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I’ve been writing about pop culture for almost 20 years and I can’t imagine stopping any time soon. Here you’ll find all of my current articles and an archive of the stuff I wrote for my defunct site, Branded in the 80s.
Halloween 2010 Highlights so far…
Even though I’ve been a little bummed about this year’s crop of Halloween goodies...
Mad Scientists Get No Respect…
I wanted to do a quick follow up to last weeks Target rant. I’m still disappointed...
Target starts missing the mark sooner that I expected.
For anyone who is a regular reader here at Branded, you’ll probably know that when...
The Essential TV Guide Fall Preview Issues of the 80s, Part 9: 1985!
While 1984 was an insanely banner year for television, where almost every single new series was...
Wax Paper Pop Art #17: Jumping the shark, In Space!
Felling like a bloated, overblown spy adventure in space today. Moonraker Bubblegum cards from...
Can you imagine the Kirby Crackle in your mouth? It’s the sound of the war agaisnt the Tooth Invader!
So in 1983 the various companies making toothpaste decided to bring their product competition...
Why didn’t they just name the leader Fluoride?
I recently picked up a big run of Muppet Magazine and while flipping through the issues I was...
Wax Paper Pop Art #16: Bubble gum? These should have come with Reese’s Pieces…
To cap off the E.T. theme this week, here’s a better look at the wax wrapper from that...
E.T. went home alright, and maybe he should have stayed there…
I think I’ve written about this before, but there’s aspect to American pop culture...
Wow, there was even an E.T. Coors beer endorsement…
T.L. over at Flashlights are Something to Eat has been posting a bunch of vintage E.T. goodness...
Wax Paper Pop Art #15: Trippin’ through Ohio with the McDonaldland Gang!
To sort of keep this week’s McDonalds posts going I thought I’d take a minute to...
More like Frightening clothes for small fries…
Since I decided to empty my backlog of McDonalds related ephemera this past Monday, I thought...
Ticking off the days with Ronald and his pals…
A Little while ago I shared a vintage McDonalds calendar from 1979. I actually managed to...
Wax Paper Pop Art #14: We named the dog Indiana…
Today on Wax Paper Pop Art, Indiana Jones. The first wrapper is a little boring, if only...
The Great Pudding Pop Wars of 1982…
Thinking about some magical food moments from my past I can’t help but immediately...
Why I miss the 80s part 4,673, the Tuba Ruba…
While flipping though a bunch of old Boy’s Life magazines recently I came across a couple...
Wax Paper Pop Art #13: Coming back for seconds…
This wrapper reminds me that there are still a few sets of sticker cards I still need. ...
You’re friends will be there when your back is to the wall. Well except for Johnny Depp. He hated this show…
I recently had the opportunity to take a look at the Mill Creek re-issue of 21 Jump Street on...
The Essential Action Jeans, 1977-1991.
1977 is such an interesting year, and sometimes I feel lucky that I came into the world that...
Wax Paper Pop Art #12: One of the best looking mustaches in the business…
I’ve been falling in love with the USA network show Burn notice recently, and it’s...
These unofficial trilogies are Officially Awesome in my book!
About six months ago I was having a fun time on Twitter going back and forth with Paxton Holley...
A model car that is begging to be busted up!
I never had the patience to build models when I was younger. Heck, I’ve had a...
Wax Paper Pop Art #11: Of black gloves and blonde nightsticks…
Can you hear the theme music? I can. And now I’m going to try and stop an...
…and I ain’t faking, I’ll bring home the turkey if you bring home the Fakon!
Something that I don’t talk about a lot here at Branded are some of the insane food...
Dinosaucers!
This past weekend, right out of the blue, Amazon.com sent me a free $4 credit towards any of...
Wax Paper Pop Art #10: Before the WWF was pissing off panda enthusiasts…
Today’s waxy pop art comes from the 1985 Topps Pro Wrestling card set (which I’ve...
Peel Here #105: Rescued from 23 years of un-love!
The wife and I were browsing one of our local antique malls recently when I stumbled on a new...
This post is under Construx…
It seems like there were 6.2 million different brands of building sets to choose from while...
Wax Paper Pop Art #9: That’s one primary-colored Knight Rider…
I wonder why the person in charge of picking the colors for this 1982 Donruss Knight Rider wax...
This is not a Wheeled Warriors advertisement
So speaking of the Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors cartoon, it reminded me that I have a couple...