NIMBY

“The Diceman” is an equal-opportunity offender from our teen years…

NYC & DC mayors are getting NIMBY (“not in my backyard”) about “border crossers” flooding their homeless shelters & other services. It’s okay for small border towns with much less resources to handle them, but don’t send them to bigger cities with more capacity & resources…

One in Four kids live in a “food insecure” home. Locally, our school system offers free lunches to kids during the summer months & other charities try to fill the food gaps to make sure kids have something to eat at home.

There are some who still believe the “American dream” is still achievable.

Evan Kail aka “Pawn Man” is active on social media and has a YouTube show. Here’s the episode on Matchbox cars…

Who takes the bigger risk?

This was a VERY controversial film when it came out, the studio cut the budget in half & the director had to have a bodyguard during interviews…

Juggalos protested in Washington over their designation of being a “gang” by the government. Did you hear of rioting/burning when they did?

The book & movie, “Mazes & Monsters” was loosely based on a true story that helped fuel the “satanic panic” of the 1980’s…

GWAR is an amazing band with a fascinating history, check out the documentary on Shudder…

Collectability

We remember Wacky Packages and had owned a few of the 1985 series. A funny concept that had been reintroduced at least 6 times with new products…

I f*cking hated this card and was teased by other kids that had gotten it…

The GPK craze was insane enough that a movie starring Mackenzie Astin (Sean Astin’s brother) came out and was picketed by parents for its grossness…

These cards were on clearance at a local Big Lots in 1992 for I believe $5 a box, bought several to see if I could complete the set (I didn’t). They tried making war a collectible trading card…

MattyV has a small collection of Stranger Things items that I like, I don’t expect to keep them for years and sell them for a fortune like that episode of Amazing Stories. Here’s an article about some worthless collectibles…

Disney is reissuing the very first Star Wars figures in retro packaging for us Gen-Xers to gobble up and hoard…

He also collects odd sodas that get released, including 2 bottles of Crystal Pepsi from the 2017 reissue. Here’s an employee training video from 1992 when it was originally released….

“Bankrupted by Beanies” is short documentary about a man who collected them in order to get rich but when the bubble burst,https://youtu.be/PgDsyj5eLmo he was left with stuffed animals worth basically nothing….

Nostalgia Depot

Clerks III trailer has both nostalgia & intrigue but PLEASE RELEASE IT TO THEATERS AND NOT JUST ON A TOUR!!!!

Here’s what you will probably see on the movie tour, the movie and then an hour of Q&A…

Alamo Drafthouse has the most-awesome PSAs. Jackass Forever, Kevin Bacon, even Samuel L. Jackson

The bible talks about longing for the “good old days”… Ecclesiastes 7:10 – Don’t long for “the good old days.” This is not wise.

Back in the day, Pepto was kind of a treat…

“The Last Unicorn” was a Rankin & Bass (of the 1960’s Christmas claymation classics) full-length cartoon based on a children’s book. Here’s an opinion as far as the movie versus the book…

“#LiveFromTheUpsideDown” concert from Doritos & Stranger Things will be available on YouTube through 07/31/2022, Corey Hart RULED the concert…

Tim Capello can still rock the sax & chains…

Certainly need some more collabs line Iggy Pop & Sum 41, Gretchen Wilson & Alice in Chains…

WhaaZaa! Definitely a song that can be filed away forever…

Here’s what Dustin ACTUALLY heard when Eddie started to play…

Rose the Hat in “Dr. Sleep” played by Rebecca Ferguson and is fairly attractive…

That 90’s Show is a continuation of That’s 70’s show with Eric & Donna’s daughter spending the summer with her grandparents in Point Place, Wisconsin circa 1995. Almost the entire original cast will be coming back including Leo!

That’s 80’s Show tried to create a “spin-off” from the successful That 70’s Show with totally different characters and a new location (San Diego, California). It lasted only 13 episodes…

Alligator is a classic monster B-movie that is almost a direct rip-off of Jaws but taking place in New York City & with an alligator and not a shark. It even had an “Alex Kitner” death scene involving a residential swimming pool…

Notice to Hollywood – If you are going to use characters from an established franchise, DON’T CHANGE THEIR ORIGIN STORY!

Josh Lucas plays a good “bad guy”… Lane Smith was similar back in the 80’s…