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mahina

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18. Just got Bugs Bunny on Netflix. This after a month of L'incendie and other heavy flicks.

Sat Sep 27, 2014, 07:19 PM

Sep 2014

Who wants their kids sitting in front of the TV anyway. Just commercials for sugar and McDonalds and crap for 20 minutes of 60 at least.

Fond memories of laughing with my father at the coyote and roadrunner and Bugs. But now the cartoons suck anyway.

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MY GOD-end of an age [View all] packman Sep 2014 OP

I used to dream of the future. Now I long for the past. nt ChisolmTrailDem Sep 2014 #1

Dusty Springfield's got a song for you Art_from_Ark Sep 2014 #30

I lurrvs me some Dusty! hifiguy Sep 2014 #34

Here's another hit from Dusty Art_from_Ark Sep 2014 #40

Saturday morning was the highlight of the week hifiguy Sep 2014 #2

and when I was a kid in the 70's awoke_in_2003 Sep 2014 #19

We got the Marx Bros, Laurel & Hardy hifiguy Sep 2014 #36

Ah, yes, Laurel and Hardy awoke_in_2003 Sep 2014 #55

Don't forget Moose and Squirrel and Boris and Natasha (Rocky and Friends) brush Sep 2014 #27

Rocky and Bullwinkle was my introduction hifiguy Sep 2014 #32

It was always The Bullwinkle Show to me Art_from_Ark Sep 2014 #35

I was a cartoon junkie in the '60s Art_from_Ark Sep 2014 #31

I like your list and would add Felix the Cat and HR Puff n Stuff. adirondacker Sep 2014 #43

Pufnstuf wasn't really a cartoon, but Art_from_Ark Sep 2014 #46

now I have george of the jungle theme song in my head :D nt littlewolf Sep 2014 #62

George, George, hifiguy Sep 2014 #63

Wow, end of an era Freddie Sep 2014 #3

I met Gene London when I was a kid... PCIntern Sep 2014 #16

Argh! Say it isn't so! nt elias49 Sep 2014 #20

Yup. PCIntern Sep 2014 #23

No!! There goes my faith in humanity Freddie Sep 2014 #41

MA had all of them as well TorchTheWitch Sep 2014 #52

I loved that show TorchTheWitch Sep 2014 #51

The Iranian hostage crisis preempted my Hanna Barbara "Laff-a-Lympics" myrna minx Sep 2014 #45

damn I didn't even know about Vortexx. Every once in a while Direct TV will allow us to access liberal_at_heart Sep 2014 #4

I blame the Sour Grapes Bunch jberryhill Sep 2014 #5

Why you blame Grape Ape? whistler162 Sep 2014 #8

Because Magilla Gorilla awoke_in_2003 Sep 2014 #21

Countless DU points for hifiguy Sep 2014 #37

I loved Magilla. nt awoke_in_2003 Sep 2014 #56

Breakfast on Saturday morning will never be the same again. In_The_Wind Sep 2014 #6

I have such great memories of pancake breakfasts on Saturday morning TorchTheWitch Sep 2014 #53

Hey, the kids can just watch the Lockup marathon on Msnbc! n2doc Sep 2014 #7

I loved Felix, Casper, Kimba, Touche Turtle and Davey and Goliath. And of course Bozo too! TheNutcracker Sep 2014 #9

Kimba the White Lion- which was stolen outright by Disney for Lion King KittyWampus Sep 2014 #42

There are 24 hour cartoon networks.. SomethingFishy Sep 2014 #10

yep Liberal_in_LA Sep 2014 #28

Do you have the Hub Network? flvegan Sep 2014 #11

I am an old animation geek. hifiguy Sep 2014 #33

OK, I need some Robonic Stooges right fucking now: Gidney N Cloyd Sep 2014 #12

My parents always "slept late" on Saturday mornings. hunter Sep 2014 #13

Sat morn cartoons have sucked for the last 30 years ProdigalJunkMail Sep 2014 #14

Just two examples from my life... Archae Sep 2014 #15

Space Ghost was the only "serious" superhero cartoon I liked Art_from_Ark Sep 2014 #38

I can't remember my own phone number, but I can still sing the "Super Chicken" theme. Buns_of_Fire Sep 2014 #54

You knew the job was dangerous hifiguy Sep 2014 #59

If you think that's bad, Art_from_Ark Sep 2014 #60

Agreed, the screaming and jarring can't be good for kids. LawDeeDah Sep 2014 #58

Bummer see #1 GeorgeGist Sep 2014 #17

Just got Bugs Bunny on Netflix. This after a month of L'incendie and other heavy flicks. mahina Sep 2014 #18

by dvd? i hear netflix is ramping down the dvd side of biz Liberal_in_LA Sep 2014 #29

maybe so but they have more selection on dvd than streaming. mahina Sep 2014 #49

good to hear. i just re-opened my acct Liberal_in_LA Sep 2014 #50

Senseless and not-so-senseless. LWolf Sep 2014 #22

Bugs existed in a world of his own. hifiguy Sep 2014 #39

I can't disagree, LWolf Sep 2014 #48

I suspect someone said the same thing in the 70s when Westerns went off the air... brooklynite Sep 2014 #24

Bugs was my favorite. Also watched other Looney Toons, Roadrunner, Bullwinkel, Sherman & Peabody, Arugula Latte Sep 2014 #25

Moose and Squirrel — Boris and Natasha brush Sep 2014 #26

Anyone remember the Beatles cartoon or Luno The White Stallion or Dexter? KittyWampus Sep 2014 #44

I thought Saturday morning cartoons died out a long time ago? logosoco Sep 2014 #47

Noooooooooooo shenmue Sep 2014 #57

Cartoons 24/7 on Hulu. Rex Sep 2014 #61

Man, I used to bound out of bed on Saturday mornings with my action figures reflection Sep 2014 #64

hasn't this been over for some time because of cable and internet ? it's why many JI7 Sep 2014 #65