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Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops?: The Lost Toys, Tastes, and Trends of the 70s and 80s [Paperback]

Gael Fashingbauer Cooper (Author), Brian Bellmont (Author)
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June 7, 2011
If you owe a couple cavities to Marathon candy bars, learned your adverbs from Schoolhouse Rock!, and can still imitate the slo-mo bionic running sound of The Six Million Dollar Man, this book is for you.

Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? takes you back in time to the tastes, smells, and sounds of childhood in the '70s and '80s, when the Mystery Date board game didn't seem sexist, and exploding Pop Rocks was the epitome of candy science.

But what happened to the toys, tastes, and trends of our youth? Some vanished totally, like Freakies cereal. Some stayed around, but faded from the spotlight, like Sea-Monkeys and Shrinky Dinks. Some were yanked from the market, revised, and reintroduced...but you'll have to read the book to find out which ones.

So flip up the collar of that polo shirt and revisit with us the glory and the shame of those goofy decades only a native could love.


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Product Details

  • Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  • Paperback: 240 pages
  • Publisher: Perigee Trade; First Edition edition (June 7, 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 039953671X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0399536717
  • Product Dimensions: 5.7 x 0.5 x 7.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #39,037 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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Gael Cooper and Brian Bellmont hit a home run with this compulsively readable anthology of the great Gen X trends of the '70s and '80s. But pop culture fans of every age will love it and find themselves humming random TV theme songs and suddenly dying for the taste of Quisp. It's all here, from ABBA to "Zoom," and the great thing about it is that it triggered my own memories from the era -- enough to suggest the authors to do a followup book.

It's a great gift--ridiculously cheap--but you'll find yourself picking it up again and again. Even my kids have been holed up on the couch this afternoon reading passages out loud.

Thanks for the memories, Gael and Brian!
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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I've already bought six copies to give to friends, and might have to get another, since I've been having a hard time prying mine out of my 13-year-old's hands. She loves it, and has been snorting with laughter over most of the entries. This book lends itself to multi-generational bonding; from my daughter's questions about George Clooney's mullet to my Mom's memories of mixing vats of Funny Face drink mix for the five of us each summer. The index alone is worth the price of the book - every word is a link to our generation's mutual survival of a couple of memorable decades.

The opening paragraphs of the entry on candy cigarettes immediately transported me back to my own chidhood; crazy eights, necco wafers, Laverne & Shirley, and all. It's not just a touching collection of memories, though, it's also a wonderfully written book full of hilarious commentary. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll remember that you're still mad at your brother for marking up the cards on your Mystery Date game. It's a great book!
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....turn off your computer, and take a walk down memory lane. You will not be disappointed. The writing is witty, sharp and fun. I love this book!
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Fun to read, quick trip back to memory lane
I liked this book. I mostly read on airplanes or during travel and this book is a quick, fun read. There are some toys and foods that I hadn't thought about in years - and the... Read more
Published 13 days ago by Bigg Tee
decent book..
Book is small and all black and white but it is full of lots of those fantastic things from the past .
Perfect bathroom reader !
Published 23 days ago by paradox921
Just look at the table of contents
The topics (mostly commercial products) the writers cover will likely pleasantly ring bells for people born in the 1960s or 1970s and brought up in the US. Read more
Published 2 months ago by D.E. Wray
Fabulous Book, with Two Unbelievable Oversights
I've read books similar to this on a variety of subjects. Most are rather dry and full of dull factoids. This book, however, was a refreshing and highly enjoyable surprise. Read more
Published 4 months ago by JL
Memories/Light the corners of my miiind......
This book will take you back to when Myspace was your spot in the house and Facebook was what you did when you read from Choose Your Own Adventure to The New Scooby-Doo Movies... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Daniel
Hilarious
Someone bought this for me and I then bought it for two of my friends. I was born in 1968 and can recall almost everything in here. Read more
Published 4 months ago by CLB
Memories!!!
I really enjoyed this book. Reading it was a nice trip down memory lane. Made me think about things I haven't thought of in years. Read more
Published 6 months ago by T. L. Smith
Disappointed
I bought this book thinking it would be a great gift. Wrong! No pictures of the items which kills the fun, really cheap paper that it is printed on.
Published 9 months ago by J. Holmes
Short and Pithy Commentary on the 1970's and '80s.
If you want to look like a genius of the 70s' and 80's or if you are like me and are total time nerd and want to add to your vernacular like me and my old next door neighbor, this... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Jim R.
Best brain candy ever
Thoroughly enjoyed this book. I laughed out loud on several occasions. Easily digestible by way of short, pithy (and just plain hilarious) observations.
Published 10 months ago by emiller66
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