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Jarret Sharp's avatar

Insightful and informative. I scooped great spoonfuls of shredded wheat, doused in sugar, to many of these shows. Loved me some Space Ghost. Thundercats reigns supreme.

John Toma | Nostalgia Nation's avatar

Thank you Jarret! I'm a huge Space Ghost fan... also Jonny Quest!

Tai Freligh's avatar

Fascinating take on cartoons. I think the same even goes for much younger cartoons like Bluey and Lilo & Stitch, etc. Good story on the surface, but a message underneath always.

John Toma | Nostalgia Nation's avatar

Thanks for reading Tai!

James Allin's avatar

Really great article. In your future post, be sure to include the de-population and proto-climate change agenda of Captain America.

John Toma | Nostalgia Nation's avatar

Thanks James, was also looking into Captain Planet. Lots of climate stuff in the 90s

James Allin's avatar

I also wanted to mention that there were cartoons on during the weekday, usually between 3 and 5 pm.

Tom Leveen: Rewind Reads's avatar

DUDE. Outstanding.

Ranee Armstrong's avatar

Love this!

John Toma | Nostalgia Nation's avatar

Thank you Ranee! 🤩🙌

Ranee Armstrong's avatar

YW 🥰👊🏻‼️

Brian Cave's avatar

I just wrote a short review of The Price and you're not kidding about its gut-punch impact. Susan Blu deserves so much credit for the agony the kid's mother felt at the end. It still amazes me that they want that far with their message, but I'm glad a cartoon kept it real instead of some of the other ridiculous stories they did about drugs, like COPS's The Case of the Lowest Crime.

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John Toma | Nostalgia Nation's avatar

Really appreciate this, well said!! I agree we absorbed the meaning but may not have necessarily been able to express it in a sophisticated way. I love watching cartoons with my kids today as well, although some are not so great, lol! Cheers and thank you for reading and commenting!