Whatever Happened??

Hello World! I am quite bored and posting again! The topic shall be (dun dun dun) kids shows! Then and now! I have strong opinions on this topic, and this post may go one for a while. Some of my favorites from then are the following: Arthur, Barney, Blue's Clues, Cyberchase, Rugrats, Rocket Power, Chalk Zone. Those were my favorites. Good times, good times. Arthur was great, and still is. That crazy little aardvark taught me so many things, like how to calm a baby, that Mr. Ratburn is a puppeteer and doesn't cut off boy's heads, and there is a catchy jingle that helps you spell aardvark.

ARTHUR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rocket Power was also awesome. Squid, Otto, Reggie, and Twister. Those crazy kids were always up to some sort of extreme sport in their homeland of Ocean Shores, California. If you want to know more, have a link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket_Power Personally my favorite episode was when Twister found a walrus on the beach, and the walrus followed him around for a few days. In the end Twister was getting annoyed and told the walrus that he had to go back to his homeland, in the ocean. It was a very emotional episode. We shall now shed light upon Blue's Clues. It was good, with an amazing cast. Blue, Steve, Sidetable drawer, Tickity Tock, The Felt Friends, Shovel, and Pail. They were so dynamic together! I remember when Paprika was born. It brings tears to my eyes. Another link for the people out there who only knew about Steve and Blue. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue%27s_Clues And let's get this straight, Steve is the only good host. Not Joe. Joe stinks. Don't fight it. Well that's as in depth I'm going with my favorite shows from the past so I can be mean to shows now, but have an array of links if you are intrigued.

Steve Is My Love!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barney_and_Friends

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberchase

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugrats

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chalk_Zone

Now to current kid shows. Where did they go wrong? The people who invented Recess, and Filmore! (no one ever knows about this one so be informed, click on the link!! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fillmore!) are now making Hannah Montana? The makers of Rugrats are now in charge of iCarly? What happened?!?!? REAL people? In the rare case that there are cartoons, why are they digitally made? I know we have the technology, but we don't need it! The hand drawn cartoons are what they world runs on! So I asked my resident 8 year old some questions.

iCarly is evil

Me: Out of the the following shows, which ones have you heard of? Arthur, Barney, Blue's Clues, Cyberchase, Rugrats, Rocket Power, Chalk Zone, Recess, and Filmore!.

Him: Chalk Zone, Filmore, Blue's Clues, Rugrats, Arthur, Cyberchase, Barney, and Recess. (How many of these would he have seen if I hadn't had the TV at 6:30 a.m. under my control, and he was forced to watch it.

Me: What is your favorite T.V. show?

Him: Phineas and Ferb.

Me: What is your favorite T.V channel?

Him: Disney.

Thank you eight year old. Well look at America's youth now. Hardly recognized awesome shows from my youth. Now I know that not everything is lost. I can still catch some shows really early in the morning. Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide is still going (only re-runs) and so is Drake and Josh (re-runs too). But as I'm trying to watch the so-so shows of my youth I'm plauged with music videos of bad pop, and annoying commercials for shows I don't care about. It does sadden me, and I'll be on the look out for good new shows. As of now I'm addicted to Monk (sleuth on Sunday mornings) and Pysch (Hulu-ed, is that a word?) Well that's all!