[hnzix]

I mean YouTube is bad but nothing can compete with the existential horror of Barney or the Teletubbies. Again again! three minute video loops to infinity

Plenty of my fave 80s cartoons were basically extended toy commercials. He-Man, Voltron...

[viraptor]

It was interesting to watch those in eastern Europe. I knew he-man but never saw any commercial. They'd be wasted time as well, because you couldn't buy those toys anyway, so only the show itself remained.

I actually haven't learned about the toy part of those shows until my 20s.

[Brockenstein]

That is fascinating. The lends of other people's experiences.

Although living in a rural area in the U.S. there were a lot of shows I was aware of but never really got to see all that much because they were on cable and having only a handful channels limited options. He-man being one of them. But it is interesting how much a kid picks up with those shows with just the most minimal amount of content.