Underwaterbob,

I miss Saturday morning cartoons. Sure, looking back, a lot of those cartoons sucked, (quality is on average much higher these days) but it was more about the ritual and the expectation. Saturday morning TV was for me.

Peppycito,

I’ve got a hankerin’ for a hunk of cheese!

somethingp,

Yeah most of those used to be shit but it was like a ritual every weekend. Are Saturday morning cartoons not a thing anymore?

Jomega,

They got replaced by 24 hour dedicated children’s channels, which in turn got replaced by streaming.

somethingp,

I’m not that old! I had Nickelodeon and Disney Channel and Cartoon Network, but there were still Saturday morning cartoons on WB and PBS. The Saturday morning cartoons weren’t as good as the others but it was still something special about the mornings.

m0darn,

As a parent of young children I’ve learned that Saturday morning cartoons are actually for my wife and I to have a moment to ourselves.

I_Fart_Glitter,

This commercial aired during the Superbowl in 2006, which was like… 5 years ago… right…?

Beelzebob,

I remember the 06 Superb Owl game! The Great Horns vs The Screeches! What a wonderful time! But the commercial has been around since 69.

AngryCommieKender, (edited )

The original commercial aired in 1968

popicon.life/5-sweet-facts-mr-owl-tootsie-pop-mas…

Jaybob32,

It takes 1149 licks

xia,

Or one continuous lick.

0nXYZ,

I need a spindle speed in order to record a duration?

kittenzrulz123,

I recognized this and I’m not old… Am I?..

RIP_Cheems, (edited )
@RIP_Cheems@lemmy.world avatar

Buddy, I’ve been asking the same question for a while now, and as a far as the youth is concerned, we’re ancient.

Chocrates,

No cap.

twack,

Based.

RGB3x3, (edited )

Rly doe, fam, u be trippin’ if u think u got drip… sheeeesh. Cheugy like no cap

Pinklink,

90s mascots were so random. Like why an owl with a graduation hat? He just graduated, so now he is wise, and can offer insight into lollipop licking? Was that his major?

mwproductions,

“Until the second half of the twentieth century, mortarboards were often worn by schoolteachers, and the hat remains an icon of the teaching profession.” [source]

So they weren’t saying that he just graduated, they were saying that he was learned (the tortoise even says, “he is the wisest of us all”).

AlligatorBlizzard,

And owls being symbolic of wisdom is at least as old as as the Greek gods - Athena’s symbolism included owls.

MBM,

Which is ironic because owls are pretty dumb

beizhia,
@beizhia@lemmy.world avatar

That’s how it used to be. You asked questions to people who were believed to be wise, and then their answer was what the truth was. And most of the things we “knew” were just wrong.

Not that it’s less complicated now…

jettrscga,

You’re focused on that? Why was the boy naked with only a tootsie pop, and talking to an owl?

hexabs,

Idk about old, but lemmy does skew American enough for me to mot understand this.

cashews_best_nut,

The damn Septics are everywhere. Like a meaty fart that clings in the air.

evasive_chimpanzee,

That’s a barred owl.

Fun fact: you can talk to them, and they’ll talk back. Whether it’s a good idea or not, I have no clue, but I’ve done it

MyDearWatson616,

Fun fact you can talk to just about anything

DoucheBagMcSwag, (edited )

This reminds of of the classic MS DOS mindscape point and click games like Shadowgate or Deja Vu (“What would you like to SAY to the table?”) And the typical responses of such nonsense:

You have strange views of companionship friend

You are greeted with silence

Delirium is the gateway to insanity!

MataVatnik,
@MataVatnik@lemmy.world avatar

They just aggressively clack their beaks at me

Voyajer, (edited )
@Voyajer@lemmy.world avatar

I would hope so, GenZ would have seen that commercial growing up. Edit: Actually isn’t it still being aired?

ColeSloth,

I haven’t watched a TV commercial in probably over a decade, but I guess I kind of assumed that they were still showing these.

m3t00,
@m3t00@lemmy.world avatar

3

scumola,

It’s th.th.th.th.three

WindyRebel, (edited )

Let’s find out. One, two-hoo, a-three! Three.

WhiskyTangoFoxtrot,

Decompress the main shuttlebay.

ChillCapybara,

Ask Mrs. Owl for the real wisdom.

WindyRebel,

Who!

JusticeForPorygon,
@JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world avatar

They still play it today. It came out in 1970. That’s 53 years iirc

0x0,

Only 70s kids will get this

Phegan,

3

disheveledWallaby, (edited ) 

<span style="color:#323232;">1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
</span><span style="color:#323232;">6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Eleven. Twelve!
</span>
slingstone,

I heard the song in my head.

slingstone,

This is the correct answer.

kajko,

I’m 37, but I have no clue what this is.

Frozengyro,

32, have seen the commercial thousands of times.

abbadon420,

If only I was American, so I could understand this reference, said noone ever.

mhague,

Ignorance is badass

Jerb322,
@Jerb322@lemmy.world avatar

One…

Twooo…

Thhhree…

JackbyDev,

A-t-HOO

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