One Cartoon at a time.

So it seams at the years go by that I am forever relegated to the fate of having one Cartoon on TV at any given time that I like. So this begs the question of "Are Cartoons worse or better now then when I was a kid."

Well that is in fact easy to answer. There better... MUCH better.

Now don't get me wrong I love allot of the shows from my Childhood. But in all fairness some of my favorite shows are actually from when I was a teen. Most the time when you see some one talk about how Cartoons where better in there day. That person is a ass hole. Or at the very least Nostalgic.

To illustrate the point. Go back and watch a Episode of Teen Age Mutant Ninja Turtles. No really. Go watch one... Right now. When your done you will most likely be thinking. "Wow Really?" Now mind you  its still not a bad show, its just not nearly as awesome as we remember, and the thing is, its a shining island in the cartoon void at the time.

I have to say I never really like most of the popular cartoons at the time.
He-Man.. Sucked.
G.I.Joe was terrible.
She-Ra. (Might have actually been better then He-Man) but still sucked.
Jem. (Ya I'm doing "girls" shows to, I mean I had to watch them and they where no worse then the boys shows at the time)

I can keep going... As a matter of fact I think I will.

Snorks. (Terrible rip off of the Smufs, which was terrible.)
The Smurfs. (See Above)
Richie Rich....
Alvin and the Chipmunks. (Same year I was born, and actually not THAT bad, but just kind of boring)
Pound Puppies. (Kind of the Same as Alvin)
Transformers. (Really go re-watch it, the Original is kind of bad)
Gummi Bears. (Actually again not that bad)
Fraggle Rock... ... ... I actually must admit that I watched the heck out of this show as a kid. But I was a LITTLE kid at the time.
Carebears... ~shutter~

Now that's not to say there where not shows I liked. Or even shows that I would consider good by today's standards.

Defenders of the earth, While not... good was a interesting introduction into pulp for kids.
G-Force!   While actually kind of awful, It did introduce me to Gathchaman, which is something.
Thundercats! Actually not a Japanes show by the way. And Suppringly good. Even if it did help spawn a generation of furrys
Inspector Gadget. (Nothing but nice things to say about this show)
The Real Ghostbusters. (Nothing but nice things to say about this show)
BettleJuice. (Enjoyable Bad)
Voltron. (Actually a show from the 70's but didnt make it to the US until the 80's)

 And then there are a few. (Two) Shows in the 1980's that actually transend the lot and make it into Stunning for the decade. What am I talking about?

Duck Tales.... And Chip and Dales Rescue Rangers.
Now that's actually almost cheating in my opinion. Duck Tales started the Disney Morning Cartoons and actually transformed the cartoon industries. For those not aware it basically caused the death of all of those terrible now budget monstrosities I mentioned before. It literally raised the bar...

And the 90's where in fact very good for cartoons.
The entire Disney Afternoon block was great. Even if there where some less then Impressive Parts in there. And we got BATMAN THE ANIMATES SERIES! All of the Steven Spielberg presents shows. And then Cartoon Cartoons... And this is when we started to get a real influx of Anime into the Western Market. It was a veritable glut of Good Shows. And Gargoyles.
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But what sense then?
I mean there have been good shows sense then, but it does seam like I only have one show at a time to watch now. This may be a bi-product of me being a adult, but I don't think so. Because my tastes in Cartoons have not changed much over the years.

Batman Beyond. (I never could really get into the JLA cartoon)
Teen Titans.
Avatar The Last Air Bender.
Adventure Time.
Gravity Falls.
Kim Possible.
Korra.

Really there seams to be ONE show at any given time that really grabs me, there are some out layers that interest me in passing. MLP:FIM.   Spoungbob. (Yes I can stand this show)   Fairy OddParents.
So on and So forth.

But only one REALLY good one at a time.
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As a interesting clsoeing note. Disney is rebooting Duck Tales as a Show. I really kind of wish this will mean a reboot of the entire Disney Afternoon. At least re-syndication!

Also Phinius and Pherb.....