Fashionistas you have arrived 3-25-03 - 10-3-03

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
That reminds me of Hong Kong Fooey, number one superguy, which must be a contender for least PC children's cartoon of the late 20th century.

I dunno about that. Apache Chief was a pretty fucking big stereotype. No pun, as paigow might say.

[AngryMulletMan]

Originally posted by Mister_Ruysbroeck
Anyone else remember The Garbage Pail Kids?

I'm showing my age with this, but they were pretty popular when I was in grade school. Don't ask me why.

I seem to remember these, too, but the site says the trading cards were not issued in the US until 1985. That would make YOU something like 25 (boy genius?) and me, well, maybe I just ate too much acid flavor ice cream while making free love in the 70's.

[Aloha Mr. Learned Hand]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Really? I, uh, heard that there was a DVD of the first couple of episodes rolled into one. From the original Cylon attack (and death of Rick Springfield *sniff*) to the paradise type planet where they caught onto the ambush. If the rest of them come out before December, I know several someones who will get them for Christmas.

There was a DVD of the Battlestar Galactica pilot episodes put out a few years ago. It's available on Amazon but the quality doesn't look to be very good. A quick search of a couple of fansites seems to suggest that the new set will be 8 DVD's (apparently all 22 episodes that aired), will retail for $99 and will be out in time for Christmas.

Interesting note I picked up from one site... the show was a top 25 rated series in 1978 but was cancelled the next year because of the then-high production costs of $1 million an episode... These days $1 million doesn't even buy one of the "Friends" for a half-hour episode.

[bridge of love]

Originally posted by leagleaze
Legos
lincoln logs....

and Hungrey Hungrey Hippos and lots of what you all have listed are in most kids toy closets now.
one "almost gone" is Elvis. in 20 years no one alive will have seen him, and there will be this huge mansion in Mephis with big cars and bad wallpaper/furniture charging decreasing admission. one thing that'll let me know I'm way over the hill is when I see the news item that Graceland is being razed to make the Hound Dog Condos.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by str8outavannuys
I bought Mattel football at Radioshack a few months ago for $20.

Next week are you going to go buy a TRS-80 computer for $2000?

Given that they have put 10 classic atari games in a joystick, for about $20, methinks that $20 isn't exactly a technology-cost-adjusted price.

[Seven of Nine]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
Entirely from memory. God bless the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. If it weren't for them, I'd be a lying sack of shit today.

Lol.
If it weren't for the ass-backwards tendencies of the Mormon church, half of my high school friends might have graduated before becoming impregnated.

And no caffine -- I would just die!

Seven

[ThrashersFan]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
Entirely from memory. God bless the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. If it weren't for them, I'd be a lying sack of shit today.

I don't recall those ads, but I do remember most of the morality lessons given to me by Davy and Goliath. That had to be one of first forays into claymation.

Speaking of claymation makes me think of Mr. Bill which makes me think of when SNL was good -- the 70s and early 80s

Roseann Rosannadann
We are two wild and crazy guys
Mr. Robinson's neighborhood
Landshark
Tang? Thank you Mrs. Lupener
Conehads
Etc -- anyone have a favorite?

edit - or maybe SNL seemed better because I was younger.

[i]:

Name a popular culture icon or character from your childhood that is or is soon to be thought of as passe (if thought of at all). I think we've already exhausted School House Rock conversations and Smurfs are too popular an answer.

TM

Dick Gautier
Brett Somers
Charles Nelson Reilly
Paul Lynde
The Unknown Comic
Steve Martin's "getting small"
THe BeeGees before Saturday Night Fever
My mom's tinted sunglasses with the rhinestones with her intiitals from her visit to Caesars on my dad's business trip
Big Wheels
That big blue ball thing with the handles in the shape of an animals head (hippity hop????) that you would bounce up and down on that now resembles a stability ball without the horns.
slip n slide (the ultimate seventies suburban backyard accoutrement)
Devil Dogs and Little Debbies snackcakes (the most disgusting things ever- we kept buying em and hating em and then my dad would swoop in and say "these are disgusting" and proceed to eat the whole box- he had just quit smoking)
Benny Hill for hopeful peaks at TITS

But I will relay one story. I was at a bar and played Kids in America by Kim Wilde on the jukebox and this young lady told me she thought this song had its origins on the Clueless soundtrack.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
Land of the Lost (those sleestaks were scary)
Disney Movies on Sunday nights
The Bionic Woman (the show and the doll)
Metal (Snoopy) lunchboxes and school bags (not backpacks)

Gigantic station wagons with wood paneling, perforated vinyl seating that hurt like hell in the summer time, and a third back seat that faced out

Colorforms

Encyclopedia Brown

How in god's name did the Decepticons not beat the shit out of the Autobots? The Autobots had a Transformer that transformed from a robot into a freaking boombox for god's sake!

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
Land of the Lost (those sleestaks were scary)
Disney Movies on Sunday nights
The Bionic Woman (the show and the doll)
Metal (Snoopy) lunchboxes and school bags (not backpacks)

Gigantic station wagons with wood paneling, perforated vinyl seating that hurt like hell in the summer time, and a third back seat that faced out

Colorforms

Encyclopedia Brown

Agreed on Land of the Lost (I can hear the theme right now in my head) and Encyclopedia Brown. I was also a big fan of Clue (the board game). Lost in Space was also great. I liked the Laff-a-Lympics a lot. The evil cheater team never won, despite coming up with some great dasterdly plans...

[Tyrone Slothrop]

The Wonder Twins. (Form of [an animal]; Shape of [some kind of H2O.)

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by ThrashersFan
Edit: For those hailing from the 1970s, check out this nifty nostalgia site http://www.inthe70s.com/index.shtml

For those who came of age in the 1980s, the equivalent site is X-Entertainment, which isn't as naughty as it sounds.

You can reminisce about this annoying shitstain, among other stars of the era:

[purse junkie]

Originally posted by ThrashersFan
Roseann Rosannadann
We are two wild and crazy guys
Mr. Robinson's neighborhood
Landshark
Tang? Thank you Mrs. Lupener
Conehads
Etc -- anyone have a favorite?

edit - or maybe SNL seemed better because I was younger.

The Bass-O-Matic '76--"That's great bass!"
And of course, "Fred Garvin--Male Prostitute" ("can ya help me with my truss?")

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by paigowprincess Devil Dogs and Little Debbies snackcakes (the most disgusting things ever- we kept buying em and hating em and then my dad would swoop in and say "these are disgusting" and proceed to eat the whole box- he had just quit smoking)

Haven't Little Debbie snack cakes always been passe? Or whatever term of abuse we are using?

I loved those hoppy ball things. We, of course, didn't have any. And my parents wondered why I always wanted to go over to friends' houses to play instead of having them at my house . . .

Do kids have trampolines these days? I was so jealous of my friends with trampolines back when I was a kid.

[soup sandwich]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
I liked the Laff-a-Lympics a lot. The evil cheater team never won, despite coming up with some great dasterdly plans...

I swear the "Really Rottens" did win one time.