Join your host Garhdo on an emotional discussion into the merit of children’s shows that exist primarily to sell a toy line, and the positive impact and lasting legacy that they can have despite that. Content warning for brief discussions of child abuse so audience discretion is advised.

• 0:00 Intro
• 0:31 How Reagan and Star Wars changed the Toy Industry
• 10:43 The origins and biggest names in toy cartoons
• 36:00 The merits of character, storytelling, morals and metaphor
• 1:24:29 How Legacies are made
• 1:38:41 Outro
• 1:41:55 Sign-Off

Season 2, Episode 02

July 31st 2021

This remains one of the episodes I’m most proud of, tackling an argument that I’ve seen wielded against many of us in geek circles who like things perceived as “childish” by society at large, and so I wanted to get my thoughts out there. And it gets emotional as so much of what I’m saying hits home for me.

This episode and the two that follow it all cover topics that have been on my mind as things I wanted to discuss, and so I’ve always thought of them as a loose trilogy of sorts, and they exist as more editorial in nature.