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September 8, 2025
First nightmare involving a potato

First nightmare involving a potato

Remember The California Raisins? Charming if more than a little creepy claymation figures pitching dried grapes with a Motown soundtrack? They were everywhere in the 80s - spawned a veritable cultural movement with toys, I think their own album, maybe a TV show … they were just everywhere.

September 6, 2025
Jeeps - Actual Jeeps

Jeeps - Actual Jeeps

So much hotness here. Never mind the clunky ad copy -“Jeep makes history again with the biggest sale in Jeep history” - the fine folks at American Motors had the goods in the early 80s. The CJ, the big Cherokee, the actual Wagoneer, the normal pickup and the Scrambler; these were real machines.

August 25, 2025
No, Bac-Os. Just ... no

No, Bac-Os. Just ... no

A core truth of our world is imitation bacon bits are amazing. The original "fake meat".

August 21, 2025
Cocaine is a hell of a drug

Cocaine is a hell of a drug

It's a little past 4 a.m. in the summer of 1980. You come to on the back deck of a Malibu beach house and stumble into the living room. Last thing you remember is downing a stash of Paul Masson Chablis at a party up in the hills with some guy you met who said he's about to break big in the business.