Curious Hair wrote:
My Saturday morning cartoons on Fox were X-Men, The Tick, and I don't remember much else. I think there was also a cartoon called "Dog City" where dogs went around solving mysteries. No, not like Scooby-Doo. This was more film-noir. Channel 32 also ran a Mega Man cartoon later in the morning that I would watch faithfully before swimming lessons. Good times, good times.
Never was a big fan of the darker, moodier, Sonic the Hedgehog that was on ABC. I liked the cheerier version that was on channel 50 during the week.
And speaking of during the week, if you want to mourn a loss of children's programming, mourn the loss of the after-school block. Power Rangers, Animaniacs, X-Men, Batman & Robin (though I never liked that one and used that time to do homework), that was where was at for us '90s kids. I don't know if it happened abruptly or gradually, but one day I put on channel 32 to see what the kids were watching these days and it was just reruns of COPS.
for my generation...when i was little, the afternoon stuff was the live action incredible hulk, voltron, and scooby doo. usually scooby doo was back to back. and i think we had 3,2,1 contact in the afternoons too, along with wonderworks. then when i was around 9 or 10 it was alvin and the chipmunks, gummi bears, duck tales, and tailspin...i think darkwing duck started a little later, toward my teens, when i grew out of it.
but the mid 90's, what you're talking about, totally got me back in. i loved spielberg's kids block of "tiny toons", "freakazoid", "animaniacs", and "pinky and the brain". and i still think "batman: the animated series" is one of the best cartoons of all time. even batman & robin were good. loved "the tick" and even enjoyed the live action version they made...which did not last long at all. but i found it amusing. i have it on DVD.
i still have an old worn out tick tee shirt that is now a gym shirt. i couldn't believe some guy actually recognized it and said "that's a great shirt. i loved that show." he did not ask me to spot for him afterward.
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