“My mom was a big 'Smurfs' fan, so she would force me to watch every Saturday morning. I had no choice in the matter. I would jump downstairs on Saturday morning, 'Hurray, cartoons!' and she would say, 'Smurfs! That's what you're watching.'” MatterBigsChoicesForceWatchesMorningFansMomMy MomSaturdayCartoonSaturday MorningSmurf Author:Jayma Mays
“You know what I did this morning? I played the voice of a toy. Some terrible robot toys from Japan that changed from one thing to another. The Japanese have funded a full-length animated cartoon about the doings of these toys, which is all bad outer-space stuff. I play a planet. I menace somebody called Something-or-other. Then I'm destroyed. My plan to destroy Whoever-it-is is thwarted and I tear myself apart on the screen.” KnowsPlayStuffVoiceSpaceMorningPlansOne ThingChangedTearsPlanetsTerribleScreensDestroyedHaving FunJapanLengthToysCartoonRobotsAnimatedMenaceOuter SpaceDoings Author:Orson Welles
“Everything on Saturday morning [cartoons] moves alike that's one of the reasons it's not animation. The drawings are different, but everybody acts the same way, their feet move the same way, and everybody runs the same way. It doesn't matter whether it's an alligator or a man or a baby or anything, they all move the same.” MenWayDifferentMatterReasonRunningMovingMorningFeetBabyDrawingSaturdayCartoonAnimationAlligatorsSaturday Morning Author:Chuck Jones
“I feel like I was hit by all of geek culture at once while I was growing up in the '70s and '80s. Saturday morning cartoons like 'Star Blazers' and 'Robotech.' Live action Japanese shows like 'Ultraman' and 'The Space Giants.'” FeelsShowsActionCultureStarsSpaceMorningGrowing UpGrowingGiantsSaturdayCartoon80sGeekBlazersSaturday Morning Author:Ernest Cline
“Saturday morning cartoons do that now, where they develop the toy and then draw the cartoon around it, and the result is the cartoon is a commercial for the toy and the toy is a commercial for the cartoon. The same thing's happening now in comic strips; it's just another way to get the competitive edge. You saturate all the different markets and allow each other to advertise the other, and it's the best of all possible worlds. You can see the financial incentive to work that way. I just think it's to the detriment of integrity in comic strip art.” ThinkingWorldWayArtDifferentResultsMorningIntegrityDrawsHappeningsFinancialEdgesComicToysSaturdayCartoonIncentivesAnother WayComic StripsSaturday Morning Author:Bill Watterson
“In live action movies, you just hope that everything works. Because the actor may had a bad morning and doesn't play good, or accidents happen continuously. Many things contradict what you are trying to say. But in cartoons, nothing contradict what you want to say.” WantTryingMayPlayHappensActionActorsMorningAccidentsWhat You WantCartoonAction MovieAccidents Happen Author:John Hench
“I grew up, obviously, watching tons of animation; Saturday morning cartoons or anything that we could get our hands on. And then when 'The Simpsons' premiered, that just kind of changed the landscape of everything. We hadn't had prime time animations since 'The Flintstones.'” KindHandsMorningChangedGrewGrew UpLandscapePrimeSaturdayCartoonAnimationSaturday MorningPrime TimeFlintstones Author:Rachael MacFarlane
“I'm not the most sophisticated person. I'm not the smartest person in the world. But, I know what makes me excited about life, from Spielberg movies to Michael Jackson music videos to cartoons on Saturday mornings, which made my childhood.” KnowsWorldPersonsMadeMorningChildhoodExcitedVideoSophisticatedSaturdayCartoonSaturday MorningExcited About Life Author:Jon M. Chu