Mid 80s to late 90s: the Golden Age of Animated Series?

[CountDeMoney]

The pinnacle of US animation was 1948 to 1963.  You douche.

I'd date it back to earlier 1940s - Fred Quimby era Tom and Jerry.

You'd be wrong.   

[Syt]

Transformers, X-Men, Batman, Animaniacs, Gargoyles, early Simpsons, the Tick and countless others . . .

I ask you: were those 15 years the pinnacle of cartoon making in the U.S.?

That's what's fucked up with your generation and its tiny little minds.  Can't think past the memory of your own shit-soiled diapers.

The pinnacle of US animation was 1948 to 1963.  You douche.

I should have specified: TV cartoon serials. The old Disney, Looney Tunes, Tom & Jerry and Tex Avery cartoons are unsurpassed.

[Ed Anger]

I enjoyed watching Tiny Toons and Animaniacs with my nephew. And Darkwing Duck. Along with all the Daffy. Woody Woodpecker, Tom and Jerry and Droopy that they would show.

Good wholesome shenanigans.

[Siege]

I love anime, its just that I got tired of the perpetual young angry man that seems to lead all japanesse animation.
I never thought much of american animation.

[CountDeMoney]

I should have specified: TV cartoon serials. The old Disney, Looney Tunes, Tom & Jerry and Tex Avery cartoons are unsurpassed.

You have redeemed yourself.

[CountDeMoney]

I enjoyed watching Tiny Toons and Animaniacs with my nephew.

Animaniacs were a hell of a lot funnier than people gave them credit for.  The Goodfeathers were sublime.

Loved Cow & Chicken, and Eek the Cat were little gems.

[Ed Anger]

I enjoyed watching Tiny Toons and Animaniacs with my nephew.

Animaniacs were a hell of a lot funnier than people gave them credit for.  The Goodfeathers were sublime.

Loved Cow & Chicken, and Eek the Cat were little gems.

Dexter's Lab could be a hoot too (Muffin King episode) or Foster's Home for imaginary friends (The one with Bloo throwing a party with all the drug references).

[CountDeMoney]

Oh yeah, Dexter's Lab was pretty damned funny.

[Ed Anger]

One more. Rocko's Modern Life.

[garbon]

[Syt]

I enjoyed watching Tiny Toons and Animaniacs with my nephew.

Animaniacs were a hell of a lot funnier than people gave them credit for.  The Goodfeathers were sublime.

The show had some surprisingly high brow references at times. Not to mention some naughty humour: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXc119xbDic

[Viking]

I enjoyed watching Tiny Toons and Animaniacs with my nephew.

Animaniacs were a hell of a lot funnier than people gave them credit for.  The Goodfeathers were sublime.

The show had some surprisingly high brow references at times. Not to mention some naughty humour: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXc119xbDic

Any cartoon with double entendre's like that fit into Disney's aspiration pretty well.

[Brazen]

I did very much enjoy the 1990a Batman series, but not its more recent incarnations. Mark Hamill is an excellent voice artiste.

[Grey Fox]

You guys heard of ReBoot? Was it broadcasted in the US?

[dps]

Eddie: Not necessarily. Our Saturday morning cartoons also finished a shitload of 70s series, and most of them were just crap.

Sure, but some old cartoons like Merry Melodies or The Flintstones were better than the vast majority of 80s/90s stuff. Bugs Bunny holds up well even into adulthood.

Generally speaking, pre-1970 stuff is better than 1970s animation.  So it's not so much that there was a goldent age after sometime after 1980 as that the 70s were a dark age.  Or dork age.