Clever writing and sarcastic, cutting humor. Those are two qualities that bind the FOX animated comedy hits ‘The Simpsons’, ‘Family Guy’ and ‘American Dad’. Another is their willingness to mock God and faith, and that’s what makes the shows utterly unwatchable to me. I don’t care that ‘The Simpsons’ is stuff of TV legend due…

Remember Davey and Goliath? Now that, my friends, WAS a cartoon! Ok..credit for this post goes to a high school alumnae of mine, JoAnne, who mentioned Davy and Goliath and The Little Rascals were two shows she just couldn’t shut off as a kid. Me too, Joanne … along with Abbott and Costello and The…

One of my favorite cartoons growing up was The Jetsons. I enjoyed the earnestness of George, the consistency of Jane, his wife, daughter Judy, his boy Elroy … the theme song, that goes like that, is playing in my head. Funny how they had the stereotypical short, mean boss in Mr. Spacely, too. And who…

I told the bosses at BN when I was approved for this gig … writing TV features, that is … that I would find inspiring things to write about. Well, today won’t be one of those days. That’s because tonight Beavis and Butt-head return to the air on MTV after a 14 year hiatus. As…

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