“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
“We all like to look forward to things. Incentivize yourself with a reward—a massage, dinner with a friend, a night watching your favorite show, a yoga class on Saturday morning. Visualizing a reward at the end of the to-do tunnel may help with reaching goals/completing tasks.” LooksMayEndsHelpingShowsNightGoalClassMorningYogaTasksRewardsDinnerReachingSaturdayTunnelsMassageYour FavoriteCompletingVisualizingSaturday MorningReaching Goals Author:Samantha Ettus
“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
“The newer education put stress on culture ... Saturday mornings, the young were brushed and washed, forced into blue cheviot suits, and dragged to children's concerts to learn appreciation. They wriggled, squirmed, counted the light bulbs in the ceiling, dived under seats to gather ticket stubs, stampeded out at intermissions. The weakness of their bladders was astounding.” ChildrenLightYoungCultureMorningWeaknessStressBlueAppreciationSuitsSeatsConcertsTicketsSaturdayCeilingsBulbsLight BulbBladderSaturday MorningIntermission Author:Zelda Popkin
“The first book by an African American I read was Carl T. Rowan's memoir, Go South to Sorrow. I found it on the bookshelf at the back of my fifth-grade classroom, an adult book. I can remember the quality of the morning on which I read. It was a sunlit morning in January, a Saturday morning, cold, high, empty. I sat in a rectangle of sunlight, near the grate of the floor heater in the yellow bedroom. And as I read, I became aware of warmth and comfort and optimism. I was made aware of my comfort by the knowledge that others were not, are not, comforted. Carl Rowan at my age was not comforted.” FirstsMadeI CanBookAgeRememberFoundQualityMorningColdSorrowComfortAdultsEmptyOptimismSouthMemoirAfrican AmericanSatGradesWarmthYellowClassroomSunlightBedroomSaturdayFifthJanuaryBookshelvesFifth GradeSaturday MorningGrateRectangles Author:Richard Rodriguez
“I grew up writing about the paranormal, and I blame too many Saturday mornings watching Scooby Doo.” WritingMorningGrewGrew UpBlameParanormalSaturdaySaturday MorningScooby Doo Author:Kelley Armstrong
“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
“Life is tough and it's tough whether you're famous or not famous. And in the end it's probably better to be famous because the perks are better. You get better seats at the basketball game, and you get better tables and reservations places. If I call a doctor on Saturday morning I can get him. There's a lot of things, indulgences that you don't get, if you're not famous. Now I'm not saying it's fair. But I can't say that I don't enjoy it.” IfsI CanEndsLife IsGamesEnjoyMorningBasketballToughFairsDoctorsTablesGet BetterSeatsSaturdayIndulgenceReservationsPerksBasketball GameLife Is ToughSaturday Morning Author:Woody Allen
“We really didn't have the option of being couch potatoes when I was growing up. There were only three television channels and the only kid's programming was on Saturday morning. We always played outside until we could hear Mom calling us (not by cell phone but with her hands cupped around her mouth) that it was dinner time.” HandsKidsThreeMorningGrowing UpGrowingTelevisionMomCallingMouthsPhonesDinnerCellsProgrammingSaturdayPotatoesCouchesCell PhoneSaturday MorningDinner Time Author:Jeff Foxworthy
“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
“I'll co-host TODAY from Los Angeles Saturday morning and then make my way up to Merced for that evening's graduation ceremony. I'm still touching up my remarks, but my challenge to the Class of 2010 will be to break through the deafening and too often negative echo chamber of the digital era and become critical and independent thinkers.” WayStillsTodayChallengesClassBreakMorningNegativeIndependentCriticalEveningMy WayErasDigitalLos AngelesTouchingThinkerHostEchoesSaturdayCeremonyChamberRemarksBreak ThroughSaturday MorningGraduation Ceremony Author:Lester Holt
“Saturday mornings in spring should always start with a jolt of dance by Paul Taylor performed by Taylor 2. The touring ensemble, an adjunct of the Paul Taylor Dance Company, offered a rare New York performance... It was an impressive event, presented by a group of highly individualistic dancers.” ShouldCompanyMorningGroupsEventsNew YorkSpringPerformancesDancerSaturdayImpressiveTouringEnsembleIndividualisticSaturday Morning Author:Jennifer Dunning
“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 was lying in bed on a Saturday morning, reading the paper, when my phone went. The caller was Rangers director, Jack Gillespie, and he offered me the manager's job at Ibrox. I was flattered but declined with thanks. John Greig was a good friend of mine and I had no intention of being involved in ousting him.” JobsLyingReadingMorningMinesInvolvedBedDirectorsPaperIntentionPhonesThanksManagersGood FriendSaturdayRangersFlatteredSaturday Morning Author:Alex Ferguson
“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
“The bottom line is that I wanted to come back and play in the Premier League again and wake up on Saturday morning and really fancy getting out there and playing in front of this fantastic support, scoring goals and enjoying football. (on returning to the premiership)” PlayWantedEnjoyGoalLinesMorningSupportFrontsFootballEnglandWake UpBottomFantasticLeagueFancySaturdayBottom LinePremier LeagueSaturday MorningScoring Goals Author:Michael Owen
“As you all know by now, Barack Obama sent out a cell phone text message at 3 a.m. on Saturday morning to tell everyone he picked Joe Biden as his vice president. How do you think this makes Hillary Clinton feel, huh? Finally, she gets a telephone call at 3 a.m., it's to tell her they picked Joe Biden.” ThinkingKnowsFeelsPresidentMorningMessagesClintonPhonesVicesCellsBarackSaturdayTelephonesCell PhoneVice PresidentBidenText MessageSaturday Morning Author:Jay Leno
“Dad mistook - for some reason unbeknownst to me - he mistook his family for a platoon of Marines. I mean, he - the exact same thing he brought to the disciplining of a squadron, a battalion, a platoon, he brought to the disciplining of his children. He ran the house - he had Saturday morning inspections for us, he had white-glove inspections for us as kids.” MeanChildrenReasonKidsHouseWhiteMorningDadRanSaturdayMarineGlovesInspectionSaturday Morning Author:Terry Gross
“Many Saturday mornings, I take 495 from Fairfax to Maryland in the morning, and I'm astonished by the speed of many of the drivers. Even when I drive 70 mph, I'm being passed by people driving 80-90+ at times.” PeopleMorningSpeedDrivingDriversSaturdaySaturday MorningMarylandMph Author:Robert James Thomson