Welcome everyone to the 200th installment of Femmegasm (or at least the 200th strip drawn by me), I had a speech prepared, but Blue Grimlock ate it. I bought myself this gold watch in honor of this moment. I had a little thing engraved on it. To Robbie, from Robbie with love. *sniff* How thoughtful of me (if you got that reference I will give you some mad props).
*throws watch out the window*
So let’s talk about this comic, Cookie Jar TV is a block of animated childrens programming on CBS and it’s all generally pretty awful (I guess Sabrina The Animated Series is okay… but not for the reason Pembroke likes it). Noonberry And The Super Seven is getting the brunt of my negatively, because it’s a pretty damn stupid show. Sure the cartoons on this block are meant for kids… little kids… reeeeeeeeeeeally little kids. So I’m obviously not the target audience. Regardless I don’t think that excuses it for being boring and stupid as I can actually enjoy young kids shows like The Mr. Men Show and Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!, because they are actually *gasp* entertainingly written despite their target audience. On the bright side, at least the programming is better than most the stuff on Qubo… not that that’s a major accomplishment.
Also Cookie Jar TV has an oddly catchy theme song…
I remember, back in the 90s animation boom, we got a lot of schlock cartoons, but we still had a few good titles
nowadays it feels like companies are stuck in the schlock and not trying to produce anything that will be remembered and adored by future generations
it sucks that this generation doesn’t have a show like Batman to entertain and challenge them, it sucks that shows aren’t as funny or lively as anything produced in that age (Mostly a lot of Warner Bros. stuff). Hell, even the 2000s had great Cartoon Network originals. . . as apposed to how it is now (a.k.a. sucking hard and not having any actual cartoons. Since when the hell did CN become the MTV of cartoons?)
Maybe things will change when things get their worst, and someone will actually step-up to the plate and try to make something worthwhile for once.
Adventure Time is a pretty cool show though…as ridiculous as the name sounds…
This is because Pendleton Ward is a level of crazy that usually would get you committed. This is the same thing that allowed Craig McCracken to be so awesome with Foster’s Home For Imaginary Friends.
Well, cartoons go through bad peroids. The 70s was considered a bad peroid by most animation historians (some would even go as far as include the 80s on that, but I don’t agree).
As someone who has watched A LOT OF CARTOONS, I personally feel there are always good cartoons in every generation, it’s just not always easy to find them.
Right now I’d say the best animated shows on TV are Scooby-Doo Mystery Incorporated (I’m seriously amazed with how bad ass this show has gotten) and Futurama (though Futurama isn’t a kids show)
Wait, Cookie Jar is on CBS? That means I could watch it. Since my cable provider no longer carries Cartoon Network, Cookie Jar would at least be some source of cartoons, sorry as they may be.
I hope you enjoy Strawberry Shortcake, then.
Being in a situation where my TV selection is painfully limited, myself, and having a 4-year old daughter, I’m forced to deal with Cookie Jar on a weekly basis.
It’s not quite as bad as Pemmy states; it’s arguably worse.
Ha ha ha. Maybe I’m being too nice then.
Well ya gotta try something at least once.
Why so serious, Shelly?
Is it because the recently obtained ‘+2Liberal Goggles’ and ‘Pouch of Stoicism’?
The wife and I actually kinda enjoyed watching Noonbory, but then again, we kinda have a strong support for Korean as well as French produced cartoons…for me it’s more the French, but whatever. But, I love most of the stuff on Qubo…at least I learned to love it, being that my cable provider doesn’t carry Cartoon Network anymore either so Qubo’s the only station we get cartoons 24 hours a day. There are a few good shows on Qubo, though most of them are reruns of cartoons we had years and years ago, like Pipi Longstocking. Don’t get me wrong, they’ve got their fair share of BAD ones. But I love cartoons…everyone knows that…I’d literally DIE without them so I’ll watch almost anything if it’s animated well. And stuff I can’t watch, I just download anyway lol.
Not counting the reruns (like Babar and Rupert), I think the only good show on Qubo is Jane and the Dragon. That show is surprisingly good and fun. However almost everything else makes me want to throw a shoe at the TV, especially Goffette, which is so bad it almost makes my head explode just thinking about it.
Ah yes, Rupert! I LOVE Rupert. I used to watch that show religiously on Nick Jr. lol
While awesome, Rupurt has the worst dress sense in cartoon history. Matching yellow plaid scarf and pants… really?!
what’s with these redesigns? it’s like femmegasm gt or something
*shreds a single tear*
haha, you know i’m just messing with you, right?
Of course.
I’m failing to see how Archie’s rendition of Sabrina (which is the design in the cartoon, naturally) is in any way enjoyable in…er… the Pembroke way.
Now, if it was actually Melissa Joan Hart like in the live-action series, that’s a different matter…
The design in that cartoon actually isn’t related or even close to the Archie design at all. Dic animation made the show entirely based on the live action TV series and has practically nothing to do with the Archie comic it’s named after.
As for Pembroke… he’s just a pervert.
As is Pembroke’s creator. You dirty perv.
Heh… Cookie Jar gave Pembroke Dic animation.
I forgot the Cartoon, but it was about robots. One of them was programmed after Bruce Lee, there were your usual spunky detective kids and evil corporations, and I remember it being quite trippy.
I need a name. Also, Cops the Cartoon, that schlocky G.I. Joe Ripoff.
Ah, the ’90s. Ou gave us both Animaniacs and Speed Racer: The New Adventures. The ultimate in good and bad.
Also, don’t think I didn’t notice that Pirates of Dark Water reference! You can’t stop me!
All decades have had their fair share of good and bad cartoons.
As for Pirates, I actually say that quote in reality too. Especially when I try to refrain from swearing.
Yeah, but I remember the ’90s mostly. On the good side you had Animaniacs, Freakazoid, Batman the animated series, all 13 episodes of Pirates of Dark Water, Sam and Max: Freelance Police, and Exo Squad. And that one robot one I mentioned but can’t remember…Then you had the crap ones, plus the ‘rise’ of the masked hero/big robot series in the states.
You mean I’m not the only one who actually uses that phrase in place of actually swearing?
Somebody get these two an airship, stat.
speaking of pirates
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbq_1Wy70rE
Ok thats just worng.