Gerald McBoing-Boing
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Lewkat
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Now that's going back some FastTrax.
FastTrax
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I don't remember this cartoon, but it would have been one that was right up my alley back in the day.
Yup. Showing my age.
tbeltrans
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What a great name for a President! We had Gerald Ford, now it is time for...
Gerald McBoing Boing!
He could bounce back and forth between parties and keep everybody confused so they don't know who to hate this week.
What a great time for America!
On a more serious note, I am sorry to say that I had not heard of Gerald McBoing Boing prior to this very enlightening thread.
Tony
Gerald McBoing Boing!
He could bounce back and forth between parties and keep everybody confused so they don't know who to hate this week.
What a great time for America!
On a more serious note, I am sorry to say that I had not heard of Gerald McBoing Boing prior to this very enlightening thread.
Tony
FastTrax
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Tony that was when cartoons were clean and not violent like mice beating cats over their heads with baseball bats, Roadrunners blowing up cayotes with sticks of dynamite, rabbits chainsawing hunters and the most painful and more so embarrassing scenes like little chicken hawks kicking roosters in their sex organs.
tbeltrans
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My parents controlled what and when, we could watch TV. They didn't want us to get so hooked on TV that it would be the antidote for boredom. They felt that we should be capable of entertaining ourselves with the various books and games we had around the house. I recall my dad pulling a tube from the TV on occasion and telling us that the TV was broken and couldn't be fixed for at least a week. We found other things to do.
Of course oddly enough, if my parents wanted to watch something on TV, the TV always seemed to work just fine. Other than the Monday night boxing that only my mother watched, they watched important news items and sometimes a program on channel 28 (the public TV station we had at the time in Los Angeles).
My dad also took a very dim view of watching other people do things, such as sports. He felt that if we took an interest in something, it should be as an active participant. He never commented on my mother watching Monday night boxing, but he often said one of the dumbest things he had ever seen was guys yelling at the TV as they watched some sports event. He felt they should be out playing the game themselves.
So, though there were cartoons on once in a while, it was never a regular thing. So we probably missed a lot of programming that others my age did see. However, I certainly don't feel deprived because I never developed that dependence on TV for my entertainment. Instead, I taught myself to play guitar and piano, have read a lot of books, and simply had a life. I suppose that is why I don't struggle with the COVID-19 lockdown situation as much as many here seem to.
Tony