Today, I wanted to write about something a bit depressing...well, depressing for me and maybe depressing for a lot of people my age. I want to talk about past and current television shows. This is going to gear towards children television channels, though, because, well...I'm a kid at heart.
Why would this topic be depressing, you ask yourself? Well, I'll tell you why, but first, if you're reading this and you are below the age of twelve, do not take offense to anything that I write. I don't mean to bash the things you watch. I'm simply stating my opinions on the matter.
Let's start with the history of television! Don't worry, I'm not giving a history lesson here. I'll just be brief.
To put it simply, I don't watch television.
Why? These television shows, nowadays, suck. Why?
Alright, guys, let's all fasten our seat belts and step onto the bus going down the road to past memories and cable television.
- Spongebob Squarepants
- The Fairly Oddparents
- The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron
- Chalkzone
- Rugrats
- All That
- The Amanda Show
- Kenan and Kel
- Drake and Josh
- Catdog
- Doug
- Hey Arnold
- Rocko's Modern World
And etc.
Sound familiar? Ahhh, those were the good old days. When kiddie television was actually funny. Notice how I put Spongebob and the Fairly Oddparents on the list. Yeah, these shows are still running, but the episodes aren't as hilarious as they used to be. I know, because I spent basically the whole summer watching Spongebob day in and day out. I've seen the new episodes and I never chuckle once. And don't say it's because I've grown because I'm still really immature for my age.
Sigh.
Okay, next.
I used to be solo addicted to Cartoon Network. I remember Fridays used to be my favorite day of the week as a kid because not only was it the start of the weekend, I knew that at 7:00 that night I'd be tuning in to Fridays, a two-hour show that shows new episodes from a variety of shows like:
- Ed, Edd and Eddy (I always thought Double Dee was a girl)
- Courage the Cowardly Dog (I wanted to adopt him)
- Codename Kids Next Door (I had a crush on Numbah 4)
- The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy (Hilarious show!)
- The Powerpuff Girls (I was obsesssssed with Blossom. I was her for Halloween!)
- Dexter's Laboratory (How could he fit his huge lab in a small house?)
- Samurai Jack (Oh my god, I loved this show!!!)
There have been some good sitcoms since those days, but none can come close to Robot Jones or Foster's Home of Imaginary Friends. Like...never.
And finally:
This channel is probably what pisses me off most about current television. If you're around my age, you'll probably agree with me when I say that comedy and life morals are seriously lacking on this channel. We used to have shows that gave a lesson at the end of the episode. Okay, yeah, the current ones give lessons too, I guess, but for some reason, the lessons seem to go in one ear and then out the other and they make you want to change the channel.
Let's reminisce on the best shows Disney Channel has ever had:
- Even Stevens (Shia Lebeouf before puberty...unf)
- The Proud Family (This was my show)
- Lizzie McGuire (Hilary Duff is basically the queen of Disney Channel)
- That's So Raven (Raven is the Diva of Disney Channel)
- Phil of the Future (Where the hell is Ricky Ullman now?)
- Kim Possible (Oh my god, Rufus was adorable!)
- Life with Derek (I LOVED THIS SHOW)
- Hannah Montana (...bangers)
The list can go on for ages.
Now we have shows that gear towards dancing like Shake it Up or Austin and Ally and all of that. I see preteens dress a way they shouldn't be dressing until they're of college age.
There was a controversial episode on Shake it Up where a dancer boasted about not eating that led to a lot of letters of complaints about this episode. When I heard about this I was so upset. There is an episode on That's So Raven where Raven stands up to a model and states that every body is beautiful the way it is, and Raven, being overweight, catwalks on the runway.
That was old Disney.
Again, I do not mean to bash the shows currently on these channels. I am simply stating my disapproval to where television has come to. It just makes me sad seeing my younger brother and cousins grow up watching abysmal shows that literally mean nothing and how they've missed a whole decade filled with shows that actually meant something, something they could have possibly related to.
Could this be something I could help change in the future? Perhaps. My career plan folder is still empty, but I have many, many ideas that I hope can become reality one day. We need to bring back old television.
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