I’m betting this button came to me via my sister.
I may as well get this out of the way, because I know it’ll be shocking to some of you. I wasn’t a Scooby-Doo fan. I watched it if I’d spent the night with Lynne, because she watched it, but it was not a must-see for me. I hope this doesn’t disappoint anyone; I liked plenty of other Hanna-Barbera cartoons, including the Flintstones and Yogi Bear, also featured on the button. But in the great realm of television cartoons, I was more of a Looney Tunes fan (Daffy Duck being my favorite of all TV cartoon characters).
Still, I definitely tuned in to The Jetsons and The Flintstones. Although even as a little tot, one thing always drove me crazy on The Flintstones. In the closing credits, when Fred put Baby Puss, the saber-toothed cat, out at night, Baby Puss jumped back in through the window, put Fred out, and locked the door. Fred then banged on the door and hollered for Wilma. Why didn’t Fred go through the window, too? I guess I was a hard-sell on that gag.
I’ll never forget how excited I was when my mother drove us to the Sinclair station so I could get my inflatable Dino for our little backyard swimming pool. Somehow my brain thought Sinclair’s mascot Dino and the Flintstones’ dogasaurus were the same creature. I blame black and white television: Who knew Dino was a purplish color?
When Dino got punctured, I was heartbroken, and Mother actually bought me a replacement Dino, which was rare. Usually, if you broke something, that was it. Dino 2 definitely lasted through the end of summer, and by the next year, we’d moved, the pool was no more, and Dino was forgotten. That’s the kind of memory that makes Toy Story 3 heart-wrenching for adults, isn’t it?
I hope this doesn’t disappoint anyone. You knew exactly who would be disappointed when you wrote that, and you laughed when you wrote it.
Having said that, the only member of the Flinstone family that I liked was Dino … I did like the Rubbles though.
PS … Fred was too tubby to fit in the window.
I swear it’s not all about you. There are many Scooby fans in my life. And I didn’t laugh when I wrote that. I know how bereft I feel when someone tells me Donald is superior to Daffy.
I do appreciate Daffy … but I have a real fondness for Donald. After all I am a sucker for a man in a partial uniform and I do like his extended family. I also like Dark Wing Duck / Drake Mallard. But honestly, Daisy is my favorite duck
Marvin the Martian, Rocky, and Bullwinkle. Gumby and Pokey, too.
Rocky and Bullwinkle are superb! Tom’s a Marvin guy, and somehow I missed Gumby and Pokey until I was grown.
I was raised on Mickey, Donald, Popeye and Daffy before TV, and I couldn’t get turned on by the TV cartoons. But, my all time favorite character in a TV cartoon was the Gloomy Gus in The Sunshine Makers. He keeps saying, “I don’t want to be happy. I want to be sad.” Then he gets zapped by the sunshine and sings, “I want to be happy and gay!” Guess I got zapped by the sunshine.
Ha!