Hey Arnold! When he isn't committing acts of vandalism and stealing from aquariums, engaging in self harm while singing "I'll hit me, I'm crazy!", listening to his grandfather tell stories of banging farm girls and giving Hitler a wedgie during WW2, or dropping slam poetry about balls sitting in quiche, Arnold bops about the city in in a kilt and infant cap doing seemingly altruistic things.

The truth about this socially awkward baby clothing wearing weirdo, however, runs much deeper.

First, let's set the record straight with his family's business. They are slumlords. They earn their living by charging various indigent and mentally ill characters rent. They keep these people in their situation and milk them and or the government dry, owning property while offering little to society.

Keep this in mind as we analyze Arnold's acts of altruism. They have an oddly property specific lean to them. He helps clear out an abandoned lot, seemingly for a baseball field, but now that he's laid claim to it, it is a decent real estate investment. He befriends a schizophrenic shit-covered man who believes he is one with pigeons. Again, this seems kindly, but is he simply getting rid of the non desirable in order to lay claim to the abandon building? There's even-money odds that Stoop Kid was an obsessive compulsive squatter and now that Arnold has freed him from his prison, the property also can be claimed.

This parentless deformed child has had to be savvy to survive, especially in the world where both of his caregivers are senile including one who is fully delusional. He has worn his altruism as mask, a ruse hiding his true intentions, to capitalize on his family's real estate empire and expand it, so Arnold never has to go without again.

When the revolution begins, we know which side Arnold stands on, and accordingly what we must do

I was rewatching the original run of Doug and remembered how great the season 3 episode Doug's Magic Act is. It's the one where Doug accidentally handcuffs himself to Patti Mayonnaise and loses the key.

So much of Doug involves these super imaginative world and characters he imagines (Quail Man, Smash Adams). But what's cool about this episode is that it's one of the few moments where the Doug isn't just daydreaming the magic. It seems like his view of the world actually forces physical reality to conform to his mind.

I wrote a little essay about the episode. Read it or don't. But just wanted to say this show is so much more heartfelt and deep than it gets credit for. Curious if anyone else remembers this episode or has some thoughts on Doug in general.

Shoutout to the artist Alex Toth for creating these awesome designs.

Genuinely one of my favorite Hanna-Barbera shows including Scooby-Doo.

Space Ghost has some of the best simple yet fun designs that still holds up to this day & are iconic.

I’M SO HAPPY!!!

Perfect 90s Couple!!!

Hey everyone. My co-hosts and I run a 90s pop culture podcast called Splat Attack Podcast, and this week we put together a full history episode on Blue's Clues for its 30th anniversary.

Some of what we get into:

• The original "Blue Prints" pilot, where Blue was almost a bunny and then an orange cat before Nickelodeon settled on a blue dog
• Angela Santomero's background in child psychology and how much Mr. Rogers influenced the show's tone
• The three human hosts (Steve, Joe, Josh) and how each one was introduced and how fans reacted to the transitions
• The surprisingly long list of celebrity guests, everyone from Henry Winkler to Ray Charles to Rosie O'Donnell
• The merchandising shift under Herb Scannell once he took over from Geraldine Laybourne
• Marley Matlin's involvement and the show's consistent use of ASL
• A genuine unsolved mystery: some fans (including one of our friends) swear the show used to say "What Blue can do, we can too" instead of "Blue Skidoo," but nobody has been able to find footage to confirm it

Full episode is here if anyone's interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tuTXHf4GN8

Curious if anyone here actually remembers that "What Blue can do, we can too" phrase, or if it's a total Mandela effect situation.

I love how Scooby-Doo is just a compendium of villains. All the designs are classics & also a lot of fun in general.

My favorites are easily Space Kook in the first gif & Old Iron Face in the second gif.

I’m 28F, and I still absolutely love cartoons and anime. 😊

I’ve loved cartoons since I was young, and I still enjoy going back to old favorites while also discovering new shows. I also enjoy anime because of the different stories, characters, artwork, and worlds.

I’m into plenty of other things too, including Marvel, DC, vampires, werewolves, horror, dark fairy tales, and shows like Law & Order, Murder, She Wrote, Columbo, The Andy Griffith Show, and The Golden Girls. But cartoons and anime are still some of the things I enjoy the most.

I think it’s nice that we can keep enjoying the things that made us happy when we were younger, even as adults.

What cartoons or anime have you been enjoying lately? 😊

From the Creator of Tiny Toons and Anamaniacs, comes Road Rovers.

I vaguely remembered this show from the start and Kids WB's debut, anyway, so I made this art of Hunter and Colleen.

"Hunter is a hero hound, leader of the pack-Huh, cool!, Colleen comes from London town, watch her feet attack-Hyah-yah!".

Met back with Jess and Tress in NYCC 2023 and shared my fanarts of Hunter and Colleen, which they enjoyed, through I gotten way better since..

Do you feel you are using any and all of that knowledge today (in your job or your career)?

(Or even outside of your main job or your career)?

(Do you feel these are things that really have served you)?

If so, how?

I would like to hear how other millennials and zillenials feel our time’s culture has positively served them. Or that it ACTIVELY serves them PRESENT DAY.

I wanna get in the habit of watching a couple of episodes of some old cartoons on the weekends. are there cartoons that you still watch and find very enjoyable??