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The highest earning person on KZfaq isn't even old enough to make a KZfaq account.

“I played with toys way too long till like 10 or 11” *sweats knowing I was creating stories with legos till an easy 13*

You know, one of the main reasons Mr. Rogers started Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood and testified for funding for the PBS was because he genuinely cared about what children were seeing on TV. Because of him, an entire generation was taught extremely valuable lessons through a show that was both entertaining to and respectful to children. He knew that kids aren't dumb, they just don't have the experience that the rest of us do, so he implemented that heavily into his show. I think right now we need another person like Mr. Rogers on TV.

There's almost no way Ryan grows up socialized well. He has a full time career as a child and makes more then a thousand adults combined. It makes me think of the Olsen twins and then when they just kinda left show biz they still got harassed and called weird just for living their lives how they want, and as kids they were like saying they had no time. Its just sad to me

eddy's dad energy is so strong he's already protecting his non-existent kids

"He probably just wanted to make a few videos with his parents" damn that line just hit different

What's going to happen when Ryan is 13 and doesn't want to play with toys anymore... They are practically ruining this boy's childhood. At this age he should be going outside and making friends, not making content for toddlers.

My kids use to watch Ryan's Toys and boy did it turn them into greedy and whiney kids. We would go to the store and they would see the toys from the show and throw an absolute fit when told no. We quit letting them watch it and within a few weeks that completely stopped. It was insane how much that one channel changed their attitude. It's sickening

PSA to all parents that didn’t know, PBS has a kids app, the content is both good and recent, and it was made possible by viewers like you.

Ironic how Ryan's parents give him all these toys while they take his childhood away

I remember running out of the room where my sister and I were watching Saturday morning cartoons because an ad said to “tell your parents to buy etc etc” and kids are just so damn literal. My Mom explained that I don’t have to do that, but it paints the moral that adorns the tale as it were.

"The main Avenger is paying for the exploitation of a child. I don't remember that in Iron Man!" thats because it didnt happen until spider-man homecoming

I wonder what's gonna happen when Ryan's old enough to realize he's just a money maker to his parents and not their kid

Imagine if in Adventure Time, Finn and jake just said,”Hey, let’s go to McDonalds! Their burgers are so good. They are the best. Buy them now.”

It’s insane to me how society never learns the dangers of exploiting children for entertainment and the story continues to happen. It happened with the Olsen twins, we’re watching it unfold with jojo siwa, and Ryan is that exact story waiting to happen

They need to stop targeting advertising to kids. It's so messed up. Update: Just saw the part about them making kids KZfaqrs into global franchises. Super gross and exploitative and should be illegal to use kids that way.

My favorite Spongebob moment is when Patrick said “Gee, I could really go for some KFC right now.”

I feel so bad for Mr. Rogers. He would be so sad to see the state of childrens entertainment.

“Mommy, why does that factory have my face on it?” “Oh don’t worry. That’s just where we keep our minimum wage sweatshop workers”

I don't know why but it really hit me when Eddy said that all Ryan wanted to do was make a few videos with his mom and dad. Really sad they used that excitement to fuel a company

Imagine being the under payed voice actor trying desperately to break into the industry that has to sit in a booth and talk about Carls Jr. in a cartoon snake voice all day

Ryan’s life gives me “Truman Show” vibes and I’m real worried about that poor kid

The real questions for his parents is What’s gonna happen when he realizes? What happens when he grows up?/what happens when he grows out of it? Also I wonder how the channel will affect Ryan’s friendships, relationships and mental health in the future and even now

Ironic and sad that Downey is invested in this, as a former young actor turned troubled adult because his adolescence was abnormal--he kinda wrote that pipeline (along with other late 80s preteen actors).

remember when the (grown) olsen twins had an interview where they said they wouldn't wish their childhoods on anyone yeah, im pretty mad too.

Imagine growing up, and noticing you spent your entire life as an advert. Then you complain and some documentary gets made by you and boom, someone just made money off of you again.

I don't mean to be one of those people that says "my childhood was better than yours" but I really hope that kids don't watch this.

My biggest fear for children being exploited like this is them being given the riches before they can fully realize that they where exploited and then being detached from society to the point where they never realize what happened

i hate how they're using the word "franchise" to talk about real human beings

"The answer.. is money" *KZfaq ad plays*

While I was watching this I thought to myself, "this couldn't get any worse!" Then I saw Butch Hartman. I audibly screamed fuck.

Fun fact, Gen Alpha started in 2015, so they’re upfront about targeting 6 and under kids, not even 8 years old, so pocket.watch uh... We live in a society

"You are an unfit mother. Your children are now under the supervision of Carl's Jr."

Fun fact about my family for no reason that is also slightly off topic: Sesame Street taught me 26 year old grandmother how to speak English after she immigrated to Canada from Italy.

the strangest thing about all of this to me is how since this video was made, the line between disney+ and hulu has blurred so much. disney+'s original intention was to be kid-friendly which led to some bizarre choices that reeked of bigotry - specifically refusing putting content they deemed "inappropriate" for a "family audience" on disney+ and making hulu their "more adult" service. yet as of july 2022, ryan's show is still on hulu, and disney+ has MA-rated tv. not sure where this is going, but that business model is a whole mess and affects entire production teams who can lose their platform if not tailored to disney's standards of "appropriate." (i know this video came out before disney+ was created and right after disney acquired fox/hulu, but it's still bizarre how it's progressed.)

One day Ryan is going to grow up. And it is going to _hurt_ him. _A lot._

I have some weird feeling that when this kid is grown up there's going to be a story about how his parents refuse to give him all the money made from his work.

What makes it scarier is once these kids grow up, especially ryan with how big his audience is, the loss of their marketability as a child is gonna be placed on their shoulders. Their parents and sponsors are gonna place blame on them, shame them for not being cute and young anymore. For not wanting to sit in front of a camera and play with toys anymore, wanting to hang out with friends etc. it scares me what those parents are gonna turn to once their kids get older. Will they keep trying to film their lives, their vulnerable moments? Will they sell their childs likeness to companies even when theyre teenagers? Ryan isnt the only one whos had his likeness basically turned into a logo for businesses that are out of their control. I used to work at target and soooo many brands on toy shelves nowadays are just some random kids face, they get dolls that look like them, play sets etc. Idk how its gonna impact them years down the line feeling like theyre worthless now bc their parents cant manipulate them anymore and millions of kids dont watch them anymore. Its gonna massively harm their mental health for sure. It reminds me of kids who grow up with parents who pressure them to be perfect and that their appearance is the most important thing. That really hurts you in the long run. Its not gonna end once these kids grow up, their parents are just gonna look for the next best thing to manipulate for their financial benefit.

16:50 this is like that breakfast show skit from Futurama

Thanos: "I am inevitable." Iron Man: "And I... am... making a quick buck off the exploitation of children."

This 8 year old makes more money than most drug cartels

I have a feeling when Ryan grows up he’s gonna go full jeanette mcurdy and expose his parents and I cannot wait for that day

Thought I would say this, but the hobby channel has been around for a while, and before they got an animated TV show probably like five years ago. They just unboxed things and played Minecraft. It was a pretty wholesome channel that taught kids how to take care of their friends I don’t understand what happened. And they were kids three children and their mom and sometimes their dad playing games not animated things children.

“Eddy with a y” Okay eddiey

That Carl’s Jr. advertisement makes me feel bad inside

"You are an unfit mother. Your children will be placed in the custody of Carl's Jr." - Idiocracy 2006 Oh boy... we're there already...?

"I DON'T REMEMBER THAT FROM IRON MAN!" Well, Tony Stark is a piece of shit in the comics, so it wouldn't REALLY surprise me if stark was doing that as well...

Interesting fact: the FTC has a rule with toy commercials and the like that the toy(lets say Spongebob) cannot be played during the same TV show(Spongebob) because children can not tell the difference between the two, they get the same entertainment satisfaction from both and can not tell any difference

i hate the idea of referring to a child as a “franchise” (also fun fact! they stole a mobile game, dash tag, from a company called wildworks, and literally just turned the main character into ryan. that’s literally the only difference, everything else is fucking identical)

15:05 KILL ME END MY SUFFERING

I'm still basically a pubescent child and I already feel like I'm in the "kids these days" mindset.

pretty offended that eating play-doh is limited to kids now? wow, ok

I would love to see ryans thoughts on his childhood when he’s older, it’d be pretty interesting.

For the record Eddy, you weren't playing or pretending for longer than you should have and were just fine using your imagination and playing with toys at ages 10 & 11. That should be absolutely normal but our world is forcing kids to grow up or think they need to grow up way too quickly and it's heartbreaking.

This makes me feel like we're living in a dystopian future. If no one stops this that's what's going to be reality for everyone! (actually that's only how I feel tho)

Eddy: puts out a 20 minute, well-scripted video essay on the dangers of a growing phenomenon in children's entertainment Gus: P A P E R B A S E D S T I C K E R S

Ryan is just his generation’s version of the Olsen twins - making kids into actors without their choice

I appreciate that you're advocating for the dignity and spiritual/emotional health of the child, while recognizing that he's not developed enough to understand what's happening and can't really consent to these representations of himself. Children's health seems to be getting thrown under the bus in the age of the internet.

I can't wait until these kids sue the absolute living hell out of these adults

List of who HAS posted twice in one month: Eddie and only Eddie please this is all he has

The current media thinks kids are dumb. But from older shows, we can see that kids can follow plots and learn from complex scenarios. Take a look at Charlie Brown, Hey Arnold, even more current ones like The Amazing World of Gumball, and many others. Kids can follow a story, and they aren’t gonna learn from hearing words they already know and watching crap that treats them as if they don’t know what conflict is.

6:35 this sounds like those amazon listings with the nonsense words to get more attention

Poor Ryan, he probably thinks he’s spending time with his family in the videos but is actually just being exploited the shit out of

That poor kid. More people need to see this. What ever happened to actually entertaining the kids with a well thought out plot that also educates them?

It's sad because we all already know damn well how the child star song and dance goes. He's either gonna get bullied incredibly hard at school for being 'different and famous for his toy shows' or he's gonna grow up like the oslen twins having no idea what it's like to be a person, because he spent literally his entire childhood making content and working. And either way when he's an adult, he might still be super fucking rich, but he'll have no damn idea how to be a person because in his development years, rather than learning and doing shit and making friends, he'll been forced to spend his time doing this.

we aren't heading towards a dystopian future, we're living in it.

12:48 Not from Iron Man but I remember that plot point from Spider-Man Homecoming

I'm already deeply disturbed and I've only read the title

Imagine Ryan at like 19 years old still making the toy review episodes

modern childrens content is “its easier to just overload their brains instead of making a genuine product”

Wait till Ryan and the Hobby kids see that they are treated like a cartoon character and a money maker but not with real love

Can we also talk about how weird it is that these little kids are being shown a real kid in a context that sells Ryan’s unboxing personality as genuine and then being shown that same kid being presented as a superhero?

Ryan's Toy Review is becoming as marketable as Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen in the late 90's and the early 2000's.

I grew up with the kid's show octonauts. A show I still love to this day. I highly recommend this TV show to kids. Also expect some becoming marine biologists in a few years. But these new kids TV stuff is literally just profiting off the innocence of children

This is a huge problem with social media being as unregulated as it is

this is actually insane. I'm beyond glad that someone in your position would use your influence to shed light on such a gross industry. thank you sir.

ryan’s mom actually worked at my high school she was my chem teacher and she quit in the middle of the year to do youtube full time.. good times

13:59 that aged that milk

There is so much added commentary! And the precious 10 minute mark it is truly perfect!

The fact that a company actually brags about turning a child into a literal brand is unsettling.

Regardless of my hunger- never have I ever shouted aloud: “Carl’s Jr” My mom would’ve told me we have “Carl’s Jr” at home

ryan is almost a teenager soon he is going to get burntout of making kid videos then he is going to spend his teenage years being like the home alone kid

I was born in 2007 and the only thing I watched was a weird Swedish spelling show from the 70s

imagine if steven universe was just a paid ad for a jewelry company

I honestly feel bad for Ryan, his parents are robbing him of a normal childhood and we don’t even know if he gets a share of the 22mil, or if he does, if he’s using it wisely and not blowing it

3:51 - The song is called Splashing Around

Eddy, I must inform you of the delightful shows that are on today and on the time you were making this video that teach kids great lessons in an amazing engaging, and entertaining way.

*Eddy knowing he’s saying something outrageously inappropriate* Also Eddy: dOnT cLIp ThAt

I'm an elementary school teacher, and this stuff scares the shit out of me. Keep up the good work Eddy, it's helpful to be aware of this stuff.

Literally the Carl’s Jr. thing was like the Saturday morning cartoon parody in futurama. All that was missing for them to chant “buy buy buy”

I like that you cracked a beer at the beginning. Good form, to pour it in a cup. Classy

You: "Eddy with a 'y'" Starbucks employee: *yddie*

the scene with the butch fartman characters going to carls jr is literally a parody of wierd pervasive ads targeted at kids but done totally unironically and that for real scares the shit out of me

I honestly think this is Eddy’s best video, watched it when it first came out and keep coming back to it.

This video had so much YIKES that I found myself involuntarily screaming and struggling to keep myself from tearing out my eyeballs. I'm not alone with this reaction, right?

The worst part is, almost all the young movie stars grow up to lead a terrible life and die at around 30. I have heard of so many child stars growing out of their industry and having nowhere to go and end up commiting suicide. It's so sad. They really need to tighten the laws on media platforms because there are so many criminals getting away scott-free.

Can we talk about how they took a pencil and literally erased those real children then replaced them with animated characters and different voices to do an ad? I’m sick

I just found your channel and I'm OBSESSED

Imagine BFDI was on Hulu, You Know What I Mean!