I grew up reading comic books. It all goes back to that copy of Uncle Scrooge in “North of the Yukon” that was in a pile of old comics my grandmother kept in the closet for when we were home sick from school. I sat on the couch, leafed through its colorful pages (and beautifulContinue reading “Lacey and Lily”
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Riding the nostalgia train to Duckburg
I’m not really a video game guy. Sure, I played some Nintendo when I was in elementary school, but it was always at a friend’s house. I didn’t own one myself until I was a pre-teen and had earned enough delivering the weekly Pennysaver once a week for the tidy sum of $8 a weekContinue reading “Riding the nostalgia train to Duckburg”
Cartoon Madness!!!
You would think the media giants were reading this blog (or my mind) with the pop culture news coming out this week, tailor-made for those of us who grew up watching cartoons in the era of John Hughes movies and Balki Bartokomous. Some time ago, I wrote about my disappointment when childhood favorite Inspector GadgetContinue reading “Cartoon Madness!!!”
The Game of Jacob Marley
Have you ever played the Game of Jacob Marley? Yeah, me neither. Until I had a two-year old that it is. The little guy has been quite a fan of “Mickey’s Christmas Carol” – an affection not just limited to this time of year. He’s requested to watch it pretty regularly since Summer, actually. It’sContinue reading “The Game of Jacob Marley”
“Mining our nostalgia” OR “Disney, what is wrong with you?! Get on the ball!”
Maybe you’ve seen the following video making the rounds on the web this week, as Disney recreated the opening theme song to DuckTales using real ducks. It’s the latest in what I’ve seen as a growing trend by the Big Mouse company in mining the nostalgia of my generation, which grew up in the 1980sContinue reading ““Mining our nostalgia” OR “Disney, what is wrong with you?! Get on the ball!””
The Dorky Daddy 