RE: The My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Not-Clan: 20% Cooler Than Official Clans
I saw the first episode when it premiered on The Hub. I think I had been watching Fraggle Rock beforehand, and when FiM came on I decided to keep watching. I don't know why, maybe it was the art style or the colorful characters. As I watched, I found that I liked it, but kept telling myself I wasn't supposed to like it. After all, it was My Little Pony and My Little Pony is supposed to suck! Still, I couldn't bring myself to change the channel.
I only saw the first episode and then kind of pushed the show out of my mind. Weeks later, Griffin the Brushoff came on while channel surfing and I saw in the opening that Lauren Faust worked on the show. I recognized her name since I used to watch PPG and Foster's all the time and decided to watch again and see what similarities I could find.
And thanks to Pinkie Pie's antics in that episode, I've been watching ever since!