Submitted by Rick S

It was manufactured (sometime) in the 1970’s. Tracks were advanced by pushing down on the “plunger”. No headphone jack, but you could purchase an optional 12V adapter, so’s you could “jam” whilst going mobile. Otherwise it ran on six(!) C-Sized batteries.

Submitted by Kristen K

Hey, do you remember those grinding soap dispensers that were commonly found in the bathrooms in elementary/middle school? It took every ounce of strength in a seven year-old to turn that knob just to get a little sprinkling of soap that wouldn’t even produce a satisfactory lather. You might as well have skipped washing your hands altogether. Instead, most of that soap could be found ground up into little feathery piles on the floor, just waiting for some wayward splash of water from the sink to make it into a makeshift slip n slide. Good times.

Submitted by Thelma K

Excerpt written by Tammy:

They were actually called Chubbles. I had one and it was my security toy when I was young. I carried him with me everywhere like Linus and his blanket. He’s in my attic somewhere. I used to send valentine’s day cards to Chubbles. He was literally a part of the family. Mine had a purple cloak. They reminded people of the Jawas in Star Wars. They had no logos on their cloaks when they first came out and came with either Purple, Blue, Red, or Green colored cloaks. Later the next year they released them with the chubbles logo sticker patch on the front of the cloak. The ones with no logo on the front of the cloak are more valuable. They later came out with smaller flocked battery operated Chubbles that sat about 4 inches tall. They later introduced Chubble’s blue fuzzy friend Chiggles, that only came in the one color style. He was sound activated so when lights triggered chubbles to go off, his peeing sounds would start the Chiggle’s sound censor to go off. They also had a simlar toy out called a Beeple which looked like a cross between an Ewok and a sasquatch which were not as cute but had the same lights blinking on the eyes and nose.

Submitted by Andrew

From Wikipedia:

Tubby the Tuba is a 1975 animated feature film, based on the 1945 song of the same name by Paul Tripp and George Kleinsinger. It was released on April 1, 1975 by Avco Embassy Pictures.

The film was produced by the New York Institute of Technology, under the supervision of its founder, Alexander Schure, who was the project’s director.[1]

Nearly three decades before the release of this full-length adaptation, stop-motion innovator George Pal made a 1947 Puppetoon which was also based on Tripp and Kleisinger’s tune. The Paramount short was nominated for a Best Animated Short Oscar.

Submitted by Megan G

I remember going to the “computer lab” when i was in elementary school to play Reader Rabbit a couple times a week. It was one of the highlights of my week since it was the closest thing i had to a computer game at that time and age.

Submitted by Davia C

Loved playing this… The theme song that played when it was turned on is forever stuck in my head, including “Insert card…”. I wish I’d held on to that thing. I have no idea where it went…

Submitted by Ash

From Wikipedia:

The Simpsons Sing the Blues is the 1990 album released as an offshoot of The Simpsons. The album contained originally recorded music not featured in the series save for the first verse of the track “Moaning Lisa Blues” which was first featured in the episode Moaning Lisa, aired February 11 1990.

An early musical number, “Do the Bartman”, leads the album as the first track and the first single released. It was an international success, including being the UK number one single on February 16, 1991, staying there for a further two weeks being certified Gold after selling over 400,000 copies.[1] This was over 5 years before the show was actually shown on mainstream British TV, though it had premiered on the satellite channel Sky One in 1990. The album was released in the same month, and reached number six. This song is considered a style parody.

Though “Bartman” was hugely popular on North American radio and video music channels, it was not released commercially as a single.

Submitted by Brandi G

From Wikipedia:

Nightmare is a video board game released in 1991 by Australian company A Couple ‘A Cowboys PTY LTD. It was written and directed by Brett Clements and produced by Phillip Tanner. Packaged with a sixty minute video cassette, the game required 3-6 players (often referred to as ‘maggots’ or ‘harbingers’) to attempt to collect keys while trying to beat the clock included on the video. At random intervals the game would stop and The Gatekeeper (portrayed by Wenanty Nosul in the English language version and by David Whitney in the DVD version) would appear to either taunt, reward, or punish the players in a variety of ways.

Submitted by crazypae

From Wikipedia:

It is the story of a married couple who get into an argument while playing Scrabble. The couple are never given names in the film, but are informally known as Mr. and Mrs. Snit. While they are arguing, their cat chews through the power cable for their television, so that they don’t notice that a Nuclear War has begun.

The husband complains about his wife’s habit of shaking her eyes, while she points out he has the bad habit of sawing the furniture from watching the TV show “Sawing for Teens” (this show is interrupted so that the warning can be given). Barely noticed, there is panic in the streets.

In the end, they reconcile. Just as they step out of the door, they are vaporised by a nuclear bomb and instantly arrive in heaven. Still unaware of what has happened, they comment on what a beautiful day it is and return to finish their Scrabble game.

Submitted by Deasal

From Wikipedia:

Nesbitt’s was a popular brand of orange-flavored soda pop in the United States during much of the 20th century. Nesbitt’s was produced by the Nesbitt Fruit Products Company of Los Angeles, California. The company also produced other flavors of soda pop under the Nesbitt’s brand and other brand names.