MIDNIGHT MAYHEM: Super Mario Brothers Frustration

Please take 20 minutes out of your lives and watch this. We've all felt this way at one point while playing Mario......

ALF is a radical dude

Where were you the first day you met ALF?

MIDNIGHT MAYHEM: Good morning, Pee-wee!

We're sure some of you are probably eating breakfast right now?

Classic Nickelodeon: Kids Court

 

Nickelodeon was definitely our most watched TV channel when we were kids. There were so many amazing shows that there are just too many to name! One show that comes to mind is Kids Court. 

Kids Court is a show where a studio audience filled with kids watches two kids discuss real life grievances that were mailed in by real life kids. When the two sides are done representing their cases, the studio audience then yells and screams like wild animals trying to be the loudest. The "Judge-o-meter" would measure the decibels of the screaming and whichever side was loudest wins the case! The show ends with host Paul Provenza going around the child audience asking the kids to say what is unfair. If something was unfair they'd yell "UNFAIR!!!!!!!!". The show even had two courtroom sketch artists. We always thought they had the coolest job in the world!!!

Kids Court ran for four years from 1985 to 1989. Below is a full episode, which is in 2 parts. Enjoy the stroll down memory lane and the extremely funny looking 80s kids!

Happy 20th Birthday Sonic!!!

This week, Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog turns 20. The first game of the series, "Sonic the Hedghog", was released on June 23, 1991 and Sega never looked back. Sonic became their mascot and had brought them much success.

Seems like just yesterday we were sitting on the floor with our new Sega Genesis kickin' ass with Sonic's Spin Attack! We played for hours and hours and hours until we beat the game. We beat it so many times that we started to have competitions to see who can get through each level the fastest, who can beat the game the fastest, who can go through each level without losing one ring, etc, etc. Good times!

Below is a video of someone else doing pretty much the same thing that we did as kids. Not only is the game amazing, the music is great too. Take a look and a listen!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SONIC!!!!!!!

Radical Recipe: How to make Nickelodeon's green slime

Today we are putting our Julia Child chef hats on and will teach you how to make the famous green slime from the amazing Nickelodeon show called "You Can't Do That on Television". It aired from February 3, 1979 to May 25, 1990 and was pretty damn amazing! The show featured Canadian teen actors acting out sketch comedy skits. We still remember being little and laughing at the way they said "sooory" (sorry) and "aboot" (about). Those crazy Canadians!

The way it worked in the show was if you said "I don't know", you would get slimed. It was that simple! Didn't you always wonder what was in the slime? Well, we did and we got info from our inside sources and they told us exactly what was in this slimy green mess. This is top secret information and only Bobby Budnick, Mr. Earnst, and Sam from "Today's Special" know the ingredients! OK, actually we got these recipes from YCDTOTV.com but it's still the official recipes!

SLIME #1 (OFFICIAL)

INGREDIENTS: water, jello powder, flour, baby shampoo 

DIRECTIONS: Mix em up and chill slightly. 

SLIME #2 (OFFICIAL)

INGREDIENTS: cream of wheat, cold water, shampoo, green coloring 

DIRECTIONS: Mix em up!

SLIME #3 (OFFICIAL)

INGREDIENTS: cream of wheat, cold water, shampoo, green coloring, liquid latex

 DIRECTIONS: Mix em up! (just don't put too much latex)

SLIME #4 (from Double Dare's "Slime Canal")

INGREDIENTS: clear corn syrup, water, green coloring DIRECTIONS: Mix water and syrup. Add coloring and dive in!

 SLIME #5 (from Nickelodeon Studios circa 1992)

INGREDIENTS: apple sauce, green coloring 

DIRECTIONS: Mix em up!

We're not sure why they had so many versions but we guess the scientists at Nickelodeon Studios had to take many, many years to come up with the perfect recipe! Below is the slime in action...

For those of you who already know the show, they would also have water poured on their heads if they said "water". The secret water recipe is a WHOLE different recipe that we promised to never reveal so our lips are sealed!

WEIRD: E.T. boxing E.T. with Queen's "We Will Rock You" as the soundtrack

Here is some random weirdness for you. We have E.T. boxing E.T. and the music they are boxing to is Queen's "We Will Rock You". I bet you never thought you'd see two E.T.'s boxing each other while doing a synchronized dance to a Queen song!!!

Happy Birthday Frank Oz!

 

We loved the Muppets as kids. We still do. And Frank Oz (Richard Frank Oznowicz) voiced and puppeteered Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, Grover, Cookie Monster, and Bert, among many others. He was born today on May 25, 1944 and is 67 years old! Happy Birthday Frank!!

After writing this post, it got us thinking. Besides Kermit the Frog, Frank Oz has stuck his hand up Miss Piggy's ass more than anyone else in the world!!!!!

A&P and Pathmark in 1989. Come share the proud new feeling!

One day back on July 28, 1989 we accidentally recorded three supermarket commercials. Two being A&P and the other one was Pathmark.

These supermarkets were huge in NY, NJ, and PA (we locals call it the Tri-State Area). Some consider A&P the original Wal-Mart. Pathmark was big too. They both had their heydays but as you know, times change. Pathmark was eventually bought by A&P.
And, you guessed it, A&P eventually filed for bankruptcy.

Here are their commercials back when their golden years were long gone and they were on their last legs. You would never know it from these commercials!!!

Come share the proud new feeling...at A&P! So much is going on in this commercial. They're really promoting their "Get More, Spend Less" campaign - it's everywhere. Notice the 80's looking products such as Ritz Crackers, Planters Corn Chips and Cheese Curls, and Charmin Free toilet paper. Also, it goes by really fast, but at the very end check out the kids flying by the camera - one is pushing his shopping cart while the other kid is inside! That looks so much fun!! A&P had so much hope back then.

So much is going on in this commercial too. It's kind of like the first one but it has a much better song. This song just makes me so happy and I just want to join the proud new feeling...at A&P! (I've actually seen the same exact commercial on YouTube from 1989 but instead it was for SuperFresh which is a division of A&P. They just made some minor changes. Interesting.)

This is a Pathmark commercial that was aired alongside the A&P commercials. Who knew that just under 20 years later, A&P would buy-out Pathmark? It's a crazy world.

Actor James Karen was Pathmark's spokesperson back then. You may know him from TV classics such as "Eight is Enough" or "As The World Turns" and "All My Children". Maybe you even saw him in "Poltergeist" or "The Return of the Living Dead" or "Wall Street".

In this commercial he was promoting Pathmark's "21st Anniversary Sweepstakes" in which they were giving away 1989 Cadillac Sedan Devilles. You could also pick up coupons to save up to $16 at Six Flags Great Adventure. How could you not have shopped at Pathmark back then?!?

SIDE NOTE: As of this blog entry, all of the Pathmarks and A&P's that were near our house when were were kids are still around. I wonder for how long...


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Video Titles: (1989) A&P Supermarket - 80's TV commercial #1 and #2
(1989) Pathmark "Cadillac Sedan Deville Sweepstakes" - 80's TV commercial
Product: A&P and Pathmark Supermarkets
Original Air Date: July 28, 1989
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Popsicle: A frozen drink on a stick!

Who doesn't have great memories of eating a Popsicle stick on a hot summer day as a kid? The best part was that there were TWO Popsicle sticks rather than one, which made it double the fun!

It just so happens that on this day today, March 11, 1986, the Popsicle went from a two-stick pop to a one-stick pop. We couldn't find many facts to corroborate this but we thought we'd blog about it anyway so we had an excuse to post a hot chick sucking a Popsicle!

Were you the "little-licker" that precisely licked back-n-forth between each pop until it split up the middle and then you double-fisted each pop??!!? Or were you the "deep-throater" and you sucked the whole thing dry till it was gone??!?!?!

A little Jasmine tea for your very early morning commute/late night pass-out fest

This Burger King commercial from 1988 features Jasmine Guy (Whitley Gilbert) from the 80's TV classic "The Cosby Show". People loved her so much that the producers decided to make a spin-off and she eventually went on to star as Whitley Gilbert in "A Different World", which ran from 1987 - 1993.  She is best known for being a spoiled, snobby bitch. A great show indeed!

In this Burger King commercial Jasmine doesn't fail to please and is just as snobby and just as bitchy as ever. Go Jasmine go!


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Video Title:  (1988) Burger King (Jasmine Guy debut!) - 80's TV commercial 
Product: Burger King
Original Air Date: 1988
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Burger King Breakfast

Here's another Burger King commercial. This one features a couple of rednecks and a 99¢ Burger King breakfast. I bet they never thought they'd be on a thing called the internet where people commented on their every move.


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Video Title: (1988) Burger King $.99 Breakfast Sandwiches - 80's TV commercial 
Product: Burger King
Original Air Date: 1988
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The biggest frying pan you've ever seen in your life

There were many fast food commercials in the 1980's. There are many fast food commercials today! I guess some things never change. I love the old guy's face in the beginning.


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Video Title: (1988) Burger King - 80's TV commercial 
Product: Burger King
Original Air Date: 1988
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Come. Feel the warmth of Mexico.

Might as well keep the travel theme going, so here's a commercial advertising Mexico, back in the good ol' days when it was somewhat safe to vacation there.


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Video Title: (1988) Mexico tourism - 80's TV commercial
Product: Mexico tourism
Original Air Date: 1988
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Cabbage Patch Kid look-a-like from the 1920's tries to sell you a trip to Florida

The title says it all.


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Video Title: (1988) Kissimmee St. Cloud - 80's TV commercial 
Product: Kissimmee St. Cloud
Original Air Date: 1988
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THIS. IS EPCOT CENTER.

This is probably one of our favorite commercials that we have. It makes me want to jump into a time machine and go to the Epcot Center of the 80's. We went as kids right around this time and it was EXACTLY like the video!

How the hell did they get Mickey up on top of Spaceship Earth that giant golf ball??!?


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Video Title: (1988) Epcot Center - 80's TV commercial
Product: Disney's Epcot Center
Original Air Date: 1988
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McDonald's cheeseburger with a Super Sized side of corn

McDonald's commercials are so corny. But I did love Colorforms as a kid!


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Video Title: (1986) McDonald's Happy Meals - 80's TV commercial
Product: McDonald's
Original Air Date: 1986
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Crayons for dessert!

After eating a cheeseburger and fries, be sure to wash it down with some chewy crayons!


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Video Title: (1987) McDonald's Happy Meals - 80's TV commercial 
Product: McDonald's
Original Air Date: 1987
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Good time, great taste... of McDonald's

Did he say "BLT" at the end of the commercial? Then cue the creepy moon guy!


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Video Title:  (1988) McDonald's - 80's TV commercial
Product: McDonald's
Original Air Date: 1988
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It's a beautiful mornin!

Here is a McDonald's commercial that is from 1988. Watch closely and you'll see a young Cuba Gooding Jr. bite into a breakfast sandwich! This commercial focuses on breakfast and says McDonald's is "America's Morning Place".


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Video Title: (1988) McDonald's Breakfast (Cuba Gooding Jr.) - 80's TV commercial
Product: McDonald's
Original Air Date:1988
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