2 posts tagged “favorite cartoon”

Video: Show us a clip of a TV show you miss.

Elisa Becomes a Gargoyle

Video: Show us a clip from your favorite cartoon.

I have too many to list. If I had to say, I grew up during the best times for television animation, the 1990s. Basically  you had a resurgence in the form, brought about by the critical and commercial success of the film "Who Framed Roger Rabbit". It basically brought back to life the Disney Feature Animation department. After Roger Rabbit, Steve Spielberg decided to produce animation for TV and teamed up with Warner Bros. That gave us Tiny Toons, followed by Animaniacs. Plus the launch of WB television animation department also gave us Bruce Timm's long running take on the DC Comic superhero universe through Batman, Superman, Justice League and various other spin offs and projects.

While this happened, Turner launched Cartoon Network, which gave a bunch of young talented artists the chance to take on the world. Seth McFarlane created a short -- "Larry and Steve" about a suave dog and his incredibly idiotic owner. Those two would evolve into Peter Griffin and Brian the dog of Family Guy. Likewise, over at Nickelodeon Viacom gave a chance to a rebel animator named John Kricfalusi and he created this wickedly subversive show, "Ren and Stimpy". These two networks helped nurture independent animators give life to their warped creations, and helped expand acceptable ideas for cartoons away from half-hour toy commercials.

Anyway, some of my favorite cartoons have been Animaniacs, Tiny Toons, Gargoyles, Darkwing Duck, Goof Troop, Batman:TAS, Superman:TAS, Justice League, Teen Titans, Courage the Cowardly Dog (videos I posted to earlier), Ed Edd n Eddy, and many others I can't think of right now.