What can possibly compete with being a child on a Sunday (or Saturday, if you wish) morning and being able to watch cartoons until your eyes pop? If there is one thing I miss from my younger years, it's that feeling of security, innocence and freedom that I felt.

So, in honor of those days, I present to you my latest top 10 list. The following include childhood and adult favorites alike. However, this list does not include characters who were predominantly used in the comic pages in newspapers.

All-Time Favorite Cartoon Characters:

10. Barney Rubble
I loved the Flintstones, but Fred always annoyed me. Barney seemed like he was always more sensible and he even had the prettier wife. While I liked it's copycat, The Jetsons, the Flintstones get points for it's 0riginality (although, I guess it was really just an animated version of The Honeymooners)

9. Dudley Do-Right
every time I think of the line "Oh, Nell", I crack up. Did Canadians find this show funny? I bet they didn't.

8. Road-Runner
This is really shared between the Road-Runner and Wile E. Coyote. You can't have one without the other. I always wondered where got the money to buy all those Acme products.

7. Grandpa Simpson
Grandpa Simpson is the funniest old dude on TV. Without question, he has the best lines - even if he can't always remember them.

6. George of the Jungle
Stupid movie aside, I always loved the theme song.

5. Patrick Star
As you can tell, I usually liked the dumb ones. Patrick is so utterly ridiculous that he can steal any scene. The sight of him in fishnets in the SpongeBob movie was a classic moment in animated history.

4. Bullwinkle
Continuing the "simple" theme, I have to wonder why Rocky stuck around with a moose. Oh, and to answer the question as to whether or not squirrels fly? Yes they do. Especially as you hit one with your car as you drive in the mountains (trust me on this one - it landed in the valley below)

3. Wakko Warner
I'm not sure if it was the adult humor, the classic sight gags, or my friend Neil's obsession with the Animaniacs that I enjoyed most. But whatever it was, I loved it. I grew up on these types of cartoons, so naturally, they grew up with Yakko, Wakko and Dot. But what were they?

2. Foghorn Leghorn
Boy, I say boy I loved this. Plus, the who chicken hawk storyline and the neighborhood dog always made me want to bust a gut. Still does.

1. Bugs Bunny
The best of the best. Bugs had it all. He was the first cross-dressing rabbit in history and somehow made it work. Who hasn't - at one time or another - used the line, "eh, what's up Doc"? Bugs Bunny is, was and always will be the standard-bearer.

Others considered:
Speed Racer
Johnny Bravo
Popeye
Schoolhouse Rock
Magilla Gorilla
Quick-Draw McGraw


Thh-thh-thh-that's all, folks!