If you were a kid in the '90s, chances are your Saturday morning diet consisted of a nutritious blend of cartoon classics like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Batman: The Animated Series and — if your parents were trying to sneak some fiber into your bowl — Captain Planet and the Planeteers, centered around a socially-conscious, blue-skinned superhero and his band of ethnically diverse, eco-warrior teen sidekicks.
The show boasted one of the catchiest theme tunes of the era (or at least the only one to squeeze in the word "asunder"); a celebrity voice cast that included Whoopi Goldberg, Meg Ryan and Jeff Goldblum; and a sense of optimism that now seems distant and unattainable. (Gonna take pollution down to zero? Nice try, Cap!) Read more...
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