In article
,
Derek Janssen nospam.verizon.net> wrote:
> Bruce Grubb wrote:
>
>> In article
registered.motzarella.org>,
>> "Patrick McNamara" yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> >>>>*Peggy Charren - Peggy Charren spearheaded a major movement (via her
>>>
>>>She may have led it, but it was parents (primarily mothers) who pushed for
>>>it. The Comic Book Code also greatly contributed to this idea.
>>
>>
>> I don't see how. By 1968 when Peggy Charren founded Action for Children's
>> Television (ACT) the Comic Book Code was a shambling joke bordering on
>> toothless tiger largely thanks to the revival of horror comics started by
>> independents like Gold Key in the mid 1960's.
>
> In fact, her actual targets had been the "Toytoon" craze of the 80's (GI
I'm confused; she started a group in 1968 to fight shows of the 80s?
> Joe, Transformers, He-Man), as particularly enraged by favorite pet
> evil-marketers symbol, "Captain Power & the Soldiers of the Future"--
> Which, according to the concept, was designed to be played along with
> light-sensitive interactive toys.
>
> (Except that "Power" was, in fact, a live-action show, and had some
> reasonably good scripts for its time by an early J. Michael Straczynski--
> And by the end of what became its only season, most of its viewers had
> long forgotten about the toys, and tried to ignore those annoying strobe
> flashes on screen...)
And starred the real Dr. Elizabeth Weir, with whom Stargate Atlantis SGA
might actually have been a good show.
--
Star Trek 09:
No Shat, No Show.
