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Freezy Freakies?

I've gotten a bunch of e-mails about this, and while I don't have enough material about the things to work an entire article around, they're certainly worthy of a mention. A lot of you seem to recall owning a pair of really cool gloves that featured words and/or characters that appeared and disappeared as they got colder and warmer. You're not crazy -- they really existed, and they were called "Freezy Freakies."

At the peak of the gloves' popularity, it seemed like every kid had a pair. At that young age, it was really difficult to pick "cool clothes." We usually had our terminally unhip mothers guiding the shopping experience, and that matched with the low-rent stores our outfits were purchased at made for some major fashion faux plural-of-pas. With the advent of Freezy Freakies, at least you had your hands covered. Everybody thought Freezy Freakies were cool.

Shown above is one of the old favorites -- the "Robot" Freezy Freakies. When cold, a robot would appear under the title. Other gloves had schemes to delight both male and female audiences, and eventually, there were a number of knockoff gloves that used the same mechanics for more recognizable cartoon characters. They haven't been made for years, save for the occasional "retro month" at some "boutique" that's brave enough to use the Freezy Freakies copyright without permission. Even at the deepest corners of the collector's market, they're tragically hard to find. If you're lucky enough to find a pair, buy 'em immediately. If you were smart enough to hold on to a pair since childhood, do the right thing and give 'em here.

Even if you couldn't throw a lick, "Freezy Freakies" made snowball fights so much fun.

Posted by Matt on 01/12/2004. E-mail me!



Discussion Thread: 85 comments

I did a double post once but never a trifecta especially one with approximately 20 minutes between the first and second post.
I think I am going to move on down to Oklahoma and live with kingklash. Tomorrow the temperature won’t be going far into the double digits. High of 9 degrees, ladies and gentlemen. Flash frozen Killer Duck is not appealing.

Chestnuts roasted by Killer Duck @ 01/13/2004 8:29 PM

Heeloyd Update:

well i still havent gotten my computer fixed or a new one, so i pulled out my lego collection and sorted them out and i’m going to take a pic of each set for my inventory im making.

Also been working on my car, got a new stereo and some stuff for it.

The world is a lot different without my own computer, but I seem to be doing just fine.

Also an Atkins update: I have lost about 15 pounds in the past two weeks, and I’m feelin great!! ^_^

Chestnuts roasted by heeloyd @ 01/14/2004 2:27 AM

I was just going to whine about missing you, heeloyd…and there you are! It’s like magic only not so much. –Sniff– it just ain’t the same here without ya.

Chestnuts roasted by Killer Duck @ 01/14/2004 2:42 AM

I remember these! ^_^
I think I had em…Pretty sure I did.

Chestnuts roasted by Adrastia @ 01/14/2004 4:14 AM

Know what sucks about being awake in the middle of the night? Being awake in the middle of the night, hyper as hell and alone. So I am making my roommate stay awake too. I am a bitch to have around.

Chestnuts roasted by Killer Duck @ 01/14/2004 4:22 AM

I forgot something…Gabby, I know you’re out there watching you voyeur, you.

Chestnuts roasted by Killer Duck @ 01/14/2004 4:23 AM

A cousin of mine had these gloves that the stripes turned red when it got cold. Anybody else out there remember them bad boys?

Chestnuts roasted by The Adamantium Elbow @ 01/14/2004 5:29 AM

I not only had MANY PAIRS of these damn things, so did my sisters. (I believe some pink color-changing pony or something) I all the way had the robot ones, as I too had the 80′s robot syndrome. IF ANYONE HAS A PAIR TO SELL:

bmicon@PLEASE__DON’TSPAMBOARDS__hotmail.com

Chestnuts roasted by Micon @ 01/14/2004 9:15 AM

Back to the mittens…they’re apparently far before my time. Odds are that by the time I would have been able to remember them – say, 1990 – they were dead.

That’s the one bad thing about XE for me…seeing all of the cool things you old fogies had when you were growing up. Ah well – at least I’ll still be young and nubile while you’re in Florida with your oatmeal and shuffleboard games.

Chestnuts roasted by Paul @ 01/14/2004 10:10 AM

Paul – Cripes, you just described my life.

Chestnuts roasted by Stilewalker @ 01/14/2004 11:19 AM

Sans Moon Boots

Chestnuts roasted by Stilewalker @ 01/14/2004 11:20 AM

Hey Duckie, It do get super cold down here, just not as often. I heard, once on the radio news, a DJ from way up north blow soap bubbles on the coldest day of the year. All you heard was a kind of musical sound as the flash-frozen spheres shattered on the sidewalk. At least here in Stack o’Pancakes, OK I have the comfort of knowing that if there is a snap-a-cat-in-half kind of freeze, there’s a couple thou’ other residents suffering as much as me.

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 01/14/2004 11:51 AM

In response to Paul… Kids have no respect for their elders! What happened that kids today are so ill-mannered?

Chestnuts roasted by Nachokhaki @ 01/14/2004 2:15 PM

Killer Duck, thanks for reminding me why I moved to Nevada. It’s a delicious 45 degrees today in the Biggest Little City, and we’ve had maybe a total of 2 inches of snow all winter.

Give it another month and it’ll be around 55-60 every day…and in the summer we hit 95, but with nay a drop of humidity.

I miss the ocean, I miss Newburyport, I miss fall color. But I don’t miss much else about New England.

Chestnuts roasted by Monster Dog @ 01/14/2004 3:05 PM

Nuttin’ wrong with the kids that a GloFish-stick lunch with a ChocoDile dessert, washed down with Ecto-Cooler wouldn’t set right.

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 01/14/2004 3:37 PM

Are you guys mostly Americans here? It’s a low of -30 with windchill here. I’m in Canada.

Chestnuts roasted by Kristen @ 01/14/2004 5:28 PM

Kristen, you sound like you must be in Calgary. I am posting now because Duck caught me peeking. I have nothing constructive to say, I just feel guilty and dirty about my little habit. I swear, watching never hurts anyone!

Chestnuts roasted by Gabbylicious @ 01/14/2004 5:48 PM

It’s a beautiful, sunny 70 degrees here in New Orleans. I feel sorry for the rest of you shivering yourselves to insanity. Come on down, the dress code is shorts and tshirts!

Chestnuts roasted by Nachokhaki @ 01/14/2004 6:10 PM

Kristen, over night we were around -20 with the wind chill and that’s not too common down here. The next few days are going to be bitterly cold. Today’s high was 4. Four degrees F. Because the wind died down the wind chill made it feel like -13. This kind of weather you go outside and it hurts to breathe in unless you wear a scarf or a ski mask. Even then it hurts a bit. Your eyes burn but it’s the moisture on them freezing up. Shit, INSIDE my house the temperature is around 40 degrees and that’s with the heater on (drafty house). Kristen I can believe you completely that it’s that cold because all our air is coming from Canada right now. Nice and fresh though :) Next time can you try to warm it a little?

Chestnuts roasted by Killer Duck @ 01/14/2004 6:13 PM

It’s really pretty nice in Colorado right now. I like. :D I hate being cold and I hate snow and winter, but I love CO so I have to deal with it.

So last night I took a different way home from school downtown, and this is a stretch of I-25 N I’ve never been on before (having always got off before/got on after it). And so I turn my head to the left and, lo and behold, shining in the night sky – HOME OF WONDER BREAD/HOSTESS CAKES.

Holy SHIT. We have one!! It’s the X-E effect in action, too. Matt reviews a movie or some item, and suddenly it’s on or you find it. Beautiful.

Too bad I’m on Atkins right now (but thirty lost pounds is damn worth it…)

Chestnuts roasted by Amanda Swiftgold @ 01/14/2004 6:31 PM

Nachokhaki – Sorry if I offended you. I’m usually not this bad…I’m just a bit cranky today. Midterms are NOT fun to take. Good thing I’m finished…

Besides…doesn’t XE need at least one angsty teen poster? :)

The shuffleboard part was a joke, but I’m still jealous of all the cool things you had when you were growing up – what with color changing mittens and the like.

Chestnuts roasted by Paul @ 01/14/2004 6:35 PM

Not offended at all, Paul! Unfortunately, sarcasm doesn’t carry well into text. Perhaps I shoulda put "" in front of my comment.

But, see, there are some benefits to being "old" like no more freaking midterms!

Chestnuts roasted by Nachokhaki @ 01/14/2004 6:46 PM

There was text between the two quote marks on my last comment, but I forgot the damned "sideways carrot" symbols tries to turn the contents inside into HTML code. It was lame anyway… just killing time until I can get out of this damn office…. sigh, one of the drawbacks to being old.

Chestnuts roasted by Nachokhaki @ 01/14/2004 6:49 PM

Well, I just saw Exorcist 3 for the first time. All I can say is this- I dunno what the hell those giant shears were used for but I hope I never see any if I go to a hospital. I was surprised, though. It was a decent movie. Less gore than I expected, for some reason. Still, though, out five stars, I’d go with 3 and a half, possibly four.

Chestnuts roasted by Killer Duck @ 01/14/2004 9:09 PM

the lego madness is still continuing here at my house…

one of my friends gave me a used laptop but i need to get the power cord for it still…so I may be more frequent instead of once a day >:O

Chestnuts roasted by heeloyd @ 01/14/2004 11:35 PM

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