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Below are most of the Dino Drac blog archives. Certain categories may be excluded to keep things tidier. If you notice any typos, pretend you didn’t.

  • Five Retro TV Commercials, Part 34!

    It’s been nearly a full year since the last edition of Five Retro TV Commercials, which means little to you but for me is definitive proof that time moves faster when you’re an old rag. The good news is that I spent the downtime collecting more old TV commercials than I could ever reas

  • Teddy Grahams Peanut Brittle. Yup.

    There I was, paging through an old Nabisco cookbook, as one does when they’re on the 735th day of quarantine. When I spotted an entry for what Nabisco called Very Beary Peanut Brittle, I knew that everything was about to change, and change big. It was a common (if simplified) recipe for

  • Movie Theater Memories: Part 2!

    A short while back, I wrote about some of my experiences at movie theaters. The article got a good response, and I’m a slave to good responses. Let’s do it again. Below are five more stories about movies I saw in theaters. Like last time, they’re less about the actual films and more

  • Dino Drac’s April Funpack Has Arrived!

    A number of Funpack subscribers got in touch last month to let me know what a welcome distraction they were, and man did that make me feel good. To those of you “on the list,” I hope they let you break into an alternate reality where the only things that matter are junk food and

  • Purple Stuff: Eight Creepy Commercials!

    Some of my friends have been shielding themselves from the Perpetually Unsettling News with horror movies. I totally get it, because I’ve been doing it too. I guess it’s a matter of replacing bad and lasting scares with the good and fleeting kind? Considering his bladed glove, it’s i

  • Purple Stuff Podcast: Shocktober ’92!

    It’s time for a very special episode of The Purple Stuff Podcast! For years, you’ve heard us wax nostalgic about WPIX’s old Shocktober horror movie marathons. Hell, I’ve even written giant articles about it. (Several, actually.) Today, me and Jay from The Sexy Armpit are gonna reli

  • Dino Drac’s March Funpack is here!

    Dino Drac’s March Funpack is here, and… okay, yes, given what’s going on in the world, I’d much rather push this off until things settle down. I’m on an unbreakable schedule with these, though, so the show must go on! UNITED STATES ONLY! VERY LIMITED SUPPLY! This month’s Funpac

  • I’m Telling! (That awesome game show from 1987.)

    Big news: I’ve finally identified the name of an old children’s game show that’s been on the tip of my tongue for over thirty years. It was called I’m Telling. (Properly stylized with an exclamation point at the end, but I hate it when titles do that.) According to its Wikipedia en

  • Movie Theater Memories!

    I remember every theatrical experience I’ve ever had. I think most people do, right? I’m not necessarily saying that we’re capable of listing every single movie we’ve seen in theaters, but if someone brings up a particular film and you did see it in theaters, you probably remember

  • Old Junk Food in Maniac Cop 2!

    Maniac Cop 2 is a wonderful horror movie that improves upon the original in every way. At least, that’s what I’ve heard. I’ve never actually seen the whole thing, despite listening to the Maniac Cop Rap several times each week. I did watch the first 15 minutes, though, thanks to a ti

  • Purple Stuff Podcast: DICK TRACY!

    If someone who’d never previously seen Dick Tracy watched it right this second, I wonder what they’d think. Even if they liked it, could they possibly get why people like me are still so obsessed with it? Without the experience of being “of age” during the summer of 1990, I’m not

  • Dino Drac’s Freaky February Funpack!

    Yeah, here’s me, posting a new Funpack on a Friday night that also happens to be Valentine’s Day. Not exactly the wisest rollout plan, but we’ll see how it goes! UNITED STATES ONLY! LIMITED SUPPLY! Dino Drac’s Freaky February Funpack is here, and features what I think is an all-tim

  • Recreating McDonald’s McSalad Shakers.

    I was introduced to McDonald’s McSalad Shakers during the summer of 2000, not long after they debuted. Picture a chopped salad stuffed into a 7-Eleven Slurpee cup. They were essentially that. Salads for people who had no time to sit. If you were hoping for an all-business McSalad Shaker

  • Purple Stuff Podcast: The Robot Show!

    We’re putting the awful month of January to bed with a brand new episode of the Purple Stuff Podcast. If you’re a fan of things with red eyes and metal feet, this one’s for you: This week, me and Jay from The Sexy Armpit tackle EIGHT GREAT ROBOTS from all walks of pop culture. Th

  • Dino Drac’s January 2020 Funpack!

    Well, the holidays are over, and now we’re stuck in Big Ugly January. I’m here to help combat those doldrums with one of the funnest Funpacks ever! UNITED STATES ONLY! LIMITED SUPPLY! The January Funpack is here! Seriously guys, you’re gonna love this one. There are over 10 items ins

  • Conceptions of Obsessions. (Don’t worry, it’s about Ninja Turtles.)

    I can’t recall how most of my obsessions started. “They just did,” I guess. I’d slowly latch onto things, and by the time passing interests became fixations, the beginnings were already foggy. For a few of my obsessions, though, I remember the exact moments of birth. (“Conception

  • Nabisco’s Suddenly S’mores, from 1990!

    Let’s talk about Nabisco’s Suddenly S’mores. The magically microwaveable cookies arrived in 1989, but didn’t go national until 1990. That’s when I tried them. I was eleven years old, and junk food was the only thing that loved me back.  Suddenly S’mores arrived with fanfare.

  • Classic Christmas Commercials, Volume 15!

    I’m not sure if there’s much point in writing about old Christmas commercials the day before Christmas Eve, when 95% of the people who’d be interested are too busy to look. Oh well. If you’re in the remaining 5%, this one’s for you!  A Christmas Story on WPIX! (1990) Even befo

  • Purple Stuff Podcast: Christmas Songs, Part 5!

    The Purple Stuff Podcast’s holiday tradition continues! (Hopefully just in time for us to accompany you on a weekend full of last-minute holiday errands!) Get set for another batch of AWESOME CHRISTMAS TUNES. This is the fifth volume in the series, so now we’re really starting to dig d

  • Dino Drac’s December Funpack is here!

    Dino Drac’s December Funpack is here, and it’s full of holiday cheer! (Sorry, I was definitely someone who wrote lame catalog descriptions in a past life.) LIMITED SUPPLY! UNITED STATES ONLY! Consider the December 2019 Funpack a gift to yourself. I assembled this one with Christmas