If you are a true Gen Xer then these are some cartoons you watched on Sat morning:
Wacky Racers
Scooby Doo
Speed Buggy
Grape Ape
Rocky and Bullwinkle
Top Cat
Fat Albert
The Hair Bear Bunch
Hong Kong Phooey
The Pink Panther
Popeye
Yogi Bear
And Drumroll....
School House Rock!
(07-01-2020 06:48 PM)HerdZoned Wrote: If you are a true Gen Xer then these are some cartoons you watched on Sat morning:
Wacky Racers
Scooby Doo
Speed Buggy
Grape Ape
Rocky and Bullwinkle
Top Cat
Fat Albert
The Hair Bear Bunch
Hong Kong Phooey
The Pink Panther
Popeye
Yogi Bear
And Drumroll....
School House Rock!
Nope. To be honest bro, those are all very Boomer tastic. Literally School House Rock, early to mid 70s would be the definition of a boomer cartoon for me.
I watched classics like GI Joe, TMNT and Hulk Hogan's Rock "n" Wrestling
(This post was last modified: 07-01-2020 07:06 PM by rileylives.)
(07-01-2020 07:05 PM)rileylives Wrote: Nope. To be honest bro, those are all very Boomer tastic. Literally School House Rock, early to mid 70s would be the definition of a boomer cartoon for me.
I watched classics like GI Joe, TMNT and Hulk Hogan's Rock "n" Wrestling
Gen X- 1965-1979
Wacky Racers 1974-75
Scooby Doo 1978-84
Speed Buggy 1974
Grape Ape 1973
Rocky and Bullwinkle 1976-82
Top Cat 1972
Fat Albert 1974
The Hair Bear Bunch 1972-75
Hong Kong Phooey 1974
The Pink Panther 1969-2011
Popeye 1974-88
Yogi Bear 1973-76
Those are very much Gen X cartoons. What you just explained is the expert example of "Millennial Cartoon", Which also includes The Smurfs and The Snorkles which is the reason they aren't on my list.
(This post was last modified: 07-01-2020 07:24 PM by HerdZoned.)
(07-01-2020 06:48 PM)HerdZoned Wrote: If you are a true Gen Xer then these are some cartoons you watched on Sat morning:
Wacky Racers
Scooby Doo
Speed Buggy
Grape Ape
Rocky and Bullwinkle
Top Cat
Fat Albert
The Hair Bear Bunch
Hong Kong Phooey
The Pink Panther
Popeye
Yogi Bear
And Drumroll....
School House Rock!
No Superfriends, Uncanny X Men, Transformers, GI Joe, Gummy Bears,USA Cartoon Express (might have been Sundays but I digress), Spiderman and his Amazing Friends, Jem, Droids, Ewoks, Looney Tunes, The Laugh Olympics, Saturday Supercade ....
(07-01-2020 07:05 PM)rileylives Wrote: Nope. To be honest bro, those are all very Boomer tastic. Literally School House Rock, early to mid 70s would be the definition of a boomer cartoon for me.
I watched classics like GI Joe, TMNT and Hulk Hogan's Rock "n" Wrestling
Gen X- 1965-1979
Wacky Racers 1974-75
Scooby Doo 1978-84
Speed Buggy 1974
Grape Ape 1973
Rocky and Bullwinkle 1976-82
Top Cat 1972
Fat Albert 1974
The Hair Bear Bunch 1972-75
Hong Kong Phooey 1974
The Pink Panther 1969-2011
Popeye 1974-88
Yogi Bear 1973-76
Those are very much Gen X cartoons. What you just explained is the expert example of "Millennial Cartoon", Which also includes The Smurfs and The Snorkles which is the reason they aren't on my list.
1981 is a year on no mans land. That's the year I was born. Pick a different generation breakdown, sociologists do not agree. Some say 1979, many say 1980, others say 1981 as the Gen x cutoff.
I can assure you, if we met in person, you would not say "yup, millennial."
I even thought after posting, that we may just be on the polar ends of the Gen x breakdown.
Maybe instead of breaking these generations by years, they should go by cartoons
(This post was last modified: 07-01-2020 07:41 PM by rileylives.)
(07-01-2020 07:28 PM)PirateTreasureNC Wrote: No Superfriends, Uncanny X Men, Transformers, GI Joe, Gummy Bears,USA Cartoon Express (might have been Sundays but I digress), Spiderman and his Amazing Friends, Jem, Droids, Ewoks, Looney Tunes, The Laugh Olympics, Saturdady Supercae ....
The only two in that list that isn't an 80s cartoon and doesn't belong in the millennial category is The Laugh Olympics and Loony Toons.
By the time 1982/83 and so rolled around I was growing out of Sat cartoons (Born Dec 1971), Thats when the new crop of Transformers, GI Joe, He-Man/She-Ra, Jem, and so on started.
I did enjoy What a Cartoon...Cartoon!. It debuted a ton of Cartoon Network Originals.
(07-01-2020 07:28 PM)PirateTreasureNC Wrote: No Superfriends, Uncanny X Men, Transformers, GI Joe, Gummy Bears,USA Cartoon Express (might have been Sundays but I digress), Spiderman and his Amazing Friends, Jem, Droids, Ewoks, Looney Tunes, The Laugh Olympics, Saturdady Supercae ....
The only two in that list that isn't an 80s cartoon and doesn't belong in the millennial category is The Laugh Olympics and Loony Toons.
By the time 1982/83 and so rolled around I was growing out of Sat cartoons (Born Dec 1971), Thats when the new crop of Transformers, GI Joe, He-Man/She-Ra, Jem, and so on started.
I did enjoy What a Cartoon...Cartoon!. It debuted a ton of Cartoon Network Originals.
To me, if you were a kid growing up in the 80s, Gen X. If you were a kid growing up in the 90s, millennial. The 90s were a very formative, influential time for me. For example, I still prefer 90s era alternative to anything now.
The very first movie I saw in theaters was Ghostbusters, I remember my first lunch box as Gremlins. Definitely was an 80s kid.
The OP kids stuff was Pokemon, not my flair, but I get it. We are all nostalgic about our jam.
And no one is going to admit it here, but if you grew up watching Barney the dinosaur, or are pumped about power rangers, or like the OP about Pokemon, you are a millennial.
(This post was last modified: 07-01-2020 08:27 PM by rileylives.)
(07-01-2020 06:48 PM)HerdZoned Wrote: If you are a true Gen Xer then these are some cartoons you watched on Sat morning:
Wacky Racers
Scooby Doo
Speed Buggy
Grape Ape
Rocky and Bullwinkle
Top Cat
Fat Albert
The Hair Bear Bunch
Hong Kong Phooey
The Pink Panther
Popeye
Yogi Bear
And Drumroll....
School House Rock!
No Superfriends, Uncanny X Men, Transformers, GI Joe, Gummy Bears,USA Cartoon Express (might have been Sundays but I digress), Spiderman and his Amazing Friends, Jem, Droids, Ewoks, Looney Tunes, The Laugh Olympics, Saturday Supercade ....
Thundarr the Barbarian (1980-81) The single greatest cartoon ever. Post-apocalyptic earth, and everyone is just trying not to get killed. Perhaps the darkest kids cartoon ever produced. This cartoon could never be made in today's soft cultural climate. I'll take Thundarr over any other cartoon ever made.
(This post was last modified: 07-01-2020 08:40 PM by Side Show Joe.)
(07-01-2020 07:05 PM)rileylives Wrote: Nope. To be honest bro, those are all very Boomer tastic. Literally School House Rock, early to mid 70s would be the definition of a boomer cartoon for me.
I watched classics like GI Joe, TMNT and Hulk Hogan's Rock "n" Wrestling
Gen X- 1965-1979
Wacky Racers 1974-75
Scooby Doo 1978-84
Speed Buggy 1974
Grape Ape 1973
Rocky and Bullwinkle 1976-82
Top Cat 1972
Fat Albert 1974
The Hair Bear Bunch 1972-75
Hong Kong Phooey 1974
The Pink Panther 1969-2011
Popeye 1974-88
Yogi Bear 1973-76
Those are very much Gen X cartoons. What you just explained is the expert example of "Millennial Cartoon", Which also includes The Smurfs and The Snorkles which is the reason they aren't on my list.
late boomer early X cartoons. i remember getting excited when the preview show came on to announce the new cartoons for the season. i watched all of the above
(07-01-2020 08:26 PM)rileylives Wrote: And no one is going to admit it here, but if you grew up watching Barney the dinosaur, or are pumped about power rangers, or like the OP about Pokemon, you are a millennial.
Speaking of Barney, I have a funny story. Had dinner with Jay Bilas one night--he lives in Charlotte, so it isn't as unlikely as you would think--and he tells his story about going to court against Barney. He tells it better, so watch this.
(07-01-2020 06:48 PM)HerdZoned Wrote: If you are a true Gen Xer then these are some cartoons you watched on Sat morning:
Wacky Racers
Scooby Doo
Speed Buggy
Grape Ape
Rocky and Bullwinkle
Top Cat
Fat Albert
The Hair Bear Bunch
Hong Kong Phooey
The Pink Panther
Popeye
Yogi Bear
And Drumroll....
School House Rock!
No Superfriends, Uncanny X Men, Transformers, GI Joe, Gummy Bears,USA Cartoon Express (might have been Sundays but I digress), Spiderman and his Amazing Friends, Jem, Droids, Ewoks, Looney Tunes, The Laugh Olympics, Saturday Supercade ....
Thundarr the Barbarian (1980-81) The single greatest cartoon ever. Post-apocalyptic earth, and everyone is just trying not to get killed. Perhaps the darkest kids cartoon ever produced. This cartoon could never be made in today's soft cultural climate. I'll take Thundarr over any other cartoon ever made.
Also liked the Herculoids. I mean a dinosaur that could shoot fireballs out of his horn and scantily clad cavewomen? That's pretty much the apex of gen-X cartooning. I was born in 69 and watched most of the stuff on 'zoned's list, so not sure how much variation there is. But also my daughter born in '97 allowed me to view some of the more millennial stuff.
(07-01-2020 06:48 PM)HerdZoned Wrote: If you are a true Gen Xer then these are some cartoons you watched on Sat morning:
Wacky Racers
Scooby Doo
Speed Buggy
Grape Ape
Rocky and Bullwinkle
Top Cat
Fat Albert
The Hair Bear Bunch
Hong Kong Phooey
The Pink Panther
Popeye
Yogi Bear
And Drumroll....
School House Rock!
I watched all of these but a lot were reruns by that time. Born in the late 70's. Hanna Barbara was definitely my jam as a kid. I also got into the shows that cam out in the 80's as well. I found Gummi Bears on Disney+ and got my 3 year old into it. Better than Mickey Mouse Clubhouse for the billionth time.
Ya, born in 80 here. I missed out on Pokemon because it came out when I was 16. I was both too old and too young for it.
I'm a mix of Gen X and Millennial for sure. Stuck in that weird "xennial" age group. Had a paper route and remember a time before the internet, but also was around for all of the internet from dial-ups to BBS's on through formative years. People just a bit younger than me don't recall a time pre-internet. At least pre-AOL 3.0 or AIM.
(This post was last modified: 07-02-2020 12:53 PM by bit_9.)
(07-01-2020 06:48 PM)HerdZoned Wrote: If you are a true Gen Xer then these are some cartoons you watched on Sat morning:
Wacky Racers
Scooby Doo
Speed Buggy
Grape Ape
Rocky and Bullwinkle
Top Cat
Fat Albert
The Hair Bear Bunch
Hong Kong Phooey
The Pink Panther
Popeye
Yogi Bear
And Drumroll....
School House Rock!
I watched all of these but a lot were reruns by that time. Born in the late 70's. Hanna Barbara was definitely my jam as a kid. I also got into the shows that cam out in the 80's as well. I found Gummi Bears on Disney+ and got my 3 year old into it. Better than Mickey Mouse Clubhouse for the billionth time.
I got my kid to watch Danger Mouse with me for a little while. =]
