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Seriously the subject matter of old school cartoons is just as relevant today as it was when it originally aired. Just check out this outline for a Captain Caveman & the Teen Angels episode:



Evolutionary War

When Cavey Jr.s school refuses to teach evolution, Captain Caveman turns to Harvey to defend the hariy little boys right to an education. Harvey not only has to prove evolution but also explain the existence of a talking caveboy. As if thats not enough, Harvey also suffers his latest existential crisis at the hands of Reducto. A rousing song and dance number follows.

Why do I bring this up you ask? Well with all the talk recently about Intelligent Design I started looking back at the cartoons I watched as a kid and the subtle or not so subtle social statements they made...

I really miss Danger Mouse one of my all time favourite subversive cartoons. Not to mention how I always chuckle and think of penfold whenever I see John Howard and those eyebrows... reminds me of the episode where penfold was abducted and his eyebrows were going to be cut off as part of some occult like ritual.