Things I Miss: Saturday Morning Cartoons

In the day and age we live in, any cartoon from any time period is available on demand on a variety of sources. Having those cartoons on Saturday morning is not necessity. I miss what that represented. 

As kid's, it was rare when a television program was dedicated to our amusement. In the afternoons there were the soap opera's. After dinned it was the news. At night it was sitcoms or dramas meant to appeal to our parents. Sure there were shows that was acceptable to both kids and adults like The Cosby Show, but we didn't have much to call our own. But on Saturday mornings, the networks kicked our parents to the curb in favor of us kids. For roughly six hours, the television was all about making us happy. No matter what you're favorite cartoons were, or which ones you didn't care so much for, it was the fact that you had a choice that was important.

I miss that simple time in life, when a good part of your week revolved around your Saturday morning planning. I wish, even if just for a little while, that my daughters could have that kind of anticipation in their life. Now, the only anticipation they have is waiting for the cartoon stream to load up on Netflix or Youtube. The Saturday morning cartoon "cat" is out of the bag, and there's no putting it back.