Saturday Morning Cartoons.
So the end is finally here for Saturday morning cartoons on broadcast t.v. Another part of childhood has gone away, for the nearly 50 set. Gone is the Christmas break in school, riding in the back of pick-up trucks, drive- in picture shows, and now Saturday morning cartoons, among other things that were around when we were young. Government interference, political correctness and apathy has rendered these mainstays of our childhood to the dustbin of our fading memories. When I was 6 and in kindergarten in 1970, it was the first year of Sesame Street. Our teacher Mrs. Greene would feed us milk and cookies, then lay us on the floor on our big beach towels and we would watch Sesame Street. It was educational and fun too. On the weekend, my mother would wake up and field day the house. While I sat in front of our brand new 19 inch Quasar color t.v. and watched, Scooby Doo, The Wacky Races, and my personal favorite, Penelope Pitstop. I witnessed the beginning of the end for Saturday ...