Bonding with my son

Elias Graves

Elias Graves

Common misfit
My son the comedian has been on a 70s/80s history kick of late, including pop culture. Since we ditched the cable tv, he's been watching reruns of old shows and he's asking tons of questions about context and such. (Explaining Kojak was interesting to say the least)
Anyway, last night he calls me to the living room to come check this out. We watched an episode of the animated He Man and the Masters of the Universe series. Now, this is a show that I never watched in my youth simply because it was so bad and I don't recall ever siting through an entire episode. Now I rember why. :facepalm:
He and I had a lengthy discussion as to whether they intentionally made it that bad or if the production team actually thought they were making a quality program.

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I give him props for his devoted research but, man, that was rough.
 
wagdog said:
I... could not watch that.

You're a better man than I.
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The things we do for our children...
It is kinda weird, though. I have to remind myself that all these things I remember clearly are all just stories to him.
Returning to Kojack, I ended up having to give an entire history lesson on the state of New York City circa 1974. Crime waves, understaffed police departments, etc.
That and explaining to him that yes, people used to smoke inside of buildings and men of that generation didnt hesitate to bust some skulls when necessary.


jelloman said:
I don't remember ever watching that either...
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I'm sure your subconscious is doing you a favor.
 
I don't remember ever watching that, but I remember my younger brother had all the action figures and stuff. I guess I just missed it.
 
Plot lines apart Kojack was actually a pretty accurate picture of the way Manhattan looked in the 70's.
 
I had to watch that shit all the time when my son was little (he was born in 1983 -- like that awful series...) :/
 
He Man was bad, but it wasn't nearly as bad as some other cartoons. and yes, i had all the toys.

possibly the worst cartoon i've ever seen was the Pac Man cartoon. atrocious.
 
I loved He-Man when I was little. I would rush home from school just to watch it. On WUAB out of Cleveland I think they called it the hour of power.
 
We used to joke about that show in law school, and talked about She-rah her moistestness, wet dream of He Man. After lots of friday beer and tequila. Law school was a work hard/play hard scenario.

Hopefully your time with your son is more about good clean fun. :)
 
It was a cartoon designed to sell toys. The plots were just framework to establish the characters, the sets, and the props so the kids could build off them in their own imaginations during playtime.

He-Man's greatest adventures took place in the bedrooms of six-year-old boys. Oh wait... that didn't come out right... :embarrassed:
 
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