Comments on: Epic Win: Highlights for Children

By: coaxingdownstairs

coaxingdownstairs — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:51:06 +0000

I got this mag in the late 70s/early 80s. I once found a plagiarized poem a kid sent in as his own and I wrote to Highlights to alert them to the plagiarist. I know someone is going to call me a nerd for doing that, but even as a kid I wondered why Highlights didn’t have fact checkers. At least Highlights sent me a letter thanking me.
Also, I often call my five year old son by the nickname “Goofus Gallant” because the sound of it makes me giggle.

By: phyre

phyre — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 07:24:26 +0000

Just because people keep to their own race and gender where you live doesn’t mean it’s like that everywhere. I’m a white female, and I had several male friends as a child, and two black and one Indian friend in high school.

By: Cindy

Cindy — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 02:18:20 +0000

I still have a partial sheet of smiley face stickers around somewhere…. I use them sparingly on cards sometimes. I always loved the dinosaur stickers too.

By: Nick

Nick — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 20:25:59 +0000

It’s still freaking huge… but it’s not really nostalgic-ey anymore. Ash sounds like a fag now, and the Pokemon are too complex. There’s what, 500 of them now?

By: Groan

Groan — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:13:16 +0000

I could never find that porpoise. Where is the porpoise?

By: Brandi

Brandi — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:27:03 +0000

Yay…loved doing the things where you search for hidden objects. Also one of my pictures that I drew was published in one issue and it was like the major highlight of my childhood

By: CatFace

CatFace — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 20:19:56 +0000

When I was in the 5th grade back in 1970, my teacher sent in a poem I wrote and it got published. I was awestruck….I still am kinda humbled. How dumb is that?

By: Mel

Mel — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 03:10:09 +0000

I know! That was the only thing I ever looked at myself. The only other thing is the sheet of multi-colored smiley face stickers that came every once in awhile.

By: TomFlowerPro

TomFlowerPro — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 07:55:58 +0000

yeah… the good old days… but subscription? no…

By: Hito

Hito — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:43:05 +0000

I could never get into it… I liked the ‘What’s Wrong’ thingie, but otherwise I was more fascinated by the coffee tables in the dentist’s office.
(I rather like coffee tables.)
Probably too much Ranger Rick and such early on.

By: Tboz

Tboz — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 07:17:51 +0000

The only magazine I rem that I had a subscription to. And it was the best! I, too, still look at it when I see it in a waiting room. It brings back memories & gives me something to do!

By: Tboz

Tboz — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 07:10:09 +0000

I feel the same way! Usually I look for the Hidden Pictures first!

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:13:44 +0000

Yup, I remember Highlights from back when I was in elementary school, in the late 1960s/early 1970s. I had totally forgotten about it, until I got into a friend’s car a few weeks ago — in the back there was a CURRENT issue of Highlights, from one of his kids. I was totally surprised that it was still around!

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:06:01 +0000

Goofus quietly sold his shares in Enron and left before the end. Gallant stuck around and was set up as the patsy. Goofus invests in startups from a beach in the Caribbean. Gallant pays for protection in cigarettes at FCI Allentown.

Yeah, Gallant always was a naive prima donna.

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:00:38 +0000

Goofus wipes his ass with whatever’s handy. Gallant makes sure there’s TP on the roll before he drops trou.

By: Ellie

Ellie — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 01:49:37 +0000

Oh man, I used to love these! My favorite thing when I was little was turning to the back to see the hilarious version of what picture was on the front cover. Not to mention looking at the submitted artwork and seeing where the artists were from (I learned a ton of countries that way! XD)

By: Tori

Tori — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 07:45:46 +0000

Of COARSE you’re not alone when you say you watched Pokemon.

Pokemon was freaking huge.

By: PeachyKat

PeachyKat — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:41:56 +0000

Goofus and Gallant was so funny! Let me make up one now…”Goofus surfs the Internet unsupervised. Gallant asks his parents if he can go online” I LOVED what’s wrong. The stories were lighthearted, the pictures colorful and fun. I liked the think about it page, it had questions like “what is taller, a hill or a mountain” and “where would you like to go on vacation”?

By: Alex Wells

Alex Wells — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 05:05:46 +0000

And to think Highlights For Children inspired baby boomers (and everyone else) to have a little fun. (I’m surprised Mad Magazine hasn’t made OUAW yet!)

By: emilytastic

emilytastic — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 18:45:23 +0000

Highlights, Highlights, Highlights…
I used to always write letters to them for advice about my evil sister

and we didn’t only subscribe to Highlights, but we also subscribed to Mathmania, Puzzlemania, and Which Way USA. My parents wouldn’t get us the subscription to Top Secret though :/

By: Waldo

Waldo — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 13:25:53 +0000

I read Nick mag at Great Clips. And please tell me I'm not alone when I say I watched Pokemon. You cannot be a 4-8 year old boy in the 90's/early 00's (I guess you can call them that) and not have even watched at least one episode and liked it. Pokemon should deserve it's own Nostalgic Win page... too much for one post. The games, the show, the trading card game, the marbles (yes, I had Pokemon themed marbles), the theme song ([i wanna be] the [very] best [that no one [replace x with the next word] ever was. to catch] them[is my r]e[al te] s[t, t]o[ trai]n[ them is my cause. I will travel across the land, searchin]g (x) [far and wide for Pokemon, to understand, the power thats inside! Pokemon! Gotta Catch em all! (It's you and me) I know it's my destiny! Pokemon (Ooooh, you're my best friend,) In a world we must defend!] k im done...

By: Waldo

Waldo — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 13:08:00 +0000

They have brown hair now. I liked the old ones better.

By: Waldo

Waldo — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 13:06:22 +0000

I still read it! I love the comics in them, and I like taking one of the riddle questions, and using an answer to a different riddle. For example:
What do firefighters put in their soup?
A monkey, a turkey, and a donkey.
What do zoo animals wear when they go swimming?
Firecrackers.

By: lost90'skid

lost90'skid — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 10:10:25 +0000

i had a computer game based on this magazine, i never got to see the magazine

By: carpelibris

carpelibris — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 00:56:23 +0000

No, just a really helpful husband.
:Hides screen before he reads this:

By: TlalocW

TlalocW — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:23:43 +0000

I recently read through a Highlights at the mechanic while waiting for my car. For some reason all the other magazines were women’s magazines. Anyway, they now have podcasts you can download for some of the features, and as for Goofus and Gallant… Well, I hate to say it, but Goofus is going to be the successful one in life. The issue was privacy, and Gallant was stuck in the 1950s, stopping a classmate from opening someone else’s diary that had a big heart on the cover and a padlock. Meanwhile, Goofus had entered the high-tech and profitable world of computer hacking by figuring out a classmate’s email password, all at the tender age of 10.

By: sally

sally — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:09:51 +0000

…but do you have a helper monkey?

By: Samantha

Samantha — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 01:58:41 +0000

Ah, Highlights. Even as a kid I thought Gallant was a goody goody douche bag.

By: Meowth

Meowth — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:37:33 +0000

I had a story published in Highlights Magazine once when I was seven. They sent me a free copy as well as my normal subscription issue. It was great.

By: Superman64

Superman64 — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:15:43 +0000

“I tell you what, this Goofus fellow is a jackass.”

-Hank Hill

By: jularh

jularh — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:08:52 +0000

Well, maybe for some people, but I’m talking about when I was six.

By: shalindria

shalindria — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:17:53 +0000

You colored the hidden pictures! For shame!

By: shalindria

shalindria — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:16:00 +0000

I’m glad I’m not the only one who may be seen picking this magazine up and giving it a gander. Better than most of the other mags I usually see around the waiting room. I don’t like looking at pictures of people’s perfectly decorated homes.

By: Kitty

Kitty — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 06:45:46 +0000

god, i couldn’t live without highlights when i was little. I remember once they did a article on Eugine Clark, and I wrote them and told them I wanted to be just like her when I grew up. They sent me back a letter and said they forwarded my letter to HER! She sent me a letter, a book list, and an autographed pictures. It was better than getting an autograph from any celebrity, I’ll tell you that! lol

By: Mae

Mae — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 06:05:18 +0000

I used to work for Highlights (the beginning of this year and end of last year)

They still have the goofus and gallant strips!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 06:04:06 +0000

They still have them. I worked for Highlights for about 6 months of last year and this year.

By: Rich

Rich — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 03:31:29 +0000

NONONONONONONONONO!

Good mag, but…

My school used to effing make us sell subscriptions to raise funds for the school and the penguins got a new station wagon every year.

Then I’d pick up a copy in later life and saw that some little ankle biter had beat me to the games page-I would check to see if the little beesturd got all the words in the Word Search right.

By: Rich

Rich — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 03:23:34 +0000

when we stop finding Jesus, Mary and John the Baptist on wheat toast?

By: carpelibris

carpelibris — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 01:52:53 +0000

Actually, all you have to do is make a civil reply to this post and voila, you’ve just gotten along with a person in a wheelchair.
See? It’s not so hard.

By: CB

CB — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 01:11:04 +0000

Add “Bored Thirty-somethings waiting on an oil change” for me…

::grin::

I loved this magazine as a kid, and yes, I do still pick it up if I’m in a waiting room and happen to see one. To me it’s interesting to see the various reading levels and topics that are in there.

By: coyote is fuzzy yet again

coyote is fuzzy yet again — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:52:30 +0000

So the kids should associate with a-holes, such as your self, to prepare for the real world?

By: coyote is fuzzy yet again

coyote is fuzzy yet again — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:49:15 +0000

How does one become too old for the hidden pictures?

By: Multi-Facets

Multi-Facets — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:44:32 +0000

Another fun learning experience from my childhood. (happy sigh)

By: Mad Ness Monster

Mad Ness Monster — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:41:35 +0000

I got nothing to add to this but:

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FiveTokenBand

(The cast of “The Puzzle Place” in particular boggles the mind.)

By: jane

jane — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:04:46 +0000

you are a stupid troll!

By: Grace

Grace — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 23:54:46 +0000

*laughs* My grandparents got me a subscription to this when I was little; I just thought it was the coolest thing to get something with my name on it in the mail and yeah, it was a great ego-boost. XD I got a scholarship to an art school, (I finished my session last week,) and my teacher was actually a lady that has worked very extensively with Highlights as an illustrator, (her name is Anni Matsick.) I just thought it was really cool to work with someone who had a part in making a childhood magazine I loved. WIN =D

By: Chass

Chass — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 23:00:29 +0000

My mom got me a subscription <3 Man, I loved that magazine. Plus they sent me so much extra stuff, like stickers, and booklets, and whole books of "find the object in the picture", which could double as colouring books, since they were line drawings.

By: Courtney

Courtney — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 22:36:11 +0000

It was okay, I mean, it got me to read and that was all mom wants, though I never was a fan, though the hidden pictures, they rocked! I actually had an official highlights hidden picture calendar too!

By: kirby

kirby — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 21:35:10 +0000

My local Planned Parenthood clinic has Highlights.. I will pick one up every so often if I read all the Rolling Stones and am still waiting. Totally not as epic as it could be..

By: kat

kat — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:12:48 +0000

I loved the Timbertoes too! I will totally get this for my kids, when I have them!