Episode 316: It Is NOT A Commercial, It’s A Cartoon

This week Host Dave Bledsoe demands recognition for his service in the Toy Wars of the 1980’s and at least 50% disability pay for the wounds he suffered. (He chipped his tooth while opening a beer bottle in his mouth.) On the show this week we talk about how in 1982 cartoons became toy commercials with toy commercials in them. (If you think Ronald Reagan had something to do with it, you win a prize!)

Along the way we learn about Dave’s complex history with He Man and the Masters of the Universe. (He doesn’t like to talk about the time his parents yelled at them for playing He Man in the tub when he was almost 13! Hah HAH! They thought it was gay! HAH HAH!) Then we move right along to the history of the most influential toy company of the 20th Century and it is NOT the one you think it is, probably because this company didn’t make the Star Wars toys that made that other company so successful. From there we explain to you exactly how kids television went to shit so fast in the 1980’s. (The reasons will NOT shock you!)

Our Sponsor this week is the USS Flagg GI Joe Playset, teaching 80’s kids they were poor the hard way. We open with the commercial for wealth inequality and close with AMASIC signing about their Barbie Fetish. 

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The Great Marketing Deregulationhttps://bettermarketing.pub/the-great-marketing-deregulation-2125a0efe094

Masters of the Universe Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masters_of_the_Universe#History_and_versions_of_the_franchise

Weekday Cartoons Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weekday_cartoon#1980s

Reagan Vetoes Bill Putting Limits On TV Programming for Childrenhttps://www.nytimes.com/1988/11/07/us/reagan-vetoes-bill-putting-limits-on-tv-programming-for-children.html

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