GeekSix

Where have you gone to Saturday morning cartoons?

Jason
Saturday
9:59 am

Well here we are, bright and early on a Saturday morning. And no I still do not have any cable television. But with my son getting older and slowly transitioning his way into a little bit of television via the interwebs, Saturday morning always has me thinking about Saturday morning cartoons (well and Josh’s little picture from his post on the retro ads from the 80s).

It was always great to roll over in the bed and click power on the remote control and lay there in a stupor for the next three hours. And when I did have television only a short while ago, I would hit that ..read more

The most rockin’ cartoon themes of the 1980s

Josh
Tuesday
11:31 pm

The mid-80s were the golden age of kid cartoon music. The previous generation’s music was either corny, or vague action themes with blaring trumpets. And, as the 90s approached, the era of Saturday morning cartoons started to decay.

But for a handful of years, cartoons had their pulses firmly attached to a pop-culture beat, and the theme songs that came out of that stretch of time were fantastic ditties that mirrored the then-exciting Top 40 soundtracks.

We consulted our horrible, Pop-Rock-addled 80s brains to come up with the 6 most rockin’ theme songs from 80s cartoons. It was hard to not just list our favorite cartoons — keep in mind, ..read more

Action figures of my youth

Jason
Friday
1:09 pm

Somewhere in my parents attic lies a couple of boxes filled with all of my toys when I was a kid. Well, the ones they didn’t sell in the garage sells across the many years since I was a kid.

Well that is what they say anyways.

I am pretty sure that really means like my old rocking horse, stick pony and teddy bear of my youth. And it was all save to go to my son.

So I actually have no clue on whether or not they may have my trove of Transformers or GI Joes (the ones I didn’t melt). If they do, bonus for me and my son. If not ..read more