New Community Bio

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

Hey everybody! I just updated our Community Bio to reflect the fact that we have already done our first ever 1980's Saturday Morning Historical Reenactment, thought I'd share it with you all because I... I think I've finally captured what this community is all about. It's been really hard to put it in to words, but this time I think I've got it!

This community is dedicated to the planning, coordinating and execution of our Virtual Saturday Morning Cartoon Viewing Party! Kind of like a Civil War Re-enactment Society, only with less guns and more Cookie Crisp cereal.

One YouTube Play-list created specially for this event. Six in the morning till 1 in the afternoon, SEVEN HOURS of semi-historically-accurate programming from 1980's Saturday Mornings. COMPLETE WITH COMMERCIALS. But that's just the beginning...

You *could* just watch this stuff on your own. You *could* just skip over the cartoons you don't like. You *could* just skip the commercials and everything and not have to get up early and watch this stuff all alone in your darkened office after you finish off those TPS reports.

But where's the fun in that? That's not what made the cartoons special when you were a kid.

What made Saturday Mornings special went so far beyond just the cartoons... it was the RITUAL and the PAGEANTRY of it all! It was about waking up at the crack of dawn and knowing that all across the nation OTHER KIDS were doing THE EXACT SAME THING at the EXACT SAME MOMENT. It was about having to decide between Scooby-Doo and Flintstones. It was about waiting till the commercial break to go use the bathroom. It was all this and so much more!

And THAT'S what we're trying to recreate and celebrate here. Not just the shows, but the EXPERIENCE

So here's what we do. We create a special private YouTube playlist that will only be available during our scheduled Saturday Morning Watch-Along. Like I said before, SEVEN HOURS of Saturday Morning programming complete with commercials, able to be joined in with every half-hour. Once you hit "Play", you don't stop. It's a MARATHON, just like when you were a kid! And of course we also have a chat going along at the same time so you can share your experience with other like-minded folks... it's kind of like the morning after a big sleep-over!

We held our very first ever 1980's Saturday Morning Historical Reenactment on September 3rd, 2011. Since we had only planned on maybe a fist-full of participants, we were BLOWN AWAY when the chat room started out with 9 people at 6am! AND THEN IT JUST GOT BIGGER! The most I personally counted in the chat room at one time was 27 people, and most of them spoke of people watching along with them in their own household!

Not to shabby, considering that I had planned on *maybe* 5 people!

We plan to do these events 3 or 4 times a year... one of them may even be a LIVE EVENT some day (more information when/if that becomes a possibility)! One way or another, though, we will ALWAYS have a watch-along on the first Saturday in September (the traditional Birthday of the new Saturday Morning Fall Line-Up).

Keep an eye on our community for when the next event is coming!

Did I miss anything?

Comments

[piplover.livejournal.com]

I had so much fun, it was awesome! It was also fun to learn what other people were eating and drinking. I think Cap'n Crunch was mentioned a lot, and if I hadn't been at work, I would have been glued to the screen for the entire time.

Thanks for doing this for us! It was amazing, and I can't wait for the next one!

[cooperwench.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think I was the only one rockin' the Lucky Charms.....When the monster cereals come out, I'm getting some Boo-Berry to stash away just for the occasion.

[aurora77]

Good call! I'll keep that in mind.

[cooperwench.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah!! I might even get some Count Chokula, in case my mood changes!!

[tarpo.livejournal.com]

You might want to look at Veetle as an option sometime. It allows you to actually stream directly instead of using Youtube. Some friends of mine do a movie night every Thursday and they stream them through that.

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

Excellent suggestion, thanks!

[cherry-faery.livejournal.com]

That bio sounds pretty accurate to what happened. It was a fantastic event and it will be even more fun to get more people involved.

[kimerastorm.livejournal.com]

the hubby-monster and I had a blast, and the gloworm actually behaved, which isnt an easy thing for a 3 week old, the cartoons mesmerized her LOL.

The only bad part was waking up at six am and having to wait till nine for the show to start (East Coast mixup on our parts lol)

[cherry-faery.livejournal.com]

I think for future, we should list what time we need to wake up so people aren't confused in the future. It was a little confusing but somehow we all managed to get through it.

And kudos on the fact that your 3 week old is already hooked!

[aurora77]

Yeah, we'll make sure we double-proofread the prepared posts. PST should have been EST, which ended up confusing people. Oops. Sorry!

[cherry-faery.livejournal.com]

No worries! It was a first run and considering how well everything went, you guys have nothing to apologize for. :)

[mizra.livejournal.com]

This was just a fantastic way to chill out after a long, hard week at work. I love it and I even went back and started to look for some old toys that I had. And books. And movies.
Ya'll, this was awesome! *high-fives all around*

[cherry-faery.livejournal.com]

I spent the whole afternoon listening to DEVO and Cyndi Lauper after I was done and ended up needing to watch the Goonies that night because I didn't want the 80s greatness to be over. (My toys are part of my regular decor, must to the bemusement of everyone to walk in my apartment. :P)

[mizra.livejournal.com]

I've got my copies of Indiana Jones and my whole 80s music collection on my hard drive. It really was just a great, great day.

That's awesome about the toys! Haha, I have a few Star Wars figurines in my house, as well. A Darth Vader bank, too. And a lightsaber by the door (for burglars, of course!)

[cherry-faery.livejournal.com]

That's a good call on the lightsaber. Methinks that it's probably a lot more effective than my oh-so-threatening Fraggle veggie cars that line my TV. :)

[gwenyvere4.livejournal.com]

LOVE IT. And it cracked me up, because the way I described this to my husband (who was working during it) was, "Well, it's kind of like a historical reenactment of Saturday monring in the 80's... like SCA for cartoons." HA.

[aurora77]

SCA for cartoons. I like it! :D

[cooperwench.livejournal.com]

It looks great...And I'm trying to spread the word, because that's the most fun I've had outside of a Horror Convention.
And I've been to a LOT .

[darealmillah.livejournal.com]

I was out of town this weekend, so I missed the fun. :-( But, I'm definitely down for the next one! Keep us posted!

[piratequeen]

Dev and I had lots of fun watching it and chatting with you all!