Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for June 24, 2015

I haven’t watched MTV since 1993, the same year I got cable.

Remember when the M stood for “music” instead of “moron”?

I’m in my 40s now and I still enjoy watching cartoons. Their generally viewed as being for kids, but I enjoy the diversion they offer. Mind you, not all cartoons are to my taste, some I find too sophomoric even for the age group their supposed to be aimed at. Nor do I only watch cartoons. Of late I’ve been watching some old shows that either ran before I was born (Burns and Allen, McHale’s Navy, Hazel, Bewitched, Denise the Menace, The Addams Family, I Dream of Jeannie, Hogan’s Heroes, F Troop, Abbot and Costello) or shows which may have began before I was born but ended after (Emergency, M*A*S*H, Match Game) I’ll watch dramas, action/adventure, educational, cooking, game shows, whatever holds my interest. What one likes watching is up to them.

Maybe that’s why his wife kicked him out.

The last time I watched MTV, Daria was still first-run. To this day, it is still the only thing worth watching that was on MTV.

Socially challenged drama queen.

I’m 56 and I eagerly await each new Tinker Bell movie. Could be worse. I know guys my age who have fantasies about My Little Pony.

I love Shaun the Sheep! And there were some Wallace and Gromit computer games, too, that came out after the cartoon, that were quite enjoyable. Oh, I’m middle aged, too. ug.

Yeah, sure. Some alibi, Cartoon-Boy. Just admit it: as your puns also prove, and as Staci knows, you have no taste!

By choice, I have no cable or satellite and so have “missed” a good many popular and not-so-popular shows that don’t appear on broadcast TV. What a pity! (sarcasm font)

People used to claim they bought Playboy for the articles.

I’ve been reminiscent since my late teens.

I don’t watch much tv, but when I do, it’s mostly old reruns. I like Mary Tyler Moore and Bob Newhart.

I saw almost all the 80s music videos (which were entertaining)- once they started that other stuff – I quit watching MTV. The ‘M’ now stands for moron, thank you Sherlock Watson.

I quit TV years ago and find myself annoyed when I visit friends and relatives and it is constantly ON, with endless commercials occasionally interrupted by some mindless program.

mtv and vh1 used to show music videos and concerts and music. not anymore. just like tlc used to show docs about how stuff works and history channel actually showed history. and, discovery showed docs. animal planet showed nature docs. natl geo, show anthropology. but, now, it is all reality crap. so much, crap. i know that i don’t want to go to orange county, or jersey. or, be a crab fisherman. or, live in alaska. and, survive naked in the wilderness. or, date naked. or, that rich 16 year old girls are spoiled brats. or, teenage mothers are doing porn. or, the kardashians talk like the californians. and, a bunch of men are looking for a mythical creature or ghosts. or, that it is ok to have 19+ kids and even more ok, if one of those kids molest his sisters. or, it is ok to stage beauty pageants for 4 year old girls.

Has anyone noticed that Stephan Pastis’ speech bubbles always make his characters shout their words?

Wow, Patsis is as old as I am. And I enjoy reading newspaper/web comics about talking animals.

I enjoy the travel shows on Monday-night PBS. Mainly if I watch any TV at all, at my daughter’s it’s miles of Star Trek reruns, 30’s and 40’s movies and “The Match Game” reruns from some golden-oldies channel; here at home it’s usually sports in season or anything having to do with cars or motorcycles. Wayne Carini has the bluest eyes!

The only reason MTV and VH1 are still available is that everyone who has satellite is forced to pay for them. For some reason, they are always in “tier 1.” If satellite and cable were “cafeteria” plan, there would be a lot less channels to choose from, but the channels left would be a lot better. The main reason I do not have cable or satellite is that I don’t want to pay for junk channels.

Some of the early Disney cartoons and the Merrie Melodies series are quite sophisticated. I was amazed at how funny they were. They went right over my head when I was a child.

… you lost me at “adult”.

For those of us who grew up before internet porm, a parallel remark would have been “I don’t buy it for the pictures, it’s the articles and cartoons.”

I’m sure he also watches Faking It.

To each their own!

xxx

I haven’t watched MTV in 30 years since they stopped playing videos.

Not so! The Amazing World of Gumball, Adventure Time with Finn and Jake, Teen Titans, GO! and several others on Cartoon Network are really quite good. And then there is the Adult Swim segment, Toonami, on Saturday nights with some very nice work, though not appropriate for children.

He only reads it for the articles….

If he spent any time as a draftsman, it would be understandable. I have to stop to remember how some of the lowercase letters are made, and I can’t remember how most cursive letters, capitol or lowercase are made. I’m about 35 years out of practice.