Remember when it was worth getting up?
this post was submitted on 31 May 2025
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It's like you've read my mind.
Not really
Other than my little pony, I don't think I recognise any of these characters. Hopefully you're about to make me feel young and not old!
They're 1980s to 1990s... so you're young. Like me. I AM YOUNG
Yes you are my friend!
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She-ra in the top left. In front is a gummy bear (its still on Disney+), Rainbow Bright in the middle, a carebear to the left and Strawberry Shortcake on the right of the MLP.
It’s truly outrageous you didn’t mention Jem.
I didn't ever watch Jem.
Or that troll with the heart ears so I don't remember the name offhand.
Well, that’s
truly, truly, truly outrageous.
They made a new She-Ra show on Netflix back in 2018 and it's fuckin' awesome.
Back right in the pink dress is Jem, from Jem and the Holograms.
For me when Jem came on it was time to turn it off and go play outside.
I was a boy in the 1980s, my dad would call us "little queers" if my brother and I tried watching that.
He was also hyper sensitive because my uncle was gay and he always said it was because he was interested in dolls growing up. The dark ages of rampant bigotry it was.
All introduced by a man in a colourful jumper, who would later go on to be a registered sex offender.
It’s so different now that the kids can just put on the telly and get it whenever they want. In the old days it was sort of self-regulating, in that the shows were only on in the morning, and parents didn’t need to worry.
If you can, try finding timeshift recordings of old TV. I have a 3 hour block of Saturday morning cartoons from the mid-90s where someone just hit record on their VHS - commercials and everything.
I'm in my 40s, but about once a year I'll get a bowl of super sugary breakfast cereal and plop down in front of the TV to relive my youth.
The new She-Ra on Netflix is actually great
There's so much good stuff out today.
Avatar. Adventure Time. Steven Universe. She-ra (and the Princesses of Power). Gravity Falls. Over the Garden Wall. The Owl House. Amphibia. Even the less fantastical stuff is good, like Craig of the Creek and Phineas and Ferb.
My kids are very spoiled and so am I since we get to experience these shows for the first time together.
That's not out, that's already gone for a decade
That's another thing. Having new stuff doesn't mean we're replacing the old stuff.
Some may call it even better than the OG
Most of these were not “Saturday morning” cartoons.
I Bet You're Fun At Parties.
I always look fondly back on when my brother would wake me up on a Saturday morning "quick, x-men is starting!"
Fun Factory, DJ Kat Show.
Live and Kicking!
I'm so old I remember going live...
Going Live! Yeah I remember that too. British kids TV shows were more fun than Dutch kids TV shows, which were more about education than entertainment.
I'm not old, only 45! 😄
I can still sing going lives jingle for their phone number
No Ulysses 31, Battle Of The Planets or (the original) Mysterious Cities Of Gold?
what. they remade cities of gold?!
Yeah, 2012. I haven’t been able to persuade my kids to watch it, so I don’t know if it’s any good. The reviews seem positive though.
It was awful. They ditched the Japanese team, who seemed to be the ones that made the original so good. The first series was great, it's still my favourite show. I was so excited to get series 2, but I never even finished it. Not even interested in getting series 3. It had none of the charm of the original. They chose adult voice actors for the kids and you can tell, whereas the original made a point of having kids voice the kids. I was surprised Chalopin had anything to do with it, because it felt like they'd handed the project over completely to someone else.
My nephews and niece loved the original, it still holds up. I say this as a mega MCoG fangirl, if you were fond of the original, keep your memories of it and stick to rewatching that. The sequel is completely lacking in what made the original so special. Just my opinion.
I had to go to orchestra every saturday morning. Play the violin with a bunch of other unenthused kids with pushy parents.
One saturday morning I just told my mum I quit. 6 years of the violin just promptly ended there, and for the first time in my life I watched the Power Rangers. It was majestic.
@LadyButterfly Ah, Jem! I remember that one!
They don't make them like that anymore
There are some excellent shows out today.
She-rah was ace, so was the gummy bears. Ah the days when you knew you were up too early when they were still playing the test card...
Oh the test card!! I remember that.