He's actually a 30+ year animatron that was once a bear or gorilla or something before having his skin removed and replaced. That thing is going to buy the shadiest junk it can to try and end it all.

https://youtu.be/gTmhS6hcY-A

Syndication was a bigger thing in the 80's and 90's than the 60's and 70's. You had all those new cable channels popping up and local broadcasters staying on later at night that needed to fill air time before infomercials were invented.

Not just Hanna-Barbara, but TV cartoons of that era in general it seems. Few cartoons made it to a second season. Something like Scooby Doo or Fat Albert were the rarity. Though Scooby was re-branded every few years.

Astro is actually a descendant of Scooby Doo. I have it all written down here in my fanfic. Give me your email, and I'll send over the first 8 volumes.

<raspy voice="">It's what I do.</raspy>

Not to mention any possible lingering radioactive fallout from that nuke he used.

Mr. WTF, I'd like to introduce you to our Head of Marketing Ms. LOL.

How did he have the 'right' idea. He was sliding off a large chunk of the continent into the ocean!

Not the way she was snatching it out of his hand.

I think it was just a special and not a full season show.

Gives a whole new meaning to 'white flight'.

If it's low flying.

HB was just churning shit out in the 60's-70's with most of the stuff having a quick season or so turn over. They loved the 'sitcom in a different time period' gimmick as much as the 'young sleuths with talking (dog, cat, shark, car)' gimmick. There was a Flinstones ripoff in Roman times too.

I can't wait for Mr. Spacely talking about how women let him grab them by the pussy. When you're the head of an international sprocket conglomerate, they let you do it.

Everyone was probably getting their debit card pins stolen at the store or scammers copying the info on the magnetic strip. Or everyone's kids kept racking up the micro-purchases in freemium games. Reverting back to paper currency was the only option.

Called… love!

The trouble is that most people don't know how to effectively run them in the current economy and that the land is more valuable as commercial real estate. We had one hear until about ten years ago when it 'mysteriously' burned down after not being able to find a buyer (because the cost of tearing everything up would…

The executives at his manufacturer have refused to call it a product default and have instead labeled it a product feature.

It's pretty much just a minimum wage job for high school/college kids now.