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Scooby-Doo, Who Are You?: Fun Facts

Who is Scooby-Doo? You might know he’s the star of a show that originally was called, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, which has since seen other spin offs and transformations. (Such as A Pup Named Scooby-Doo and What’s New, Scooby-Doo?, not to mention the direct-to-video animated movies as well as the motion picture live-action versions.) But did you know that from 1969 until present, the Scooby-Doo brand of cartoons is Saturday morning TV’s “longest running American animated” series? Here are some other fun facts you may or may not know: • The storymen at Hanna and Barbera in charge of creating … Continue reading →

Remember Watching Saturday Morning Cartoons?

When I was a kid, I didn’t sleep in on Saturdays. I couldn’t wait to get up so I could spend the morning watching cartoons. It was the one day each week when there was nothing on for hours but shows for kids. In between shows, there was Schoolhouse Rock. Come on now, I know some of you know the words to those catchy tunes! Do you remember Scooby Doo and those meddling kids or Bugs Bunny and the rest of the Looney Toons? Do you remember any of these? Flintstones Popeye Pink Panther Top Cat Tom and Jerry Super … Continue reading →

Marriage Exercises – Couple Toons

This is the second in a series on marriage exercises today. The first, Let’s Play a Game, introduced the idea of playing detective like Sherlock Holmes in order to effect greater understanding between you and your spouse. This exercise is called couple toons and it offers you and your partner some humorous ways to reconnect, even in the light of a harsh disagreement. How Does It Work? Imagine a recent argument you and your spouse have had. The argument may have been over money, over housework or even over who forgot to go the grocery store. As you think about … Continue reading →

Learn to Draw!

A coloring book and some crayons are fine, and drawing whatever a little mind can imagine is also good for creativity, but learning to draw is even better. It’s fun to learn and kids will love creating easy to identify pictures that they can show off to family and friends. Drawing is not as difficult as it might seem, especially when it comes to simple objects and cartoon like images. The trick is to look at things in a different way, and then draw what you see. You can help your child learn this process at a young age and … Continue reading →

Television Tastes Funny

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TV! Tv tv tv tv tv tv tv tv tv! SLURP! Television tastes funny. I’m on a commercial. My commercial. MY COMMERCIAL! Myyy commerciaaaal. My commercial, my commercial, my…I LIKE MY COMMERCIAL! No, you are not crazy and neither am I — I don’t think. What you just read is from a commercial for Cartoon Network (CN) featuring a character named Cheese from “Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends.” Of course, the first time I saw part of an ad for this show was while I was driving down I-64, almost on I-264 in Virginia Beach, and there was a big, … Continue reading →

Saturday Morning Cartoons

Yes, I know it’s Sunday, but one of the great family traditions that we love to keep alive and can be a great deal of fun for our family is the tradition of the Saturday morning cartoons. When we were growing up, getting up early on Saturday morning meant bouncing out into the living room wearing pajamas and curling up on the sofa or on a pillow on the floor and turning on the cartoon networks or network television and watching what cartoons are on to see. Saturday Mornings & Family Time While there are a lot of objections to … Continue reading →