Saturday Morning memories thread

[wwfpooh]

Agreed. It's up to a person to choose what they eat, anyway.

 

[Drtooth]

Anyway, all I can say over all is that if cutting down on the ads is the be all and end all and more ads mean more fat children, how is it the obesity rate is so much higher now than it use to be ?

I never blame the ads when it is the grown ups that should be walking PSAs .

Exactly. I call BS on that, because the Child Obesity epidemic WOULD have hit in the 1980's, when everyone and their animated mother was on food products. They would have forced the TMNT to start craving Veggies and rice crackers instead of pizza.

And it IS the point of commercials to make you want something you don't want. Did anyone ever want to smoke? Did anyone ever want to get a crippling bank loan? Do we really need Blu Rays, especially if we can't afford it. Deep down, the adult commercials are much worse... cartoon characters advertising medicine, especially needless ones, credit cards that tell you to buy everything you ever wanted right now, and not to worry about paying it back with interest (which is what got us into the mess we're in now)...

I wouldn't care, but these junk food commercials make these cartoon shows possible. No one else wants to fund them, and PSA's don't give all that much money (that is, if they're show on their own). These idiot activist parents (with surprisingly thin kids, mind you) have successfully killed cartoons, as is their want. Freedom of choice does NOT mean freedom from, making the bad choice. And I'm agreeing with Red, here. It's non-stop video games, internet, and all that that are more responsible for the lazy lethargic kids (also what's responsible for killing off the demographic) than eating anything.

 

[ryhoyarbie]

Exactly. I call BS on that, because the Child Obesity epidemic WOULD have hit in the 1980's, when everyone and their animated mother was on food products. They would have forced the TMNT to start craving Veggies and rice crackers instead of pizza.

I never once got a craving for pizza while watching the old Ninja Turles cartoon show. I watch it now and ask "how can they eat all that pizza and not get tired of it?

 

[Drtooth]

Hey, you know... do anything that doesn't require being a parent, and blame everyone and everything else you can think of instead of yourself. it's like the guy who sued McDonalds for spilling coffee on his lap.

And there are far MORE dangerous things to advertise than junkfoods. Tune in an infomercial for the pyramid scheme SMC. Someone stupid or desperate for money is gonna fall for that. Shell, Kevin Trudeau has been called a quack and a fraud and indicted multiple times, and they STILL run his infomercials. But NO way... no Ronald McDonald or Chester Cheetah...they're ruining the country. Not like the credit card companies and loan sharks, schister lawyers, and expensive placebos.

So, basically, you could be multiple times in debt, suffering odd side effects of a drug you don't need, and commercials only "Brainwash" kids becuase they're inside enough to have double chins. There lies the outrage?

 

[Baby Gonzo]

The fact of the matter is that it is adults who are buying the food. Not the kids, generally speaking. If you don't want your kids to eat junk food then don't buy it! Padlock the pantry! Make the fridge off limits!

I know it has to feel like murder not to give in to your child's crying and demands, but you aren't doing them any favors buy buying something you know isn't good for them. 'Nuff said.

 

[Redsonga]

The fact of the matter is that it is adults who are buying the food. Not the kids, generally speaking. If you don't want your kids to eat junk food then don't buy it! Padlock the pantry! Make the fridge off limits!

I know it has to feel like murder not to give in to your child's crying and demands, but you aren't doing them any favors buy buying something you know isn't good for them. 'Nuff said.

Making the fudge and pantry off limits is just asking for trouble IMHO. It's much safer if you simply don't have anything you don't want them snacking on. Like my ma, she bought one bag of chips a week and we each got half and had to make it last. And this was before chips were any sort of 'good for you in better oil' at all. I was never fat and I'm not now .
But you know, I love pizza. I could eat it all the time but not having much money puts you on a money based can no afford it diet

 

[Drtooth]

Lemme just say, it's a bit of both... limiting stuff, and making sure the kids don't take more than their share. You can get just as fat as over eating stuff from a Mom and Pop bakery as you do from Nabisco.

But the point of the matter is, there were ALWAYS these great "Be careful what you eat" PSA's that ran along side with Potato chip, bubble gum, and candy adverts. And if you check them out on Youtube, they all came from the 70's-early 90's. They even reran the older ones over and over certain times. The compromise should have been to limit junk food ads, but not to such an extent, and put some more PSA's in between them. Now what PSA's do we get? One from the NFL and one with Shrek they aired for 2 weeks in 2006? Preachy or not, these things are part of what made Saturday mornings great. And the Junk food commercials were well done. We had some great animation from General mills and Kelloggs ads.

 

[Baby Gonzo]

I agree, it is better to not have what you don't want kids to eat. Portion control is just as important as telling kids to eat their fruits and veggies. There are some extreme circumstances though.

 

[Redsonga]

I agree, it is better to not have what you don't want kids to eat. Portion control is just as important as telling kids to eat their fruits and veggies. There are some extreme circumstances though.

I was not really taught portion control, I just ate when I was hungary and stopped when I was full and could have as much as I wanted of ma's homemade stew between then. But I did not have time to snack between meals because I was so busy playing. That is the key I think, not so much the size of what you eat, but that you move around enough to balance out what you eat.
I am never skinnier than when I visit San Francisco and I eat tons of fatty things and pasta while I am there, but I walk and run everywhere and my muscle troubles make my legs do twice as much work as a 'normal' persons.

So my motto is if you are going to eat a lot of junk (which I do, I love it dearly) you'd better be doing a lot of exercise at the same time, and not just the gym type, but the everyday out in the fresh air type .

 

[wwfpooh]

As well, metabolisms also play a part in weight and such things, too.

it's like the guy who sued McDonalds for spilling coffee on his lap

It was a lady, but I digress because I did report on McDonald's (both good and bad aspects).