I was around 12 when catdog started, and even then I felt the shift in quality and the inevitable depletion of braincells so I refused to watch it. Catdog was truly the beginning of the end. It paved the way for other idiot TV shows like spongebob, dora, fairly odd parents, etc.
Does anyone else agree?
I agree to an extent. I do think cat dog was the beginning of the end and that it was a pretty stupid show. Although I do remember enjoying a little bit when I was a kid LOL. I was about the same age as you when the show came out. However I did really enjoy the Fairly OddParents and I still enjoy SpongeBob ha ha. I haven't watched Fairly OddParents lately so I don't know how well that humor holds up but with SpongeBob it only got better with age because some of it is pretty subtle humor and it's really funny. That being said I'm referring to the fairly earlier seasons of SpongeBob. the later stuff is just pretty bad.
shareThe exact opposite. I believe CatDog was the last great show BEFORE the decline of Nick. It had the same witty yet subtle humor as Rocko, Hey Arnold etc. Everything after it, excluding Spongebob which aired a year later after CatDog first did, is considered the decline.
shareSay what? Spongebob is amazing.
Can we say plants from Texas are dumb?
Very much disagree. CatDog is one of the great NickToons. To me...the decline started after most of them stopped re-running and Spongebob, FOP, & Jimmy Neutron were the only good shows on Nick. After a while of that being the case, Spongebob & FOP eventually began to get worn thin and stretched on just a little too long. They were carrying the whole channel. Well, I must admit that I enjoyed Back at the Barnyard and found it quite funny, but that was never a major hit, and never on the level of the excellent cartoons they produced in the 90s. If they turned TeeNick into a 24/7 channel airing ALL of the "golden era" Nick cartoons, live-action series, & game shows, that would just be the most epic channel on TV.
There were a few other cartoons toward the tail end of the high period that I honestly did not like very much (Rocket Power, As Told By Ginger), but they're still included in the "90s Nick" package (guess even Butt Ugly Martians is, lol), and I'd still take them over any later shows EXCEPT for Spongebob, FOP, Jimmy, BatB, & Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness. That series is cool. And to be honest, my least favorite NickToon was always Ren & Stimpy. I didn't hate it, but didn't like it nearly as much as the rest.
"The 90s Are All That" and Boomerang from Cartoon Network are great starts, but they kind of need to go further by consistently airing ALL of the wonderful shows that everybody loves. The Disney Channel is the one that REALLY needs to get on the ball and devote one of their channel numbers to Gummi Bears, DuckTales, TaleSpin, Rescue Rangers, The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Darkwing Duck, Goof Troop, Bonkers, classic Disney shorts, House of Mouse...and though the following were never favorites of mine, definitely throw them in too: Gargoyles, Pepper Ann, Quack Pack, Mighty Ducks, Hercules/Aladdin/Little Mermaid/Emperor's New School/Jungle Cubs/Timon & Pumbaa/Lilo & Stitch, etc.
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