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>And it was the 80s.
You replied to a string of posts referring to pics of the version of the show that ran from 2015 to 2023, not the 80s version.
>They made a lot of things that wouldn't last today.
That's a weird statement to make about cartoons like The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang, considering they're based on preexisting properties. It's not like the cartoon was trying to blaze new ground and make a name for itself, since it was always going to be an addition to the live action series. Same goes for any cartoon based on a live action show; they will get mentioned for as long as their parent show's fame lasts. A lot of stuff made today doesn't last today, either.
Anyway, I imagine that more thought and effort went into those cartoon spinoffs, than Disney's string of mostly bad live action remakes of their animated features.
GI Joe wasn't created in the 80s, even if the first cartoon was. Mainly off the back of that cartoon (with credit shared by the comics and toys), they have continued to make comics, cartoons, toys, video games, and live action movies based on it, for decades.
Shows based on fads, like Rubik, the Amazing Cube (although it was noteworthy for having a mainly Hispanic cast, at the time) are almost destined to be throwaway, cash-grab, products, by design. They made shows to take advantage of fads in the 80s, they make them today. They are not endemic to any specific decade.
Foofur is Foofur. I remember it. Somewhere around here, I have the sneak peek special for the Saturday cartoon lineup that included it, on VHS. I'm not sure it not becoming a famous franchise is a mark against it. If put up alongside a modern show, meant for the same age group, it's hard to say whether it would garner the same numbers or not. I feel like some of those old cartoons, that get no love, could be released on YT (even as an "always stream"); who knows what kind of business they'd do. That'd make more money than them collecting dust on a shelf.
