For any kid who grew up in the ’80s, it wasn’t about the content of character. It was about the size of Transformer. After school and Saturday mornings, masses of children spent hour after hour parked ...

There was a very specific moment in the 1980s when television executives looked at children and thought:“What if we simply gave them everything?”Not stories with endings. Not subtle character arcs.

Holding Out for a Hero’ syncs with ThunderCats and 5 other ’80s cartoon intros—try it yourself Remember when Saturday mornings meant waking up before your parents, ...