What RUINED Saturday Morning Cartoons?

[@Saberspark]

This took over a month to put together but I really like how it turned out. Hope you all enjoy!

[@platinumblaze3663]

Saberspark I'm a big fan of you

[@NullGalactic]

Saberspark Time doesn't matter. We know good content needs time

[@skidmark7183]

Saberspark great vids always take time👍🏻👌🏻👌🏻

[@wiibrockster]

Saberspark Here in the UK We still have Saturday Morning Cartoons on ITV.It's Mostly Re-Runs of Stuff like TMNT and Sonic X with the occasional Cartoon Network/Nick/Disney show.

[@dango2917]

Saberspark Great Video im waiting on what ruined Sega or Atari

[@AeridisArt]

Are you telling me that angry parents are the reason why we got educational shows like the Magic School Bus?

[@yes5937]

AeridisArt That show still kinda stunk either way it was littered with school stuff and while I enjoyed the show it didn't last that long to me

[@AeridisArt]

Mexican Armada Commander Ozf#ck Enchiladas What's wrong with school stuff? If it's entertaining, it's entertaining and stuff is more likely to stick to you if it's fun, not to mention the fact that my schools used to show us the Magic School Bus or Bill Nye the Science Guy instead of doing lectures on stuff, so it's a win-win for everybody.

[@nylopst2140]

AeridisArt I remember bill nye the science guy.

[@flowerbunny91]

I loved magic school bus though. But not as much as other shows.

[@mattlucas169]

Oh boy this cartoon kept going

[@omgstoptakingnames]

oh man my saturday mornings used to be Pokemon, YuGiOh, and Digimon

[@schwammi]

plus Dargon Ball & Dragon Ball Z and Naruto

[@RasenRendanX]

and Beyblade!

[@N3RFTHIS]

that was my weekday mornings

[@veganroastedturkey]

omgstoptakingnames Sonic X, Dragon Ball, Pokémon, man nostalgia is one hell of a drug.

[@veganroastedturkey]

Hugh Janus Also you need to CALM DOWN M8!

[@scottd4306]

1.Blame the government the passing of children’s television act which requires programming of E/I or information/education of three hours 2. Angry parents 3.cable tv

[@Naminski1a]

And #4. Kids can always study the Bible by watching Hillsong Channel instead of Saturday morning educational programs. You’re a good Bible student.

[@BargerClan]

Now the internet is how watch latest episodes of anime

[@Benard-Dishawn]

@@Naminski1a why blame the bible? Trust me that is not the reason of the downfall of Saturday morning cartoons, the first three reason are.

[@gambler942]

If only "Saturday morning cartoon" didn't listen to the government, because if they didn't they could end up like "Disney channel"

[@manoftruth0935]

Democrat majority in both chambers when it was passed. Left unsigned by H.W.Bush because he believed it violated free speech. And the act pretty much did exactly that.

[@MikeBNumba6]

Serious question, do kids even play with toys/action figures anymore? I feel like that industry is now dying. Whenever my younger relatives are around or kids in general, they are playing on smart phones

[@GigaChadh976]

MikeBNumba6 Probably not

[@Noviced]

MikeBNumba6 I know this is late but my little brother still plays with his transformers and stuff like that so there's still hope

[@MikeBNumba6]

GEEK Overload what about your little brother's friends or anything? Is your brother the only that do?

[@Noviced]

MikeBNumba6 all I know about his friends are that they play with pokemon cards still and its sad seeing my his friends with phones and him with a transformer

[@MikeBNumba6]

@geek hahaha, right. My cousin has three daughters ages 7-10. None of them play with toys. They all play on his Ipod everytime I'm over. He bought them a ton of barbie dolls and all that stuff and it went to waste.

[@macealred4135]

Dude, I like the longer videos. The longer it is, the less times I have to choose a new video. I enjoy listening to these.

[@betweentheshoesandme2550]

Jazzy Saxophone Kid yeah same

[@TheTech660]

A week long of school and I would wake up early on Saturdays, sleepy eyed, to start my day with Local Channel Morning Cartoons. Now a days, I have my career all week long. Comes Saturday...and I just want to sleep in. I miss being a Kid!

[@HurricaneDDragon]

The Saturday morning cartoons from my childhood: - Digimon - Jackie Chan Adventures - Lunatics Unleashed - Medabots - Static Shock - The Batman - Xiaolin Showdown - X-men: Evoluton

[@nine_tails137]

Saturday Morning cartoons from my childhood can be summed up in the following blocks: Fox Kids, Disney's One Saturday Morning, and Vortexx. That may not sound like a lot, but that's because each block has a long list of shows.

[@slayer7160]

Hit me right in the feels. As an aging adult I remember when Saturday was the day for cartoons. And how confused I was when I turned on the tv recently to see no more cartoon shows. Very well done thank you.

[@carolrogers29]

I lived for Saturday morning! My Girl Scout troop had a special project that had to be done on Saturday morning rather than our usual Thursday evening meeting, and I held my ground and refused to participate. My mom was the troop leader so my stand was not an easy one. One of my favorite things about being a young mother, having children to watch Saturday morning cartoons! It was such a great institution that our kids are missing out on. And, I still stand firm in that animation is a greatly underrated art form!

[@alfa01spotivo]

how are kids missing out. you do know they can search them on the internet right

[@carolrogers29]

alfa01spotivo Yep, they're ubiquitous today, that's for sure. And, that's more of what's being missed out on. Loving something and having it's availability limited. Waiting all week to have your cartoon binge that could only happen on Saturday morning. That is something that has gone away. Christmas wouldn't be so special if it were every day, and cartoons have lost the mystique that came with the limited availability.

[@lispythelime1129]

No fuxking cares and you’re too old for the dam internet

[@mood2474]

@@lispythelime1129 and you're obviously too young for the internet.

[@aleisterblacke]

What killed saturday morning cartoons? Parents who stuck their noses in and demanded educational shows. Now on saturday mornings we have 3 billion shows all about animals - animal planet, rescue planet, rescue animals, animal hospital, rescue hospital, etc, etc, etc. I turn on the tv, and that's all I see, some damn dog that is facing a crisis because it has fleas, or a baby seal that is threatened by sharks until the stupid idiots hosting the show interferre with nature and take away the shark's food. That's is what ruined saturday morning - snooty parents who were upset that their kids were having fun, and expected the networks to teach their kids their numbers and alphabet, because they (the parents) were too busy.

[@sq5152]

Aleister Blacke I have to agree with you too I'm stuck with one dam cartoon channel with so many lame cartoons most are educational and some good cartoons come up at night 😫😫😫

[@aleisterblacke]

The only modern cartoon I liked was Liberty's Kids, and yes, it was educational. But, they made the learning fun. They didn't insult my intelligence.

[@jmluna86jl]

I honestly don't know why parents complained. i can see the whole advertising thing, aside from that it wasn't a big deal. my parents saw it as a few hours to eat breakfast and then they could get ready to take us kids out to have family time. and if said educational shows were more like beakman's world or bill nye the science guy, hell even squiggle vision. it wouldn't have been a big problem

[@Blueeyes713]

Liberty's Kids was amazing and I think you hit the nail right on the head about why it was so great. It told a story of three kids' lives and personal conflicts and how they intertwined with the larger conflict going on around them. It never really seemed to ram the history facts down your throat (like some educational shows/cartoons do), the history facts were woven into the story itself. Liberty's Kids saved my social studies grade more than once and I've recommended it to more than one of my teacher friends for their social studies classes because of how good it is.

[@saribeepo.o5111]

+beef wellington We should remember that it was a small minority of parents, the ones with too much time on their hands, and didn't have the backbone to be real parents. Most parents were too busy putting food on the table to worry about some stupid crusade against kid's entertainment, and probably would have reasoned their kids had all day monday through friday to learn. Most parents also used to be able to tell their kids 'no' so the commercials weren't a big deal.

[@MsStrawberry4eva]

I was born late 1998 so I never really understood the excitement over Saturday morning cartoons, but I get it now. You literally had to wait the entire week for cartoons, that's pretty shitty but I see why it was such a treasured experience. I used to think "why is it so important that cartoons are played Saturday morning? Can't they just air it during the week?" Haha

[@hitdawg64]

Yeah I remember VCR's weren't really widespread till the mid 80's. So basically it was Saturday mornings. But when the networks weekday afternoon cartoons started was when it got awesome.

[@andrejg4136]

That is precisely what it was. I am of the bridge generation between strict OTA Schedules and ON Demand through the Internet (aka leading edge millennial). I can tell you, I have SUPER fond memories of waiting for my show to come on and if I had to rig an old alarm clock to go off and watch it, I did it. Hell I was still that way as a teenager watching certain shows on Boomerang or Toon Disney. But in my adulthood, I absolutely HATE having my schedule revolve around a damn TV Program, so no I wouldn't necessarily give up On Demand TV of any kind, animated or not. But I do miss the feeling of anticipation of the NEW episode, one of the reasons I liked MLP G4/FiM when it was super new, it felt amazing having *something* that made me want to get up at a specific time to watch a specific network, it was like that great swan song of the SatAM Experience for me personally.

[@RockysFunAndHelpWorld]

That would be great if cartoons aired every day, but that would result in a lot of trouble with the affiliate stations of the major networks. Fox wanted to and did air Fox Kids every day, but a few years into Fox Kids's run, some stations wanted to focus a little bit more on news and business, and Fox Kids was neither of those things. This wasn't to say that the affiliates didn't want to air Fox Kids at all, they just wanted to air it less often, like once a week on Saturday mornings. And after Fox made a deal with New World Entertainment to switch stations from ABC, CBS, and NBC to Fox, many of those new Fox stations decided not to air Fox Kids, giving more focus on content for older audiences and new shows. And in response, Fox ordered Fox Kids to aired on certain independent stations. and eventually in 2001, All Fox stations decided that they indeed wanted to use the timeslot taken up by Fox Kids, for their own programming, as they feel confident that their programming could keep up with ABC, CBS, and NBC. And then in that year, Fox decided that they had finally had enough of it, and Fox Kids, along with Saban and Fox Family Worldwide got sold to the Walt Disney Company, but they let Fox oversee the dying brand at Fox TV headquarters, and by that point, Fox knew that the writing was on the wall for Fox Kids, and they shut down daytime children's programming at the end of 2001, fulfilling the wishes of it's affiliates to give more time for their own shows, And Fox Kids was also given the rights to 4Kids Entertainment, to air the block on Saturdays, and they did so, until when the block finally ended on September 7th, 2002

[@Lugiamasterbrony]

What I found really disappointing was when I woke up on Saturday just to watch Vortexx on the CW. I was anxious to watch some Sonic X and Yugioh Zexal however on that fateful day there was nothing. At first I thought they were just skipping a week. I mean they have done that before. Especially when a college basketball game was on. Sometimes they would even show less cartoons. So I kept getting up just about every Saturday hoping there was some cartoons and anime to watch but each time I got more disappointed. Eventually I did some research and found out that Saturday morning cartoons became extinct. What's weird though is that Vortexx still has its website I think.

[@Naminski1a]

Maybe you can study the Bible by watching Hillsong Channel and that's why Saturday morning Bible study seminar is way better than Saturday morning educational programs and always will be. You're a good Bible student.

[@Lugiamasterbrony]

Because I'm an atheist I don't study the bible.

[@YoshiLightStar]

Lugiamasterbrony the only thing from Saturday cartoons that is left

[@jaycobrichardson7041]

I couldn't do any research on it and I didn't know what happened at all . But hey this thing called kids click is airing every weekend . a return to Saturday morning cartoons?

[@Dewaynesite1]

the game master Duuude Im happy that scrolled through the comments and found your comment Kids click is in my area and Im getting up to watch the new block.

[@CactusJackIV]

Why would kids wait until Saturday when with all the ways to watch whatever cartoon you want when you want. Us old people remember watching the same VHS tape over and over and over until it broke.

[@mikekazz5353]

Nothing like recording cartoons on a blank tape or that one movie that you forgot in the VCR and accidentally recommend over it.

[@AlmightyPolarBear]

None of my VHS ever broke. I did have some choice in films.

[@gambler942]

@Max Power what you expect, back then animated was new to people, and they don't know what to do with animation, so they decided to give a t.v to see how the audience felt, that is until the government decided to intervene, because children keep waking up in the morning to watch cartoons, the government decided to destroyed "Saturday morning cartoon" with their lame's idea

[@Meandmyshadowclones]

Sing it, brother! RIP Power Rangers: The Movie

[@MechaJutaro]

Yep. The past is always easy to romanticize, the further and further you get from it

[@goddamn518]

20:45 - 21:00 Holy hell, that made me cry because it made me think of my father, who, although he's now warming up to animation in general and my love for it, didn't really care about animation but when he talks about the cartoons he used to watch and the comics he used to read when he was young I can see he has the same love for them as I do for the stuff I like. He even tries to show me his favorite old shows every now and then on the internet. Shit, that part of the video was really moving to me.

[@inquisitorchristopher8527]

I remember when Nick at Night did a 70s marathon and watched that with my dad. Electra Woman and Dyna Girl, Lidsville, H R. Puffin Stuff. And.... land of the lost? I was a fan of the 90s version but had no idea it originated in the 70s.

[@leotrice1360]

i grew up with Saturday morning cartoons

[@Browntable]

FUCK I MISS VORTEX, I was able to watch the true end of Saturday morning cartoons, and I felt horrible that day.

[@corrygotjokes]

It’s actually a vortex channel that airs vortexx

[@chidiokoro934]

I swear

[@nine_tails137]

The biggest middle finger to that, is replacing Vortexx with "One Magnificent Morning" A block that airs nothing but reality and educational shows like Dog Whisperer.

[@Naminski1a]

@@nine_tails137 That's why kids can always have a nice Saturday morning Bible study seminar by watching TBN Inspire. You know in 1st Kings 18:17-21 (NKJV): Then it happened, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, “Is that you, O troubler of Israel?” And he answered, “I have not troubled Israel, but you and your father’s house have, in that you have forsaken the commandments of the Lord and have followed the Baals. Now therefore, send and gather all Israel to me on Mount Carmel, the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal, and the four hundred prophets of Asherah, who eat at Jezebel’s table.” So Ahab sent for all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together on Mount Carmel. And Elijah came to all the people, and said, “How long will you falter between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him.” But the people answered him not a word.

[@nine_tails137]

@@Naminski1a No offense, but I'm not religious, So I didn't follow any of what you just said.

[@BEASY-ii7yn]

I WAS BORN IN 1982 RAISED IN THE 90'S NOTHING LIKE WAKING UP ON SATURDAY MORNING WITH YOUR FAVORITE BOWL OF CEREAL AND CARTOONS

[@hardcoregamingdk]

brett JACKSON i dont believe youi?

[@treyblaze22]

Amen! I was born in 1987

[@Sharkopath2]

Born in 84 and that was the norm for my sisters and I. I still remember getting up at 6-7 am and sitting in my pjs or shorts and just enjoying the fun with my sisters. Good times.

[@ObitoSigma]

I couldn't quite catch that. Speak louder.

[@bigbabysld]

@@kevinbolt2780 LOL....yes

[@VampiraVonGhoulscout]

This video makes me want to start my own TV channel for adults where every morning has saturday morning kids shows so you can be a big kid before you go to work

[@BeWaReJay]

Yess but it'd be a pain to go through the process Btw sorry for replying a year late

[@SuperGrampy]

Like the way you say the word 'theater'!

[@Saberspark]

[@arque1255]

Sounds like CHIP THE RIPPERRRRRR

[@matthewreisiger5775]

So is that actually how it's supposed to be pronounced? It's so jarring to me. o.O

[@Kiku91]

Matthew Reisiger One time I tried pronouncing it that way, because it made more sense. Then it felt awkward when I never heard anyone say it, except posh characters. Nowadays I tend to put more emphasis on the e rather than the a like he does. So it's a mix between both pronounciations.

[@DahScrewballH]

I drive a chevrolet movie theatre.

[@SailorJenova]

I had no idea Saturday cartoons died. But, y'know what? Im glad kids can watch cartoons anytime they want now than just wait for Saturday mornings (or for a couple hours before or after school....maybe catch some evening back-to-back Hannah Barbara / a classic Warner Bros hour on TNT if u were lucky) ...like I did. It was tough pre-CN days. XD

[@linkno1]

I kinda liked having the moderation. Gave me something to be excited about and look forward to at the end of the week, and especially with shows that had a continuous plot I could dwell on them and wonder what would happen next. It also stopped me from just sitting there consuming copious amounts of it rather than doing something more productive. These days I barely get that feeling since everything is just there on demand. Even waiting for something to release, I'm done with it so quickly after it releasing because it's just all there for me to burn through all at once. Probably has a lot to do with why older shows have stuck fondly in my memories whilst I forget 99% of the details for recent shows only days after I've binge watched them.

[@Kairos_Akuma]

Yeah.. but back then you could kinda have both.. go out playing after school and on the Weekend watch cartoons.

[@thehmc]

Except they can't because there are fewer cartoons being made, except for Anime. There's less money being spent on making cartoons now than they did in the 80s. Some cartoons had 30 to 40 episodes a season in the 1980s.

[@helpkirbyhasagun_2047]

I miss sonic x on saturdays

[@mikekazz5353]

Well it was new episodes on Friday night cartoons, and some new cartoons on Saturday mornings

[@CaptainFishEye]

OMG i forgot about Saturday mornings cartoons, HELP I'M HAVING A NOSTALGIC ATTACK!

[@CaptainFishEye]

AND YOU BROUGHT UP THE VHC TAPES.......MY POOR SOUL CANT HELP IT!

[@kirara2516]

Quick go find some good old cartoons STAT! And maybe some cereal!

[@kylegathright]

Fish eye the Artist Quick, get him 60 hours of streaming service originals, stat.

[@mattlucas169]

We need good cartoons again

[@kylegathright]

+Matt Lucas We have good cartoons now.

[@stephenbrown4698]

Honestly, that Crusader Rabbit episode with Texas sounds more like a Dan Vs. episode.

[@Melvinshermen]

Stephen Brown or Harvey birdman episode

[@theinimitablejora522]

Wow.. you just reminded me that Dan Vs. existed. Thanks.

[@dustinhorton1980]

I MISS MY SATURDAY MORNING CARTOONS! It was a huge mega thing for me. On an OCD level. What kind of kid highlights a tv guide, makes up a spread of food including left over pizza from TGIF watching. Sets the alarm to get up at 6 am and basks in the glow of the tv for hours. This kid did.

[@veganroastedturkey]

Dustin Horton GG then.

[@josephclegg3562]

Dustin Horton Saturday mornings cartoons were the thing back then. Saturday mornings cartoons ruled.

[@numu2483]

Cause of some dank interent! Internet should not exist

[@lispythelime1129]

Dustin Horton but not as good as neckolodion

[@dabunnyrabbit2620]

And your avatar fits it perfectly.

[@Thatoneeclipsefan]

I watched Winx Club, Yu-Gi-Oh and Sonic X. I woke up at 5 in the morning to watch these!

[@BeWaReJay]

Nah bro if you were one of the Vortexx watchers you'd be up at 7-8 a.m. watching Rescue Heroes

[@lenzino7383]

I'm part of the FoxKids/KidsWB/One SaturdayMorning era of Saturday Morning Cartoons!!! I miss those days!! Sigh!! :(

[@TheRealNintendoKid]

X-Men, Batman, Spiderman... I miss that shit.

[@Elvirabg]

:"(

[@captainjakemerica4579]

Gosh those were the best

[@youknowyoufuckedupright3058]

I miss the good old days. Anybody remebers Mucha Lucha?

[@LikaLaruku]

Back in the Days when Disney made their own shit instead of buying out other companies & showing their shit.

[@effluviah7544]

The clip of the end of the last Saturday Morning cartoon block at the end made me unexpectedly emotional. So many memories that can't be replicated...

[@dbzfan30]

The clip I recorded was sad, but i'm happy that more people got to see it.

[@SelectaBwoy]

I was working on that day, so when i found out about it later, it hit me hard.

[@KyogresHideout_Vegito2121]

I miss Kids WB/Vortexx because they were the saturday morning cartoon block I grew up with. I have fond memories of waking up to watch great shows like Sonic X, Kirby Right Back At Ya, and Static Shock. Rest in peace Kids WB you had a good run :'(

[@444tuneski]

Kyogre's Hideout ikr. I LOVED Kirby.

[@uncreativeusername8362]

Vortexx was the OG. And Jetix too, if you count it as a Saturday morning cartoon block.

[@simp4Moni]

WB was the shit, I'm still kicking myself for missing out on the first gen of the Pokemon anime. I still remember making those sofa forts and sticking the TV in one of the openings

[@daughter-of-loki1062]

God dammit I have so many memories of Vortexx.

[@bigbrainanime9485]

Also anyone remember when Vortex put on a 30min WWE wrestling show called "Saturday Morning Slam". It was watered down from WWEs usual stuff but still cool none the less.

[@mythical9373]

Who remebers the CW4KIDS or VORTEXX

[@yotheyfightingnononoyoufig4963]

I do I grow up Watching it both Cw4kids, Vortexx and Toonzai. I liked it

[@superdajoka]

I do

[@igirly123]

Who

[@JackTheGamer4]

*GOTTA GO FAST*

[@Peridorito825]

Iconic

[@MarkelAGamez]

What killed Saturday Morning cartoons? Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, and Disney XD! I still can remember sitting in fount of our big TV watching toons from six am to noon then I went outside to ride my bike. Good times! The 70's to 90's rocked!

[@DavidSmith-eg5le]

Like I said if you want to watch cartoons you got to be rich a lot of what you're saying is everything has gone to pay TV and pay with the internet if you're rich you can watch cartoons on Saturdays if not they want you to read a book or have it buffer buffer buffer buffer buffer because try to watch that with Metro phone for $30 a month

[@katylepetsos7512]

Cartoon Network used to have some pretty good shows but they’re losing quality over quantity.

[@MazingerDestro]

The animation industry ruined morning cartoons. The industry changed, the reason animation existence changed, and people's mindset towards animation changed. We live in an era that profitability=longevity. If you can't ensure profits then you can't exist. The result is that most animated series nowadays are written "hoping to become masterpieces" instead of "trying to entertain people" or "try a wild idea". This leads to studios strategically creating series hoping to cash on nostalgia or current trends that young and old people will surely like. When you don't want to take risks you end up using the same ideas over....and over....and over again. Cartoon nowadays can't go wild because going wild implies "putting a lot of effort in the animation department" or "taking high risks with your story and scripts" both ideas need time and money that unfortunately the industry can't spare. Making a "classic" in 2017 requires risks that the industry doesn't want/can't take and as a result morning cartoons tend to be "re-re-re-releases" of old ideas.

[@kylegathright]

MazingerDestroXtreme You hit that nail right on the head.

[@northernlightz5319]

Preach!!!!

[@MazingerDestro]

Not really. Animation is still made using people and their drawings. Drawing on a tablet and drawing on paper doesn't change the final animation result. There are numerous instances were modern animation allowed to produce fast and good looking episodes (as an example some of the episodes in the XYZ pokemon series were made just by using computer animation and looked gorgeous). The issue is the schedules and each studio's inability to correct its work. Yes you made a good looking episode and cheap but you don't have the time to double check and fix mistakes. EVerything related to a project in general is affected by three things. Time-Money-Talent. Usually animation studios can ensure 2 out of three and as a result they end up buchering the third one. You have talented animators and money but unfortunately no time, so you end up delivering an episode with mistakes. You have time and talented stuff but lack money? Your animation will look boring and you will have to face many limitations.

[@StudioCONGO40]

what?

[@nanisore4375]

"profit= longevity" this is not a new concept, at all. If there's no demand then it does out. The network shouldn't go out on a limb and lose money. "Try a wild idea" Most Saturday morning cartoons during and after the 80s were glorified commercials for toys. Those aren't wild ideas

[@maya9197]

My parents didn't let me watch pokemon. Guess who watched pokemon religiously.

[@random.hilichurl7747]

May A What?

[@uncreativeusername8362]

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[@random.hilichurl7747]

What do you mean?

[@burleynelson4263]

You make Arceus proud.

[@kanchomerocks12]

May A why didn't they let you watch Pokemon?

[@fundude6127]

Little did we know... The FCC would do even more damage.

[@katylepetsos7512]

Because old people are stupid.

[@StrawHatNK]

As a Staunch Libertarian, this is dumb. Why the fuck does the government decide what kids watch. It should be left to the Cable Networks.

[@YoMamaBih]

The only thing I will give 4Kids credit for is keeping SatAM cartoons alive. I mean, even if it was just Yu Gi Oh and Pokemon. I don't appreciate their censors, but still, thanks, I guess.

[@nayelimarrufo6912]

MarioSinglePlayer truth

[@KumoriGurasu]

4KIDS was also a bit of a savior for us kids who didn't have cable to watch anime. Luckily the Internet has made it a lot more easier to access anime, but if 4KIDS had died prior to that, it would've hit us pretty hard.

[@YoMamaBih]

***** I agree. I wouldn't love Yu Gi Oh as much if it weren't for 4Kids.

[@mattlucas169]

Glad I never liked 4kids

[@HeilRay]

Ironic seeing as they were the ones that delivered the killing blow for SatAM quality

[@micricsan]

To be honest I never saw G.I. Joe or The Transformers as long toy commercials. I didn't have that many toys from these shows at all. When people would say to me later that they were just commercials for toys I disagreed. I never saw them like that, and I have met plenty of other people who grew up watching them who felt the same way. I am sure there were kids who had to have all the toys, I knew kids at school who had everything, but not all of us were like that. Besides cartoons and movies today still try and bank on merchandise​. And shows like He-Man, G.I. Joe and The Transformers were made into cartoons in the first place because they already were best-selling toy lines, the cartoons were made to capitalize off of that. When they tried to change things up with Transformers and kill off characters and bring in new ones to sell toys, fans of the show were pissed and didn't really buy them. I kinda feel like if it was all about the toys the new line of them wouldn't have failed as badly as it did. A guy tried to lecture me on all this once, and then I said the same could be said of the original (and most definitely the prequel) Star Wars movies which he saw in theaters growing up. He got kinda mad. My point o him was simply - yeah there was merchandising that came from the movies; it is apart of the business. It didn't stop the movies from being good though did it? I am not naive, I know continuing merchandising was a big pusher behind cartoons and what-not, but I never saw it that way. I saw shows with different and fun characters and simple but action-filled plots This turned out super long. Sorry about that..

[@micricsan]

Der Pferdehuführer I totally agree there.

[@josephmayfield945]

It was a long form narrative--that's pretty impressive.

[@jimslav6973]

A.C.T. are the biggest bunch of knob-polishers of their whole, asinine generation. Whether it's comics, or video games, or cartoons, or D&D, or Indiana Jones, parents are going to find SOME scapegoat. 99% of all these complaints come from parents whose idea of parenting is plopping their kid in front of a television, and then expecting it to do the parenting FOR them. Then when their kid turn antisocial as a result, the entertainment itself gets blamed. Well, making a bunch of arbitrary rules for cartoons (none of them based on entertainment value), is ludicrous and there was bound to be fallout. Now there are no Saturday Morning Cartoons. I guess parents will have to find something else to blame. Heaven forbid they blame themselves (even though logic would dictate that they have the most to do with how their miserable kids turn out).

[@Willie_Pete_Was_Here]

Typical Western parents never taking any responsibility for their parenting

[@patrickshields5251]

@@Willie_Pete_Was_Here Here's a pro tip for future parents, if you don't want your kids to watch that much TV, how about you actually take the set back and encourage them to go outside and play.

[@lightningonlycommentsonce5824]

@@Willie_Pete_Was_Here I like how you place this solely on western parents. When this is the case all over the entire world.

[@patrickshields5251]

"Whether it's comics, or video games, or cartoons, or D&D, or Indiana Jones, parents are going to find SOME scapegoat." This is exactly what's wrong with "Mazes and Monsters", which loves to blame a fictional fantasy-themed board game for Tom Hank's problems. Never mind the fact that Hanks' character clearly has a psychological problem that makes it difficult for him to separate reality from fantasy, whose parents fight all the time and are useless at raising and educating him, whose new friends peer pressure him into playing the game even though he really doesn't want to because he doesn't want to get kicked out of another school, and the fact that his friends already have problems of their own before we see them play the game. But no, it's games like Mazes and Monsters that will ruin Tom Hanks' life, lose him his friends, family, and girlfriend, and will drive him to jump off The World Trade Center (before.... THAT). And may God forgive Hanks if he reads stuff from J RR Tolken and L Frank Baum. Mazes and Monsters is a textbook example on how to pander to overly concerned and butthurt parents and deserves to be put down by the fantasy community.

[@patrickshields5251]

Jim Slav, if you're reading this, I saw Saberspark's latest video on Don Bluth. Enjoyed it, but at one point, he showed the infamous Big Lipped Alligator scene from All Dogs Go To Heaven. Now I'm gonna have nightmares about that scene when I sleep. God help us all.

[@CadDriftarus]

man, that shot if the last Vortex episode made me cry :(

[@Cure-Skywalker]

I didn't have cable or internet growing up. CW4kids and PBS Kids were my only way to watch cartoons.

[@Justin-Hill-1987]

And if you had Ion, Qubo was another place for cartoons.

[@jibanyanchocobars4348]

But Qubo went down hill.

[@Justin-Hill-1987]

Jibanyan Choco Bars At least they're still around, unlike Luken's attempt at a kids' network, PBJ.

[@mattwolf7698]

Same here. I also had Fox Kids but didn't watch them much.

[@Cure-Skywalker]

Matthew Wells I remember at some point they tried renaming themselfs The Fox Box at some point.

[@airmax1690]

why does everyone say the early 2000s was a downfall? i was born in '99 and i watched from cartoons from 2003-2008 and they were still pretty lit i think the downfall was 2009

[@briannajohnson8910]

I agree

[@ThatOneDudeWhoPostsStuff]

"KZbin has plenty of content for kids, and that's not censored!" It's about to be...

[@Poglavnit_Pferdefuhrer]

I would hope it does, no one needs to see a pregnant Elsa having knee surgery after falling off a skateboarding ramp!

[@jamespoplin8409]

3:31 Boy, did you make me feel old! Crusader Rabbit was my mom's fave when she was a kid...

[@bruceflashback3877]

The Flintstones was not aimed at kids.It was aimed at whole families.It was first run on prime time.7:30 pm on Friday nights,if I remember correctly.It was sponsered(sp?) by Winston cigarettes initally.

[@bruceflashback3877]

Yep,it was. I watched Johnny Quest and the Addams Family every friday night as a young teenager.

[@jaysonisgreat]

Oh man there's nothing like Watching those old Winston cigarette commercials starring the Flintstones. Fred and Barney sneak off from the wives and chores to go smoke a delicious Winston in the back alley. Hilarious.

[@robbiefarabee6954]

That is correct.

[@thejudiblushow]

Im a 90s baby (94)so i was always use to watching flinstones on c.n, i wasnt surprised that the original aim was for whole families however I found one of their original ads with the winston cigs and i was like "whoaaaaa"..actually it was interesting to me

[@KatoChaotix]

I remember watching 4Kids TV and Kids WB as a kid. Best times of my day before breakfast. Then I'd play around with friends before finally settling down and watching something like Cartoon Network or Nick.. God I miss those days.. And the quality cartoons.

[@LUCKO2022]

Xialoin Showdown was awesome, pity you can only get 1 season on DVD when it had 3 seasons. The Batman was pretty good too once it got past the first half of the first season. Batman Beyond was awesome, Justice League/Justice League Unlimited WB was the shit in the 2000's easy, and before all the regular cartoons they had 2 episodes of The Littles at 5AM CST which took me back to my childhood. Man it was great.

[@tammyturbo2273]

Infomercials also helped to kill Saturday morning TV.

[@Tornado1994]

Not entirely. Right Wing Fundamentalist Christian Groups killed Saturday Morning TV. They had been trying to bring in "State Controlled TV" since the late 70s.

[@paisleepunk]

I am right wing, but I think television should be a free market, like our economy.

[@ThatFanBoyGuy]

I think that's a correlation fallacy. Infomercials simply replaced Saturday morning cartoons, probably because they were more profitable

[@clarencecoats6498]

Eating a bowl of cereal and watching infomercials isn't a good fit!

[@jC-kc4si]

I'd say we have lost something culturally significant. Most of these weekend educational shows are atrocious.

[@DamianWayneAnimationsTM]

Anyone remember WB4kids on channel 11???? Just curious

[@TR0VEX.]

Damian Wayne Animations™ i remember vortex

[@0n1baka]

I remember those days setting my alarm clock the night before but instead my sister would wake me up to turn off the alarm clock and once I finally got up I would have to decide whether to watch Kids WB or Fox Kids... I actually miss those days.

[@dantheman8103]

I do too but the truth is that is somewhat nostalgia talking. Kids today who can watch any cartoon whenever they want have a better deal. We just have a tendency to pain the past with an idealized paintbrush because people want to remember their youth fondly.

[@AntiqueAngel44]

'Static Shock' was a great show and I definitely recommend it to anyone who has not seen it or even heard of it at all yet. : )

[@davidgn40]

AntiqueAngel44 yeah the show and hero are great

[@KibSquib48]

AntiqueAngel44 what is static shock i wanna watch it

[@brainnim9935]

Memes. Dank It's a superhero cartoon where the main character has electric abilities somewhat akin to Storm from Marvel. I don't remember watching it often but I did enjoy the little that I did see.

[@KibSquib48]

point me to a link where i can watch it online

[@atribecalledlen3567]

www.change.org/p/warner-brothers-static-shock-movie?recruiter=531515516& SIGN THIS PETITION SO WE CAN GET A STATIC SHOCK MOVIE!!!

[@xoxoPrettyMelaninxoxo]

I used to LOVE waking up EARLY like it was a school day to watch Fox Kids, USA Cartoon Express and Disney's One Saturday Morning on ABC. I also loved watching SNICK with the big orange couch. Ooooh, and you can't forget the Disney new channel original movie that would come on every month, I think. lol. And the Disney channel concerts. lol. So many good memories.

[@inquisitorchristopher8527]

Beautii's Unbothered_ ----- USA Cartoon Express, I remember that ... the Street Fighter cartoon.

[@saeedhelny9409]

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[@Rhomega]

"No grand finale, no acknowledgment of its legacy, just a quiet death of an old tradition." So like daytime soap operas then.

[@elysesolomonson6238]

I am SO FRIGGIN GLAD my mom wasn't like those parents, although she forbade me from more adult type shows until I was about 10 then I was introduced to the Simpsons Bevis and Butthead and South Park.

[@duchessedeberne3909]

Same. My mom even forbade me Sex & the city when I was already 15 x'D

[@jmachero5852]

@@sweep8311 Hearing from that. It’s better than what we got today.

[@jmachero5852]

@@sweep8311 The moral guardian’s decision was stupid on their part,

[@dwainsimmons3447]

That’s why anime was dumbed down in the west because of angry parents

[@anon7596]

Do people hate long videos or something? I clicked because it was 20 mins. Perfect to go with my dinner 😉

[@Johnny127ful]

Jay CFC People nowadays have very short attention spans.

[@US395Official]

lucky

[@StevenVillman]

+Sheeple Inc. (Let's get em) Well, I, what is for one person, have a long attention span, so...

[@unheardr0b0t69]

If you're alone, have no friends, and have food around you, then a long video is all the attention you need.

[@yoshee87]

Jay CFC Actually KZbin to STRIVING FOR LONGER CONTENT THAT CAN BE PUMPED EVERYDAY....THERE TAKING ON TELEVISION AS TELEVISION DISSED THEM FOR RISING.

[@MegamanNG]

NBC was the first to abandon it in 1992... only to be the only channel that still airs it, albeit following the guidelines. FOX ended Fox Kids in 2001/2002 and then 4KidsTV ended in 2008 to move to the CW. CW had it till 2014 and I will commend them for that. I enjoyed Saturday Morning cartoons since I was born in 1985 to 2014. I don't regret it.

[@adultmoshifan87]

MegamanNG I heard that cartoons weren't the only thing to suffer on NBC in 1992, a lot of their programming across the board was hit by budget cuts

[@MegamanNG]

Yeah mostly due to change in management.

[@mqgTWO96]

Don't forget ABC Kids replacing One Saturday Morning in 2002 as well, that was part of the demise of Saturday Morning cartoons as well.

[@dbzfan30]

I don't regret it either. I don't regret starting my KZbin channel either, because if I didn't, my recording of the end of Vortexx wouldn't be here.

[@BSmokeyGaming]

+mqgTWO96 Who used to wake up around 5am in the morning just to watch the edited version of MMPR? It was a pain in the ass to wake up that early when I was little but it was worth it.

[@emotionalpickles6833]

Honestly I usually just watch your videos half the time to listen to your voice- it's very relaxing

[@AnimeChowVT]

I used to love watching Sonic X every Saturday morning, and I was really sad when I found out the hard way that the channel was not going to be airing it anymore...

[@dwainsimmons3447]

Sonic x was also heavily censored

[@nickgarraud6080]

it would be nice to grab a bowl of cereal and watch Saturday morning cartoons again like I did when I was little it really means alot parents need to stop complaining to the FCC about stuff like this

[@adultmoshifan87]

Nick Garraud it needs to happen. All we need is for the FCC's requirements for educational programming to be repealed! Also, with Cartoon Network filling almost their entire schedule with TTG! and some families not being able to afford cable or even Netflix, the second coming of Saturday morning cartoons HAS TO HAPPEN!

[@nickgarraud6080]

adultmoshifan87 yes definitely. agreed

[@boydixonentertainment]

adultmoshifan87 I have a few ideas for Saturday Morning Blocks myself.

[@nickgarraud6080]

Dixon Entertainment really like what??

[@boydixonentertainment]

Nick Garraud I pretty much have Saturday Morning Block for every main TV Network EXCEPT for CBS. The names of my Saturday Morning Block ideas are... The CW Kids! Disney XD on abc Fox's Saturday Mornings for Adults And NBCDreamworks.

[@ashleyCNesbitt]

Adults made it then ruined it. Never trust an adult. The ones that died inside and want everyone else too.

[@originlollol7]

I've been an adult since fifth grade.

[@Dudeamis17]

Because you continued to fail until you were 18?

[@skhafedouglas3521]

Hesus that's nice, dick.

[@Dudeamis17]

Its a joke, not a dick, don't take it so hard

[@eviltoms]

EGriff That's overused

[@p.d.l7023]

Winter Saturday line-up when I was a kid: Cartoons Wrestling Soul Train Creature Double Feature Kung Fu Theater Wrestling again

[@Zazef]

This video really spoke to me. I still hope someday a broadcast network will once again rebirth something like the Vortexx. Or better yet kidswb

[@Elvirabg]

Zazef ohmygod yes same

[@kimifw58]

Broadcast television is sort of dying now. What you're describing would have more success online.

[@itsrealistik791]

We have both airing in australia for years now

[@mythical9373]

Zazef i remeber vortexx

[@twilafan]

I suggest another factor as to the decline and fall of Saturday morning cartoons: college football. In 1984, the University of Oklahoma sued the N.C.A.A., which regulated college football programming at the time. Up to then, college football on TV had been mostly restricted to ABC's package, which consisted of big schools and the Sugar Bowl, CBS' coverage of lesser-known teams and conferences (as well as bowl games played in Texas, namely the Sun and Cotton bowls), NBC's broadcasts of New Year's Day bowls (Fiesta, Orange and Rose) and ESPN's showing of minor bowl games and small-college playoffs. These would normally take place in the early afternoon. When the Supreme Court ruled in favour of O.U., the door was opened to an expansion of college football on the Saturday broadcast slate. In 1987, College Gameday debuted on ESPN Saturday mornings, and it started to draw many kids and young adults away from cartoons. In 1991, NBC started to show Notre Dame home games as their only college football broadcasts of the regular season (Notre Dame were one of the biggest programs at the time). Then, in 1993, Gameday went to campus for the first time to preview the #2 Fighting Irish's home tilt against #1 Florida State. The unprecedented, access-all-areas coverage opened a new era in Saturday-morning programming, and by the end of the regular season, ESPN was regularly travelling to campuses across the country every Saturday morning in the fall. I feel that cartoons on Saturday morning had that factor to contend with, in addition to the four you listed.

[@ddwhaley1304]

Dude Your so right I seriously disliked when freakin sports cut the Cartoon time slots short

[@pimientos3691]

16:16 Cancer at its maximum form

[@insomania1840]

I watched Saturday morning cartoons on multiple non-cartoon networks until 2011, they didn’t start dying out until the late 2000s, not early

[@clarencecoats6498]

It was a slow death!

[@kobeisgoated29]

2014 is when it die and I was born in 1990

[@steelrose7342]

I found it in the late 2010s a tv channel on Roku that transmitted a block of cartoons on Saturday. It was a treasure to relive the experience but they take out the channel. I prefer that on morning weekends put cartoons one old tv shows. I hate the infomercials took over weekends on tv networks.

[@therandommariofan]

@@steelrose7342 Remember there’s a free to air cartoon channel called Qubo? It aired many Canadian shows and aired reruns of many great shows such as Pecola, Sitting Ducks, Secret Millionaire’s Club, Jacob Two Two and Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiago. Sadly it got discontinued on Feb 28 2021 because Scripps announced that it would buy ion media and they announced that it would shut down along with ion shop and ion plus. Man…. I missed Qubo so much……

[@Gaia_BentosZX5]

What an odd question to ask. I usually start my saturday mornings with some cartoons, old or new depending on the mood. So in a sense, the Saturday Morning Cartoon isn't dead, but now thanks to services like netflix, you are in control of what you watch every saturday morning.

[@NopeNaw]

I was about to say something to the same effect. The saturday morning cartoon blocks may be dead but the practice of watching cartoons on a saturday morning still lives on.

[@andreasmeelie1889]

You can create your own Saturday Morning cartoons! :)

[@Sammyyaam]

GaiaX5 I mean you can watch them all day. Thats the thing.

[@wendyberrios5957]

It just sucks if you're a poor kid with no internet or cable :( That's the kid that I was back in the day. Makes made sad that kids nowadays can't even have cartoons on tv anymore :/

[@snakes3425]

What Killed Saturday Morning Cartoons...home video and above all the internet

[@Tornado1994]

3 things did.

[@reycaribe]

snakes3425 internet had nothing to do with it. The true Saturday morning cartoons as this video talks about died in the 80s.

[@inquisitorchristopher8527]

I honestly spent more time playing Snes than watching Saturday morning cartoons.

[@leanture3685]

wrong! I m 29 and grew up in the 90s and everyone at shcool and my family had saturday morning cartoon days!!!!!!!! We had them until at least 2003-2004. What killed this is one thing and thats the internet! When internet and wifi and cheap pcs became a thing, television in general died! Nowadyas only old people watch tv! Young and middle aged people watch netflix online or just watch online stuff! I persoanny have a tv but i never watch it anymore sicne about 2 years ago! Now i only watch stuff online!

[@masterknife8423]

mage13011988 Internet didn't kill TV for me. What killed TV for me was the lack of good shows

[@Homemadegameguru]

I personally believe 1 reason was the growth of teenie-bopper shows like Save by Bell started the beginning of the end. Many of the networks in the 80s who had purely cartoons on Saturday morning started to embrace shows for teens in the early to mid-90s. Plus, for those of us who grew up with 80s, we were teens in the 90s and were too lazy to wake up to early on Saturdays.

[@crazyfrazy74747]

Thanks for uploading this; I've been wondering what ever happened to Saturday Morning Cartoons for a while and you provided the answer.

[@redsxncubs23]

I'm so glad I was able to live during the golden age of Saturday morning cartoons. I remember I got up hella early to get my VHS ready to record the finale of Digimon s.1. I ended recording Angela Anaconda lmao. Hopefully when I have kids, I can recreate the experience...

[@inquisitorchristopher8527]

ShenkelMcDoo ---- golden era. Digimon. Hah..... Super Mario Brothers Super Show. Captain N The Game Master, Kidd Video. Oooohhh. The Super Mario World cartoon with Yoshi.

[@SchweitzerMan]

I remember watching that final Saturday morning broadcast from Vortex (Though I was just watching for Spectacular Spider-Man and Justice League: Unlimited) and remember thinking, "This is the last station to air Saturday morning cartoons and it almost seems like business as usual." Great video. I was very pleased when I heard you were covering this topic and the end result was worth the wait. Do you think that there's any chance that cartoons could return to Saturday morning or is that door closed for good?

[@kylegathright]

SchweitzerMan Probably not since a lot of networks are choosing to air on weeknights.

[@Venom3254]

SchweitzerMan I'm still subscribed to CW Vortex defunct KZbin channel. 4kids fought a long hard battle by being the last local Saturday morning cartoon block but it had to be put asleep permanently.

[@kobeisgoated29]

The vortex was the last Saturday morning channel too

[@VI-pd8ov]

Who remembers watching Sonic X?

[@onihaiena6152]

I still remember most of the theme song.

[@aggressiveregresser]

That was past my time. For me it was Sonic Satam. and Adventures.

[@mikkmakk901]

Doctah Wahwee as if that is a challenge

[@uncreativeusername8362]

I do.

[@US395Official]

me

[@Helaw0lf]

I was a broadcast kid growing up. Cable was a treat on family vacations. Teen years were boring in the 2000s when cartoons were going away. Anime then on was a cable-only experience.

[@TheCartoonGamer8000]

When I was young cartoons were on all the time, but it still felt/feels special to see cartoons on Saturday morning, especially if it's in a dedicated block. The few times I got to see Kids' WB or the much more common FoxBox/4Kids TV were some of my fondest Saturday memories!

[@tamacat2001]

Coming up next: Stans a dog who's teaching this family a few tricks! Dog With a Blog is next! Grunkle Stan: AAAAA!!! (TV falls out of the window and into the yard) Grunkle Stan(to Dipper and Mabel): Um...Couldn't find the remote.

[@mr.boxerfrown-ray6871]

SuperSonic88 lol

[@tamacat2001]

Mr. Boxer Frown​ I thought it was funny too. It was a reference to a video where the characters of Gravity Falls react to A Tale of 2 Stans here on KZbin - Check it out

[@joypopoola6115]

I think competitive parenting and overscheduling got rid of cartoons. parents were so afraid that their child couldn't compete if they weren't doing some type of activity

[@mikekazz5353]

90's memories: That moment when you realize that the staticky channel wasn't the tennis channel.

[@RetroWinnipeg]

Uh...you do realise that some of those cartoons from the 50s-80s were actually syndicated weekday shows (as in many TV markets also had independent stations that did air cartoon blocks). [And yes, the mid-90s the networks were doing budget cuts...which was the reason why Garfield and Friends ended despite strong ratings.] And the answer is truly E/I...why should private networks be obligated to do what public television already does? Plus, morning news money.

[@willmerritt227]

YES! I keep seeing cartoons being included in these videos about Sat. morning cartoons that were never Sat. morning cartoons. The independent station I use to watch He-man, Transformers(which started out as a Sat. morning cartoon), G.I. Joe, Thundercats, TMNT(which eventually became a Sat. morning cartoon)...etc became the FOX affiliate when it started.

[@scoutyd1237]

RetroWinnipeg you can at least give him some props

[@jackiethompson7446]

RetroWinnipeg the dude making this video is not really up on his topic

[@spoodlydoodler3552]

well, you also have to realize that these are some of his first videos.

[@paisleepunk]

Well, all the shows he mentioned aired in first run saturday morning or was rerun on Saturday mornings.

[@Nothin2seehere-e4z]

Why do these types of parents exist? Why should it be the media job to teach your kids moral? And don't the toy companies to make money. Money isn't everything,but is something,right?

[@SaraHouck461]

IKR? Those parents are the worst nightmares of teenage babysitters and daycare workers!

[@Lejitz]

=_( I missed those days that I would wake up 6:00 in the morning just to see bakugan, pokemon, Ben 10, and Transformers.... I WANT MY CHILDHOOD BACK!!!

[@329link]

Why not recreate it by waking up at 6 am and watching various cartoons on netflix or something?

[@cospro2227]

Voltackle 1 yup I even once slept at 4:30 pm so I could stay up and watch my FAVORITE beyblade

[@ghoastfreakafk5593]

No mentioning ben 10 in a video about saturday morning cartoons is a CRIME

[@PolarBearsGoRAWRR]

cospro 22 you slept over 12+ hours lol

[@englandboi1-thechallenging296]

Voltackle 1 dude ben 10 is on cartoon network

[@rkdigitalx1148]

So close to 400,000 subscribers! Good job saberspark!

[@SygnaAlex]

This was a lot of fun to watch, and made me feel nostalgic about watching all my favorite shows back in the day. My main go to place for Saturday morning cartoons was a mix between Kids WB, FoxBox/4KidsTV and Nickelodeon (when it advertised its own Saturday morning block for awhile). But it was really 4KidsTV where I enjoyed most of the shows; Winx Club, Magical DoReMi, Shaman King, Mew Mew Power, Sonic X, Kirby, Dinosaur King, TMNT and many more. I know in today's time, Saturday Morning Blocks are a thing of the past; this video made it OK to miss them and leave them in the past. There's no way I would be able to watch them anyhow, now that I don't have cable in my home. Was looking forward to this video, and it was well worth the wait. Thank you, Saber.

[@nayelimarrufo6912]

hey how about what ruined 4kids it would be very funny

[@manjittoor9208]

nayeli marrufo What ruined 4Kids: A) Their very existence. B) See reason A.

[@brokenmechanics1772]

nayeli marrufo 4Kids We loved it as kids and hate it in teen/adult years.

[@Astromontana]

What ruined 4kids? The horrendous butchering on the English dubbing of Sonic X.

[@flj47]

ElectabuzzKing they got into a legal battle with something about the licensing of yugioh zexal and lost which made them bankrupt

[@CassandraPantaristi]

I loved the 2003 TMNT anime series as a kid. I never watched it on 4Kids, but I knew it aired on it. I got the VHS tapes, and watched it on syndication on Cartoon Network sometimes. To this day, I want a complete collection of it. I can't because seasons 6 and 7 is nearly non-existent in DVD releases, and season 5 is so expensive.

[@niftynette9570]

Hey I just found your channel bc of your "what ruined Nickelodeon" video . Your channel is so great! you deserve more followers. Great job on the editing! Youve gained a new sub 💖😀😀😀

[@huntergraham702]

I remember my mom always talking about SMC and how after they were done it'd go to adult programming ((or rather, stuff that would bore kids to death)) and she's have to wait till next week. Now I can just open up any number of services and watch thousands of cartoons and anime ((which yes is still a type of cartoon. But you don't think anime when you say "cartoon")). The hard part is picking which to watch. it's amazing how rapidly technology has evolved in the past 20-30 years.

[@Sugoi_Senti]

saturday morning cartoons were lit waking up early to watch them only to be sad when it was 12pm and they were done for the day

[@444tuneski]

SeñorDrumass I know exactly how you feel.

[@Alienrun]

Yo can I get a source on that pic? :O

[@444tuneski]

Alienrun me? I found it on Twitter

[@Alienrun]

I meant the other guy...

[@444tuneski]

Alienrun FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU jk it's alright.

[@thahman187]

This video almost choked me up. I'm a product of the 70's and 80's. Standards and Practices somewhat killed Saturday morning, though you explained that with the Parents' council and their complaining. All the shows from the past is better than the garbage that's on today.

[@cynthmcgpoet]

thahman187 I don’t agree that the stuff today is all garbage, but I grew up in the 70s. Became an adult in 1980, but still liked watching cartoons and never stopped liking them. I agree that Standards and Practices ruined a lot of the old Looney Turns shorts by cutting out 100% of the violence. It did crack me up that they kept the song, “La Cucaracha” in the Speedy Gonzales cartoons. I clearly heard the word “marijuana” in that song. So I guess they were fine with drug references but not with dynamite. Just say no to TNT, kids, as long as you don’t bogard that joint.

[@mexicant90]

New Sabersparks video. Hell Yeah!

[@melissagardiner4529]

Did he just say "corny action of He-man", lol, that was cutting edge at the time.

[@malikdespanie4344]

(He man theme intensifies) I HAVE THE POWER!!!!!!!!!!

[@theincrediblemisternobody8724]

Very cool video, but there was one part that was technically incorrect. He-Man, Thundercats, G.I. Joe and TMNT were syndicated cartoons typically sold to local T.V. stations and shown weekdays before and after school hours, they were not actually Saturday morning cartoons. The Real Ghostbusters (sadly not mentioned in the video) was unique because episodes aired Saturday mornings on ABC, and DIC (the animation studio which produced the show) sold an additional 65 episode syndication package to local stations.

[@mattboggs6304]

Yep I remember that. I watched most of my cartoons on weekdays after school. I preferred sleeping in on Saturdays.

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

How could they not mention Real Ghostbusters?

[@lainiwakura1776]

The video isn't that long, I've watched things that are an hour and half sometimes. I like longer videos because I like when subjects are talked about in depth and if it's about something I have an interest in, there's a pretty good chance I'll watch it regardless.

[@matthewhudson7883]

He noted the length of his own video two minutes and forty-four seconds after it started, and very little time was wasted in the video itself so it was a productive twenty plus minutes. - - - R.I.P. Saturday Morning Cartoons. I miss you.

[@Helaw0lf]

I listen to music as long as this video or even an hour plus.

[@karaxwhite3775]

i'm not even american.. but I love your video, from Italy! xD

[@hobowoofer3755]

Karax White ciao

[@KibSquib48]

Karax White does mario live there? how many pizza places are there? (first question js a joke)

[@ColdFuse96]

19:19 The year was 2011. Up until then, Saturday morning cartoons were practically my whole life. My household didn't have cable, and we didn't have reliable internet either, so Saturday morning cartoons were quite literally my best source of cartoons, and I first hand witnessed their decline. 4Kids became KidsWB. KidsWB became CW4Kids. CW4Kids became Toonzai, and Toonzai became Vortex. These networks showed morning AND afternoon cartoon blocks, but that later became mornings only, and then Saturday mornings only. Nevertheless, I was in middle school at around this time, and I wanted to join this academic club that required me to do community service, so I started volunteering my Saturday mornings at a library. It kind of became my first job, and as a result, I totally lost track of these TV networks until they just faded into obscurity in my mind. For me to see this clip, of this clip, of this one video, all these years later, it was just...... .....It was like having this one great coworker. You weren't necessarily friends outside of work, but you were always happy to see him, but one Friday, you go home like any other Friday, go through the weekend like any other weekend, and then show up to work on Monday like any other Monday, but you realize he's not there, so you go your manager and ask him why he wasn't present, and they tell you something like "Friday was his last day working with us", and now you're just left sitting there like "he didn't even say goodbye?....." Wow.....That was just depressing :(

[@HylianWolfMage55]

Every time that kids have fun there are parents who just want to restrict their child in a attempt to make them miserable.

[@US395Official]

A M E R I C A

[@StevenVillman]

+The Everlasting Gaze It's more like conservative, Bible-thumping parents from the southern part of America who do this.

[@US395Official]

Steven Villman nah, it's all americans bro

[@bixeki4634]

The Everlasting Gaze nah, the Americans created the shows. It was the horrible parents that ruined kids childhoods with fucking educational shit and morals

[@jaychild7828]

I just KZbin old cartoons that aired on Saturday morning in the 1980s and eat my bowl of cereal. Thanks internet 🙃

[@AlmightyPolarBear]

You grow up in the era of media convenience.

[@clarencecoats6498]

Thats one. Way to adopt!

[@theprodigy9617]

Pathetic

[@theprodigy9617]

@@clarencecoats6498 no

[@hongxiuquan69]

@@theprodigy9617 How do?

[@kevinmulderrig8781]

For number 3, The Simpsons mocked the AFCT with "Itchy And Scratchy And Marge".

[@kevinmulderrig8781]

Also, 5:32 HEY! HEY! HEY! HEY!

[@ericax5718]

I'm pretty sure the animator from Rocko's Modern Life is now doing an E/I show for PBS called Let's Go Luna!

[@garthdavis832]

As a kid, I used to get up every Saturday morning to watch cartoons till noon. But now the magic is gone.

[@StevenVillman]

*_*I KNOW*_*... right...?! This was the case well into my adulthood; but, ever since CW 4Kids/CW Toonzai and The Vortex programming blocks went off the air, I usually don't even *_bother_* in getting up before noon on Saturdays to watch cartoons [or even for *_*anything*_* else (aside from me in going to the bathroom), for that matter!] {that has been the case for the past few years, _unless_ a brand new episode of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (the current, CGI-animated, Nickelodeon one), LEGO Legends of CHIMA [until December of 2014: it has finished its run of new episodes as of then (and not even re-runs are being aired ever since then!)], LEGO NINJAGO: Masters of Spinjitzu and/or LEGO NEXO Knights airs on T.V.}!!!!! ** :'(

[@garthdavis832]

I even miss those Saturday morning previews that used to come on CBS, NBC and ABC.

[@garthdavis832]

I didn't even have cable before.

[@wto_visuals]

Who remembers Vortex

[@Darktrooper99]

WTO Productions It has only been 2 years and 8 months since it ended, so of course it is still remembered lol

[@TeraunceFoaloke]

nope 2014

[@mxvids9167]

Toonzai

[@mythical9373]

WTO i do it came out on the cw

[@slatetruck3240]

WTO what the heck is vortex.

[@DonnyJepp72]

Saturday morning cartoons were fantastic were a great weekend distraction. Now with the invent of cable we now have daily distractions. I try to limit as much as possible how much my kid watches tv on a daily basis. But on Saturdays I let him watch cartoons a little more than what he does through the week.

[@ebomb1133]

Oh right in the nostalgia. I remember watching FoxKids/FoxBox/4Kids Saturday blocks. TMNT (2003), Ultimate Muscle, Kirby, Sonic X, Digimon, and so many others were my favorites. I truly enjoyed this video!

[@SEEINGREDISCOMING]

Hey Saberspark, Just found your channel and its fantastic. :D You should do a vid on the fall of Fox Kids, gets me all nostalgic.

[@kxr842]

I remember those glorious days. waking up at 6am just to watch cartoons like dragonballz batman earthworm Jim superman the pinky and the brain and pokemon.

[@EliMCGamer]

zoo wee mama

[@EliMCGamer]

Oisin O'Hanlon Haha he called himself an idiot in his channel description. Then calls me out for being stupid kid. Okay.

[@ohnobro3594]

Sir Eli good roast I'm 13 but I don't call people stupid for no apparent reason 😂

[@EliMCGamer]

SydneyDIY 101 I guess he deleted his comment cuz I can't see it. Maybe he thought zoo wee mama wasn't funny. Honestly I forgot the point of this comment.

[@Paddy11037]

Rowley made a KZbin Channel. Get the fucking army now, we need to obliterate everything he watches

[@TheLasttStag]

@ 15:49 the guy on the far left is the net neutrality guy, makes sense