You Are Aware That There's An Invention Called Television...

...and on this invention they show shows, right?

Early this morning, I was speaking with a great friend, the professional shark-hunter and grad student, about different television shows we had watched when we were younger. This goes along with something I posted on my illness-filled weekend.

We discussed the merits of Rocket Robin Hood and The Mighty Hercules.

These shows were cheap and, I am sure, somewhat fun to make. To me, what made this show, was the sound effects. Every monster sounded the same and many of the characters repeated themselves. I liked these shows because they were not hard to watch. One didn't need to challenge themselves or think too hard about what was going on. The stories were simple. The characters were silly.

The other day another friend of mine, a mighty time-traveller and Starship Captain, was mentioning that his kids were watching something called Sponge Bob Squarepants. He commented that "the show had no redeeming features".

"It is a show with nonsense and stuff. The show doesn't try to teach kids anything and it is just fun to see. It is like all of the cartoons I watched when I was a kid. Now, my kids have something to watch."

I don't know if this is a trend in cartoons lately but, hey, I turned out normal. Is it important to have television that is nonsense or do we really need to teach people with programming? What does late night television teach people? Sex is always great and murders are fun to figure out? I haven't watched a lot of programs in the last few years but I can't help but notice there are too many reality-based and crime scene investigation shows.

Whatever happened to great shows like Star Blazers? Now there was a great science fiction series and movies.