It rains in Georgia a lot, I wouldnt worry too much about one barrel of water.

"and a show that kicked off a brief interest in syndicated afternoon animation from a host of media companies"  —  Syndicated afternoon animation was well under way years before DT debuted.  He's giving the show too much credit, my guess for nostalgic reasons.   Masters of the Universe was the one that really got the…

DuckTales started the syndicated animation model?  Is this a joke?  What about Masters of the Universe?  GI Joe, Transformers, the Real Ghostbusters, Inspector Gadget?   I could go on an on…..