Which Cartoons?

[noname]

Originally Posted by Sir Toony Van Dukes

I didn't know that. One of my exchange students love it, but can't seem to find the newest episodes. There were a few available On Demand, but I stopped watching after seeing the first two books repeat over and over again. Based on the basic storyline, it does make sense that it would be coming to an end.

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[noname]

Originally Posted by tim

When I was a kid, I liked cartoons with dialogue. Hannah Barbera stuff, mainly. I just didn't get a lot of the older stuff and silents. While in high school, I started to get a few references, though. I remember seeing a Popeye cartoon where Wimpy was in a joint which we came to discover (via the pullback to the violin in the window) was called, "Baroque Burgers." One of my classmates told me to go back and watch this stuff again. "It wasn't written for children, but adults." He noted how Mighty Mouse, for example, had a lot of operatic elements. Subsequently, this was confirmed by listening to interview with the people who did stuff like Bullwinkle (another one I didn't care much for as a kid.) So, now as an adult, I'm a much bigger fan of stuff like Tom and Jerry or Warner Brothers cartoons. I "get" the subtleties of and can appreciate/understand the brilliancy that was over my head as a kid. I very much think that this is the key to good clowning. It has to play on numerous levels. Simultaneously to a higher level of intelligence and nuance as well as a simpler degree which anyone, even a child, can find naturally funny.

Exactly! And, here I thought I was taking a risk starting this thread

[Sopey]

Hey, you guys, be nice! Those cartoons you are calling "old" were new when I was a kid! I do like to watch cartoons whenever I can, and do occasionally get ideas from them.

But no way do I consider myself a cartoon! Because of the "Clowns are cartoons" thinking of an adult, a friend of mine lost a leg . His experience is one of the reasons I no longer compete and why I tell people, adults and kids, that clowns are people. Anyone interested in the full story is invited to e-mail me, but it is too long to go into here.

[Chance Marmalade]

I have cartoons I really love just for themselves and others that I love for that reason and the clowny inspiration I can get from them.

I am a huge 80s cartoon fan. Transformers, GI Joe, Get Along Gang, Shirt Tails, Captain N, Dungeons and Dragons, Gummy Bears, Tail Spin, MR T, Care Bears, Beverly Hills Teens, the list goes on and on! Love those 80s cartoons.

Slightly more recently I really enjoyed Darkwing Duck and Gargoyles.

For inspiration I always turn to Goofy. Just about any cartoon starring him is hilarious and has tons of material that gets me to laugh. I am particularly fond of the cartoons in which he is trying to build something using directions or an audio tape or Narrator and any of his "How to" cartoons. I have written a couple short acts based on those ideas and they are some of my favorite.

Here is a link to a whole bunch of his Goofy How Tos. They really are tremendously funny!

Goofy Gymnastics:

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[Bumbles]

I like all cartoons, but especially the older ones.
Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Mighty Mouse,all of Tex Avery's stuff, Hanna-Barbeara ect.

[Snugglesnort]

My favorite have been and will always be the Old Warner brothers Cartoons. The classic Hanna-Barbeara was always too dated for me, and Disney just ended up murdering their characters to sell stuff, and buried their classics (which I did like, such as that Goofy one, but haven't seen in years and thus wasn't "raised" with!). Warner Brothers likes to sell stuff too, but they haven't made bad cartoons to do it... In fact, they were making fantastic cartoons again there for a while with "Tiny Toon Adventures," and "ANIMAINIACS" the last great anarchic slapstick cartoon series.

The one since have just paled in comparison, even the better cartoon network ones like Dexters Lab, Power Puff Girls and Johnny Bravo.

When I think of classic tooning, this is what I think of and you just don't see it anymore

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[Sassy Frass]

My favorites were always Popeye and of course Mickey Mouse!

[noname]

Ah right, I had forgotten about Animaniacs, Tiny Toons and, of course, the classic Goofy, Mickey and Donald.

[Kiddy Clown]

i watch all disney channel sometimes i watch nickolodeon

[tim]

when it comes to the somewhat more contemporary cartoons, I liked Duck Tales.

What is everyone's opinion of The Simpsons?