Christmas Presents | Ep #52

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Whether you prefer to start with the stockings or dive under the tree, help pass the time until Christmas morning with our look back at some favorite presents and present-opening moments of Christmas past. 

 

Show Notes: 

01:28 Christmas Eve presents

01:58 24-inch Hulk Hogan figure

06:58 The Cat's Lair Playset

08:48 The Thundertank
10:57 The G.I. Joe Aircraft Carrier
11:54 Over Our Heads (the Facts of Life gift shop)
12:29 Drew receives a TV and smites his sister
14:47 SEGA Genesis starter kit w/Sonic the Hedgehog

17:22 Interlude: Sonic the Hedgehog Green Hill Zone theme

18:25 Post-present euphoria

22:47 Randy from A Christmas Story

24:10 "The Hot Seat"

30:50 Interlude: "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)" 

32:05 The Scavenger Hunt Method

39:35 Stockings-first vs. the stocking surprise

41:20 The Batman stocking scandal 

48:50 Interlude: blink-182: "I Won't be Home for Christmas"

49:57 Drew doesn't want to know

51:05 "Those have to be back by midnight." 

52:42 Delayed gratification

56:19 One turntable and no microphones

59:25 The gift of giving

 

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Christmas Presents | Ep #52

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Ep #37

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They're the world's most fearsome fighting team. They're heroes in a half-shell and they're green. They're the reason Drew draws and John hangs out in the sewers. They're the TMNT, and we're talking about them.  

Show Notes: 

01:15 Jumping headlong into the ooze
03:55 Nineteen eighty-fourigins
04:40 "Stick"
06:01 The animated series
08:40 "Did you say clang?"
09:20 Turtle mania (bedsheets / lunchbox / Hostess pies / ice cream bars)
13:10 Interlude: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Pies commercial 
15:50 "I love toxic waste"
16:09 Sewer playset / Pizza Thrower
16:48 Casey Jones
17:30 Bebop and Rocksteady
18:32 The Technodrome
22:10 Turtle Van / Turtle Blimp
24:35 Side characters
26:40 Shredder
27:00 Interlude: Partners in Kryme: "Turtle Power"
30:06 "I don't believe it." - TMNT: The Movie
36:35 TMNT 2: The Secret of the Ooze
37:51 TMNT 3: Turtles in Time
41:10 New toons (2003 series / 2007 movie)
43:10 2012 animated series
44:20 Interlude: Vanilla Ice: "Ninja Rap"
45:15 Turtle tunes
48:25 "Make it ice"
49:30 Turtle preferences
51:57 Cashing in on kids
53:30 FCC deregulation 

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Ep #37

Toy Stores | Ep #04

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To celebrate the most wonderful time of the year, we save up our allowance and set off in search of the great American toy store, with stops along the way to trade punches over Power Wheels and find out what happened to all of those postcards we sent in to Nickelodeon in 1989.

Show Notes:

04:05 The annual toy crop
07:00 Broken teeth and Cabbage Patch Kids(supply and demand)
09:22 Children’s Palace
13:14 The jingles (Drew is wrong)
14:30 A catalog page you can live in (the Toys ‘R Us legend)
27:02 May the (FAO) Schwarz be with you
37:20 Skeletor Live and In-Person (DJ Jazzy Dork)
41:25 Babies ruin everything
46:20 That’s not a toy store (hobby shops / flea markets / novelty stores)
52:47 The super toy run

Show Links:

Cabbage Patch Chaos

Children’s Palace

The Fisher Price Turtle

Kay Bee Toys
Toys ‘R Us
Pro-Play Home Arcade
Power Wheels
FAO Schwarz
Big Piano Scene
John's Favorite Novelty Stores (Caufield's / Spunky Monkey / Archie McPhee)
Nickelodeon's Super Toy Run

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Toy Stores | Ep #04