Premise:
"Transformers, Turtles, and Rangers were largely confined to action figures and television."
Hypothesis: Transformers, Turtles and Rangers are popular.

it is not possible to tell

Premise:
"But the only way to combine piety, cowardice, cynicism, and recklessness is to hit him from both sides."
Hypothesis: If you don't hit him then the things will never be combined.

it is not possible to tell

Premise:
"oh that one gets used up quick is that it"
Hypothesis: That one tends to be used up pretty quickly.
yes