The Dreamer’s Brigade are huge cartoon fans and remember
every fall when the television stations launched the new Saturday morning line
up on Friday night. And, then, there are the special cartoons that show up for
the holidays. In fact, any of the Peanut’s specials start our list at number
ten.
At number nine is Space Ghost. He was one of many versions
of heroes that brought justice to the universe. Bugs Bunny is our eighth
favorite, not only for the rabbit’s classic sarcasm, but for the magic that Mel
Blanc brought to all the voices of this Warner Brother’s classic. Spider Man is
our seventh favorite cartoon hero, if for nothing else, the theme music was
incredible!
Who can forget everybody’s favorite prehistoric neighbors,
the Flintstones? We can’t, and that’s why we put them at number six. We still
wonder how a tiny waitress can carry a rack of ribs that topple over the car
that’s made out of rocks. Then again, it was a cartoon. Anything was possible
in the cartoon world. Just look at our fifth pick – Popeye. All it takes is a
little spinach and usually some jealously or protectiveness to elicit some
superhuman powers.
Our fourth favorite is Scooby-Doo. Did you ever notice that
Scooby and Shaggy always had the munchies? I wonder why? And, the adventures of
the “Gang” in the Mystery Machine were always
Adventure was the reason we chose Johnny Quest to start our
top three picks. Dr. Quest, with his intelligence and Race with his brawn
solved all sorts of problems while the boys and Bandit had adventures and
inadvertently helped the bigger cause. Our second favorite is Super Man as the
classic powerful hero with a mild mannered nerd alter ego. None of the caped
crusaders are a cool as Super
And, finally, the Dreamer’s Brigade’s all-time favorite
cartoon is Rocky and Bullwinkle. It was like a variety show of cartoons. Who
can forget Mr. Peabody, Sherman and the Way Back Time Machine? What about our favorite
evil Russian spies, Boris and Natasha? Snidely Whiplash always used to tie Nell
to the railroad tracks and Dudley Do-Right of the Royal Canadian Mounted
Police, incompetently saved the damsel in distress every time. Fractured Fairy
Tales brought fables to life with a twist each week. Can they get any better?
The formula of a little satire, some pun-laden humor, political commentary and
a little something for adults as well as children put the Adventures of Rocky
and Bullwinkle at the
The Dreamer’s Brigade debated for a long time over this list
and wants to include some honorable mentions: Mickey Mouse, who started the
Disney empire, Road Runner who is still out there somewhere outsmarting Wylie
Coyote, Josie and the Pussy Cats, the sexiest cat band that ever had cartoon
adventures and Sponge Bob – need we say more.
We expect a lot of commentary about your favorites to add to
this list. Who can stop at 10 when cartoons are so great? What’s on your list?
