1992 was an interesting year for me. I was still very much a kid, but the climate of junior high had a way of pressuring me away from “baby” stuff in favor of more “mature” arenas… like comic books, dumbass sneakers and TV shows about space aliens. No, it didn’t make any sense.

Still, I think junior high is when you start working out who you actually are, so I have lots of super strong memories about ‘92. That works, since 1992 is the focus of the latest Purple Stuff Podcast!

This week, me and Jay from The Sexy Armpit rattle off a dozen memories about 1992, covering some of that year’s biggest movies, geek fads and more. Everything from Batman Returns to Wayne’s World to Mortal Kombat to, uh, Great Bluedini Kool-Aid.

Our picks may differ from yours, but this is the stuff that meant the most to us.

Give us a listen by clicking the giant play button below!

You can also download this week’s episode by right-clicking here.

Reminder: The Purple Stuff Podcast can also be found on iTunes, Stitcher and Podbean.

As always, thank you tons for listening! This episode is going up later than usual, and we were both secretly pleased with how many folks gently complained about that. We took it as a compliment. 🙂

If the podcast puts you in the mood for more ’90s nostalgia, here are some Dino Drac articles that fit the bill!

Blockbuster Video Bonus Boxes! | 1990s Comic Book Ads!
1990s Halloween Cereals | The 1990 JCPenney Catalog!
1990s Fast Food Bags | Batman Tortilla Chips!

Enjoy the show!

Posted by Matt on 04/22/16
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One of Dino Drac’s very first articles was about Fright Flicks trading cards, released by Topps in 1989.

Whereas most of Topps’s trading card sets dealt with only one property, Fright Flicks tackled tons of them. A huge pile of classic horror movies were represented, from A Nightmare on Elm Street to Fright Night to Pumpkinhead to Predator. (Even Ghostbusters was in there, because kids who were apprehensive about Freddy Krueger were still so ready for Slimer.)

These were “movie cards” in the traditional sense, where single frames from various films were immortalized in cardboard. Topps didn’t pull many punches in the ‘80s, so a fair amount of them featured truly frightening images with all sorts of gore and gross-outs. Neutralizing them were the goofy captions, which managed to give even the most upsetting scenes an air of comedy… and make them more digestible to kids who were only beginning to cut their teeth with spooky stuff!

Course, I’ve already written about this. It’s not why I’m here! Read More…

Posted by Matt on 04/20/16
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Wow, has it really been nine months since the last installment of Six Snacks I Want Back? Time flies when you don’t feel like making giant GIFs, I guess.

Down below: Six more snacks from the ‘80s and ‘90s that I wouldn’t mind eating again. (Or, in two cases, for the first time. Watch enough internet strangers go bananas over old hot dogs, and eventually you’ll want them, too.)

Jolt Cola! (1980s)

I can’t remember the last time I saw the original Jolt Cola in stores. Rumors persist that it’s still available regionally, so if you have access to it, consider yourself blessed. I have such fond memories of sipping from those cans and bottles, and pretending that my cool-sounding novelty drink was as powerful as cocaine.

Jolt did boast twice the caffeine of most sodas, but kids ran with that ball to the point of farce, acting as if it caused uncontrollable fits of freneticism. Basically, we got to pull a Popeye without touching any spinach. Read More…

Posted by Matt on 04/14/16
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