The 90's were my golden age, but it was my childhood, so I suppose that would be true for anybody, unless you're having the best adulthood, which I am not, but I'm happy for you. Anyway, this was, incidentally, the Silver Age of Cartoons (definitely for Disney and WB and Hanna-Barbera; I'm probably forgetting others), probably the Golden Age for Nickelodeon, with their institution of "Nicktoons". Elsewhere, you had the emergence of the Disney Channel and Disney Afternoon shows, with a good blend of original material and movie-based TV shows, few of which were ever allowed to last more than 65 episodes, in an effort to keep the big D fresh and innovative. Warner Brothers was making its return with its own channel as well, giving us kids "Tiny Toon Adventures", "Animaniacs", and "Freakazoid". Cartoon Network debuted giving us this wonderful library of classics in addition to its "World Premiere Toons", which later became "What a Cartoon!", which later became "Cartoon Cartoons", most of which now air on "Boomerang". In spite of what I may say in later posts, it was probably the happiest time in my life and most of the reason why I spend my days off streaming any number of these classic shows. Also, I'm going to apologize for my horrendous use of commas. I did learn the 18 rules in the 7th grade, but that hasn't stopped me from overusing and misusing them, like Charlie in "Flowers for Algernon".
Why did I write this? Ah, yes! My eternally futile quest for happiness always seems to send me to anything that possibly made me crack a smile at least once before and I suppose I like spouting off random facts about the 90's, pretending that I'm the voice or the echo of the Millenial generation, although most would agree that today's shows are pretty awful. The members of Generation Y can safely say this without ironic retribution from previous generations, because we also have a fond appreciation of the classics.
I'll try and plan better blogs and avoid the semi-stream-of-consciousness style.
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