Fraggle Rock was The Puppet World We Could Visit Daily
You didn't merely watch Fraggle Rock. You dropped in. One minute you were on the living-room carpet, probably with a bowl of cereal nearby, and the next you were headed…
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ThunderCats Cartoon and the After-School Rush
You knew the feeling. The school bus had barely disappeared, your backpack hit the floor, and the TV was already warming up in the den. The ThunderCats cartoon was more…
How Care Bears Filled 80s Bedrooms and Saturday TV
Some characters stayed on the screen, but the Care Bears climbed right off it and onto our beds. Before they became icons of children's television, these lovable characters were born…
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Fruit Stripe Gum and the Tattoo Wrapper Kids Loved
Some candies were good. Fruit Stripe Gum, the zebra gum with the striped packs, was a whole scene. You remember the pack first, don't you? The wild stripes, Yipes the…
Why The Facts of Life Became an After-School Sitcom Favorite
Some shows belonged to Friday night. The Facts of Life sitcom belonged to that strange, perfect stretch after school, when the backpack hit the floor, the snack came out, and…
Ghostbusters Cereal and the Spooky Breakfast Kids Wanted
Some cereals promised a full stomach. Ghostbusters cereal promised a little chaos before school. If you were a kid in the mid-80s, that mattered. Breakfast wasn't only breakfast. It was…
Jem and the Holograms Was Every Glitter Kid’s Dream
One look at pink hair, star earrings, and a wall of neon, and you knew this wasn't ordinary Saturday morning TV. The boys had He-man, and the girls had Jem…
He-Man and Castle Grayskull: Why the Power Still Matters
"By the power of Grayskull!" You can hear it, can't you? Even before the sword goes up, the castle is already doing half the work. For 80s kids, Castle Grayskull…
California Raisins and the Claymation Craze That Took Over the 80s
A singing raisin in sunglasses should've been a one-joke commercial. Instead, the California Raisins, conceived by the California Raisin Advisory Board, turned into one of the biggest pop-culture curveballs of…
Hi-C Ecto Cooler: Why Ghostbusters Kids Loved It
Some drinks quenched thirst. Hi-C Ecto Cooler started playground mythology. If you were a kid in the late 1980s or early 1990s, this wasn't just a juice box. It was…