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Epic Win: Jim Henson’s Muppet Babies

Apr. 27, 2009

Submitted by Makayla P

For many of the classic cartoons we watched growing up, when you go back and watch them again, they’re not so good. That is not the case for Muppet Babies! Watching the old episode below, we totally ROWLF’ld. The incorporation of live action clips and strange fantasy scenes made Muppet Babies a totally Epic Win.



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Epic Win: Drive-in Movie Theaters

Apr. 27, 2009

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Drive-Ins were totally Epic Win! What could be better than you’re own private “booth” (aka the front seat of your car) for watching a movie. Or sometimes, you’d bring the pickup truck with the lawnchairs. The real trick was cramming as many people as possible into the vehicle, underneath a stack of blankets, so as to minimize the amount you each had to pay to get in. Or, if you were lucky, your Drive-In charged by the carload. There was also the speakerboxes that were later replaced by the AM/FM stereo broadcast. Last but not least, Drive-Ins were almost always showed double features!

Ultimately though, this was the final fate of most Drive-In theaters (along with our memories that went with them:

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Epic Win: Sixteen Candles

Apr. 26, 2009

Submitted by Ashley

“What’s happening hot stuff?”

What would the 80’s have been if it weren’t for John Hughes and Molly Ringwald? Sixteen Candles is an Epic Win for all of it’s crazy quirkiness. Long Duk Dong, the geek, etc., were just icing on the cake of an epic movie that defined a generation.

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Epic Win: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

Apr. 25, 2009

Submitted by Kevin F

We at I Can Has Cheezburger are purists and believe only in the great and true Epic Win of the original Legend of Zelda, however, based on the votes that you gave Ocarina of Time, we were compelled to post it to the front page. The only problem is that there was so little experience throughout that we couldn’t find anyone to do a decent write-up, so the task falls upon you, the users. Why is Ocarina of Time such an Epic Win?

PS. We really do take your votes into consideration when posting items to the front page, so go to the voting pages and make your voice heard.

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Epic Win: Scholastic Book Orders

Apr. 24, 2009

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Submitted by Rick Z

Scholastic Books was where we got all of our best books! Maniac Magee? Check. The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales? Check. Where the Sidewalk Ends? Check. Where the Wild Things Are? Check. Scholastic Books was an epic win because it brought a lot of great books into our lives that we wouldn’t ordinarily have been introduced to by our parents or teachers. For many of us, a book ordered through Scholastic Books was the first book we ever owned.

Unfortunately, Scholastic Books has been warped into an unholy junk peddler that’s allowed into schools under the guise of a “Book Fair” these days. Gone are the classics like Superfudge and The Mouse and the Motorcycle, replaced by fan literature for TV shows like Hannah Montana and Zooey 101.

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