Submitted by Partyboy317 t3_y927jw in television
I've been thinking about this for a while now and was curious if others agreed. After the Chip and Dale movie came out on Disney+ I, like so many others I'm sure, immediately decided to go back and watch the old cartoon and I realized something that is especially true for old cartoons. Some shows aren't meant to be binged. It's not that they are bad shows but they really should only be taken in small doses at a time in order to maintain their enjoyment value. Rescue Rangers is a prime example of this; it's an amazing show, but you watch more than maybe two episodes and you start to feel it quickly.
Then I thought about it and remembered what made the Disney Afternoon and Saturday morning cartoons great was the variety, the randomness and even the limited nature of them. You got your daily variety and then you waited for the next episode. So what if services like Disney+ and Hulu and stuff had daily playlists of an episode (maybe two as was sometimes the case with tv) of a few different shows that you could turn on and it play through the shows without all of the hassle of manually switching between everything.
Imagine if they had special premade ones, like (to use the example again) the Disney Afternoon playlist. To up the ante, they could even start the playlist with the old Disney Afternoon intro (make it optional in case some people want to cut to the chase). Another obvious option would be to allow custom playlists. You choose what shows you want and maybe if you want them to play in order or randomly (both in order of what show is up and what episode it plays).
I used cartoons as examples but there's no shortage of shows in any genre or age range that it would work for. Fan of superhero shows but don't want to just binge Spiderman? Boom! Spiderman, then X-Men then Fantastic 4 etc...(Obviously they'd have to be ones on the specific service obviously). You like cooking shows but don't just want the Great British Baking Show? Well you can have your cake and eat it too.
What sort of playlists would you make? What custom features would you add to them if you could?
Maninhartsford t1_it3abbf wrote
There's a fun YouTube channel called Rinse Repeat that does this, puts together nostalgic kids show blocks with original commercials too. Of course it's limited by what shows won't get pulled from YouTube, but that sort of ads to the fun as it's like the b sides. But yeah, if disney+ launched a one Saturday morning section or HBO max started in with cartoon cartoons, that would be awesome.