Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site terak.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!hao!noao!terak!doug From: doug@terak.UUCP (Doug Pardee) Newsgroups: net.comics,net.tv Subject: Re: Saturday cartoons and Stupid People's Court Message-ID: <848@terak.UUCP> Date: Mon, 4-Nov-85 15:02:37 EST Article-I.D.: terak.848 Posted: Mon Nov 4 15:02:37 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 7-Nov-85 04:39:00 EST References: <2863@vax4.fluke.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Calcomp Display Products Division, Scottsdale, AZ, USA Lines: 13 Xref: watmath net.comics:2248 net.tv:3486 When I first heard complaints about Saturday cartoons being just one big advertisement, I thought it was a bunch of hooey. After all, I remember being a kid, and I would have loved to have had some "merchandising" done by my favorite shows (I always wanted a Sky King airplane model). And if the toys came first instead of the show, I thought there was nothing wrong with kids seeing their favorite toys "come to life." Then I watched some of the shows and I was converted. They are indeed nothing but continuous commercials for some toy or other, disguised as cartoon programs. Pure, unadulterated exploitation. Boooo!! -- Doug Pardee -- CalComp -- {calcom1,savax,seismo,decvax,ihnp4}!terak!doug