Our last entry in the series brought you the Eddie Murphy classic, “Party All The Time“. Today we are going to up the ante with a mid 1990′s hit by the Presidents Of The United States Of America. The song of course is “Peaches”, which is both absurd and catchy but somehow still good and the music video is just bizarre. Either way it’s a classic slice of the waning years of MTV before it bottomed out.
Amazingly, “Peaches” was nominated for a Grammy.
You know what the wierdest thing about the TV show, The Flintstones is? It’s not the fact that it ‘s a cartoon that has a laugh track or that it is balatantly ripping off The Honeymooners. No, we are talking about the Great Gazoo. Do you remember this? A little green alien crash landed in Bedrock and only Fred, Barney and the two children can see him. He then begins to make trouble for our favorite prehistoric two-some.
Gazoo (not suprisingly) was introduced midway through what would turn out to be The Flintstones last season. This is not uncommon…countless TV shows struggling to keep it “fresh” usually add another kid into the mix (who ages 4 years after one season). Need examples? How about Fresh Prince: Little Nickie, Step By Step: Lillie, Full House: Nickie and Alex, Growing Pains: Chrissy, even the Brady Brunch: Cousin Oliver. Well The Flintstones already blew their wad early introducing the babies, Pebbles and Bam Bam. What other character could they introduce to keep things interesting? Yes, a little green fucking alien. What they hell were they thinking?
As a kid, I never questioned it. Some time in my early teens when I had vague memories of it, I was blown away that it had happened. At this point, i’m still in utter disbelief.
The Captains are big fans of The Chive. If you don’t know about them, check it out. They’ve assembled just what the title of the post says. If you grew up in that particular time frame you’ll more than likely recognize almost everything that’s featured in the article.
Relive the nostalgia here.
Ya’ll remember Powdered Toast Man from the Ren and Stimpy show, don’t you? If not, I feel sorry for your childhood. We’re feeling this Halloween Costume here at TCM. Had we known about in the fall, it would have been some stiff competition for our Halloween Costume Contest.
Thanks to O’Brien for this great find.
Yea, so this happened. I have the vaguest of memories about it. In 1991, CBS launched this cartoon taking place directly after Back To The Future III, following Doc Brown, Clara and their 2 boys traveling through time in their newly converted train. Please note that the show does not follow Marty and Doc’s love affair as some might have hoped. Apparently, Huey Lewis was too big to come back and do the theme song, “Back In Time” (or allow them the rights to use it), yet Thomas F. Wilson reprises his role as Biff.
This begs the question, can different species in different generations shop at the same store? Quagmire from Family Guy and Dale from Chip N Dale’s Rescue Rangers are proof that some clothing trends never go out of style.
Thanks to O’Brien for spotting this incredible anomaly.
Recently, another epic debate has been brewing inside the offices of TCM. This time though, we need your help to determine which is the single greatest theme song to grace the opening credits of Saved By The Bell. Good Morning Miss Bliss, has been disqualified for the fact that it’s not truly Saved By The Bell and also that it is a shit sandwich the likes of which the world hasn’t seen repeated for quite some time. Same goes for Saved By The Bell: The New Class. What we do have is the oh, so classic 80′s version of the original series which may in fact define that style of show’s theme song for years to come.
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On the other hand we have Saved By The Bell: The College Years, a more “rocking” theme song steeped in the early 1990′s and the transition to adulthood.
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Which overtly gay theme song beats out the other? Let us know.
Thanks to Mr. Zack for stirring up the beginnings of this debate in a soccer article.
Playboy has done a feature on the evolution of boobs. From ‘torpedo’ to the rounder styles of today. I don’t think I have to write much more than I already have.
Check out this gloriousness here.*
*If you want to keep your job, I suggest not opening this link up at work.
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