Ode to a Nicktoon

In this edition of Ode to a Nicktoon, I give ou

Ren & Stimpy

I found a vhs tape (orange, of course) at a yard sale last weekend, and decided to pop it in.

MAGIC.

It was the episode where Stimpy farted, but had never discovered that he had the abilitl to do this, prompting him to say

"Ren, my butt made a noise"

Of all the magic this cartoon gave us, here are a few highlights

Powder Toast Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnn

Log

and finally, Happy Happy Joy Joy

Beanie Babies, the stupidest thing ever made

There have been millions of bad products marketed to the general public, however only one disgusts me to no end.

Beanie Babies.

They were EVERYWHERE. Every kid had to have them. They came in Happy Meals. Except for the fact that every time you went to McDonalds they were all sold out.

Perhaps the most disturbing thing about these sad little animal shaped sacks filled with plastic beans, is that it inspired every 350 pound 45 year old woman to collect them. And don't you dare fuck up the little heart shaped tags! They will be worthless. They even made little plastic cases for the tags.

I can remember going to a yard sale a couple years after these things had kind of died down.

Somebody picked up one of these stupid things that was shaped like a rooster, and asked how much it is,

The slack-jawed redneck lady then said "$20, that one is retired"

Retired?? WTF!

Yeah, as if it wasn't bad enough that these idiots told people that these things would be worth money, they even went so far as to "Retire" certain animals, so that price and demand would skyrocket.

Well my friends, here we are in 2012. Now these things can be found at every garage sale, and thrift store nationwide. Even better? THEY'RE WORTHLESS!!! Totally freakin WORTHLESS!!!!!!

I still find it funny to see these at a yard sale ran by some old woman in her 60's, and she wants at least $5 a piece for them. NO!!!

These things aren't even collectable now. You can't tell me that anybody who has an education higher than the 2nd grade would possibly go tracking these things down and paying good money for them that could be spent on action figures.

R.I.P. Beanie Babies, nobody misses you.

The foods of the 90's that we wish we still had

For me, when I think back to my childhood and growing up in the 1990's, there is a myriad of things I wish were still produced. In fact, just yesterday I wrote a post about Hidden Treasures Cereal, which you can view just down below.

I've attempted here to go way way back in my memory bank (which was harmfully clogged with crap I had to learn in school) to find some of the things that I think we all wish we still had.

This post is the first of what will be an ongoing journal of 90's foods. If there is any you'd like to see covered, all you have to do is comment here or on our Facebook page.

SURGE!

If ever there was a drink that was the equivalent of beer to a 5th grader, it was Surge. I can remember people freaking out about how bad it was, or how it could kill you. Then again, living where I do, most people are so dense it's scary.

I can remember when this came out. I would go to my Grandma's every weekend. Every Saturday we went on our usual run to the grocery store, and then McDonald's. Every Saturday I made sure I picked up either a 6-pack or 2 liter all for myself.

Sadly Surge was discontiniued in 2002, and a few years later the Coca Cola company gave us Vault, which was not at all the same.

Seeing this old can inspired me to look on ebay to see if I could find one for my collection of nostalgia. Sadly, while there is a few listed, they are going for very very hefty prices of nearly $100. Hopefully one day I can come across one.

Nickelodeon, the Ginger Network

Nickelodeon in the 90's saw plenty of quality kids programming, but what many don't realize is that in most shows, there was always a token Ginger kid.

Let us review.

Bobby Budnick- Salute Your Shorts

Roger Klotz- Doug

Chuckie Finster - Rugrats

Ferguson Darling- Clarissa Explains it All

 

Big Pete, AND Little Pete- The Adventures of Pete and Pete

 

There was even a whole show devoted to a ginger named Ginger! As Told By Ginger,

 

We all know the logo was orange, but for god sakes, even the video tapes were gingers!

MMPR The Movie McDonalds toys

Back in 1995 when Mighty Morphin Power Rangers The Movie was released, McDonald's gave us yet another reason to scream our heads off at our parents until they took us there. But this time, it wasn't just to gorge ourselves with awesome food, it was a more urgent reason.

The Power Rangers had arrived.

For just $1.99 with the purchase of any large sandwich or Happy Meal you could get 1 of 6 Power Rangers Figure and Zord toys. They were all there, White, Red, Black, Blue, Pink, and Yellow.

I'm lucky enough to have a partial set of these. I do still run across them from time to time, I even have the White and Yellow Rangers in their package.

 Unfortunately, there are still some I need. I need the Blue Ranger and Wolf Zord, and I need figures only of the Red, and Black Rangers. If you have them, please send my way!

Anyways, these were actually really cool toys. The figures themselves were about 3 3/4" tall, and each fit into their respective zords.

And lets not forget the Happy Meal toys.

Yes, I had to "borrow" this picture from Ebay since I spent over 32 seconds trying to find one with no luck.

First we have the Communicator (I SOO NEED ONE OF THESE. ONCE AGAIN SEND IT MY WAY!!) which when flipped open shows a picture of Zordon.

Next we have the Power Morpher, complete with 3 double sided Power Coins that display each rangers animal.

The Power Siren was a weird toy. Nothing that was ever used in the movie or tv show. Basically you blew into it and it made a whistling noise to annoy the hell out of everybody.

Lastly we have the Alien Detector. Once again nothing used in the movie. But you had a knob on the side that when you scroll through showed pictures of Ivan Ooze, Lord Zedd, and Rita.

The first of many Power Rangers tie ins with McDonald's. After all these years, I still need a few of these, but luckily run across them from time to time.

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Hidden Treasures Cereal Crack in a box

In the days of eating healthy, high fiber content, and American obesity, I take you back to a better time.

Hidden Treasures cereal was just that, a treasure. You would eat who knows how many bowls just to find those special pieces filles with red sugar.

There was truly no better cereal, even if you had to beat the sh*t out of your friends or little sister and make them cry, just so they wouldn't eat it.

Every morning that summer I can remember eating a bowl of this while watching "The Alvin Show" on Nickelodeon.

A picture and memories alone can never do this cereal justice. This cereal was what made us all learn that when something says "For a limited time" you better go out and buy way too much of it because just as you get hooked on itm it's gone.

There have been numerous imposters, most recently Kellogs Krave, but none stack up to the original.

To this day I would gladly do anything, and I mean, anything just for one more bowl.

Welcome to October! Welcome to HALLOWEEN!!

Thats right kids, it's October 1st! Who says Halloween should only last one day? Here it lasts ALL MONTH LONG!

For today's Reasons to LOVE Halloween here is our theme song for the year.

Yes everybody, This is Halloween.

The time of the year of leaves falling from multi-colored trees. Pumpkin flavored everything. Bats, skeletons, Dracula, Frankenstein.

Time to stock up on Halloween candy, not to give out to Trick-Or-Treaters (because let's face it, if your any kind of fan of Halloween, you're somewhere in a costume contest) but to enjoy for yourself while watching every episode of The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror.

It's the time of the year for all the great Halloween specials and Horror Movies.

Do I need to go on? No? Well, I will anyways.

Everybody break out your favorite costume (or get to work if you haven't started yet, TIME IS RUNNING OUT!) and be sure to send me pictures. I do believe I will be holding a costume contest of some sort depending on how many entries we get.

If you decide to enter said contest, post your photo on our Facebook page. Wait, what??? You didn't know we had a Facebook page?? Where the hell have you been? Quit masturbating to 35 year old pictures of Princess Leia, and check it out!

http://www.facebook.com/#!/campanawanna8090

Halloween is in full swing! WELCOME TO OCTOBER!