Today’s marketing ploy actually connects back to a previous article, in the sense that it was the reason for this marketing ploy’s very existence.
Sounds vague, doesn’t it?
Category: Do You Remember?
Weekly series of different nostalgic items. Each month has a new theme.
Where It’s At: The Children’s Palace “Video Toy Chest”
I think I found something better than a corporate training video: a video full of commercials for the latest (for the most part) and greatest toys, hosted by children, and topped off with the catchiest jingle this side of “I wanna be a Toys R Us Kid!”
Except this isn’t Toys R Us.
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Muppets, Little Ponies, Optimus Prime, and A Real American Hero: The Story of Marvel Productions
Yes, this is the Marvel you’re thinking of.
Heavy Metal, Raccoons, and That One Care Bears Special: The History of Atkinson Film-Arts
Actually, there were two Care Bears specials. But we’ll – ok, I – won’t forget that one. Continue reading “Heavy Metal, Raccoons, and That One Care Bears Special: The History of Atkinson Film-Arts”
The Incredible World of DIC!
Continuing on with this month’s theme, we’re looking at another production company you may remember (I briefly mentioned their association with last week’s production company, Coca-Cola Telecommunications). And if you do remember it, it might be because of the name, and the giggles it garnered from little kids who couldn’t believe what this company was called.
You were super immature, weren’t you?
The Time The Coca-Cola Made Television Shows
New month, new theme!
Get ready, May is diving headfirst into stories of four defunct production companies!
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QUBE: The Story of a Revolutionary Experimental Station
We’re wrapping up subscription and pay-cable television month with the story of an experimental network that paved the way for television as it would come to be known years later: pay-per-view, interactivity, and special interest.
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