[DMCForum] Re: Are you a kid of the '70's or '80's?

["Josh Porter" <joshp1986@xxxxxxxxx>]

Ooops I forgot, sorry. Do you get Larry the Cable guy jokes? One 
cable company tried to make their own Larry the Cable guy but it 
sucked big time.

Josh

--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "therealdmcvegas" <dmcvegas@xxxx> 
wrote:
> Pffft!! Don't be talkin' to me about no cable. I am the cable 
master!
> :) I loved TV so much, I WORK for the cable company!
> 
> I know that Nickelodeon shows cartoons. Just like Cartoon Network
> does. But I'm talking about old-fashioned Network boradcast, 
Saturday
> Morning cartoons with mind-numbing advertisements in between for
> plastic junk we could get in 6-8 weeks with like 200 cerceal 
boxtops.
> And nothing healthy, mind you. And LOTS of violence! Anvils getting
> dropped on heads! Ninjas beating the crap out of people! Lasers!
> Mutants! And there were 3 channels of this stuff from 5am, until 
11am!
> Sure cartoons like "Dora the Explorer" are on, but they're just not
> the same... Stuff like that is educational cartoons that just don't
> cut it. When I was a kid, the educational lessons we learned were
> physics: An unbrella will NOT protect you from a falling boulder!
> 
> Now "The Today Show" is on, and bores me even as an adult.
> 
> Here's a great site with some retro commercials, and some REALLY 
great
> write-ups on the 80's! I figure lots of people will dig on this.
> 
> -Robert
> 
> 
> 
> --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Josh Porter" <joshp1986@xxxx> 
wrote:
> > Do you have cable or a dish? I don't have kids but my nephew and 
> > neice watch Dora the Explorer over and over, great show for my 
naps.
> > 
> > Josh
> > 
> > --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "therealdmcvegas" 
<dmcvegas@xxxx> 
> > wrote:
> > > --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "dmcerik" <dmcerik@xxxx> wrote:
> > > > If, like me, you are a kid of the 70's and 80's, you need to 
go to
> > > > 
> > > > http://www.retrojunk.com/
> > > > 
> > > > and have a look around.  You'll also see some delorean (bttf) 
> > stuff on 
> > > > the site.  Its a great way to relive the past and get some 
old 
> > show 
> > > > tunes stuck in you head again.
> > > > 
> > > > erik
> > > 
> > > Speaking of which, what happened to Saturday Morning cartoons? 
I 
> > tried
> > > channel surfing recently on a bored Saturday morning, and 
discovered
> > > that they don't air them any more.
> > > 
> > > Of those members on the list who have kids, I gotta ask this: 
What 
> > do
> > > your kids do on Saturday mornings? I'm grown-up, and bored out 
of my
> > > skull with the boring news shows they broadcast now...
> > > 
> > > -Robert

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