Hi there flat screen web surfers. Today I'm going to talk about another Disney channel called Toon Disney. I'll talk about what is was like before Richard Ross and Anne Sweeney ruined it into Teen Disney XD. Let me tell you about Disney afternoon.
Kids Disney Afternoon years (1990-1997) golden age
Disney afternoon had a bunch of rated G cartoon TV shows they are Ducktales, Chip and Dale rescue rangers, Gummi Bears, Talespin, Darkwing Duck, cartoon Mighty Ducks, Gargoyles, Goof Troop, Bonkers, The Little Mermaid and Aladdin series and many more. Disney afternoon ran for 7 years and there was no commercial breaks until the end of the show expect on other channels. They even had a theme song for it. They were good no swearing, no crude humor, and it was for appropriate for kids to watch of course there was fighting involved and the usual good vs. evil like Disney cartoon movies, best of all no pop-up ads and no shrinking credits but sometimes the announcer talked during the credits. When People at the Disney studios dropped the main peaceful Disney channel with the window mouse shadow in 1997 they quit having Disney afternoon on.
Kids Toon Disney years (1998-2009) silver age
After Afternoon Disney dropped the Disney company decided to change their logo to a mouse ears TV and have 2 more Disney channels because the main one was for Disney Channel original kids and teen movies (the more humble ones not the todays annoying teen movies.) and TV shows and there wasn't enough space to show the old school Disney shorts and TV shows so they made Playhouse Disney and Toon Disney. Playhouse Disney was for little kids and kids and showed educational shows while Kids Toon Disney had kids party logos, showed good old Disney cartoons like Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy, Ducktales, Chip and Dale, Talespin, Gummi Bears, Winnie the Pooh, Goof Troop, Darkwing Duck, The Little Mermaid, Aladdin and even the later cartoons like Doug TV show from Nickelodeon, Lilo and Stitch. There was a show called House of Mouse where all the Disney movie characters both good and bad got together and showed the later Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Goofy cartoons. Then in 2000 commercial breaks came on. There was other TV shows like Emperors new School, Lilo and Stitch TV series, Sonic the hedgehog. There was also Disney movies from the 1980s and 1990s. While this was too good to last toon Disney started to change their logo in 2003 at the same time Disney Channel and Playhouse Disney changed from a mouse ears TV to a crooked mouse logo. There was still Disney cartoon TV shows but that all changed in 2004 when Jetix invaded Toon Disney with some Teen cartoon shows and superhero shows and since then there has been less good Disney cartoons and also pop-up ads and shrinking credits which I hate. Then in 2009 Toon Disney went off the air for good and got replaced by another Teen Disney channel, the main Disney channel already went to rude, annoying teen shows in 2003. Richard Ross and Anne Sweeney were the one responsible for Toon Disneys downfall they don't care about good Disney shows and rather make money and rub snobby violent teen idol shows in peoples faces and brainwash them. The Toon Disney years were gone for good.
Teen Disney XD (2009-present)
Ever since Teen Disney XD invaded it became like the main Teen Disney channel. Having screaming hard rock and rap concerts. Also theres teen bumpers with rockers and rappers in it. Not only that they allow some swear words, crude humor, bullying, punk teenagers being rude to others, having Teen idol shows, violent TV shows and movies, more pop-up TV ads and shrinking credits which I still hate, more superhero shows, the only good show is some tolerant cartoons like Phineas and Ferb. In fact it's not what Walt Disney wanted. I hope someone can get rid of Teen Disney XD and start over.
Legacy of Disney cartoon TV shows and movies
Even though Toon Disney is gone you can find good Disney TV shows and movies online at teen youtube.com or video.aol.com or other online video websites. Also you can get Disney TV shows on DVD. My final thoughts are I hope no one forgets the old Disney cartoons. There is still Playhouse Disney the only good Disney channel left which will become Junior Disney. May the old Disney cartoons never be forgotten and I hope a day comes when we can see them in paradise until then get the cartoon Disney movies and TV shows on DVD. In my next article I'll be concluding with old Disney Studios and talk about what it was like.
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