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The History of Cartoons                               Remember when you woke up on Saturday morning to see your favorite cartoon shows, well cartoons are very famous, common, and those cute little animations sunk into the hearts of all of us. In this article we will be talking about how they got started, became famous, we’ll be talking about famous ones such as the Simpsons, SpongeBob, Pink panther, and other ones. We’ll be talking about the whole history of those awesome things we call cartoons. How did they start? Cartoons at first weren’t taken seriously. In the 1920’s they were just to fill in time slots on programs and didn’t have much of a story line. For example, the really old tones would just have an anvil drop on somebodies head. Well as time came on, cartoons innovated and became more and more crucial to a channel. Now some whole television networks completely dedicated to cartoons today! Why did they become more famous? Well, there’s no definite reason that they became famous, but think everybody loves cartoons so they must have just put it on more because the people were in love with those little tones. Early cartoons Early cartoons were little stories. They were hand written and, in my opinion, fun to watch. They took a lot longer to make because there were no computers to automatically make it, thus each frame was hand written, it took 15 drawings to equal 2 seconds! That’s a lot of work. This was what I like to call, the mickey era seen in this picture. The older ones were very entertaining after watching them. Modern Cartoons Modern cartoons are done by computers making a muck smoother look in the film and are created faster and more efficient. They are longer and are more realistic than the old tones. These cartoons are the ones that have entire channels dedicated to them. But they are still not the same as the old ones, in my opinion. They are rather inappropriate. The cameras have tremendously changed as well, the old cartoons were hand written in a sketch book, and then they would put a camera up to it and flipped the pages, thus a shaky looking footage. Modern cartoons animations are done entirely on a computer. This doesn’t mean that modern cartoons are better than the old ones Kid’s cartoons Wow, kids cartoons have been around since the begging of them in the 1920’s. Kids have so many cartoons that you probably don’t even know them all. Kid’s cartoons have a large range of viewers and some of the more famous ones include SpongeBob, Dora the Explorer, Mickey Mouse, and many, many more. In the next couple of paragraphs were going to be talking about the cartoon legends Mickey Mouse, The Simpsons, and Looney Tunes. Mickey Mouse Mickey Mouse was created by a man named Walt Disney; some of you may know his television network, the Disney Channel. Well, his father wasn’t interested in this idea, he believed in work, not fun. He didn’t give him toys and if he caught him playing with other peoples toys, he would spank him. But that didn’t stop his creativity. Mickey stared in over 120 cartoons over his time, though he’s still famous and is the logo for Disney. Mickey is arguably the most famous cartoon ever made. Mickey was made in 1939 and was basically all circles. See to the right to see the difference in old mickey and modern mickey. Mickey, in my opinion is the best cartoon ever, but he didn’t get there alone. Donald Duck, Goofy, and many more friends. Mickey was so famous that there are whole theme parks, toys, decorations, television shows for him. There are two main theme parks, Disney Land, California, and Disney World in florida wich has many theme parks. Mickey mouse is full of fun and interesting history. Ask anybody you know and they will know Mickey. Walt Disney sadly died in December 15, 1966 at an age of 65 years old, he died young. If he didn’t die, there would probably be more Mickey Mouse characters. People all around the globe love Mickey. Mickey’s look was innovated again and again and again. At the beginning, mickey was hand written, frame from frame. When mickey; and the computer started improving. Color was eventually added and the picture became clearer. Mickey Mouse was one of the first cartoons ever made. The Mickey Mouse shows are no longer on the air. The first Mickey Mouse cartoons are up to 90 years old, most of the kids that saw it probably past away! Disney has a channel on television, two theme parks, and sponsors a lot of movies. Disney has come from a small cartoon to a whole empire. Disney has had one of the largest successes in history. And it’s all thanks to that little mickey

Bugs Bunny and the Looney Tones Ah……what’s up doc? Its loony tunes! Loony tunes, though not one of the first cartoons, is still really famous. And the most famous one of all, Bugs Bunny! Though it is older, made in 1944 and by 2002 Bugs Bunny and his friends were named, “The Best Cartoon of All Time.” Bugs bunny didn’t get there alone though, he had the help of so many characters. He and his friends were in over 1,030 shorts, not including specials, and movies. There were more Bugs bunny cartoons than  Mickey Mouse, probably because of technology. Bugs bunny is a hare that digs in the ground. Looney tunes wasn’t one main show, it was what we call shorts, this means that every episode had a different story, setting, and characters. This was the way older cartoons were. As time went on, they had specials, and movies but they don’t really make any more of their classic shorts. Bugs Bunny is up there with Mickey Mouse aright. Unlike Mickey mouse, Bugs Bunny, though the star, wasn’t in every short that was made. Bugs bunny was created by Ben Bugs and the bunny after him. Bugs Bunny is a very clever bunny and he fools his friends in the shorts. There are more TV shows like Duck Dodgers or the movies that are still on the air. Most of the shorts however are not on the air anymore. Just like Mickey Mouse. Bugs Bunny and his friends have made so many shorts and everybody loves them because of the personalities and the characters that appear on the show. There are over 25 characters. Looney tunes are about 60 years old. Looney tunes have a wide verity of characters, personalities, shows, sponsors, specials, movies, shorts, and even their own website. Looney tunes are found on Cartoon Network. One other show they made was “Road Runner” where a coyote hunts a road runner in bazar tricks. He always fails. The Simpsons The Simpsons is the oldest show to still be making new episodes. This is a comedy about a deranged family and its’ town it lives in. This show is 21 one and counting years old.