Why Are YouTube Kids Channels on Hulu Now? 

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The highest earning person on RU-vid isn't even old enough to make a RU-vid 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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

“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”

"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

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.

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.”

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

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

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

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

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

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).

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

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

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

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

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

"The answer.. is money" *RU-vid ad plays*

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 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.

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

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

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.)

“Eddy with a y” Okay eddiey

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.

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

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.

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

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.

15:05 KILL ME END MY SUFFERING

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

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

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

"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...

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

This 8 year old makes more money than most drug cartels

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

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)

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?

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

"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...?

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.

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

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

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 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

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.

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

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

13:59 that aged that milk

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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.

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

I just found your channel and I'm OBSESSED

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.

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

It's 2023 now and this kid is 11-12 years old and the media STILL uses his toddler photos as if he's still a baby

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.

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.

This is ryan’s world, we’re just living in it.

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

3:51 - The song is called Splashing Around

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

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

They NEED to make laws against child youtubers having their money stolen by parents and overworking, just like they did with actors. It's so awful

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

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

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

you have no idea how many times ive listened to that kazoo intro its ingrained into my brain

As someone who grew up in the weird transitional period between TV and Internet, I watched this stuff as a kid, but now look back on it and hate it, however I also had things like PBS to watch, so I'm a bit concerned for modern kids.

In Norway, advertising to children is illegal

My kids are being raised on straight PBS Kids just like I was dammit

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