Jan 10 2010

Sim sim salabim

When I was a kid, one of the best things about the week­end was the extra hours one could spend run­ning around out­side but more impor­tantly it was the CARTOONS! Sat­ur­day morn­ings with Tom and Jerry and Looney Tunes pro­vided a solid foun­da­tion for my humor later in life; I don’t think I shall ever tire of drop­ping anvils on my foes or order­ing office sup­plies from the ACME catalog.

Sun­days, on the other hand, were an utter dis­ap­point­ment in terms of enter­tain­ment. The best one could hope for was a left­over kung fu movie from the day before, assum­ing of course, there was no reli­gious com­mit­ment to attend. There was also Jonny Quest, and a few other odds and ends pulled together mostly from the six­ties. At first I really didn’t like Jonny Quest and his lameo friend, Hadji; and what was the deal with Dr. Quest and Race? But after what seems like years of wak­ing up to Jonny, now I sort of miss him. Sun­days just aren’t the same with­out cheezy car­toons from the past; n’est pas?

What week­end goofi­ness do you miss from your child­hood, dear readers?