I’m sick.
It would be sort of obvious to say I caught it from work considering that’s where I spend like half my week. This dude on the end of my cube row — let’s call him Clum Baby has been sick for about 2 weeks, coughing and dry heaving into his computer monitor without covering his piehole. As a result, everyone on that whole row’s got it. Nasty ass. Luckily, I got some Zicam, OJ and a fifth of Crown Royal, so I should have this sucker licked in no time.
What? That Crown Royal is part of an old home remedy.
Anywho, it’s 8:45am and I’m up eating some cereal skimming through the channels trying to find some suitable Saturday morning fare. Oh man…when I was a kid, I could turn on the TV now and catch all kinds of great programs. Well…”great” as in great for kids. (Upon looking back on most of them, they’re pretty cheesy.) There was Captain N: The Game Master, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers (not necessarily a cartoon, but still good watching) and much more all on the VHF Channels 2-13 frequency.
Nowadays, even though I have cable, for the life of me there’s like nothing on for kids on Saturday mornings anymore!
Here’s what my 2-13 lineup looks like right now at this exact time (now 8:50am):
- Some local Christian network with an overzealous Black preacher.
- The local ABC affiliate. Currently showing the local news.
- The local FOX affiliate. Some Jack Hanna type bullshit called Animal Atlas.
- Damn…another local Christian network with another overzealous Black preacher. (I say that like I’m surprised.)
- The local NBC affiliate. Showing the Today show.
- The local TBS affiliate. It’s currently showing Feed your Mind with an adorable Corri English and a rather gangly young Johnta Austin.
- Our PBS Station (one of two, actually). This one is showing Thomas and Friends about Thomas the Tank Engine. Meh.
- The local CBS affiliate. What the fuck is this shit? Some Bratz-styled crap with talking horses with colored hair extensions? Oh wait, it’s called Horseland. Wretch.
- The local CW affiliate. Showing another animal show called Really Wild Animals. Looks kinda dated. I guess kids like this kinda stuff, but it’s boring as all get out to me.
- Another. Christian. Network. This one is showing…wait for it…Superbook! Holy crap. Literally.
- This is i, formerly PAX television. It’s showing a local 30-minute infomercial called Star Suzuki Auto Shopper. Dealerships in town actually have a lot of these running on Saturday mornings. Maybe that’s the best time to buy a car.
- The local MyNetwork TV affiliate. It’s showing Georgia Tech Sports Today with Paul Hewitt.
Man, I feel sorry for kids nowadays without cable. I’ve got extended basic and there’s not anything decent on there except infomercials and Groundhog Day with Bill Murray.
I guess you have to have like 4Kids or Boomerang to see some decent cartoons on a Saturday morning now. Pitiful.
UPDATE: Here’s one of the shows that comes on Saturday morning for local car dealership Premier Dodge.
[tags]saturday morning cartoons[/tags]
Saturday morning used to be the highlight of my week as a kid. There used to be plenty of kid’s shows. You are right, that now, there are few. Most are shows that kinds don’t need to be watching.
It’s very sad, isn’t it?
lawd, i’m old. i babysat my neice. who watched those.
Man i agree, I still love cartoons! On saturday if i am up i flick around and there not shit on. But that the same on week days too. They only show a few cartoons (at 3 and 4pm) when kids home from school and then they jump right into the reruns of shows that use to come on tv or one of the many court shows on tv or hollowood shows.
When I moved to Atlanta in 1994, they had cartoons, but not the good ones at the times I wanted them. Channel 2 showed news instead of ABC cartoons, so the highlight was Schoolhouse Rock at 6:50, followed by Free Willy. I could go on and on, but who cares.
Anyway, SLASH IT!!!