Saturday morning was once the
most important time of the week for a kid. Even though you didn’t have to get
up to go to school you still got up early; cartoons were on! They ran all
morning from sunrise until something boring like bowling came on around noon.
This was kid prime time. Every kid had the line up memorized; they knew when
the Jetsons and Scooby-doo or Road Runner was on. If you were lucky and had a
TV in your room you didn’t have to leave all morning except for cereal. Even
the cereal you were leaving for was on TV. Boobeery; do I need to say more?
Saturday was a kid’s world, entertainment, marketing and maybe some educational
stuff too. The only educational program kids ever really cared about on
Saturday morning was School House Rock. They all knew the function of
conjunction junction and could sing along. Singing and songs were an all
important element of any, if not every Saturday morning cartoon binge. If a show
didn’t have a cool opening song it really didn’t have much of a chance of
making it. Songs could make or break a show. A really good cartoon sometimes
had a band. Josie and the Pussycats, The Archies, even the Partridges; bands
ruled, Judy Jetson had a band and so did Pebbles and Bam Bam. If the show did have a band one would visit.
Sonny and Cher met both the Addams Family and Scooby-doo.
Then there were the villains
and their henchmen! Every good show had
a villain and a henchman battling the good guys or super hero. Characters were
colorful but distinctly black and white. Good was good and evil was wrong and
always failed in the end. The villain never won, even when they thought
they did. They would always got their comeuppance but would be back next week
with another dastardly and hair brained plan. Those dratted kids would always
be there to foil them!
No comments:
Post a Comment