Nostalgia
It occurred to me a couple of nights ago that my children and my children’s children won’t be able to watch certain television shows I grew up knowing. It could be the reason for the educational deterioration recognized in our American society today. It’s frightful to think that television itself could become obsolete, and digital media would be viewed entirely through other virtual sources. Television series like Looney Tunes and Tom and Jerry have already been driven to the lonesome channel of Boomerang, a channel only accessible to those privileged enough to have cable.
It’s a wonderful thing that that more and more media is moving to a highly accessible Web. Just the other day, I was skimming through Youtube, typing in random search items of things I doubted Youtube would have. In all my randomness, I typed in Arthur episodes, and to my utter astonishment, I found a Youtube site that carried 15 seasons of Arthur.
The show itself didn’t cause me to become ecstatic. What really did me in was the comfort that Arthur in its entirety is watchable online, meaning it’s safe to assume many other shows of my childhood can be found as well. For that, I am grateful for the Internet and would consider this tidbit the best thing I’ve seen on the Internet in a long time.
http://www.youtube.com/user/MsArthurTV
2 responses so far
I am glad that you brought up this topic of watching childhood shows online. Youtube not only may become a useful source for our grand children to share our childhood memories but also it gives chance for people from other countries to share our joys and laughs. Personally, I have been watching american shows and cartoons through youtube even before youtube was officially introduced to my country. It was the only way I could access those materials without country block or having to pay to sign up. Not only was I able to retain my language skills, but I was able to keep up with the cultural trend in a whole different continent thanks to the online. Having benefited so much from this I cannot resist supporting such videos despite knowing that some videos may have violated property rights issues. That is why I turn to TED, videos that are intended to spread the knowledge across humanity.:)
Oh, by the way sometimes those youtube sites with entire episodes might shut down after a certain period of time due to rights issues. Although some post it again and again, just be ware of that it may not last as long as you might think :(.