Adventure Spongebob What?

Welcome once again to the latest installment of Mad Dawg’s Mad Mad World.  I’m your host, “Mad Dawg” William Berry.  Today’s blog is sponsored by Pepsi.  Pepsi, Live for Now!  Okay, so I don’t have a sponsor yet; but how cool would that be?

Most people enjoyed the last blog.  They didn’t agree with it, but they still enjoyed it.  Instead of talking about something controversial today (like my feelings of the government or my feelings on the people who voice their opinions of the government), I’ve decided to stick with a much lighter topic.

As a parent, I’m constantly watching cartoons with my children.  Who am I kidding?  I LOVE cartoons.  Cartoons, comic books, video games, I’m still a big kid at heart.  But as I sit around, watching cartoons with my two LOVELY children, (who may or may not make it to see 13 or 3), I have but one question on my mind…WHO THE HELL IS DEVELOPING THESE SHOWS!?

Let’s take a look at some of the more popular ones, starting with Spongebob Squarepants.  I’m sorry, what?  What exactly is the premise of this show?  And how old is Spongebob?  I assume he’s at least 18 because he has his own job and lives alone.  I doubt he was emancipated.  But this leads to bigger questions.  What grown man runs around playing make believe with a box.  Dads and actors don’t count!  And his best friend is stupid.  In fact, he is the EPITOME of stupid.  Do these people learn anything during their episodes?  I have yet to see an episode where he does.

Next up on the plate is Adventure Time.  Again, another pointless show.  This show is the embodiment of what is wrong with today’s youth.  Here you have a boy and his dog, who have no respect for the older generation.  Their entire goal is to fight and go on adventures.  Again, no one learns anything.

Remember the days where cartoons had little recaps going over the message of the day.  How many times did we see He-Man telling us that his episode was about friendship, sharing, or something else educational with examples to back it up?  How many times did we hear, “And knowing is half the battle.”?  And even the cartoons that didn’t have a message still made sense.  Except Looney Tunes and Tom and Jerry, but at least those cartoons were funny.

Now I will say that not all cartoons are crap.  There are a few that still bring a smile to my face and keep me entertained.  Young Justice, Yug-i-oh, Clone Wars, Avengers, Avatar, are some just to name a few.  I won’t put any of the remakes up there like Transformers Prime or Thundercats because it’s really hard to mess up with such an iconic following.  Although the Dragonball movie was able to achieve that swimmingly! 

Now I know I sound like a grumpy, bitter old man.  Damn it, I’ve earned it.  I want my kids to grow up with the same basic respects that my generation grew up on.  But then again, it’s my generation putting out this crap so I think we should have the same respects of the generation before mine.  I could talk about music, but I think I’ll save that for tomorrow.  Hope you enjoyed this light blog installment, and as always, love, peace, and chicken grease.