We needs our glassesses
Last week sometime, I was reading As the Apple Turns (as I frequently do) when I came across a mention of Grimace from McDonald's. This had two almost instantaneous effects.
1. I got an instant craving for Big 'N Tastys sans mayonnaise
2. I was instantly reminded of some old McDonald's collectors glasses that we had as kids, featuring Grimace, Captain Crook, the Hamburglar, Mayor McCheese (my favorite) and Big Mac.
To that end, I'm ashamed to say that I've been to McDonald's three times in the past week. Please don't let the folks at Wendy's find out. I've also been on eBay and purchased a set of said McDonaldland glasses, along with two other sets that we had as kids: a Camp Snoopy set and a set of Great Muppet Caper glasses.
It's this sort of nostalgia that makes me unreasonably happy. When I started collecting vintage Kenner Star Wars figures, it was such a rush to see and hold these things that I played the crap out of when I was a kid. And so it is, to a similar degree, with these glasses. When we'd go to the cupboard for a drink, my brother and I would go for these first thing. For the dirt cheap price I paid for these new sets, the memories they brought back were priceless.
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Speaking of Star Wars, have you been watching the Clone Wars cartoons on Cartoon Network? I've watched all of them (available on at http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/clonewars/index.html in case you miss one). They're great. There's so much potential for cool Star Wars story telling on TV but all we get are the movies for canon material. The Clone Wars cartoons are a great way to tell the stories we'd probably never see visualized. Great stuff.
Posted by: a2daj | November 20, 2003 03:24 PM
Your memories of the Star Wars figures is the exact same feeling I get when I have been catering to my most favorite hobby of picking up video games and systems that I always wanted as a kid but could never get. Usually it is like a Nintendo game I would rent all the time but never have the money or beable to convince a parent to buy (Cobra Triangle, Bad News Baseball) I mean I was only like 10 or 11 at the time of them. Now I play them like it is all new to me.
The same is with the Saturn or 3DO or countless other machines of my past that I always wanted. All I need now is an Atari Jaguar and I am a happy person :) I think I will play some Fighter's Megamix right now actually.
Posted by: Frank | November 20, 2003 03:56 PM
a2daj - tried out your link, but the movie archives are only accessible to viewers from the united states.
Why do web sites restrict viewing of their materials to US websites? Is this a licensing issue, money, marketing?????
Posted by: Jean-Luc Dinsdale | November 20, 2003 06:52 PM
I know that feeling. Recently I almost bought a complete set of Wacky Packages stickers. I couldn't believe that for the insanely cheap price ($50? $100?) I could have the full set that I'd only ever collected a small fraction of when I was a kid.
Posted by: Matt Diamond | December 1, 2003 01:18 PM