ReBoot – Where Have Saturday Morning Cartoons Gone?

Last weekend I suffered a spell of insomnia and decided to get out of bed, so as to not wake up my wife, and go watch television.

I am a child of the 70’s, so I fondly remember waking up with my brother and running downstairs to watch Saturday morning cartoons. This was before remote controls, so my brother and I had carefully planned what shows to watch and who will turn the knob and the designated time. There was something for everyone, Smurfs, Scooby Doo, Voltron, etc. My brother and I would sit until 11am watching shows and have deep philosophical debates about which cartoon character was better. Oh Saturday mornings…

So last week I was stunned to see that there are no more cartoons on. Are networks not developing cartoons anymore? No superheroes, robots or little fairy tale creatures could be found. There was some weird Japanese “anime” on that I could not follow nor thought it was of good quality. I clicked and clicked but found nothing.

My how times have changed….