No Bugs, No Yogi, No Fred, and No Barney (Rubble)

It bothers me considerably that my boy will grow up in a world where things like Rocky & Bullwinkle, Bugs Bunny & Daffy Duck, Yogi Bear and even Gilligan aren't on. Oh sure, some are buried in "Gold Package" cable plans available only with the digital converter boxes, or the most expensive satellite plans. But unless you spring for the DVDs and actually *gasp* put them in, they're just not there for you when you want/need them.

Some of the wittiest men in the world wrote for some of those shows (ok, maybe Gilligan's Island shouldn't be mentioned among them). Jay Ward and Bill Scott of Rocky and Bullwinkle fame, Tex Avery and the men from Termite Terrace, like Chuck Jones, Friz Freleng and their gag men like Mike Maltese and Warren Foster were some of the wittiest men ever born. Know why the first year of the Flintstones was so good? Mike Maltese had a hand in developing the stories.

We were riding bike home from Target tonight, when for no reason at all, I started doing my Yogi voice. Colter didn't think it was very funny. I tried to explain to him, it was a bear's voice, Yogi Bear. He said there was no such thing. I told him, "sure there is! This voice I'm doing is Yogi Bear. He's a cartoon bear, and all I'm saying is 'hey, hey, Boo Boo', but in Yogi's voice."

"Nobody talks like that."

"Yogi does! And I have Yogi on DVD at home. When we get home, I'll put one in and you can hear Yogi talk."

"He talks like that?"

"Yeah, I have a bunch of Yogi cartoons."

"Are you fibbing me, Dad?"