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[Luke_Prowler]

I think the reason we like the older cartoons is because they where more adult friendly. They had humor for most people that watched. Nowadays it either entirely gibberish meant to distract the youngsters or meant to "relate" with the "teenage crowd". 

[Aklyon]

What about Samurai Jack, or Megas XLR?

I loved both of those shows, to bad they've both been cancelled...

Samurai Jack had a bunch of DVDs in a store the last time i saw it.

[fenrif]

I think the reason we like the older cartoons is because they where more adult friendly. They had humor for most people that watched. Nowadays it either entirely gibberish meant to distract the youngsters or meant to "relate" with the "teenage crowd". 

I'm sure i read somewhere that the reason most modern cartoons are crap is because somewhere someone decided there wasnt enough educational kids programming, so the networks were forced to cut down the stuff that was purely for entertainment.

[Errol]

I have a few fond memories of cartoons. Stuff like Pink Panther. Also I am pretty sure I still have the Tom&Jerry title theme stuck in my head.

One of the things I used to watch was some christmas cartoon centered around Santa delivering presents together with his magic elves to fulfill children's wishes. Of course there was the Grinch too. This was a ritual ever so slightly.

Even though I was a huge pokénerd back in the day, I never watched the series much. Did not lose out on much. I also saw my fair share of Miyazaki, not to mention Princess Monoke (which was a bit too dark for my tastes, back in the day. Confusing, too.)

But, the best and most impactful might just be the series that interested me much some point but which I did not get to watch (much). These would be American Dragon Jake Long (read a preview, wanted to watch, never got around to it. Accidentially tuned into it when zapping one day, watched most of Season 2, never looked back) and Megaman NT Warrior (while I did not see much of it, I was very much hooked by the premise, which ended up getting me into the games.)

Nowadays I only watch the Simpsons and very occassionally Spongebob Squarepants. If I watch at all.

[ToonyMan]

I can't watch cartoons that are just a gag an episode type.

In fact I can't watch anything that isn't serial anymore.

[Karnewarrior]

The problem arises when they try. They should just ignore the "consumer" of their programs and just have fun doing what they do. People can tell if your doing your job for money or fun, and with the former the show turns to crap.

[Aqizzar]

That's not always the only reason.  Sometimes you run into personality problems in the broadcasting.  SWAT Kats, one of the first mainstream cartoons to actually kill characters, was a smash ratings hit in competition with Batman, but Ted Turner (who owned the company that produced it) didn't want it competing with and detracting from his brainchild Captain Planet and gave it the axe.  Sonic the Hedgehog (not Adventures of, the other one) was critically acclaimed and such, but it kept getting stuck in bad timeslots, overridden by sports broadcasts or competing with Power Rangers, until a producer got in a fight with a network manager and it was thrown off the air.  Just the luck of the draw.

Why Spongebob gets so much love I don't understand.  I've watched a few times, and it spits out some good one-liners, but for the most part I think it's a boring kind of weird.

[Heron TSG]

It used to have way more dirty jokes and innuendos, is why it used to be funny.

[Lord Shonus]

So a family cartoon then?

The Critic was an adult (in terms of target audience) cartoon.

[Euld]

Heard that Chowder had an interesting quote recently, went something like: "You'll never be round like us..."  Can't find clips of it however, perhaps it's only funny when the two people saying it over and over are playing Kirby and Jigglypuff and are wiping the floor with your face.

[Aklyon]

Heard that Chowder had an interesting quote recently, went something like: "You'll never be round like us..."  Can't find clips of it however, perhaps it's only funny when the two people saying it over and over are playing Kirby and Jigglypuff and are wiping the floor with your face.

Chowder also has the sport with the longest name EVER. its in the Big Ball(s)(don't remember if plural or not) episode.

[LeoLeonardoIII]

Anyone else have a problem with the writing on childrens' shows?

They don't just hit TV Tropes every few days and write whatever they see. They actually regurgitate the exact same episodes.

For example, every show will have an "opposite day" episode. And at least one on sharing, probably on sharing treats or toys. There will be one where a character feels like nobody pays attention to him, so he leaves and returns when the others come looking for him, thus proving that they care about him after all.

The childrens' show format is so well-developed, you can probably run two or three seasons with no creative direction at all. Just whip up the characters and put them through Wacky Situation #7 for the pilot.

[Jackrabbit]

Yeah, I can think of a few. One would be "You couldn't do what I do but I could do what you do!" and then both people switch places and either both mess up or the guy who made the accusation messes up. There's a lot of regurgitated plots.

[LeoLeonardoIII]

Yeah, the body-switch or just the job-switch is a common one.

And the Green Eggs and Ham rehash.

[Grakelin]

To be fair, our parents thought the shows we watched as children were pretty stupid, too.