One of the many constants of my childhood was my undying love for cartoons and comic books. Ultimately, comics became my favorite past time and stayed with me through my adult life as well. You’ll read a lot about comics in future posts.
When I was very young, there was nothing I looked forward to more than Saturday morning, except for that brief period of time when Friday night ruled!
If you saw the previous post you were treated to an homage to one of the best cartoons ever, Jonny Quest. Unlike most cartoons, Jonny Quest was not a Saturday morning offering, but, like the Flintstones before it, was aired in prime time. I wish I could pay tribute to the show in a fashion similar to the gentleman who made the aforementioned video. But alas, if there is one thing of which I have an abundance, it is lack of talent. What would you expect if you spent all your time reading comics and watching cartoons?
Aside from how good Jonny Quest was, the thing that made it extra special for me … It was the only cartoon I got to see in color! How was that possible you may ask. Surely other cartoons were broadcast in color in 1965. They were, but you see we didn’t own a color t.v. when I was a young lad of merely four years old. Oddly enough, we did not own a color set, but my father and my Uncle had a business in which they sold them to those who could afford the luxury item.
While we may have not owned a color t.v., my father always brought one home on Friday night and I got to watch Jonny Quest in color. And let me tell you, life didn’t get any better than that. It really didn’t, either. As everyone knows it is all down hill once you hit five years old!
It still will always be a great memory of a terrific show, a memory of a happy child hood and a wonderful memory of a fantastic dad. Now, if only I could make a stop motion animated film about it…