The DISGUSTING history of Garbage Pail Kids!

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  • čas přidán 8. 09. 2024
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    Today I look at my childhood collection of Garbage Pail Kids and weird GPK ephemera. Plus I dig into the controversy behind the cards, the Mexico ban on the cards, the TV series, the movie and some of the many knock-offs.

Komentáře • 36

  • @palaceofwisdom9448
    @palaceofwisdom9448 Před 2 měsíci +1

    These cards are the one childhood "toy" that I've held onto all these years. They were so much fun to collect, and completely harmless. I covered my school folder in some of the stickers that I had duplicates of, and I never got in any trouble for having it in class.

  • @csj9619
    @csj9619 Před 2 měsíci +2

    I collected GPK cards as a kid, but sold or traded off all of 'em. One day my brother surprised me with a lot of 300-400 cards he scored off ebay, most of which are series 1,2 and 3.

  • @trsmith2442
    @trsmith2442 Před měsícem +2

    Garbage Pail Kids were banned at our school back in the day. Then they only became cooler.

  • @EB1878
    @EB1878 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Me and my siblings had the Topps Garbage Pail kids from 1985-86'. We had collected so many we kept them in a binder. Some packs had stickers and that stale piece of gum that you'd nearly break your teeth on. Thank you for sharing these. We loved these cards so much!! 🥰
    Decades later I discovered there was a company reproducing the GPK cards along with Whacky Pack cards in 2010 or so. I bought up as many as I could and kept them in a binder. They look nearly the same as they had when originally produced back in the 80's. By any chance would you do a review of those 80's Mad Balls? They were these foam baseball sized toys with grotesque faces, yet they were quite popular. I had sewer face and lock lips. The downside to owning these unfortunately, is that they disintegrate rapidly! However, we loved these growing up! 😊

    • @PointlessNostalgia
      @PointlessNostalgia  Před 2 měsíci

      I loved Mad Balls! They even had a Saturday morning cartoon!!

  • @davidbrown1010
    @davidbrown1010 Před měsícem +2

    I am still a dork. I collected them when they came out back in the day. I still collect them now. Keep in mind that I am almost 51 years old.

    • @PointlessNostalgia
      @PointlessNostalgia  Před měsícem +1

      Yeah, they are fun to collect! Thanks for watching the video!

  • @miked3063
    @miked3063 Před 2 měsíci +2

    We used to trade these on the school bus after school in da late 80s, heck they were more popular than hustler magazine, well somewhat, but Man I wish I still had some of the original cards in my grasp, they go for an arm and a leg now. I do remember however they made a quick comeback in the early 2000s I think.

    • @PointlessNostalgia
      @PointlessNostalgia  Před 2 měsíci

      Yes! I totally remember that era. I’m glad I saved these. Fun to look through every now and then!

  • @JenneVermes
    @JenneVermes Před 2 měsíci +2

    Omg these gave me nightmares as a kid! But I still collected them lol

    • @PointlessNostalgia
      @PointlessNostalgia  Před 2 měsíci

      They are so much fun! I got some new ones at the last galaxycon!

  • @nebwachamp
    @nebwachamp Před 2 měsíci +2

    Born in 1985.
    I found these among the older kids things.
    LOVE THEM

  • @Banner18MindTrip
    @Banner18MindTrip Před 2 měsíci +2

    They were the shiznit. great documentary, player. It kicks ass, ninja.

  • @vipermad358
    @vipermad358 Před 25 dny +1

    GPKs are too young for me, but we LOVED "Wacky Packies" as we called them. My mother even made me a little "leisure suit" out of Wacky Package printed fabric!😂😂😂

  • @srbarkerchan
    @srbarkerchan Před 2 měsíci +3

    Even as a kid, I hated these cards.

  • @PointlessNostalgia
    @PointlessNostalgia  Před 2 měsíci +2

    Happy Fourth of July!🇺🇸

  • @TheKitchenerLeslie
    @TheKitchenerLeslie Před 2 měsíci +1

    Garbage Pail Kids are in a class all their own along with Troma Films. Probably how they funded so many bad movies.

    • @PointlessNostalgia
      @PointlessNostalgia  Před 2 měsíci

      The GPK movie feels like the ultimate Troma movie on some level

  • @Sirfev2010
    @Sirfev2010 Před 2 měsíci +1

    When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

  • @PointlessNostalgia
    @PointlessNostalgia  Před 2 měsíci +1

    So what GPK series did you start collecting?

    • @rberry3948
      @rberry3948 Před 2 měsíci

      I'm part of the Wacky Packages sticker era. The fact that I stuck them everywhere instead of saving them is a great regret in my life.

  • @fumomofumosarum5893
    @fumomofumosarum5893 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Oof those were a big no thanks for me...found them gross then still find them gross today ^^;
    I... just don't understand. Maybe I'm autistic.

  • @nickmullerITFC78
    @nickmullerITFC78 Před 2 měsíci +1

    15. Seris didn't know that 🔵🔵⚪️⚪️⚪️🚜🚜🚜

  • @ThatJunkman
    @ThatJunkman Před 2 měsíci +1

    Great stuff