Monday, June 21, 2010

Stars of today

This lame report deals with children demanding cereal because of famous TV and movie cartoon characters being put on the box. They want the Shrek and Dora the Explorer. I find this study rather bogus since for decades we've had cartoon characters on the box. The difference being when I was a kid, the cartoon characters on the boxes were stars in their own right. Cap'n Crunch, The Trix Rabbit and Frankenberry didn't need to be part of a bigger project. Cap'n Crunch's original cartoons were more entertaining than the Saturday morning shows they sponsored. Where's the study explaining why anyone buys anything promoted by a Kardashian?

http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/06/21/cartoon.characters.junk.food/index.html?hpt=C2

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