Everything I know, l Learned From Watching  Saturday Morning Cartoons Today when things get me down and I search for a solution to a problem from the pool of experiences I’ve distilled over the years — as often as not, that solution is an idea I first heard on Saturday morning cartoons. It was formed on TV-lit Saturday mornings when characters like Daffy Duck, Wile E. Coyote and Tweety Bird taught me the basics of living a good, happy and worthwhile life. Sometimes, after a really good session of roll-around-the-floor laughing, I’d be acutely aware of those lessons: That reality is flexible. That one should try to laugh when the chips are down. That, always, life is more interesting when looked at sideways. The frantic, whirling Tasmanian Devil taught me that when we rush about, we can become invisible to others. Speedy Gonzales taught me the value of beating others to the punch. Wile E. Coyote taught me to never give up — that life is more process than achievement. And Tweety taught me that with brains, guts and willpower, anyone can upset the status quo. Now, Foghorn Leghorn, that pompous rooster-about-town, might have only taught me, by his example, how to spot vanity and pretentiousness; but because he had a valuable diploma from Chicken Tech (I kid you not), I listened when he spoke. The Flintstones and Rubbles taught me that marriage, friendship and work could be ticklish affairs. Gumby taught me that home is never far away, even when it seems you’re totally lost. Even Woody Woodpecker taught me something — that you should always be who you are, not what others want you to be. Those pesky magpies, Heckle and Jeckle, often too high-brow for my kindergarten tastes, could still make me giggle when they used their wits to con a free lunch, a free room or a free ride. And of dear, dear Porky Pig -Porky’s incessant stutter taught me that handicaps might make you different, but they never, ever make you less. Huckleberry Hound taught me the value of good manners. Yogi Bear showed me that unmonitored appetites can lead to disaster. Dudley DoRight showed me the two faces of courage — the brave one and the stupid one. And Pepe le Pew taught me the same, with the added insight that you should pursue your dreams despite setbacks. That dazzling duo, Rocky and Bullwinkle, taught me that true friendship overcomes all obstacles and supercedes the physical. It never mattered who was shot from a cannon, tied to a burning stake or going down on a sinking ship — moose was always there for squirrel and squirrel for moose. And Daffy Duck, my favorite of them all (don’t laugh unless you tell me yours) showed me that there is always more than one way to look at a situation. Daffy’s illogical universe had its own logic. That crazy duck taught me to value my idiosyncrasies even when others frowned on them. adapted from Chris Watson. Website Created / Designed 2001 By laz614 DISCLAIMER