We all remember cartoons and television programs that we watched in our youth. We sometimes think about them and occasionally when catching up with old friends they come up in conversation and we might talk about how good they were. However, have you ever watched an old childhood favourite show? Be very careful  before doing so, you may ruin some very happy memories! I used to watch a show called “Cities of Gold” an adventure tale of some kids seeking the lost citys of gold and the main child’s father. It was brilliant! Complicated plotline, intricate story turns and detail, and good dialogue. I watched it again as an adult and oh my word! It was so SLOW! I was shocked! I remembered it as being a high powered fast paced action filled cartoon – it really wasn’t, I just felt that way about it at the time.

As a youngster my opinions of things were so different to how they are now, and those changes in me mean that the show will never be as good now as it was then.

The message of this then? Don’t go and watch anything you idolised as a child once you are a child no longer, you’ll only ruin your memories of it. (I am told the exception to this rule is something called “Jason and the wheeled Warriors” apparently)