Shows I like:
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Rocko's Modern Life - My favorite of all time. Show was aimed at teens, memorable and believable characters, the plots were hilarious, and the sound effects were absolutely genius.
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Beavis and Butthead - Needs no explanation. Mike Judge is the best.
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King of the Hill - My other all-time favorite. It's based in central Texas where I live, of course. There's too much to explain about this gem. Too bad it got replaced by yet another Family Guy spin-off. We'll probably see The Quagmire Show, or more realistically, The Stewie & Brian show, since they get paired together on adventures quite often and have some off-beat chemistry. Family Guy (and American Dad, pretty much) is a funny show, but come the hell on. Three of them? Seriously? Is Fox gonna eat up everything Macfarlane [dukar]s out? Don't let a spin-off knock the
second-longest running animated series ever out of its time slot and be demoted to occasional re-runs. NO, screw that!
-Dexter's Lab - Another great Cartoon Network show
-(Old) Spongebob - Still fresh off Rocko (voice actors and Hillenburg [creator] play large parts in Rocko) the show had tons of wit and a hilarious crapload of original ideas. Around the 4th season (and definitely by the 5th season), Spongebob as a whole fell victim to Flanderization. Spongebob was made into a high-pitched sounding little girl, Patrick's witty stupidity turned into to just being 100% pure stupidity and behaving like a little kid, and Sandy, the most egregious example that strikes home the most... because they turned her into a flaming redneck who constantly speaks long-winded similes that a Texan would never say. She used to have a light Southern accent and was just a sweet character. Now, she says crap like, "That's crazier than a hogtied snake in a barrel eatin' flapjacks in Texas while havin' a BBQ while there's a snake in my boots and someone's poisoning the waterhole" (if you catch my referential drift there). Poor Spongebob... you had a good run; now you appeal to 8 year olds and 8 year olds only.
-Hey Arnold - This was a great, great show. Extremely down-to-Earth characters, the time setting and way the backgrounds were colored in the city was very unique. I wish they could've made the second Hey Arnold! movie that had Arnold find his parents, Helga and him fall in love, and have his last name revealed
(although I already know his last name. I'm serious!)Too much explanation. Generic list starts now:
-Ed, Edd, & Eddy - Sound effects were genius there, as well.
-Catdog
-Angry beavers
-Doug
-Ren and Stimpy
-Original Scooby-Doo
-KaBlam! featuring June & Henry, Sniz & Fondue, Action League NOW!, The Off-Beats, Life with Loopy, and Prometheus & Bob.
-Kenan & Kel
-All That
-Double Dare (and DD2000)
-Figure it Out
-Are you Afraid of the Dark?
-Pete & Pete -
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-Legends of the Hidden Temple
-The Secret World of Alex Mach
-Rugrats
-And many more...
Also, you can't forget the old Adult Swim bumpers (from 2001), the old Nickelodeon Magazine commercial, and Stick Stickly!
EDIT: I forgot to mention that he voices Cow and Chicken themselves.
Don't forget that Charles Adler voiced Boneless Chicken/I. R. Baboon, the parrot from Donkey Kong Country, Mr. Bighead/Mrs. Bighead/Mr. Dupette/Mr. Wolfe/Grandpa (Hiram William) Wolfe/the Hippo Lady/the Fatheads, I think some characters in MadWorld, some in TaleSpin, and countless others.
I can think of some shows I don't like because of animation; Ed, Edd, and Eddy, Chowder, and Back at the Barnyard come readily to mind.
Ed, Edd, & Eddy's animation is quite hilarious. I like the 3 frame wiggle when it suits the show at hand. Ed, Edd, & Eddy is an example of Doing It Right; Home Movies (while I like it) is an example of Doing It Wrong.
Lastly, it seems that cartoons these days have no "middle ground," so to speak. They're either 100% crude slapstick aimed at adults (Family Guy), or 100% made for kids (all these [darn] 3D cartoons on Nick now).
