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Back in the EARLY 80s… lets face it, America’s Children were WEAK… The only TV shows they had to watch were Flintstones re-runs… Fraggle Rock… and something called: “Baby Binky & the Banana Bunch”…. PATHETIC.
Then (over 40 years ago) in 1983, G.I. Joe hit TV Screens… And according to Jeff, he was a strapping, Muscle-bound military action figure, whose main purpose was to SELL toys… Suddenly kids were attempting to convince their MOMS & DADS they didn’t just need ONE G.I. Joe…. They needed a whole squadron of tiny commandos, a battle tank, a fighter jet, and at least five bazookas… and if you didn’t have those, you were basically COBRA SCUM. (That’s a 40 year old joke guys, I understand if not everybody gets it)
But Soon… other toy-brands followed suit, launching their own Money making animated cartoons – to sell more toys.
Thats why today, we’re doing a special: TOYS TO TV FAME edition of… Plenty of Twenty.