Childhood nostalgia: kid’s TV shows
As people have grown older over the years, their preferences regarding the television shows they watch have changed as well. Some shows have some more sentimental value than others, with the reasons being as numerous and varied as the programming itself.
“I watched a lot of WB for kids and PBS,” says junior Kevin Durhan. “I also remember watching Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh!, and Dragon Tales. Why? Because they were awesome.”
Junior Cong He also has fond memories of Dragon Tales, as well as several other shows. “I mostly watched Thomas the Choo-Choo Train and Dragon Tales. There was also the one with the guys with the squares. What was it? Teletubbies, that’s right.”
Looking back, it may seem strange as to why these programs entertained us, but Cong says he loved them. “I wanted to be like them. I wanted to be on a grass field living with bunnies. It was just so cool.”
Junior Daniel Vasquez had his own share of enjoyable childhood television. “[I watched] Dexter’s Laboratory on Cartoon Network and on Nickelodeon I’d watch SpongeBob Squarepants back when all those cartoons were fun to watch, but now it seems like their running out of ideas,” says Vasquez.
It is important to note that while some television shows no longer appeal to us it does not necessarily mean that they are not good anymore. Junior Irving Chen says, “It seems to me that these channels all have shows that target different age groups. ‘The Suite Life of Zach and Cody’ is more for older kids while shows like ‘Tom and Jerry’ are for a younger audience.”
However, junior Alan Katz says, “In my opinion, I believe the quality of the shows has decreased because in some shows they will repeat stuff trying to make the show funny but it doesn’t work.”
If the television shows we watched as kids no longer running or are cancelled, some of them still find new life through avenues such as YouTube. We will always be able to remember that hilarious cartoon or outlandish sitcom we watched when we were younger.
