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Post by James Fabiano on Feb 3, 2021 20:35:56 GMT -5
...the Off Topic Edition.
I'll start with a tabloid article predicting Batman Returns would involve Batman and Robin, with an expecting Vicki Vale, being up against the Penguin, Catwoman...and the Riddler and a revived Joker.
Only I seem to recall this shareware Mac game, Fred Rogers : Terrorist.
Now here's another stumper....I remember this Disney picture book about Mickey and his friends going on a picnic...no, it was not the Golden Book. This one made reference to a place called Morgan's Meadow, which nursery school me became obsessed with and after reading the book, I kept making up stories about the same Meadow.
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Post by Jumpin' Jesse Walsh on Feb 3, 2021 21:43:38 GMT -5
Homer Simpson's Cinnamon Donut cereal.
Bring. It. Back.
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Post by bibboid on Feb 3, 2021 22:08:31 GMT -5
I remember a television show called “Hamburger”.
It was a variety/sketch comedy that was on for a very short time in the early to mid 70’s. My sister and I would watch it in our grandmother’s room (along with Lawrence Welk). I don’t think it lasted more than a few episodes because even very young me could see how bad it was. The only thing that I remember clearly was when they faded in and out of commercials there was a voiceover that said, “Hammm-Brrrrr-Grrrr”.
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Post by Paul on Feb 3, 2021 22:31:14 GMT -5
The Canadian children's show "Size Small":
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Post by bob on Feb 3, 2021 22:45:28 GMT -5
I remember seeing this on tv as a kid
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Post by Ryback on a Pole! on Feb 3, 2021 22:53:15 GMT -5
A McDonalds safety ad, done like their "we do ron ron ad" but about safety at home.
It featured a singing bottle of poison
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Feb 3, 2021 23:06:21 GMT -5
the Swedish Chef's Crooonchy Stars.
Keebler Tato Skins (which I found still kind've exist in exactly one flavor with a different brand deal)
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Post by El Pollo Guerrera on Feb 3, 2021 23:47:50 GMT -5
Shaker Fries at McDonalds.
You buy fries and get a flavoured salt pack, either BBQ or Sour Cream'n'Onion. You dump the fries and the salt in the burger back and shake'em'up. The salt coats the fries and they were delicious.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Feb 3, 2021 23:54:28 GMT -5
Shaker Fries at McDonalds. You buy fries and get a flavoured salt pack, either BBQ or Sour Cream'n'Onion. You dump the fries and the salt in the burger back and shake'em'up. The salt coats the fries and they were delicious. I remember the salad shakers that were similar. |
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Post by floundertime on Feb 3, 2021 23:57:34 GMT -5
Shaker Fries at McDonalds. You buy fries and get a flavoured salt pack, either BBQ or Sour Cream'n'Onion. You dump the fries and the salt in the burger back and shake'em'up. The salt coats the fries and they were delicious. Oh you can still do that today, just use ramen noodle flavor packages. Take the fries and the flavor pack, put them in the McDonald’s bag and shake them up. You can also do it with chicken McNuggets. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2021 3:00:59 GMT -5
You can't be the only one who remembers something if someone else put it on YouTube.
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Post by Feyrhausen on Feb 4, 2021 7:13:53 GMT -5
the Swedish Chef's Crooonchy Stars. Keebler Tato Skins (which I found still kind've exist in exactly one flavor with a different brand deal) Loved the Tater Skins. I have found them in vending machines, but that was years ago. There are some made under the TGI Fridays branding that are similar, in several flavors. Also on the chips front were Pizzerias. They were Doritos style chips that were made from pizza dough instead of corn or potatoes. They came in all the normal pizza flavors and were really good. |
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Feb 4, 2021 7:54:11 GMT -5
My small video rental place (which slowly morphed into a pawn shop aisle by aisle) had loads of weird shit I've never seen anywhere else.  |
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Post by Push R Truth on Feb 4, 2021 8:36:12 GMT -5
This is the only forum where I mentioned watching Spacecats and somebody else was like "Me too". I've never met somebody in real life that even knows what I'm talking about.
That themesong was great.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Feb 4, 2021 10:28:05 GMT -5
the Swedish Chef's Crooonchy Stars. Keebler Tato Skins (which I found still kind've exist in exactly one flavor with a different brand deal) Loved the Tater Skins. I have found them in vending machines, but that was years ago. There are some made under the TGI Fridays branding that are similar, in several flavors. Also on the chips front were Pizzerias. They were Doritos style chips that were made from pizza dough instead of corn or potatoes. They came in all the normal pizza flavors and were really good. Keebler only licensed them from the real makers they stopped at some point and the company that makes them went to TGI Friday's. So the Keebler Tato Skins and the TGI Friday's ones are the same. But TGIF only have the Bacon and Cheese variety. I remember the Pizzerias too now that you mentioned them... I didn't remember them being made of Pizza Dough but yeah...  |
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Post by ERON on Feb 4, 2021 17:57:48 GMT -5
I have vague memories of a bizarre TV movie from the '80s called Microcops - one of those that was obviously a pilot for a series that didn't get picked up and got aired as midseason filler instead - about two police officers from a planet of flea-sized people who travel to Earth in a tiny spaceship to catch a criminal, and befriend an Earth man who assists them on their case.
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Post by Paul on Feb 4, 2021 18:10:31 GMT -5
I have vague memories of a bizarre TV movie from the '80s called Microcops - one of those that was obviously a pilot for a series that didn't get picked up and got aired as midseason filler instead - about two police officers from a planet of flea-sized people who travel to Earth in a tiny spaceship to catch a criminal, and befriend an Earth man who assists them on their case. Okay, that sounds awesome and now I want to see that.  |
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Post by fw91 on Feb 4, 2021 18:52:31 GMT -5
Short lived Comedy Central show “Let’s Bowl,” where two people settled silly arguments or small disputes by bowling against each other
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Post by Bang Bang Bart on Feb 4, 2021 19:08:26 GMT -5
Jep! & Wheel 2000, weird kids versions of Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune from the late 90s.
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Feb 4, 2021 20:21:01 GMT -5
Shaker Fries at McDonalds. You buy fries and get a flavoured salt pack, either BBQ or Sour Cream'n'Onion. You dump the fries and the salt in the burger back and shake'em'up. The salt coats the fries and they were delicious. I recall in or around the mid-00's McDonalds sold a Cheesesteak and it was absolutely horrible. But nobody else I ever talk to remembers it and it never shows up in any of those "ten worst/forgotten/infamous McDonalds/fast food items" lists that populate YouTube. Was it a regional thing? Also for TV shows, I vaguely remember a sitcom from the late 80's or very early 90's about a Nun who takes over an orphanage. The orphans include a girl in a wheelchair and another teenage girl who's an underage smoker. I want to say it was Saturdays on NBC as I remember it being in a programming block with The Golden Girls, but I could be wrong. Nobody else I talk to has any memory of this show. |
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