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05/07/2009

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Is there a recovery group for nostalgia? Do you know the high I’m talking about? It usually starts with a visual triggered memory, and then it develops into a long chain reaction of thoughts and feelings.

For instance, every time I meet a guy  named Harvey I immediately start thinking about my all time favorite game show, Double Dare.

Then I’ll remember Mr. Gameshow, a toy that Josh Chinovsky had and I coveted.

Then I’ll start to feel the same excited/anxiousness I would get for an entire day if I knew I was going home with a friend after school.

Then my heart rate sky rockets because I’ll remember the time I accidentally pooped my pants at Marc Dwiggins’ house and how I tried covering it up by staging a bike accident that ended with me landing in a pile of dog doo.

Anyway, I thought I’d share the high by compiling a list of visual triggers for you. I aimed for the obscure in hopes that I would find something you thought you had forgotten.  Please add to the list in my comments section.  In fact, I need them quickly because I’m nearing withdrawal.

Eggo Waffles
Finders Keepers
Spuds McKenzie
WKRP in Cincinatti
Pert Plus
Mr Wizard
One to Grow On
The Shoe Phone
Teen Wolf
Skip it
Cartoon Express
Out of Control
Dic

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  • Blake

    If you love nostalgia check this out. Thanksgiving card from three years ago:
    http://www.matchstic.com/thanksgiving/

  • http://www.squincheye.wordpress.com Michael

    Every time I think about Mr. Wizard, I remember one episode where he took a needle and thread and sliced a bananna without peeling it. I tried it and it works. Then I remember I could only watch Mr. Wizard at the neighbor’s house because we didn’t have cable. Then I get sad. Thanks.

  • Ben

    When do you ever meet guys named “Harvey”?

  • Tim Smith

    Here is my list:
    Trapper Keepers.

    Hey Dude (Nickelodeon show)

    Cabbage Patch Kids (& Garbage Pail Kids)

    Roller Racers

    Lazer Tag

    Crocodile Mile Slip n Slide

    TV Show CHiPs

    I actually got a “Mr. Gameshow” for Christmas but it was the year after it came out and the year after I asked for it for Christmas.

  • http://taftastic.wordpress.com Lee

    How about Turkey TV on Nickelodeon? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePgTVonCOOk

    Popples: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzzHB-cQVO8

    Pogo Ball: (Cant’ find an ad, but you know what it is.)

  • Penny

    Michael Jordan
    Michael J. Fox
    Michael Jackson

  • http://trippcrosby.com Tripp

    Here’s how my Nostalgia high just went:

    watched Turkey TV – led me to Pinwheel

    I thought, “I remember that mime!”

    suddenly I could taste spaghetti-o’s

  • http://bryanallain.com/blog bryan a

    Two products that I remember being hawked during saturday morning cartoons in the late 80s / early 90s:

    Slime Time Watches : http://www.retrojunk.com/details_commercial/6085/

    “what’s the time? slime time! what’s the time? slime time!”

    Fruit Bars: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROUc70GaU9Y

    (though i remember a slightly different commercial with these lyrics and a faster pace)

    Fruit Bars, so good and ugly!
    Fruit Bars, so good…and ugly.
    Made with real fruit so your taste buds shout!
    Look so ugly gonna knock you out!
    Fruit Bars!
    So good. And Ugly!

  • Tim Smith

    Pinwheel made me think of “Today’s Special” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cxLfIs051c

    Which took me to “Small Wonder” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukSvjqwJixw

    Wow am I in a time machine (Flux Capacitor not included)

  • http://www.jesskamm.com Jess Kamm

    Teen Spirit deodorant

    Teddy Ruxpin

    Big League Chew

  • http://www.tylerthigpen.com Tyler

    Garbage Pail Kids
    Metroplex City
    Sea Breeze (face wash)
    The Side Winder (by “Big Wheels”)
    Sunny D
    You Can’t Do That On Television

  • http://blog.davidvosburg.com David V.

    I cannot begin to descrbe the chain reaction this triggered in my brain. I’m hooked.

    - 700 WLW
    - Whiffle Ball
    - Plastic toy armor
    - Space shuttles
    - The Encyclopedia Brittanica on (4) CD ROM

  • http://tylerstanton.com Tyler S.

    otis nixon
    sim city
    mcdonalds song (big mac, mcblt, a quarter pounder with some cheese…)
    big johnson shirts
    “have mercy”

  • mark

    Pepsi clear
    Hit stixx
    Skeletor
    What would you do?( wa-wa-what. Wa-wa-what-wa-what
    would you do) that’s hard to type on an iPhone.

  • mark

    I incorrectly listed ” crytsal pepsi” as pepsi clear. Please excuse my oversight as I was caught up in 1990.

  • http://bulldawgnelson.blogspot.com/ Griffin

    Zips: The shoes with the zippable pocket you could hide a dime in
    Fraggle Rock
    Jams shorts
    T&C Surf Designs

  • http://kateenglish.wordpress.com Kate

    pixie stix
    banana seat
    converse
    malakili

  • http://www.thebloggle.com Charlie

    Automatic Seat Belts
    POGS
    Body Glove (The shirts that changed color in heat)
    Puff Paint
    Cut. It. Out.

  • Wendy

    Big Wheels

    After school specials

    Nancy McKeon

    Gloria Vanderbilt & Jordache jeans

    Romper Room and Captain Kangaroo

    Pulp Fiction

    Book “satchels”

    Walking to school

    Full service gas stations

    CB radios

    Urban Cowboy

    The Fixx

    Preppies

    The Walkman

  • http://mindismapping.blogspot.com Jadon

    I remember *New* Coke! :)

    But for other nostalgia stuff, there’s: http://onceuponawin.com/

  • http://trippcrosby.com Tripp

    You have ruined my life with this link.

  • http://taftastic.wordpress.com Lee

    For the record, Body Glove shirts did not change colors.

    Generra Hypercolor shirts changed color.

  • Amber

    I have a Skip-It…..wanna borrow it??

  • Kate

    Gak, Koosh Balls, Duck Hunt, Magic Nursery, Puppy Surprise, Water Babies, Popples, You Can’t Say That on Television… once you get started its hard to stop.

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