When I was a boy, TV shows were great. Not only entertaining, but educational too. I was mostly in it for the entertainment of course, but looking back and comparing those shows to the drivel on today raises a fairly stark contrast.People complain about TV being bad for kids, but if you make good stuff and put it on, it can be a benefit too. Look at shows like Willy Fog, Ulysses and Cities Of Gold. Outstanding stuff, and also teach a degree of history, science and geography to youngsters.
What's on nowadays? Dick and Dom, The Chuckle Brothers, Arthur? All crap. Brain numbing and boring to boot.
Maybe in this case, it's English made shows seriously sucking ass, cos if memory serves, all the above beacons of children's TV were made in Europe.
I think I'll get all the good old shows on DVD on the off chance I ever have kids. Hopefully by that time the Chuckle Brothers'll be gone...
2 comments:
Did you like Scooby Doo? The dog was an arse but the girl was OK - the one without glasses I mean.
Not a huge Scooby Doo fan, but better than a lot of stuff.
I'm with you on Daphne. One of the top 3 red-heads of all time. Along with Wilma Flintstone and Jessica Rabbit.
Hmm, all cartoons...
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