Anyone who knows anything about me knows I love cartoons! Mickey Mouse, Snoopy, Smurfs, Snorks,� X Men, Fat Albert etc.� you name it and I've most likely seen it. I'm not sure what the first cartoon was. It might have been Steamboat Willy. What ever that first cartoon was,� it's premier was a great day in history of the world.� Ren & Stimpy, The Simpsons, Beavis and Butthead, South Park wouldn't have been without� that first animation cell, that first drawing. What would toon buffs do on Saturday morning? � Disney. All Rights Reserved

Who could forget their first episode of the Simpsons or, the first time you saw Snoopy walk off � the pages of the Sunday paper and onto your television screen? That was modern magic if� I ever saw it.� Would you have remembered what a conjunction was without School House Rock?

The Simpsons debuted April 19, 1987 on the Tracy Ulman Show in the sketch Good Night.� The short begins with Homer and Marge tucking, a crude but recognizeable Lisa, Bart and Maggie in for the evening. The first episode of the Simpsons aired on the FOX Network, December , thus ushering in another great chapter in Americana. Recently the viewing public has had a deluge of Prime Time Toons. Below are a few of my faves.

��������King of the Hill ����� Family Guy ������ South Park ����� Aeon Flux

DR. KATZ ������ Futurama � ������ The PJ's ��� Bob & Margret

����������� The Brother's Grunt ��� Stressed Eric� ����Beavis & Butthead�� � �Daria

But Hey! ����������������� We're supposed to be talking about Saturday Morning! Saturday morning� is one of my favorite times of the week. � When I was little I used to get out of bed at 7:00am. I'd quitely creep into my mother's room and roll our little Sony into my bedroom. � I'd back the tv stand in front of my desk and plugged the cord in at the foot of my bed. Next I'd go out into the kitchen for a bowl of Cookie Crisp and a glass of � juice.�That was life!� I'd start off my day with O.G. Readmore and end my cartoon bliss with Soul Train at noon.

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