What I miss about my childhood... - General Discussion Discussion

[–] ShogunofYonkers (77577) 5 years ago

Those were great times!
By noon the cartoons were over and Mom would toss us out of the house lol

Then it was bikes, stickball, frisbee, a hundred different chase and catch games...childhood was great fun!

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[–] Kowalski (76346) 5 years ago

LMAO..STICKBALL,ARE YOU 87?

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[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

now i'm picturing shogun in that twilight zone episode where the old people all want to play kick the can.

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (77577) 5 years ago

ooh, that was a good one!
We mostly hoop rolled and hunted for supper😬

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[–] sslssg (34334) 5 years ago

I think everyone of any age would want to play kick the can

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (77577) 5 years ago

What?!?
I'm only 86, please try to keep up!

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[–] bohemianroxie (2478) 5 years ago

Exactly...great times..We would play kick ball or whatever and my friends down the street had a treehouse..lot's of tree climbing..and magic woods
It seems where I lived that after cartoons the early afternoons had old Tarzan or Hercules movies playing. I loved watching those then..and then out the door until we all got called in for dinner.

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (77577) 5 years ago

Good times!
After dinner it was chasing fireflies or flashlight tag...what fun we had😊

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[–] bohemianroxie (2478) 5 years ago

Fireflies! Oh yeah!
Sometimes I made a ring out of those poor critters.

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[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

I have to agree. Those were great days. I miss bouncing out of bed like I was springloaded, too.

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[–] zephyr_cape (2979) 5 years ago

Why can't kids today do the same? Now you can watch any cartoon you want any time! You could too if you wanted to! I'm in my 30s and watch shitloads of cartoons, and eat my favorite cereal, any time I want. Life rips baby!

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[–] GlenEllyn (21577) 5 years ago

I think the difference is that "back then" it was a shared experience. Because we didn't have streaming, on-demand, and for some of us, no DVDs, etc., we were all doing the same thing at the same time. If you wanted to watch cartoons, Saturday morning was the best, and almost the only time to do it.

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[–] andreaahr (2337) 5 years ago

I agree. What were some of your favorite cartoons?

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[–] GlenEllyn (21577) 5 years ago

I liked a lot of the Hanna-Barbera cartoons like Huckleberry Hound, Quick Draw McGraw, The Flintstones, The Jetsons, Yogi Bear, but my favorite was Pixie, Dixie, and Mr Jinks. Also liked Mighty Mouse, Heckle and Jeckle, and of course, Pink Panther. Can't forget the Warner Bros shows - Bugs Bunny, Road Runner, Tom & Jerry, and Foghorn Leghorn. So many of them...

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[–] andreaahr (2337) 5 years ago

Cool. I loved the cartoon Scooby Doo and Scrappy too (which is a cartoon that came out in the 1980s). I also loved the Smurfs, Adventures of Gummi Bears and the Garfield and Friends cartoon too...

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[–] GlenEllyn (21577) 5 years ago

My children were very into Scooby Doo. We even have a couple of Christmas tree ornaments of Scooby and the Mystery Machine. I remember having Garfield on, too.

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[–] movieace11 (1339) 5 years ago

I grew up with the Smurfs and Gummy Bears! Early '90-s, Hungary.

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[–] mikethemartian (6785) 5 years ago

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ANCjrzSJOsU

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[–] andreaahr (2337) 5 years ago

Cool youtube video! Love it!!!

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[–] zephyr_cape (2979) 5 years ago

🤔

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[–] BillySlater (4241) 5 years ago

That´s interesting. Assuming you are American. In Australia, we had cartoons that ran daily in the mornings and afternoons during the week and Saturday Disney on Saturday mornings.

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[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

Because kids are so obsessed with their phones, they couldn't care less about TV or watching much of anything, for that matter.

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[–] andreaahr (2337) 5 years ago

I guess they could if they had Boomerang channel. I can’t really think of any other channel that airs cartoons 24/7...

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[–] samoanjoes (57071) 5 years ago

I agree. When we were kids, we used to get excited about the smallest things but as you get older it just turns into boredom and worrying.

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[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

skating on a pond.

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[–] GlenEllyn (21577) 5 years ago

We lived near a small lake when I was in grade school. A few of the neighborhood parents built a small warming house right beside the lake for folks who wanted a place to change into their skates or warm up for a bit. We spent a lot of time on that lake, shoveling skating paths beyond the cleared skating rink area. Kids whose house were right on the shore could just skate home. We had to trek a bit to our house so the warming house was very handy for us.

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[–] snepts (11123) 5 years ago

Was there something that made it warm or was it simply an enclosure and people's bodies provided the warmth?

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[–] GlenEllyn (21577) 5 years ago

Most of the time it was just body heat, since getting out of the wind was helpful. There was a small wood stove, but that was used only when an adult was around. We knew better and never even thought of breaking that rule. I'm sure we'd have lost the warming house (one way or another) if we had.

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[–] Quasimodo (16388) 5 years ago

Having the idea of a future full of amazing possibilities. Of course as it turned out none of them were realized. No boldly going into space, no androids and things like that. Mostly, apart from computers and electronics, things are pretty much like they used to be.

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[–] GlenEllyn (21577) 5 years ago

Playing outside all day long, all over the neighborhood, until the noon or 6:00 whistle (the siren at the local fire station) called us home at mealtime. Back out after dinner until the streetlights came on. Then we played "1,2,3, Midnight" (a tag-like game) in the front yard until Mom finally dragged us inside.

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[–] TheAdlerian (2092) 5 years ago

I used to love when the Fall TV Guide came out and all the new cartoons were featured. I like action, science fiction, and adventure cartoons, and it was exciting. There aren't many exciting cartoons from the US that I have noticed, which is sad.

I used to get up at 6AM to watch repeats of Johnny Quest and I could barely keep my eyes open.

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[–] andreaahr (2337) 5 years ago

I don't think I got up that early but, I think I got up around 8 AM and I remember watching the cartoons on ABC channel because they had most of my favorite cartoons on that channel... :)

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[–] zephyr_cape (2979) 5 years ago

I remember scraping myself out of bed at 6 for JQ too! The level of suspense that show was able to command in a kid's mind is incredible.

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[–] TheAdlerian (2092) 5 years ago

The animation was cool too.

I still play the theme song when I'm lifting and the gym, lol.

Not many know that one!

I believe Johnny Quest was on prime time TV when it first came on, which is unique. When I was little it was old by that time and only on first thing in the morning. Davey and Goliath, a claymation show was on before it. I had trouble waking up for that though.

Anyway, I have NO IDEA why Quest was never made into a movie. I think it would be successful.

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[–] zephyr_cape (2979) 5 years ago

I've never thought of that but you're right. I can't believe they haven't tried to do a JQ movie now that you mention it.

Davey and Goliath, yes. Such a big fan of Art Clokey, though Gumby was of course my favorite.

I still play the theme song when I'm lifting and the gym, lol.

LOL nice, keeping it SO real dude.

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[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

LOL, I also used to wake up at the crack of dawn (6AM), but to watch Tom and Jerry. Sometimes I'd wake up just a little early (5:30) and watch Mighty Mouse/Heckle and Jeckle, but not before catching the tail end of that Hanna Barbera show with Muttley and the airplanes. After that, I gorged myself on Scooby Doo, other Hanna Barbera cartoons and The Magic Garden. That was 40 plus years ago!

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