There is a problem today, my dear readers, in the state of Television Programming. Some may say this has to do with corporate interests in what we watch. Some may say there is a left-wing or a right-wing bias. Neither of these holds any water. The problem with television is that it does not prepare anyone for the future or the present. The information provided is merely reactionary hog-wash.
What we need on TV today is to provide people with a means by which to understand the world we live in. The cartoons of yesteryear helped children understand the world and what was important. From Popeye battling the “Japs” (“Japs” as the title of the film I refer to labels them) to newer Sesame Street episodes which are now available on DVD (with the warning that these are not intended for children, or something similar).
The big questions of life are no longer addressed in children’s cartoons. Seventy years ago children were entertained and educated, and these two concepts were inseparable. The idea of edutainment is said to be relatively new, but it is at least as old as the colour cartoon. Without the educational value of children’s cartoons, how would they know what brand of car they would buy when they grew up? Watch the video, see how it is done, and then let’s lobby the television industry for more product placement in children’s cartoons due to its educational value.
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The Mac OS X started flaking out on me. And it was running slow. So I decided it was time to bid farewell to OS X again. Time it was to install Linux. But which distro? I do not like YellowDog or Ubuntu. Mandriva used to be the distro of choice for me, but my fondness for it has waned. I tried Fedora Core 4 for the PPC a while back but it did not have a proper fan driver so I heard the hum of my Mac Mini for the first time. All the time. I decided to try openSuse. But there were hurdles to hurdle and hoops to be hooped.