Current:Home > StocksCabbage Patch Kids Documentary Uncovers Dark Side of Beloved Children's Toy -ProfitPioneers Hub
Cabbage Patch Kids Documentary Uncovers Dark Side of Beloved Children's Toy
View
Date:2025-04-24 14:43:41
Get ready to have your childhood ruined.
NBCUniversal Syndication Studios' new documentary Billion Dollar Babies: The True Story of the Cabbage Patch Kids promises to tell "the story you never knew," uncovering the dark side behind the beloved '90s children's doll.
"Before there was Black Friday, there was the toy craze that started it all," the new trailer teases before showing vintage footage of crazed parents in toy stores screaming, "I got the doll! I got the doll!"
As one commentator notes in the teaser, "The way in which people reacted in stores, this was new," another points out, "This is a story about the worst parts of capitalism."
But did you know Cabbage Patch Kids creator Xavier Roberts actually modeled the dolls after Kentucky folk artist Martha Nelson Thomas' original creations? "This nice lady created these dolls, and then this guy comes along," famed journalist Connie Chung explains in the trailer. "He steals the idea."
Narrated by Neil Patrick Harris, the doc features the first interview with Roberts in over 20 years.
"Doll hospitals, cabbage 'births,' a four-year legal battle over the origin of the idea and a billion-dollar toy brand that put the wheels of modern-day Black Friday shopping riots into motion," notes Peacock's Sept. 20 announcement. "This is the unbelievable true story you never knew about the toy craze that started it all, the Cabbage Patch Kids."
Check out the trailer above before the film hits theaters Nov. 24 (Black Friday).
And former Cabbage Patch owners can also get involved with the documentary. As for how, fans can also submit photos of themselves with their dolls for a chance to be included during the closing credits of the film in theaters.
(E! and NBCUniversal Syndication Studios are both part of the NBCUniversal family)
Peacock is live now! Check out NBCU's streaming service here.veryGood! (972)
Related
- Trump's 'stop
- Historic hangar at Marine Corps Air Station Tustin partially collapses after massive fire
- To help 2024 voters, Meta says it will begin labeling political ads that use AI-generated imagery
- Nasty drought in Syria, Iraq and Iran wouldn’t have happened without climate change, study finds
- Justice Department, Louisville reach deal after probe prompted by Breonna Taylor killing
- A series of powerful earthquakes shakes eastern Indonesia. No immediate reports of casualties
- My eating disorder consumed me. We deserve to be heard – and our illness treated like any other.
- Michael Strahan will not return to 'Good Morning America' this week amid 'personal family matters'
- Jamie Foxx gets stitches after a glass is thrown at him during dinner in Beverly Hills
- Man killed after pointing gun at Baltimore police, officials say
Ranking
- Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's daily crossword puzzle, Triathlon
- Special counsel says Trump's attempts to dismiss federal election case are meritless
- A Utah woman who had leg amputated after dog attack has died, police say
- Man charged in shooting over Spanish conquistador statue appeals detention order pending trial
- Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's daily crossword puzzle, Triathlon
- 'Music was there for me when I needed it,' The Roots co-founder Tariq Trotter says
- Timbaland Receives Backlash After Saying Justin Timberlake Should've Put a Muzzle on Britney Spears
- Chrishell Stause Shares If She’d Release a Song With Partner G Flip
Recommendation
The Best Stocking Stuffers Under $25
Joseph Baena Channels Dad Arnold Schwarzenegger After Showcasing Bodybuilding Progress
Starbucks increasing wages, benefits for most workers, those in union won't get some perks
2 weeks after being accused of Antarctic assault, man was sent to remote icefield with young grad students
NHL in ASL returns, delivering American Sign Language analysis for Deaf community at Winter Classic
Cornell student accused threatening Jewish people had mental health struggles, mother says
California woman claims $2 million lottery prize after near-miss years earlier
General Motors’ autonomous vehicle unit recalls cars for software update after dragging a pedestrian