Animated Animations

I have a confession.

I love cartoons. I always have.

In fact, when I was little, my two favourite cartoons were He-Man and Tom & Jerry. I had several videos of these two cartoons (and some of Mickey Mouse and the gang though they were never my favourites). I still remember my routine in kindergarten --- school, come home and eat, study, and watch videos of my cartoons. My grandfather was great --- he was the one who recorded them all for me from the telly.


I don’t know how I began to like He-Man. All I know is that I watched so much of it, I can still sing the opening tune. He-Man, the most powerful man in the universe (who otherwise, was Prince Adam, the wuss). Just so you know, it has not had an impact on the kind of guys I am attracted to today --- I would never go for a He-Man (in the big muscular sense, that is). I think somewhere back home, I still have the videos.


Tom and Jerry --- I could watch this even today as a 24 year old. And no, I'm not ashamed to say that I still giggle like I did as a kid. I know Tom & Jerry has copped flak for the violence and the supposed racial undertones, but to me back then as a kid, it did not have a negative influence. (True, I did think about what it would be like to get my sister into trouble like Jerry got Tom....but let's not go there.)

Some of my other all-time favourites include the Looney Tunes --- I love Bugs, Daffy, Sylvester, Porky Pig, The Road Runner and Wile E Coyote. And yes, I still watch them on Saturday mornings on the Warner Brothers show :)

As I've grown older, the cartoons have definitely changed from what they used to be. I find that I like fewer (and I doubt that has anything to do with me maturing; rather I think it's the fact that cartoons on Nickelodeon and Disney have lost their charm). I still enjoy Spongebob Squarepants and Fairly Odd-Parents and get a laugh out of them.

But it's Bugs and co. and Tom & Jerry that definitely take me back to that happy, carefree place I once was. With no troubles. And no worries.

Ah, to be a child again.

Unfortunately, these days, I doubt it's the same.

Until next time,

Cheers!!!