doug@terak.UUCP (Doug Pardee) (11/04/85)
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