ROCKY AND BULLWINKLE AND FRIENDS

I realize that not many people besides my eleven-year-old brother and myself get very excited about this kind of stuff. I'd still like to mention that I noticed today that one of my favorite cartoons ever is on Hulu. Thirteen episodes from the first season (1959-1960) of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends are available for streaming.

While Hulu is a great site to watch shows such as 30Rock, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Arrested Development, and so on. It's not really a website that is known for their selection of cartoons - besides The Simpsons, Family Guy, and a ton of anime stuff I've never heard of. I guess that's why I consider this such great "news" for classic animation fans.



Oh yes, and happy new year.

I LOVE NICKTOONS

This might be old news to some but.. full seasons of Doug, Hey Arnold!, and Rocko's Modern Life are finally available on DVD. Here's the deal.. because of poor sales in the past, Amazon and Nickelodeon cut a deal called the "burn-on-demand" system.. which means you cannot buy these in stores, BUT I just discovered you can also buy them on iTunes. The DVD sets on Amazon range from $18 - $30 (Yikes!) but on iTunes they are much cheaper. Apparently the DVDs do not come with any special features, so if you decide to download them you're still getting everything except the packaging.

Other Nicktoons available on iTunes:
Aaahhh! Real Monsters!
Angry Beavers
CatDog
Rugrats
Rocket Power

These are all I want for Christmas.. well actually, because I'm impatient I might just end up buying them for myself. I think the DVDs will make great gifts especially for the unfortunate youth living today who will never get to see these cartoons. Save a life, buy a child Season 1 of Hey Arnold.