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1. 

   Margueritem said, 6 months ago

   It’s your day, do with it what you wish.

2. 

   Gweedo Murray said, 6 months ago

   That was exactly me!
   ‘Toons and a bowl full of SugarBombs. ¦:–}

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   wolfbyte36 said, 6 months ago

   My saturdays as a kid were spent earning money doing peoples yards. I’m just not into television these days.

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   LX013 said, 6 months ago

   I will have to put out all my furniture and books of my flat, tradesmen will come, there is much to do, no TV!

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   Doctor Toon said, 6 months ago

   I started working Saturdays for my dad at 13.
   I liked working and making money, but cartoon withdrawal was harsh.

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   Yukoner said, 6 months ago

   After a wonderful month of holiday with friends, I’m back and I disagree. Time spent with a good friend doing something you enjoy is not squandered - it is LIVED!!

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   Leonardeuler said, 6 months ago

   I do not understand: after a whole meal of chocolate frosted sugar bombs we find Calvin infinite quiet in front of the T.V. How come ??

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   olfart said, 6 months ago

   Carpe Roadrunner

9. 

   ♠Lonewolf♠ said, 6 months ago

   Yukoner: Good to have you back.

10. 

    Rmom said, 6 months ago

    Calvin is quiet while he’s eating sugar, it takes a little while for the sugar rush to hit his system. (From a mom whose oldest son could have given Calvin a run for his money.)

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    Richard said, 6 months ago

    Saturday morning, TV cartoons, big bowl of sugar bombs with your best friend….good as it gets.

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    Macushlalondra said, 6 months ago

    I remember those Saturday mornings watching cartoons and the afternoons had monster movies.

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    SQUIDBREAKER said, 6 months ago

    Calvin, true, the real sabbath is what brings freedom, but you need a little fine tuning in your thinking. Maybe start the day with ‘a rood awakening’ then go inot little reading from Moses or something. Oh, and kids, you can tell your parents that lawn mowing is work, and that you are given a day a rest ., but let them know you’ll mow first thing Sunday morning. work is healthy on the right days, but crushing to the spirit on Saturday. Shabbat Shalom!

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    Northwoodser said, 6 months ago

    When we were kids, we’d watch cartoons on TV on Saturdays. Now, many years later, we watch these comic strips here on Saturdays and every other day of the week. Some things never change.

15. 

    cleokaya said, 6 months ago

    Welcome back Yukoner, seems longer than a month.

16. 

    Josh said, 6 months ago

    Unfortunately, I had brothers and sisters that had their own shows, so I didn’t always get to watch what I wanted in the morning.

    Also, I had parents that limited TV watching and video game playing.

17. 

    Robert Peters said, 6 months ago

    Childhood saturday mornings. Playing outside could wait for the afternoon.

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    Wildmustang1262 said, 6 months ago

    I used to watch the cartoons on the TV on Saturday when I was kid but nowaday I don’t watch it. For my age, I just want to watch good and educational programs such as Foodnetwork, TLC, and Animal Planet.

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    bald 716 said, 6 months ago

    another saturday treat was going to one of the local movie houses for a cartoon marathon
    30 count them 30 cartoons in one afternoon what a great day

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    Radical-Knight said, 6 months ago

    YAY, Saturday! Cartoon Day! (At least it used to be.)

21. 

    johnnydoc5 said, 6 months ago

    No kidding Rad, the cartoons they actually show (most aren’t even toons anymore) are terrible.

22. 

    pookid54 said, 6 months ago

    Where’s Lancelot Link?!!!

23. 

    Carmy said, 6 months ago

    pookid, I loved Lancelot!
    Macushlalondra, that’s what I did too. Cartoons and then the monster movies. Godzilla rocks!

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    Shikamoo said, 6 months ago

    Life is short! don’t squander it, unless it involves cartoons!

25. 

    pookid54 said, 6 months ago

    OH* *THANK YOU CARMY!!!! For way too many years, I thought I was the only one who loved that show!!! Just thinking about it cracks me up!!!

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    Shikamoo said, 6 months ago

    Shabbat Shalom to you EMET. Our Sabbath is on Sunday, so we mow the lawn on Saturday, but I do keep Sunday Sabbath, reading the Holy Scripture and attending church. Shalom my brother.

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    MIYY4U said, 6 months ago

    Hey Bald,
    I was wondering if anyone else had that memory. We lived for the Saturday cartoon fest at the local theatre. Thats the only way we saw COLOR toons.

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    Shikamoo said, 6 months ago

    MYY4U: I forgot the cartoons were in black and white. Didn’t seem to matter, as long as I could see them. Sadly, my sister never “got” them.

    That’s why this site is so great.

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    grazer said, 6 months ago

    Yes, sitting there together watching Bugs and the gang on Saturday morning was a religious ritual in our house whether my kids liked it or not.

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    wolfbyte36 said, 6 months ago

    For me saturday nights were the best as a kid. My best friend and I would get to go out after working hard during the day, and have fun doing whatever we wanted.

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    SQUIDBREAKER said, 6 months ago

    Hey Shikamoo,
    I used to think it was Sunday, but I realized Constantine ordered it to be Sunday. My God is not Constantine or the council of Laodicea, but rather the Creator and constant - the same yesterday, today and forever. Messiah rose on the feast of firstfruits - another sabbath marked by HaShem for his people. Shalom, brother Ephraim!

32. 

    grazer said, 6 months ago

    The “sabbath” is a divine provision for OUR benefit….it is a day that belongs to us and not vice versa; it’s one day out of seven to be set aside for us chill out and rest our mind and body with anything but another work day. It’s easy, fun, highly logical and incredibly beneficial.

    Amazing how our religious dogma constantly confounds God’s simple math.

    Which day out of the seven becomes your ‘sabbath’ is totally up to you. If you can count to seven, pick the one day that serves YOUR circumstances best and enjoy that day to the max.

33. 

    bilbil64 said, 6 months ago

    to northwoodwer:change is good, “but not change” is even better

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    Shikamoo said, 6 months ago

    grazer: LOL! You’re my kind of parent. My parents wanted me to watch cartoons alone, so they could sleep in! Look what they missed. I wonder if I was the youngest toddler to learn how to turn on the T.V. by herself?

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    Shikamoo said, 6 months ago

    EMET: Peace. I know about Constantine and the Council of Laodicea. There was enough controversary over it to split the early Christian church. No doubt the origin of the two day weekend has something to do with this.

    We both honour our God and Creator by observing a Sabbath rest. “Sabbath was made for man, not man for Sabbath.” (Mark 2:27)
    BTW, I shared a Seder meal this year with a Messianic Christian who observes Sabbath on Saturday. We accept one another peaceably.

    Once again Sabbat Shalom (It’s still day light here.)

    MB

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    bald 716 said, 6 months ago

    i well remember those marathon cartoon shows. i think it was $.35
    for the show and a quarter for popcorn and a drink

37. 

    treedolli said, 6 months ago

    this is just beautiful work

38. 

    stupendousman6 said, 6 months ago

    Bill Watterson knows childhood as if he were a child

39. 

    Shikamoo said, 6 months ago

    Stupendous–You mean he’s not?

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    Dino-1 said, 6 months ago

    I used to watch cartoons like that every Saturday with my Dad. He loved them as much or more than I did. It was back in the 60’s and 70’s so our favorites were Elmer Fudd and Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tom and Jerry, The Roadrunner, The Flintstones, and Woody Woodpecker. These are now considered classic cartoons on the Boomerang Cable Channel here!

41. 

    Tony Weber said, 6 months ago

    perfect bliss

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    Terry1844 said, 6 months ago

    back then it was cartoons… Today I can extort work out of them by changing the password on the computer and deny them access until they do their chores