Now, What makes a kick ass kids show?

There have been some seriously awesome kids cartoon shows over the past few decades and everyone has memories of their favourites, i could list the ones i loved for hours such as 'Biker Mice From Mars', 'Road Runner' and even 'Ramsey's Brothel Nightmares'.

Unfortunately when doing research like this there is an enemy that constantly misleads me whilst trying to preserve the innocence of my childhood, his name is nostalgia. It's hard to remember which cartoons were actually good and which were purely dancing pretty shapes and colours that appealed to my inner idiot.

After much reflection and asking other like minded individuals (by that I mean losers) i've come up with a few outstanding examples of cartoons that stand the test of time and are still hilarious no matter how old you get.

Recess!!

Recess was and still is incredible, the focus on the 'Laws of the playground' was such an accurate depiction of how as kids we'd make big things out of little problems that at the time seemed like life changing decisions and experiences. Also the different social groups were amazing and beautifully showed the food chain that forms in every playground, what made this program so relatable though was how it was fronted by a group of misfits that didn't assign to any of the groups but still had to play by the unwritten rules. This is probably the group that most of us were in so we can remember having to do something when we were young that we didn't understand but had to because the older kids said so, come to think of it that happens no matter how much you age.

I would love to come up with something with similar themes that bridges the gap between childish and adult issues whilst also being funny as shit.

Spongebob!

The amazing thing about Spongebob is that I am now officially a grown man and this is still one of the funniest shows out there, and not just cartoon. I know not everyone gets it but one of the things that appeals to me is that it's just fun for funs sake, no morals of the story, no hidden messages just retarded fun full of funny voices and ridiculous faces. They keep pushing the exaggeration of the characters so much that it's like a hit of heroine or summat when you finally see a new contortion of Mr Squarepants' face and it always makes me piss myself. It's one of the most visually stimulating cartoons around and also seems to have the widest age range.

There are so many influential toons i've missed out such as almost everyone from the golden age of cartoon network like Dexter's Lab and Johnny Bravo that seemed to master combining contemporary art styles with equally as contemporary humour. Then action packed numbers such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, i don't think there's a man alive under 30 that doesn't have a favourite hero in a half shell (Michelangelo obviously).

Im gunna strive to create something that can be relatable to by kids and adults alike but always remembering that the main thing is that it has to be funny and true to real life experiences whilst being fantastical and visually appealing. Piece of piss.