Staff Beef: Dexter’s Lab, the Crown Jem of Cartoon Network’s Renaissance Era

I honestly don’t know how I keep finding myself getting dragged into these Staff Beefs. You would think after getting washed by Omar “People’s Champ” Holmon in BNP’s first Staff Beef — also known as the most lopsided battle this side of Meek Mill and Drake — the BNP crew would have mercy upon my weary soul, but alas here we are yet again. Let me get you all caught up to speed. One night I made the bold claim that Dexter’s Laboratory was the crown jewel of that classic Cartoon Network line-up, not expecting anyone to disagree with me because let’s be honest, it’s like saying water is wet or Gotham is trash. Yet here comes fellow BNP writer Lauren Bullock talking that noise, saying not only am I wrong, but that Courage The Cowardly Dog of all shows was far superior to Dexter. Fam listen, I got to keep it all the way real with y’all and say my pride was hurt off that one. I mean, go back and check my stat sheet right quick — I been holding down BNP with that nostalgia for a minute. This is my domain. I had half a mind to go wait in downtown D.C. in my Hulkbuster screaming “Lauren, what’s good?!” but instead decided to take my grievances straight to the site and let the people decide. So here’s my case as to why Dexter’s Lab is far superior to Courage.

The Legacy Back when Cartoon Network was airing old Warner Bros, MGM, and Hanna-Barbara cartoons all day everyday, someone upstairs decided they wanted to start putting some original programming onto the network. Out of a showc…