Cartoons

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I don't think anyone is old enough for cartoons. Although sitcoms and shows on stations like Comedy Central demonstrate that some humor can only be appreciated by mature audiences, I think that, deep down, everyone loves cartoons.

Look at The Simpsons or Family Guy. It seems like the producers of cartoon television shows have more creative license and can do a lot more than in regular, real-life television shows. Cartoonists can depict roughousing more vividely (e.g. The Itchy and Scratchy Show, Thundercats, a violent Stewie on The Family Guy, etc.) and make it funnier for certain characters to get out of some potentially sticky situations (like stranded on a desert island).

I think what it boils down to is the fact that cartoons help satiate the imaginative desires of the young, who, a majority of the time, are just beginning to distinguish between animation and realitly. However, sometimes its good for adults to relive their childhood experiences and entertain those nonsensical, but creative thoughts by enjoying some old fashioned Disney movies or watch some re-runs of Spiderman: The Animated Series. Cartoons also present a world in which, at the conclusion of one or two episodes in a series, good always triumphs. Maybe I like cartoons because I like to imagine that everything will work out in my own lifetime.