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- From: niceswangern@bvc.edu
- Newsgroups: alt.mcdonalds
- Subject: Re: *** There should be...
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.173742.2776@bvc.edu>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 17:37:42 CDT
- References: <92323.012450DAB112@psuvm.psu.edu>
- Organization: Buena Vista College, Storm Lake, IA
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- In article <92323.012450DAB112@psuvm.psu.edu>, David Anthony Barro <DAB112@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
- > I think we had a sort-of misunderstanding about the cartoon. Firstly,
- > I thought I specified that I was referring to a CARTOON on SATURDAY
- > MORNINGS, along with other CARTOONS. I wasn't referring to commercials.
- > Besides, what commercials for McDonalds are cartoons in the traditional
- > sense anyway? I only seem to see regular kid actors/actresses now, and
- > even from the 70's people dressed up as the characters.
- >
- > However, I *do* see the point you made. Pac-man was never meant to ad-
- > vertise anything. TMNT were never meant to advertise anything, although
- > they both reached the cartoon stage.
-
- I don't think that Pac-Man and TMNT were made just for the fun of it.
- I'm pretty sure they were probably done with the intention of selling more
- products. (The list could include dozens of cartoons : My Little
- Pony, G.I. Joe, Care Bears, etc.) Maybe I'm wrong in that the cartoons
- came first [before the actual toys came out].
-
- Anyway, I agree that a McDonald's cartoon would look like a cheap ploy by
- McD's to get more business. Plus, Grimace's laugh would probably annoy the
- heck out of the viewers after about ten minutes.
-
- Send Cash,
- Nate N.
-
