing Duck. They are not as good as I remember :(
EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com · 9 pts · 119d
I don't think it's the cartoons being "not as good", rather it's that they aren't geared towards adults.
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 119d
Obviously. But I feel like they would have scratched some nostalgia itch.
Rhaedas@fedia.io · 5 pts · 119d
This is, unfortunately, part of nostalgia itself. There's a rare gem that is as good as you remember, but for the most part, your brain lies to you.
This doesn't mean you shouldn't revisit things, just prepare your expectations.
FosterMolasses@leminal.space · 4 pts · 119d
Yeah, it's always a pleasant surprise on the rare occasion whenever the opposite is true.
Protip: Rewatch Spongebob and Invader Zim. I sometimes can't believe how much funnier both shows are as an adult, and I rue the fact that so many truly amazing jokes went completely over my head and unappreciated as a kid.
It's not even just the "adult jokes" themselves, but the personal worldviews of the creators. The "yeah, everyone is a con artist and an asshole" bits just don't hit the same as a kid lol
::: spoiler episodes
Highly recommend Chocolate With Nuts for Spongebob, and Battle of the Planets for Zim :::
LogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 119d
You gotta find the right setting first. Like sitting crisscross at the coffee table eating a bowl of Cookie Crisp or Rice Crispes Treats cereal, that your mom just brought you. You have no bills, no responsibilities (except that 3rd grade spelling test coming up), and no concept of the evils of the world. You are pure and innocent and completely engrossed in Batman catching the bad guy of the week.
Hmmm, yeah i think i see the problem...
ICastFist@programming.dev · 3 pts · 119d
I rewatched some Tiny Toons episodes a while back, and thought that overall they held up well, ignoring the dated references. Animaniacs held up better, but the references still show their age.
einlander@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 119d
No 'One Saturday Morning'?
qbus@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 119d
Yeah kids they will never know because they can watch their shows anytime they want on streaming
tacosanonymous@mander.xyz · 3 pts · 119d
Bruh. We ate so good.
aeronmelon@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 119d
Me, when Tommy Oliver was in the intro: “YES!!”
xx3rawr@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 119d
And those are the facts
sheridan@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 119d
They also played reruns in the early mornings and late afternoons on weekdays.
Nothing fun ever played on Sundays.
Archangel1313@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 119d
Hahaha! The 90's were absolute shit compared to the 80's. Saturday morning was EPIC!!
krisevol@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 119d
RaoulDuke85@piefed.social · 1 pts · 119d
Ik Tubi has TMNT.
Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 119d
I remember watching Battletech and Bots Master. Good times.
null@lemmy.org · 1 pts · 119d
You can watch any of these at any time right now.
hOrni@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 119d
Rivermoonwolf@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 119d
Slightly off topic, forgive me as I'm somewhat ancient, but why does this image seem somewhat...obscene? I may be overthinking.
Lvdwsn@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 119d
You are overthinking.
ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 119d
I also overthought it, I guess. In reality, it's somewhat reminiscent of other porn-based memes, that's why.