{"id":6023,"date":"2004-06-04T12:24:14","date_gmt":"2004-06-04T18:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2004\/06\/04\/best-cartoon-ever.html"},"modified":"2014-11-10T15:30:26","modified_gmt":"2014-11-10T22:30:26","slug":"best_cartoon_ev","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/06\/04\/best_cartoon_ev.html","title":{"rendered":"Best. Cartoon. Ever."},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>I have to admit to a frisson of glee that Katherine is enjoying my Jonny Quest<\/em> DVD set<\/a> as much as I am. <\/p>\n

Sure, it’s all B-movie plots, and wildly incorrect, politically, but the art is fine, the music rocks, and Dr. Quest had the best toys ever. And characters like Race Bannon and Doctor Zin — well, ’nuff said.<\/p>\n

I was about as old as Katherine is now when JQ <\/em>first came out, and it’s still the archtypal adventure cartoon for me.<\/p>\n

She decided last night that she wanted to watch another episode instead of Kim Possible<\/i>. And she and Mommy had a JQ <\/em>marathon this morning.<\/p>\n

Exxxxcellent ….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have to admit to a frisson of glee that Katherine is enjoying my Jonny Quest DVD set as much as I am. 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