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* MisaimedMarketing: Many of the magazine's ads -- like for food, media, or clothing -- specifically targeted kids. But there were also handfuls of ads that didn't, including ads for vehicles, parenting classes, and tutoring services. {{Justified|Trope}} in that most of these kinds of ads targeted kids' ''parents'' instead.[[note]]Heidi [=MacDonald=] mentioned in her postmortem [[https://www.comicsbeat.com/the-ballad-of-disney-adventures/ retrospective]] that "the idea of print advertising to kids was a very hard sell." Declining ad sales were what ultimately did the magazine in.[[/note]]
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** In its "video" section one early issue recommended ''Film/NationalLampoonsVacation'' as a ''family'' film... despite the fact that it's a PG-13 film [[MisaimedMarketing bordering on an R-rating]].

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** In its "video" section one One early issue recommended ''Film/NationalLampoonsVacation'' as a ''family'' film... despite the fact that it's a PG-13 film an [[MisaimedMarketing bordering on an R-rating]].R-rated film]] with profanity, adult humor, and a nude scene.

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