My world has been rocked.
It all began with a wonderful evening! At 4PM Debbie and I picked-up The Amazing Elle and took her to see the "Yogi Bear" movie. Me and Yogi go back. Way back. He was my favorite cartoon during my growing up years. That says a lot because he had to beat out Huckleberry Hound. And Huckleberry doesn't go down without a fight. But I was always a Yogi guy. Boo-Boo, while pretty cool in his own right, was just a sidekick.
Before the movie began we sat through a few of the obligatory "Previews of Coming Attractions." And then ... a cartoon! How long has it been since you saw a cartoon precede a movie? Never mind. You probably are not old enough. This was not just any old cartoon either. It was Wile E. Coyote VS. The Roadrunner. Pure class. Warner Brothers, I love you.
And then it all blew apart. Oh sure. Wile E. coyote was chasing the Road Runner. The basic plot remained unaltered. But today ... today he does it on a Segway. You know. That battery operated thing you stand on and it does your walking for you. I don't want to give too much away ... not that it matters ... but Wile E. Coyote did not win. Neither did the Road Runner.
The Segway won.
Can you believe that? It must be 2011. It's come down to this. The flippen coyote is to lazy or old to run and he has to resort to technology. Where does it all end, I ask you? My childhood has come crashing down. Rumor has it that Dudley Do-Right is out of town at a law enforcement conference. But never fear! He's skyping with the lovely Nell. Rocky sold Bullwinkle to a local zoo in order to pay for his drug habit. And Mr. Peabody? He's running a meth lab down on 32nd Street.
Oh, the spirits of cartoons gone by. And no, this time they aren't friendly spirits, Bullwinkle.
Monday, January 10, 2011
The Death Of My Childhood
Posted by Ron at 1/10/2011 10:29:00 PM
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We just got a Netflix feed to our TV and I ordered some Warner Bros. cartoons. My kids LOVE them! It's so neat to hear them giggle to the stuff I used to watch. And I don't have to explain anything to them...
I remember when my parents got a color TV and I thought I had been ripped off I had been seeing them all wrong(Black and White). But as time went on I grew away from Magilla Gorilla, Popeye, Bugs, Daffy and Elmer Fudd... :(
Later we had a surprise a baby boy brother. I remember watching Thunder Cats with him and yelling THUNDER, THUNDER, THUNDER CATS.
Later yet I was lucky enough to have a son who got me watching Jimmy Newtron and Sponge Bob. We danced and carried on.
Although I think Yogi Bear may stink as a movie. Common Man! There are still some good cartoons out there. Don't give up on the inner-toon-boy-man you are.
Thank goodness for Elle, Paisley, Judah, Anderson and the many other children for a new crop of kids to remind us of where we need to put are heads and hearts. When we watch cartoons with the right heart and the cartoons are fun, then yea-haw Woody! We will go to infinity and beyond.
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