Saturday Morning Cartoons (Mazinger Z!!!)

Recently, we discussed the current state of Saturday Morning cartoons at OctopusOverlords.com. I posted there that ever since I stopped having digital cable, I've noticed just how suckstastic Saturday Morning children's programming has become. I grew in the 80s in Puerto Rico, when we had awesome cartoons like Robotech, Transformers, He-Man, ThunderCats, Capt Raymar, Secret Agent Cobra and many others.

In my opinion, Saturday Morning went to crap when the monstrosity of the 'Children's Sitcom' was invented in the 90s, and it's name was 'Saved By The Bell' . That slowly started the beginning of the end to great Saturday Morning programming. That, and a bunch of whiney child psychologists who insisted that action cartoons were oh-so-bad for children. Bullshit. Pardon my french.

Take a ride down the dial of the big three networks on Saturday mornings. You'll find animated shows that are written specifically for babies and no one older--NBC's Qubo block. The CBS schedule is replete with moronic 'children's sitcoms'. The only network that represents a bit (and badly) is Fox with some cheap-ass, bad anime.

Yeah, this is a manchild bitching and moaning about how sucky Saturday Morning programming. So be it. I wish kids nowadays could have the fun we had back then: Looney Tunes, classic Tom And Jerry, and even old school anime like Tranzer Z.

Skulking around Youtube, I actually found the opening to Tranzer Z (Mazinger Z everywhere else around the world), and man, does this take me back! Just check out the awesome themesong. Crank this up! This is dedicated to all children of the 80s!