a a kid and i never understand why anyone would watch this very crappy show . it be pretty stupid and i always want spridle and jim jim to get in some sort of fatal accident ( they be that annoy ) . now and almost 40 year later and i have a new attitude about the cartoon . while i still think it be complete crap and this be only in regard to the american version of the show . that because i be read a book about anime and find out that the show we watch grow up be completely different from those originally show in japan . you see and the idiot in charge of syndicate the series think it be too violent so they cut this out of the episode . that bad enough and but what else they do be beyond belief they actually chop the episode apart and splice them together to create show that be nothing like the original . for example and one episode might be make up of part of episode 3 and 6 and 18 and 27. a a result and i really do not know if the original show really be bad it might have be brilliant . but who can tell consider all we have to watch be this americanized mess .