I had no clue what I was going to do the entire day. It was a Saturday and I was at home, jobless! I didn't want it to be like a usual Saturday when I would just wake up late, spend some time here and there, have lunch, take a nap and somehow spend the rest of the day waiting for Monday. And I just wasn't in the mood to read anything at all. Hence, I took a brave step and switched on the television with the hope of finding something worth watching. And luck did favor me.
I was glued to the couch, totally engrossed in the television, just like my childhood days when I used to switch on the television just to watch my favourite cartoon. Luck did favor me, for that day I revisited my childhood, as i watched 'The Lion King'.
The Lion King- that movie just makes me drift towards those memories of my childhood days. Those childhood days when Simba, Scooby-Doo, Dexter, Tom & Jerry, Popeye, Powerpuff Girls and many, many other cartoons were an integral part of our life then, because these were not just cartoons. All these were more like friends because we almost lived with them. It was, and still is, so difficult to pick up one and name it the best.
I wonder why people complain about not getting their childhood days back. Well, of course, you won't get them back. But who ever said you can't revisit them? And for me, watching my favourite cartoons all over again was and is the best way to revisit my childhood. Each day of childhood that never ended without watching Popeye eat spinach and gain so much strength, watching Scooby-Doo and his gang unmask the monsters and find the real culprit, watching Tom & Jerry run after each other for no reason, watching Simba roar royally and become the Lion King.
I would still smile throughout the episodes of Scooby-Doo and tears still roll down my eyes when I watch The Lion KIng. I would still laugh while watching Tom & Jerry and I would still switch on the television only to watch these cartoons, if they were still being aired. And the fact that I'm most glad about is that the child-like demeanor is still present and I would never want to lose it. Because watching these cartoons and getting engrossed in them is possibly the best way of getting away from all my worries- small or big. Because it was Lion King that taught me 'hakuna matata'- no worries for the rest of your days. It was Tom & Jerry that taught me real friendship. It was Scooby-Doo that taught me that cruelty can not last long.
I had always thought that television provided the least of entertainment, for there was nothing good being aired. But i have realized that the idiot-box could sometimes act as a vehicle to take you back to your childhood.
I was glued to the couch, totally engrossed in the television, just like my childhood days when I used to switch on the television just to watch my favourite cartoon. Luck did favor me, for that day I revisited my childhood, as i watched 'The Lion King'.
The Lion King- that movie just makes me drift towards those memories of my childhood days. Those childhood days when Simba, Scooby-Doo, Dexter, Tom & Jerry, Popeye, Powerpuff Girls and many, many other cartoons were an integral part of our life then, because these were not just cartoons. All these were more like friends because we almost lived with them. It was, and still is, so difficult to pick up one and name it the best.
I wonder why people complain about not getting their childhood days back. Well, of course, you won't get them back. But who ever said you can't revisit them? And for me, watching my favourite cartoons all over again was and is the best way to revisit my childhood. Each day of childhood that never ended without watching Popeye eat spinach and gain so much strength, watching Scooby-Doo and his gang unmask the monsters and find the real culprit, watching Tom & Jerry run after each other for no reason, watching Simba roar royally and become the Lion King.
I would still smile throughout the episodes of Scooby-Doo and tears still roll down my eyes when I watch The Lion KIng. I would still laugh while watching Tom & Jerry and I would still switch on the television only to watch these cartoons, if they were still being aired. And the fact that I'm most glad about is that the child-like demeanor is still present and I would never want to lose it. Because watching these cartoons and getting engrossed in them is possibly the best way of getting away from all my worries- small or big. Because it was Lion King that taught me 'hakuna matata'- no worries for the rest of your days. It was Tom & Jerry that taught me real friendship. It was Scooby-Doo that taught me that cruelty can not last long.
I had always thought that television provided the least of entertainment, for there was nothing good being aired. But i have realized that the idiot-box could sometimes act as a vehicle to take you back to your childhood.
