Looney Tunes, for me. When I was growing up through the 90s and 2000s, Looney Tunes was about as large as life itself. Bugs, Daffy, Taz, Sylvester, Marvin the Martian .etc were staples anywhere in culture. However, it felt like some pendulum swung another direction because there’s solemn mention of Looney Tunes in the past 10 years.
And I’m trying to not say that Looney Tunes has faded away, it still has made shows as recent as 2020 that lasted until 2024 and a movie that was this year. But I’m saying that it’s cultural relevance has taken a backseat and it doesn’t help that its parent company, WB, has been treated as nothing more than just an asset to be acquired while those who acquired it, aren’t doing a lot with the name to bring it back to its former level.
It’s kinda like how Tom and Jerry were huge (still are to an extent) but its cultural significance as of late, has largely taken the same backseat where you don’t hear as much from them as you used to.
I think part of it was the drill your brain with an auger kids shows were designed to be addictive to kids; baby shart, poop patrol, peppered pig, and the list goes on. I butchered the names but if you have kids or nieces and nephews then you know of these torture devices. I mean blues clues was at least tolerable, my sister loved that show. And there’s the tellitubbies, I would make fun of that to myself, stinky winky, but at least it wasn’t as bad as what my sisters kids watch now. My sister did watch the rescuers down under until the cassette broke sigh, so I’m surprised she didn’t have them watch that.