Topic > Hey kids - 796

Hey kids! I know it may be difficult, but try to remember when we were kids how much we loved waking up early on Saturday mornings, sneaking in front of the TV and watching our favorite cartoons. We loved doing this not only so we could see our favorite characters face troubling dilemmas in each episode, but also so we could see what was new on the market and try to convince our parents to save a few dollars and buy it. This tactic has been used for years and years and will likely continue to be used for the simple reason that it works. Business people in marketing know that kids will see the latest and greatest thing and insist to their parents that they have to have it. And with a little persistence and maybe a tantrum or two, they can usually pull it off. Sometimes commercials are liked not only by the child, but also by the parents because they can see the new toys that they can buy for their children. Since there is always a constant demand for new toys, there will always be an entrepreneur looking to make money by creating a product and marketing it in the form of marketing. It's an endless cycle that will always happen as long as TV exists because that's how they make money. I hadn't woken up early on a Saturday morning to watch "early bird" cartoons in years, so when we got told to pick a show and I knew what it would be, HEY ARNOLD! HELLO ARNOLD! you play on NICKELODEON in the morning of every day of the week. HELLO ARNOLD! is a cartoon about a group of kids who live in the city and go to school together. A similar theme that many children can relate to. I watched this show as a kid and knew they still aired it on KICKELODEON, so I woke up at the same time I watched it, 7am, even though it didn't air until 8am, it was fine. I sat down from 8 to 9 and watched two episodes of the show. When I thought about what commercials I would see, I had a pretty good idea. Sitting down and watching them proved my ideas correct. Before I sat down to watch the show I made a list of the types of commercials I thought would be shown just to see if I was right.