I was thinking more like the Flintstones was the first cartoon that was family entertainment and not just for kids and for the young ones that were not around then the Flintstones were first aired in a prime time slot and not on Sat. morning. The Flintstones were also the longest running cartoon ever until the Simpsons eventually made more. Doesn't Homer and Fred both have a best friend named Barny?

It kind of sounds like you didn't see the movie. Ted came alive by a boy's x-mas wish why would he be alive sitting in a toy store? If Toy Story taught us anything it's toys don't come alive until they are taken out of the package. Ted did ask his girlfriend to stick her finger inside the the loop of his tag during sex.(priceless) or how about when he said that he has written so many angry letters to Hasbro for making him without a penis. (hilarious) I'll amid I was a little surprised to hear a few Family Guy jokes rehashed into Ted and if you didn't grow up in the 80's you would have missed quite a few of the jokes and everyone is entitled to there own opinion but Ted was funny. Laugh out loud funny. Ted 2 will be funnier. All the TF live action movies so far have been "disappointing". So will TF4. Just because something makes a lot of money doesn't mean it's good. One of the greatest examples of that is the pet rock. One that same note just because something didn't make a lot of money doesn't make it bad.