Another childhood icon blamed for eating issues....

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Another childhood icon blamed for eating issues....

Posted: 6/13/08 at 10:01am

First it was Barbie, who made us all anorexic. Now, apparently, playing with pudgy Strawberry Shortcake and rotund Carebears made us all fat. So they're being given a "fruit forward" makeover....
No more desserts!

#2

re: Another childhood icon blamed for eating issues....

Posted: 6/13/08 at 10:13am

Strawberry Smoothie?

Strawberry Yogurrrl?

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#3

re: Another childhood icon blamed for eating issues....

Posted: 6/13/08 at 11:09am

Poor Custard. I hope Bernie and MTM can find someone who will brush him regularly at Broadway Barks this year.

And 4Kids Entertainment, which licenses the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, will revive them next year in new video games, where they will have more muscles and less attitude.

Sounds like they're priming to bump Mario Lopez in favor of Nick Adams as Michelangelo in the next film!

#4

re: Another childhood icon blamed for eating issues....

Posted: 6/13/08 at 12:55pm

Don't forget a few years ago, they re-figured Cookie Monster on Sesame Street. (Because we all know a hairy puppet on a PBS station has more influence on a child than a mother saying "Go near that cookie jar one more time and you'll spoil your dinner."

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#5

re: Another childhood icon blamed for eating issues....

Posted: 6/13/08 at 1:13pm

i'm more interested in "earring magic ken"



from wikipedia:

Mattel had conducted a survey of girls asking if Ken should be retained as Barbie's boyfriend or whether a new doll should be introduced in that role. Survey results indicated that girls wanted Ken kept but wanted him to look "cooler." The redesigned Ken was the result. Observers quickly noted the resemblance of Earring Magic Ken to a stereotypical gay man, from the purple clothes to the earring to the necklace, which was described as a "chrome****ring."

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#6

re: Another childhood icon blamed for eating issues....

Posted: 6/13/08 at 1:35pm

Ew, how wrong. They're sexing up Strawberry Shortcake!
Now kids will be not fat, but skinny and whores. Wonderful.

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#7

re: Another childhood icon blamed for eating issues....

Posted: 6/13/08 at 1:41pm

I'm a little lost on how that's "sexing it up", I just think its a smart redesigning of a model that is probably too old fashioned for today's kids.


But of course it has to be politicized.

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#8

re: Another childhood icon blamed for eating issues....

Posted: 6/13/08 at 1:46pm

I think it looks like one of those Bratz dolls with it's big head, eyes (with make-up) and tiny waist.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bratz

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#9

re: Another childhood icon blamed for eating issues....

Posted: 6/13/08 at 1:54pm

It looks nothing like a Bratz doll, which are truly ho-ey and disturbing. This is honestly the third thing I have seen about this on the internet...lighten up, already!

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#10

re: Another childhood icon blamed for eating issues....

Posted: 6/13/08 at 5:33pm

The new one's fine, I suppose.

But I'm biased... in favor of the original, because a friend of mine at work's mother designed her.

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#11

re: Another childhood icon blamed for eating issues....

Posted: 6/13/08 at 5:38pm

A country full of victims. No one can take responsibility for their own actions. It's always somebody or something else, at fault.

#12

re: Another childhood icon blamed for eating issues....

Posted: 6/13/08 at 7:07pm

I blame Snoopy's belly for the rising gas prices.

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#13

re: Another childhood icon blamed for eating issues....

Posted: 6/13/08 at 8:52pm

If one ate food instead of issues, there wouoldn't be such problems.

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#14

re: Another childhood icon blamed for eating issues....

Posted: 6/17/08 at 11:31am

I love the original Strawberry Shortcake. I still have my old Strawberry dolls!