July 24, 2002

6:20 PM

Dan Goodsell and Dallas Poaguebring my (and maybe your) childhood back to life with page after page filled with images of delightful (and sometimes creepy) memorabilia. Oh, the hours I spent commanding a Mission to Mars while sugared-up on Dinky Donuts and Rootin' Tootin' Raspberry FunnyFace.
posted by mr_crash_davis (7 comments total)

Amazing find. Thank you for this.

Since I was so young when a lot of this was available, my brain is having a hard time remembering if the toys and packaging I saw as a kid was their doing, or people emulating their style.
posted by perplexed at 6:50 PM on July 24, 2002

Oh nevermind, I misread. Still, thanks.
posted by perplexed at 7:16 PM on July 24, 2002

Crash, dude, now everyone here's gonna know we're old (the Quisp Copter particularly brought back memories of many a happy morn before the school bus arrived. Damn I loved that tschotchke).
posted by dchase at 7:37 PM on July 24, 2002

What no Ovaltine? I could drink that stuff by the truckload, or just go to this joint.
posted by jonmc at 7:48 PM on July 24, 2002

Great stuff indeed. See also: Yesterdayland for your complete nostalgia needs.
posted by majick at 11:11 PM on July 24, 2002

Funny, I almost posted this a little while ago, but probably got distracted... hey, is that a donut over there?

I went to college with Dan. Sharp sharp guy with a nicely odd sense of humor, as you can probably tell. There was always that hunk of mirth in his art.
posted by billder at 11:37 PM on July 24, 2002

Oh, man, I still have a distinct flavor memory of Koogle. Didn't they also have a banana flavor?
posted by MrMoonPie at 9:39 AM on July 25, 2002