For any of you with kids, I’m here to pimp Boomerang from Cartoon Network. We really don’t watch much tv at all around here, but we have fallen hard for Boomerang. It’s the best of cartoons from the seventies and eighties. The girls, notice how I keep saying the girls, because clearly, it’s not me watching it, especially around 11:00 at night when the girls are in bed. We’ve now got a full diet of Wacky Races, Penelope Pitstop, Richie Rich, Thundarr the Barbarian, Tom and Jerry, and the Original Scooby Doo, or as CB refers to it…Old School Scooby.
I guess we’ve watched more than a few episodes of Scooby, or at least enough for CB to get the premise down. The other day MK and I were watching the gang being terrorized by a frozen Caveman that had mysteriously come back to life. At one point Fred has the Caveman in a wicked headlock, which is still impressive in my book for a man rocking the white cashmere sweater and orange ascot. I told MK that it looked like Fred was about to rip the poor Caveman’s head off. She agreed, she’s three.
CB hits me with the rolled eyes and says, “Of course he’s gonna pull his head off. It’s a mask. “ CB finished, grumbling, “It’s always a mask. It’s probably that old guy from the beginning of the show.”
I was stunned. I think this is one of those milestone moments, like baby’s first steps, or the first day of kindergarten. My baby is growing up. Fortunately, even though she’s got the whole thing down, she’ll still watch it.
“For you, dad. For you.”
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I’m 100% with you on Boomerang. My girls are huge fans of “old school” Scooby. It is their favorite cartoon! Isabella actually picked out a mystery machine lunch kit this year. They also love the smurfs and have recently become fans of the Jetsons. I love watching these cartoons with them. Ahh, the good old days of non-educational cartoons, without a debriefing beforehand telling you how this cartoon teaches cultural awareness, problem solving, etc.