As kids we all at some point watched looney tunes, duck tales, barney and friends, rugrats, power puff girls, and the magic school bus but the list goes on. When we watch shows we usually seem to grow on the characters we can relate to the most, and that's the same as having a favorite cartoon character. My favorite would have to be Pooh Bear because he is true to people. For instance when Pigglet didn't have anywhere to live because the rain flooded her house Pooh offered his space for her to share with him. Which was sweet and a really good way of lending a hand. http://youtu.be/b0b6wHi2TfU Back in the day, haha, I know I didn't realize it but these shows taught us life lessons that helped us later on. In contrast to Pooh Bear, you also have Barney the purple Dinosaur, who demonstrated that books are fun based on the fact that it helps us use our imagination to grow. http://youtu.be/GIKbQDUQdq4 Also on the show the Magic school bus they were constantly insinuating that science can prove everything. Like when Arnold turned orange instantly Miss Frizzle had thought to be in the skin and for them to have a field trip to cure his orange skin complexion and to see what was the cause of it. http://youtu.be/pnstXZl6Kbk Even the Power Puff girls taught us something which was to stand up for what we believe in. Bottom line is that the lessons our parents teach us may not stick the first time but seeing it over and over again on tv sure did help.
Again that was back in the day when shows had meaning, now if you turn to cartoon network it is nothing but violence. Even Tom and Jerry as a great example, a cat and a mouse constantly getting revenge on each other. But in this episode the cat wanted to eat the mouse but the rooster also wanted to eat the mouse. So the cat gets clever to dress up like a girl, the rooster falls for it but the cat keeps hurting the rooster while the mouse is hurting the cat. I understand it is supposed to be funny but last time I checked someone getting hurt isn't suppose to be humorous. http://youtu.be/Vh2J9IaYLAs Another one would be bugs Bunny but he was the hero in the show which was cool because he wanted to tell people to stop running their mouths.
The point is as children we see these characters in action and they sort of become our role models, but we have to make sure we completely agree what they stand for. We don't want to look up to someone who is always fighting but someone who has good intentions for what they are fighting for. That's neither here nor there shows have change over time and we have to be careful what we watch now a days. Thank you for reading my blog I hope you enjoyed it. If you would like to get me anything, anything at all I seriously love Pooh Bear!
