Gen X Chronicles
The Loss of Saturday Morning Cartoons
There was a time when Saturday morning didn’t just happen to us. It belonged to us. Completely. The rest of [Continue Reading]
Cartoons
Mickey's Retro Ramblings
Garfield in Paradise Is Still a Summer Classic
This time of year when the days are long and the sun is hot, I always get nostalgic for those [Continue Reading]
Mickey's Retro Ramblings
A Bowl of Smurf Berry Memories
Smurf Berry Crunch wasn’t just breakfast. It was a tiny celebration waiting inside a cardboard box, the kind of thing [Continue Reading]
Mickey's Retro Ramblings
The He-Man and She-Ra Christmas Special
I was seven years old, and nothing in the world mattered more to me than Masters of the Universe. My [Continue Reading]
Mickey's Retro Ramblings
The Masters of the Universe
I still remember the first time I laid eyes on He-Man. It wasn’t on TV. It wasn’t in a comic [Continue Reading]
Mickey's Retro Ramblings
My Favorite Episodes of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
It’s time to dig in deep and talk about one of my favorite cartoons of all time….G.I. Joe: A Real [Continue Reading]
Mickey's Retro Ramblings
Cold Saturdays in the 80s
After a long cold winter would keep me inside instead of outside playing with friends, the first glimpses of warm [Continue Reading]
Mickey's Retro Ramblings
Tom & Jerry’s TBS Funhouse Halloween Special
Looking back over all my years, there’s one Halloween tradition that still glows in my memory like a jack-o’-lantern on [Continue Reading]
Time Capsule
1985 VHS Recording of Halloween Cartoons
Garfield’s Halloween Adventure and It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown presented in their original 1985 glory with all the commercials intact from what had to be a magnificent night of television. [Continue Reading]
Mickey's Retro Ramblings
Saturday Morning Cartoons of 1985
Saturday mornings in 2019 are a far cry from the Saturday mornings of 1985. Hell, it’s been that way since [Continue Reading]