Submitted and Written by Laura C

Who and what could be more of an Epic Win than Les Paul and the guitar named after him? Many, so many of our personal musical Epic Wins would not exist today were it not for Les Paul and his creations; after all, he didn’t just invent the electric guitar, he also invented multi-track recording, which musicians have relied on heavily for decades. The man was so dedicated to his craft that when he suffered a badly-broken right arm as a young man, he instructed the doctors to set it so it would heal permanently cocked, ready to strum. Truly, one of the most epic of wins.

Submitted by Carl P

This was the greatest video ever when I was a kid.

Well put, Carl P. Each element of the video itself leaves something to be desired, whether it’s the dancing (fail), the lyrics (fail), or Vanilla Ice himself (epic fail), but tie all these things together into one of the greatest film franchises of our childhood, and you’ve got an epicdoubleplusmeganostalgia win.

GO NINJA, GO NINJA, GO!

The rap was featured at the end of 1991’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze. For those with short attention spans, be sure to skip ahead to 2:58 in the video to see the stupidest dance moves ever choreographed, and 3:52 where Ice talks about writing the song for the movie, proving that he is official the whitest person to have ever existed.

More Vanilla Ice craziness after the jump (and by craziness, I literally mean Vanilla Ice going crazy).
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Submitted and Written by Amy N

Back in the late 70’s and early 80’s when I was a young whippersnapper, mom would take us shopping at Sears for our yearly Pro-Wing generic tennis shoes, and the salesman would whip out the trusty Brannock Device. I always felt I should get a size bigger in case my feet grew an entire size over a year…and ended up looking like Ronald McDonald in the process.

Submitted by Alain C

Popeye is the world’s most iconic sailor and the star of one of the most classic cartoons ever. But what you didn’t know is that Popeye the Sailor was ACTUALLY PROPAGANDA FUNDED BY THE POWERFUL SPINACH INDUSTRY!

Just kidding. That was Captain Planet. But there’s something admirable about the “eat your veggies” moral of Popeye.

Submitted and Written by Rachael G

Kids today would just hate this. Were we so easily amused??? I remember them being wooden and plastic and often had a big plastic needle and yarn. They were often in shapes like a cat, an apple, etc. Are these even still made?