Best Cartoons By Decades (aka Bennington Is Wrong -- The Simpsons Is A '90's Show)

[EliSnow]

Today on the show, the boys talked about the best cartoons for each decade. Looney Tunes got the '40's and '50s, Blowhard gave Top Cat the 60's, Pepper liked Superfriends in the '70s, ESD gave the '80s to Simpsons and '90s to South Park.

What do you think?

[A.J.]

ESD gave the '80s to Simpsons and '90s to South Park.

The Simpsons was in the 80s for what, 2 years? Shouldn't that be more 90s?

[Chuck Norris]

The Simpsons was in the 80s for what, 2 years? Shouldn't that be more 90s?

I was born in 78, so am I not from the seventies?

[EliSnow]

The Simpsons was in the 80s for what, 2 years? Shouldn't that be more 90s?

I agree. But on the show, the boys and the callers talked about Simpsons in terms of the '80s. ESD did say that the Simpsons best stuff was from 1991-1996.

In retrospect, he may not have given the '80's to Simpsons. He may have went for GI Joe.

[ToiletCrusher]

50s - Last remaining original Looney Toons
60s - Flinstones
70s - Scooby Doo or Jetsons
80s - Duck Tales
90s - Simpsons
00s - not too sure.

[shortchaz]

00-family guy

[IMSlacker]

I was born in 78, so am I not from the seventies?

78? Hey, you're not really Chuck Norris!

[jimmyolsenblues]

i think scooby doo started in 1969 but contiuned to 70s...
so for me scooby doo dominated both decades...
simpsons 80s
south park for 90s and 2000s..

[Furtherman]

For me, the 80's was all about Starblazers.

Transformers & GI Joe a close 2nd.

[realmenhatelife]

The Simpson's from the 80s is pretty bad though.

90's- Simpsons although not my favorite

00's- South Park although not my favorite.

[Chuck Norris]

I'm a hard core G.I.Joe man, but let's not overlook the Go Bots here

[Hottub]

I was born in 78, so am I not from the seventies?

78? Hey, you're not really Chuck Norris!

and...


FACE!!!

[Lawson]

Taking NOTHING away from the Simpsons because I think they set the bar for popular cartoons for the 90s, and still do. But Ren & Stimpy pushed the limits in the early 90s also, at least the first two seasons, especially considering it was a kids cartoon, and maybe that was part of it's demise (and a lot of personality problems with Kricfalusi and crew and Nickelodeon management).

Many of todays kids cartoons mimic the style and even content of Ren & Stimpy (but a very bad imitation)... and yes Ren & Stimpy took cues from Warner Bros and others, but turned it into something new... unlike what you find on TV today

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t291/MrLawsonsPics/250px-The_Ren_and_Stimpy_Show_Title.jpg

[samechick]

For me it's ...

50s: Looney Tunes
60s: Flintstones (though I never really liked the Flintstones, Magilla Gorilla was more my thing)
70s: Fat Albert/Scooby Doo
80s: Captain Caveman/TMNT
90s: SouthPark
00s: Family Guy

[TooLowBrow]

Taking NOTHING away from the Simpsons because I think they set the bar for popular cartoons for the 90s, and still do. But Ren & Stimpy pushed the limits in the early 90s also, at least the first two seasons, especially considering it was a kids cartoon, and maybe that was part of it's demise (and a lot of personality problems with Kricfalusi and crew and Nickelodeon management).

Many of todays kids cartoons mimic the style and even content of Ren & Stimpy (but a very bad imitation)... and yes Ren & Stimpy took cues from Warner Bros and others, but turned it into something new... unlike what you find on TV today

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t291/MrLawsonsPics/250px-The_Ren_and_Stimpy_Show_Title.jpg

if you give it to ren and stimpy in the 90s then you gotta give it to spongebob in the '00s

[boobieman]

70: Tom & Jerry
80: Godzilla/ Eek the Cat!
90:South Park
00: Family guy/O&A animation show

SEEAYAYAYAYAYAYAYYA

[TooLowBrow]

http://www.connecttheshots.com/gallery/disney_rtm_500x344.jpg

the movies still top cartoon movies

[boobieman]

70: Tom & Jerry
80: Godzilla/ Eek the Cat!
90:South Park
00: Family guy/O&A animation show

SEEAYAYAYAYAYAYAYYA

Oops Eek the cat was on during the 90's..I'm a ass..not that anyone gives a shit.

70: Tom & Jerry
80: Godzilla
90:South Park/Eek The Cat!
00: Family guy/O&A animation show

SEEYYYAAAA

[Death Metal Moe]

Yall need to bown down to the OG:

STEAMBOAT WILLIE!

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He RULED the 20's with an iron fist. He was cold on dem ho's.

[Kublakhan61]

'30s - Ignatz and Krazy Kat

[MachoNacho]

Nobody seems to like the Thundercats.

[Death Metal Moe]

Naa, fuck that. If you want to get through the 30's you gotta go through Felix the Cat.

http://imagecache.allposters.com/images/pic/adc/10204239A~Felix-the-Cat-Posters.jpg

[GreatAmericanZero]

i def give

00s to South Park
90s to Simpsons

because even though they started the decade before, their best works were in that decade

i don't know 60s, 70s and 80s because i don't want to vote for any kiddie stuff. I'm thinking the 60s has to go to "Rocky & Bullwinkle", but i can't think of any cartoons from the 70s or 80s that would interest me as an adult. If i could pick movies, then i'd give "Heavy Metal" the the 80s cuz that was awesome and maybe "Fritz the Cat" to the 70s cuz i did like the movie but i don't like how R. Crumb hated the movie and he created the character.

[Gvac]

Not one Hong Kong Phooey mention?

Assholes.

[Jughead]

http://assets.mog.com/pictures/wikipedia/304122/Jonny-quest-logo.jpg Or My man Johnny..

[Sudsy Mug Saloon]

Bugs Bunny, mostly before people got offended and Beavis and Butthead were my two cartoons

[GreatAmericanZero]

isn't it weird how Beavis & Butt-head was once considered the most evil show and it couldn't be shown on tv before 10pm and parents were freaking out? Now, if they showed Beavis & Butt-head on Nickelodeon at 3:30pm i dont think anyone would care

[MacVittie]

It baffle me how anyone can call the Simpsons an 80's cartoon. They were barely on in the 80's and the best stuff was the 90's. Same thing goes with South Park, all the best South Park stuff has been this decade, even though it began in the 90's.

[KEITHJAY]

first 2 years of the flintstones were good. bugs bunny, early 90s to mid 90s simpsons family guy,south park some beavis@butthead whatever grow up:tongue: to much thought

[Bigwils]

80's Thundercats
90's beavis and butthead
00's family guy

[Freakshow]

80's -- too tough, but i'm going to say Duck Tales. Transformers, Gummi Bears and the Smurfs were also cool.
90's -- Space Ghost -- led to a whole genre of the adult swim cartoons, the biggest and best of the recycled cartoons
00's -- Futurama -- better than the Simpsons episodes of the time period

I have to diqualify the simpsons because they were 80's (a couple of years on Tracy Ullman before their own show remember) 90's and 00's. They trounce anything from that time period, they trounce any cartoon from any time period and they may even trounce any show period from any time period...

[Marc with a c]

90s: dr katz professional therapist

[aceofspades7]

40s-60s - Bugs Bunny - Woody Woodpecker - Tie
70s - bad decade for cartoons - Superfriends?
80s - Thundar the Barbarian
90s - Simpsons
00s - Family Guy - American Dad - Tie

[EddieMoscone]

Spongbob Squarepants is undoubtedly the cartoon of the 00's.

I can't believe it wasn't mention on the show or here.

[EliSnow]

Here's two quality cartoons that have to challenge for best of the '90's:

http://bioethics.net/podcast/images/pinky_and_the_brain.jpg


http://www.geekswithissues.com/images/cc-bat.jpg

[Hottub]

It stinks.

http://egonitron.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/jaysherman.jpg

[EddieMoscone]

Where does Muppet Babies fit into all this?

http://glamerica.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/goodman03_muppetbabies.jpg

[Kublakhan61]

90's -- Space Ghost -- led to a whole genre of the adult swim cartoons, the biggest and best of the recycled cartoons




Honest to god ... I came in here to say the same thing. Space Ghost was consistently laugh out loud until hurts funny for it's entire run.

00's - Home Movies (Coach McGuirk beats all)
90's - Space Ghost
80's - Duck Tales

[drusilla]

80's - duck tales, snorks
90's - the tick, the critic
00's - futurama, the venture bros.

i am way too into cartoons to have to pick one favorite

[Melk]

30's: Popeye
40's: Looney Tunes
50's:Tom and Jerry
60's: Rocky and Bullwinkle
70's: n/a
80's: Robotech
90's: The Simpsons
00's: Family Guy

Honorable mentions:
30's: Betty Boop
40's: Tom and Jerry
50's: Popye
60's: George of the Jungle, The Alvin Show
70's: Fat Albert
80's: Starblazers
90's: South Park, Beavis and Butthead Ren and Stimpy
00's: Home Movies, Moral Orel and Venture Bros

[King Hippos Bandaid]

50s - Last remaining original Looney Toons
60s - Flintstones
70s - Jetsons
80s - Duck Tales
90s - Simpsons
00s - Family Guy.


fixed for accuracy, 85% dead on imo

[Floppygrandma]

The first episode of the Simpsons was a christmas episode in 89, so in like 6 days it dominated the decade. (Unless people talk about the tracy ullman skits, in which case, ewww)

[Misteriosa]

Here's two quality cartoons that have to challenge for best of the '90's:

http://bioethics.net/podcast/images/pinky_and_the_brain.jpg


http://www.geekswithissues.com/images/cc-bat.jpg

both excellent cartoons, but im gonna have to side with Batman: TAS

[eskimosam]

The Simpsons debuted with the first full episode on Fox December 17th 1989 so i think you have too really say it was a 90's cartoon....nobody knew what the hell it was with 14 days left in the 80's

[realmenhatelife]

Ron's logic is bullshit. The question was presented "Which cartoon owns the decade?"

Pink Floyd formed in the 60s. Well, they weren't really known so they were a 70s band. Why? Becuase it doesn't fit into my argument the other way.

Also, Daves argument was the opposite of Rons but he presented it like he was totally agreeing with him. Dave said its when the person "makes their mark."

[JustJon]

00-family guy

For everyone saying Family Guy, it's 90s. Started in 1999.

[WampusCrandle]

Simpsons - 80s
Southpark/Family Guy/Futurama - 90s
Adult Swim - 00s

[Ritalin]

Man, no Pink Panther? I loved that show. Loved the Jewish Anteater.

[WampusCrandle]

For everyone saying Family Guy, it's 90s. Started in 1999.

but they didn't have a pop culture effect until they were brought back for the second time in 2005. i't should be considered part of the 00s

[King Hippos Bandaid]

For everyone saying Family Guy, it's 90s. Started in 1999.


who cares about when it started, I go by the era it was on



Simpsons starting in 89 or Family Guy starting in 99 means nothing to most, only the nerd pencil crunchers will argue the semantics of the actual years

[drusilla]

i think futurama started in 99 also, but i count it in with the 2000's

[GreatAmericanZero]

The Simpsons debuted with the first full episode on Fox December 17th 1989 so i think you have too really say it was a 90's cartoon....nobody knew what the hell it was with 14 days left in the 80's

yeah..i think they had shorts from "The Tracy Ullman Show" for a few years before that, but they sucked. To tell you the truth, atleast the first 2 seasons of "The Simpsons" wasn't really "The Simpsons" as we know it. Animated shows, in general, seem to take a longer time to find their voice. The first season of any long running animated series is usually so different and weird, a lot of times their voices don't even sound the same

I say "The Simpsons" is definitley a 90s cartoon. "Do the Bartman" was released on Nov 20th, 1990 and that is the moment that defined "Bart-amania"

[kdubya]

70s Fat Albert
80s Muppet Babies
90s Simpsons
00s Aqua Teen Hunger Force

[EliSnow]

yeah..i think they had shorts from "The Tracy Ullman Show" for a few years before that, but they sucked. To tell you the truth, atleast the first 2 seasons of "The Simpsons" wasn't really "The Simpsons" as we know it. Animated shows, in general, seem to take a longer time to find their voice. The first season of any long running animated series is usually so different and weird, a lot of times their voices don't even sound the same

I say "The Simpsons" is definitley a 90s cartoon. "Do the Bartman" was released on Nov 20th, 1990 and that is the moment that defined "Bart-amania"

Okay, I think we're all in agreement, and so I should change the thread title to "Best Cartoons by Decades (aka Bennington Is Wrong -- Simpson's '90's Cartoon)."

[The Ogre]

Venture Bros gets the duke for the 2000's. That new jerkoff Chris Stanley doesn't know what he's talking about. Too bad Pepper Hicks isn't around anymore.

[PD]

for maybe the first time, I disagree with Ronnie B.

the Rocky and Bullwinkle show was kinda a variety show-
you not only saw them, but also Fractured Fairy Tales, Dudley-Do-Right, Mr. Peobody, Aesop & Son, Bullwinkle as "mr know it all", and even Commander McBragg.

I see this as 1 entry, since it was all in one show.

and it was way better than the Flintstones in 60s.


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[Fezticle98]

60's: Flintstones
70's: Scooby-Doo
80's: The Smurfs
90's: The Simpsons
00's: American Dad

[serge3336]

my vote is cast for Rocky and Bullwinkle for their era. Plus, "I must say" Ed Grimley's magical adventures were quite enjoyable and should not be forgotten.

[MacVittie]

Calling The Simpsons and 80's cartoon is like calling Nirvana and Green Day 80's bands.

[robot artist]

50s - Last remaining original Looney Toons
60s - Flinstones
70s - Scooby Doo or Jetsons
80s - Duck Tales
90s - Simpsons
00s - not too sure.

The Jetsons original 24 episodes were not done during the 70's - they were produced from 1962-1963, as a followup to the hugely successful series The Flintstones (which was the first prime-time animated series, written to be enjoyed on an adult level as well as for children, and based on the model of The Honeymooners).

The Jetsons also originally aired in prime-time for adults (on Sunday nights), and were the futuristic counterpoint to the stone age Flintstones. A second run of (vastly inferior) Jetsons episodes were also produced in the 1980's; truly aimed at kids and constrained by political correctness.

[Slumbag]

Surprised I haven't seen Ninja Turtles brought up.
They were HUGE. Spawned three movies, a live show, and probably more merchandise than any other kids cartoon ever.

[TheWalkingDead]

Surprised I haven't seen Ninja Turtles brought up.
They were HUGE. Spawned three movies, a live show, and probably more merchandise than any other kids cartoon ever.


and they liked to eat pizza after a gang bang on April O'Neil

[RMPGP]

80s = Dungeons and Dragons
90s = Simpsons
00s = South Park

[RMPGP]

yeah..i think they had shorts from "The Tracy Ullman Show" for a few years before that, but they sucked. To tell you the truth, atleast the first 2 seasons of "The Simpsons" wasn't really "The Simpsons" as we know it. Animated shows, in general, seem to take a longer time to find their voice. The first season of any long running animated series is usually so different and weird, a lot of times their voices don't even sound the same

I say "The Simpsons" is definitley a 90s cartoon. "Do the Bartman" was released on Nov 20th, 1990 and that is the moment that defined "Bart-amania"

Definitely agreed. Dave was using the Simpsons 80s years as a technicality because the 80s stunk cartoon wise before them. Although getting up on Saturday Mornings and watching all that garbage was sadly one of the biggest weekly highlights during my childhood. I've tried to watch it again over the years but it truly was trash. Anyway, putting Simpsons in the 80s, let's you put something else in 90s but I'd argue South Park's best stuff was after 99. Then I'd argue Family Guy and American Dad are pretty hacky and not that good.

Using Dave's trick I'd go this way:

80s=Simpsons
90s=South Park or King of the Hill (tie)
00s=Boondocks

[Stalker Patti]

Bugs Bunny Rules!!!!!!!!!

[WampusCrandle]

00's: American Dad

how can you add American Dad?! it's just a rip off of Family Guy.

[Slumbag]

how can you add American Dad?! it's just a rip off of Family Guy.

I actually love American Dad and dislike Family Guy.
American Dad is a really well written show. You might think the characters are a ripoff, but it's not a rip off show. It's done differently, and the jokes are put together well, rather then just being zany gags out of nowhere.
If Metalocalypse wasn't around, American Dad may be one of my top contenders for 00's.

[samechick]

For me it's ...

50s: Looney Tunes
60s: Flintstones (though I never really liked the Flintstones, Magilla Gorilla was more my thing)
70s: Fat Albert/Scooby Doo
80s: Captain Caveman/TMNT
90s: SouthPark
00s: Family Guy

Surprised I haven't seen Ninja Turtles brought up.
They were HUGE. Spawned three movies, a live show, and probably more merchandise than any other kids cartoon ever.

I mentioned them! I loved the TMNT, still do =) though the last animated movie was pretty awful.

[EliSnow]

As a kid, I loved the Blue Falcon. Of course, I loved Super Friends too.

[realmenhatelife]

God Bless the new thread name.

[The House]

Ron's logic is total bullshit. It's the equivalent of saying that Larry Bird and Magic Johnson can't be called the best 80s NBA players because they began their careers 78/79.

[EliSnow]

Ron's logic is total bullshit. It's the equivalent of saying that Larry Bird and Magic Johnson can't be called the best 80s NBA players because they began their careers 78/79.

Thank you, and welcome to the cause!

[EddieMoscone]

I actually love American Dad and dislike Family Guy.
American Dad is a really well written show. You might think the characters are a ripoff, but it's not a rip off show. It's done differently, and the jokes are put together well, rather then just being zany gags out of nowhere.
If Metalocalypse wasn't around, American Dad may be one of my top contenders for 00's.

I agree. American Dad is way better than Family Guy.

[Freakshow]

I was just watching Rocky and Bullwinkle on WGN, although for some reason they were calling it Bullwinkle and Rocky. Phenominal. I think what we really miss is the fact that those characters all represented people in that time period. Kinda like Wizzard of Oz, people watch it now and enjoy it, but have no clue about William Jennings Bryant and all that stuff...


edit: and I don't particularly care for Family Guy or American Dad. I liked Family Guy before they brought it back but since I don't know. It's just an excuse to make fun of moments from movies and other TV shows. Not a whole lot of plot to be found.

[GreatAmericanZero]

I actually love American Dad and dislike Family Guy.
American Dad is a really well written show. You might think the characters are a ripoff, but it's not a rip off show. It's done differently, and the jokes are put together well, rather then just being zany gags out of nowhere.
If Metalocalypse wasn't around, American Dad may be one of my top contenders for 00's.

Metalocalypse is awesome! By far my favorite Adult Swim cartoon (although my favorite Adult Swim show is Tim & Eric)

[Hamburger]

1960's...Rocket Robin Hood ruled !! Whenever I see Friar Tuck I think of Fez:laugh:

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d106/mikeybc/rocketrobinhood01.jpg

[CarlW53]

i havent heard anyone mention for the 70's Speed Racer.

[hanso]

00-family guy

Along with south park
And athf

[Pitdoc]

Only one cartoon that is timeless.

Mr Bullwinkle J. Moose , & Mr Rocket J Squirrel