Nostalgia Nook: Adventures in Wonderland

Most kid shows in the late 80s and throughout the 90s have one thing in common: they usually tried to teach us a moral. With the exception of “Animaniacs,” who averted it with the Wheel of Morality. Shows like Captain Planet tried to teach environmental morals. Most though tried to teach us the same morals, just in different ways. And it’s amazing in hindsight that we watched the same moral get taught to us over and over.

So why did we watch all these shows? I think it was the characters and the premise. Power Rangers taught us these morals and kicked Japanese stunt people butts along the way. And in Adventures in Wonderland, the characters of Lewis Carroll’s fantasy teach them to us.

So, through the looking glass and watching out for SPOILERS!