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cool comercials and i loved the firework article
Chestnuts roasted by Woodennikle @ 07/05/2004 12:15 AM EST
The commercial section is one of the best on the site...keep it up!
Chestnuts roasted by Mr. King @ 07/05/2004 12:42 AM EST
McRibs...those are almost as good as thos elittle biddy burgers. I think those were Burger King though. What were there names? Bitty Burgers? Burger Buddies? I don't know...
Chestnuts roasted by Teh Travo @ 07/05/2004 12:44 AM EST
If memory serves, "Burger Buddies." If memory serves, I ate them as a child and got violently ill.
Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 07/05/2004 12:46 AM EST
Yea, I had that before a Mardi Gras parade one year....and since I live in Louisiana I proceeded to make sex with my cousins after.
Chestnuts roasted by Teh Travo @ 07/05/2004 12:50 AM EST
At least you're honest.
Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 07/05/2004 12:51 AM EST
Oh man that honeycomb commercial was one of my absolute favorites when I was a kid and I've tried to remember the specifics many times. sweet.
Chestnuts roasted by Emmaaaaa @ 07/05/2004 12:51 AM EST
A job at Nick? That kicks ass. Congrats!
Chestnuts roasted by marioshoku @ 07/05/2004 01:20 AM EST
Good luck on your new job, Matt. Great article, as always, but what's with the astroturf background? Am I missing something? (Probably. 
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Kudos on the Elecman appearences, too, since I just got Mega Man Anniversary Collection a week ago (yeah, it kicks ass!).
Man, an article with two McD's ads, and I don't even mention...uh, I won't go there.
Chestnuts roasted by A-wel Cruiz @ 07/05/2004 01:23 AM EST
Boy who changed into car? TEEN TURBO!!
Chestnuts roasted by Rayzak @ 07/05/2004 01:27 AM EST
It's the fifth already? weird.
Chestnuts roasted by hjgjdhj @ 07/05/2004 01:29 AM EST
I was gunna make a lame joke about me misreading "com" as "corn", but instead I'll congradulate you on that great news!
Chestnuts roasted by Piscez @ 07/05/2004 01:33 AM EST
I love Mc Ribs. I hoard them when they are on sale. To me a Mc Rib tastes like one of those rib tv dinner patties and put it in a bun. I remember that old gremlins 2 ad with the puppet.
Chestnuts roasted by piachulover @ 07/05/2004 01:33 AM EST
I had one hell of a 4th. My family all live near Indiana, the ass end of the American backbone. Fireworks of all kinds are legal there, and four guys (uncles, cousins, + my dad) all bought about $400 worth of the ka-boom stuff each. Our display lasted for two hours. My ears are ringing, I'm covered in black, charred crap, and I'm coughing up stuff that tastes like gunpowder, but it was great.
One of the 15 pound big ones my dad got was called Megatron 2. I got a kick out of the name. It had a label that said something like "For the Maxaminum ejoymant, face this side towareds specators". What it did was shoot about 300 golden, flaming, exploding rockets about 30 feet above my entire family's head. In the true spirit of Megatron, it was trying to kill my family.
I have a video me me being chased by about 50 bottle rockets I'm going to post on my site when I get back home tomorrow night.
Chestnuts roasted by Rayzak @ 07/05/2004 01:44 AM EST
Congrats and good luck with the new job Matt! Woohoo!
Chestnuts roasted by Gabbylicious @ 07/05/2004 01:49 AM EST
It WAS Burger Buddies BTW. I remember them being stuck together in a line of 4. Meaning you could only buy a minimum of 4 burger buddies.
FYI- PoPs cereal is still on top for best toys. This month you get a neato spidey laser wristband. No need to send in cupons, it's right there in the box!
Chestnuts roasted by Novaximus @ 07/05/2004 02:05 AM EST
God I love this site more every time I come here.
Chestnuts roasted by Jesus @ 07/05/2004 02:08 AM EST
Ever have certain movies bring out some sort of inner depression when you watch them for no particular reason?
Well, Gremilns have always had this effect on me. Sorry Matt, but watching those movies totally throws off my Chi
Chestnuts roasted by Novaximus @ 07/05/2004 02:09 AM EST
NERF FENCING! I loved that! Whee!
Chestnuts roasted by Evin @ 07/05/2004 02:40 AM EST
Hey Matt, congrats on the job. If you ever have the need for a fat guy, I'm your guy 
Chestnuts roasted by Will @ 07/05/2004 02:58 AM EST
Cool, I was just hoping for some new 80's ads. Where did those trees go anyway? And what did they have to be jolly about?
Not to toot my own horn, but I just completed a page for my site on "Garfield and Friends" that's packing more information than anywhere else. And I took all the screenshots, made all the videos and gathered all the info myself. If you miss "Screaming with Binky" or want to know the truth behind "the Klopman Diamond," follow my name's link....
Chestnuts roasted by Mars @ 07/05/2004 03:49 AM EST
Finally, the Bitner Holiday Special will see the light of day! Nickelodeon is the perfect place to start your dominance over television.
See if after a while you can work you way into their vaults and review their older shows.
Chestnuts roasted by ME @ 07/05/2004 04:14 AM EST
HOLY CRUD THE STARBOTS!
I used to have so many of those things. Brings back memories of orange juice flavored cereal conveniently enough called "OJ's." I mean Jesus immagine if those things came out now. Anyway, OJs had those things in em way after every other cereal had dropped the promotion, so I just racked up my robots that looked like vaccume cleaners with pitchforks attached to them.
Chestnuts roasted by Trippy the 8th Dwarf @ 07/05/2004 08:07 AM EST
Everytime I try to write a post, it sounds stupid, especially when I'm trying to make it Nick-related 
I even dropped a ref to the Archie Comics version of 'Sonic the Hedgehog' because one of the artists works for Nick now. Personally, it's probibly better that they are, that comic hasn't been wonderful lately.
Anyway... so, you're workin' for Cosmo, Wanda and Spongebob now, eh?
Chestnuts roasted by AngeFaitore @ 07/05/2004 08:10 AM EST
Good luck with the new job, Matt. Just dont forget all of us little people.
Chestnuts roasted by pulseczar @ 07/05/2004 09:02 AM EST
Wow, I think I actually had a bootleg version of one of the fencing swords.
Chestnuts roasted by Ian, Just Ian @ 07/05/2004 10:10 AM EST
I'm a sad, sad, man. As soon as that Fry Guys commercial started I recited the whole song. Right down to the part where Ronald bellows, "Rock Rock Rock Rock," at the end. When I was young, I taped EVERY Disney Sunday Movie (still have them in fact), and watched them over and over, including the commercials. The McDonlads commercials were always my favorite. As a 4 or 5 year old kid I LOVED that song. What a memory.
Chestnuts roasted by T.J. @ 07/05/2004 10:14 AM EST
Great article as always. Those commercials were neat, especially that Andre the Giant commercial with Honeycombs.
80s commercials rule.
Chestnuts roasted by Bert Raccoon @ 07/05/2004 10:23 AM EST
CONGRATURATION! You deserve it.
Chestnuts roasted by Max Jenius @ 07/05/2004 10:27 AM EST
Great commercials. I remember the McRib. In the 90's they would bring that thing back out with a movie promotion. They did it for the flintsones and a couple of other films. Those were the days. Back then, when a movie came out, you could always get a supersize tie-in meal, with a mcRib, and an overpriced plastic cup with images from the movie on it.
Chestnuts roasted by Number5 @ 07/05/2004 10:42 AM EST
The Halls of Medicine? Isn't that in Epcot?
Chestnuts roasted by sweetie @ 07/05/2004 10:49 AM EST
Nickelodeon, cool! Even if nothing comes of it, it'll still look great on your resume.
Make sure you sneak your camera into the studio for some behind the scenes stuff. Then post the pictures but mistitle them, so there will be no Nickelodeon Mafia banging on your door.
Does Ronald say something about stolen fries in that song? What the heck is he saying there?
Chestnuts roasted by trajeal @ 07/05/2004 10:56 AM EST
Back when, the "fry Guys" were called "goblins" and their gimmick was finding and gobbling up any and all McD's fries they could find. As time went on, they devolved into fry theives and then to "guys" and finally "kids." I miss the pirate captain.
Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 07/05/2004 12:01 PM EST
Wow...I had forgotten all about Nerf Fencing.. Thanks for the memories, Matt, and good luck with Nickelodeon...
Chestnuts roasted by Cameron @ 07/05/2004 12:10 PM EST
I'd like to expand on Max Jenius:
CONGRATURATION! A Nick employee is you! Yeah, that sucked.
Seriously, what's with the astroturf background??? I swear to God in lieu of "Mac and Me", I WILL make this my new obsession!!!
Chestnuts roasted by A-wel Cruiz @ 07/05/2004 01:11 PM EST
Nickelodeon? That rules. Good luck with the job!
Chestnuts roasted by Denise @ 07/05/2004 02:24 PM EST
I'm not the only one that's simply creeped out by that tree, right? IT'S A GIANT TREE ENDLESSLY HOHOHOING IN THE CREEPIEST VOICE EVER. Poor choice for a mascot.
And Matt, congrats. I'll watch out for any of your ads that make it on the air when I watch Fairly OddParents.
Chestnuts roasted by Behonkiss @ 07/05/2004 03:03 PM EST
Actually, 1990 IS part of the 80's... since the first decade AD had 10 years, it ran from 1 to 10. Therefore the 80's started in 1981 and ran until 1990.
That's why the REAL millenium was in 2001, not 2000.
Chestnuts roasted by Piscez @ 07/05/2004 03:14 PM EST
Wow that's awesome news about the Nick job. That's exactly the sort of thing I'd like to get into someday. Good luck, Matt. Let us know what to look for on the telly.
Chestnuts roasted by Mike Fireball @ 07/05/2004 03:16 PM EST
Great stuff! I remember almost all of thos ads, they make me so happy! and Congrats on the job! thats so cool!
Chestnuts roasted by Loozer @ 07/05/2004 03:16 PM EST
wow matt you have outdone yourself this week. rock on
Chestnuts roasted by ed @ 07/05/2004 03:28 PM EST
Matt Head to the tape archives on the 5th floor (where it's earilly empty) and start grabbing tapes of You Can't Do that on television. Then accidently go up 1 floor to VH1 and accidently slip them into the editing room. Maybe they'll get some better Ideas than the crud they've been having lately. Oh and go to the 9th Floor and yell at the old guy who does reception for Sundance... That guy screamed on me once because I had a to get a tape from them, and I didn't have the name of the person I was suposed to get it from, just the office number.
Chestnuts roasted by Trippy the 8th Dwarf @ 07/05/2004 03:31 PM EST
Matt - congrats.
Consider bringing back the "Nick Nick Nick Nick, na Nick Nick Nick, Nickelodeon!" jingle.
Chestnuts roasted by Chris @ 07/05/2004 03:34 PM EST
I remember Nickelodeon during the 80's and early 90's. I grew up watching Pinwheel, special delivery, Today's Special and a bunch of other live action shows. I also remember the great gameshows like Double Dare, Nick Arcade, Legend of The Hidden Temple, GUTS, and a bunch of others.
Now I see it today and it's all nicktoons now. I remember when that was a special thing for the weekends, Rugrats, Doug, and Ren and Stimpy, but now they're all over the place. It's such a shame there's no variety anymore.
Anyway, congrats on the job Matt. I hope all goes well with it.
Chestnuts roasted by Number5 @ 07/05/2004 03:45 PM EST
We better SEE some of these new Nick promos. Actually, all I want to see is The Adventures of Pete and Pete. But that's got nothing to do with this. 'Grats'.
Chestnuts roasted by Shire @ 07/05/2004 03:51 PM EST
T.J., you should e-mail Matt about those Disney TV movies. Especially if you have the Mr. Boogedy movies, so I can relive my nightmares from childhood.
www.imdb.com/title/tt0091566/
www.imdb.com/title/tt0092696/
Trippy, you and Matt should plan the best way to get tapes out for copying. That is one of the things I like so much about Adult Swim is, starting with Space Ghost, they have given a second life to all of those characters that might not even be seen much on the Boomerang network. It would be great if eventually they let Matt program Saturday or Sunday mornings and he would have his pick of old shows.
Matt, I realize it is way too early in your new job, but please pass along the name of former "Beetlejuice" cartoon animator, Greg Hyland (I mentioned him before for an X-E book's illustrations), sometime in the near future to your new boss(es) for at least promos: www.lethargiclad.com www.fbtb.net/greg/gregindex.asp
He would also be perfect for helping to adapt a certain website for a kid audience.
Chestnuts roasted by ME @ 07/05/2004 04:19 PM EST
I'm following the masses who say that late 80s early 90s Nick would definitly be sweet.
or even the old TGIF series.. I cant remember the original lineup but there was Family Matters, Step by Step, um, others..
Chestnuts roasted by ed @ 07/05/2004 04:52 PM EST
Congrats on the new job! Finally we have another reason to watch Nickelodeon. I had stopped after they pulled the Old School Pick with no explanation. Do us a favor and ask them what the hell they were thinking.
Those old shows need to be on the air, maybe a Saturday night block dedicated to nothing but old Nickelodeon. Bring back Inside Out Boy too.
Chestnuts roasted by Matt (#2?) @ 07/05/2004 05:04 PM EST
Matt, if you can convince them to bring back old Nick shows like You Can't Do That on TV, Wild and Crazy Kids, Double Dare, and the like, tell the network TV execs that I would watch Nickelodeon a LOT more...Bring back the good stuff.
Count Duckula would be cool, too...
Chestnuts roasted by Cameron @ 07/05/2004 05:18 PM EST
Anyone else able to translate the Andre the Giant speak? I believe the line Matt quoted is "There were four horses Inigo."
Matt - Any prize if I'm right?
Chestnuts roasted by Dane Coffey @ 07/05/2004 05:23 PM EST
When you're president over there in NickLand, bring back DangerMouse.
"Penfold... shush."
Chestnuts roasted by trajeal @ 07/05/2004 05:24 PM EST
Thanks for the well wishes, everyone. ALF is sort of like my co-worker now, and for this I am elated.
Dane: you hit the nail on the head, and I thank you for it...wasn't sure it I'd get it across. 
Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 07/05/2004 05:26 PM EST
I also had a surprisingly fun Fourth, considering I spent most of it working. I literally ran home after work, changed, and ran the two blocks to the Boardwalk, where I found out the fireworks weren't for another hour and a half. I spent that hour buying an overpriced-but-worth-it root beer float and winning a Tenderheart Bear in the cranes near the Great White at Wild Wheels. Tenderheart dolls are rarer than dinosaurs on the boards - usually, you get Love-a-Lot or Share Bear - and I was thrilled to win him, especially since he was larger than average for a crane toy, too. We watched the truly spectactular fireworks together, than left during the finale to beat the crowds home and spent the rest of the night and early morning goofing around with a friend online. : 0 )
I only remember three of those commercials well, the most vivid being the Sunkist Fruit Snacks one. Who could forget that crazy shaking tree?
Chestnuts roasted by starwenn @ 07/05/2004 05:31 PM EST
And, I forgot to mention...congradulations on the job, Matt! That's awesome.
Chestnuts roasted by starwenn @ 07/05/2004 05:34 PM EST
Congrats on the job Matt. Maybe now you can get Hey Dude back on the air? Just like one episode? I miss that show.
Chestnuts roasted by Rob @ 07/05/2004 05:45 PM EST
wow, more good-luck-on-that-job wishes for you, Matt. though i must also damn you for that Ecto-Cooler picture... just when i had started to get over it and began to look less desperately for Tangergreenwhatever (that effing TEASE) while i'm at the store.
Chestnuts roasted by zann @ 07/05/2004 05:53 PM EST
Congrats Matt, maybe ill watch nick a little more now that your on the team. I used to watch it like 24/7, but nowandays all I watch is a couple Nicktoons and Drake and Josh which is like the white version of Kenan and Kel a show I will always ALWAYS love.
Chestnuts roasted by Mr. S @ 07/05/2004 06:05 PM EST
Thank you so much for the Anrde The Giant Hoonycombs commercial, i will enjoy this one for a while, my brother has told me all about that one.
Chestnuts roasted by B-Prime @ 07/05/2004 06:08 PM EST
Hey Matt i´m from Chile South America but i use to live in New Orleans i Was raised there my whole childhood i spent there and i remember these comercials they bring back great memories i´m 26 now and i have a little girl well i just wanted to ask you or anyone who sees this comment to e-mail me more 80´s comercial or if i can download some i mean i was a fanatic every saturday morning i woke up early just to see the cartoons and also the comercials well take care and i hope you respond as soon as possible
Best Regards
Rick
E-Mail: rdmc1803@yahoo.com
desdelunes@hotmail.com
Chestnuts roasted by Rickashade @ 07/05/2004 06:12 PM EST
I had the "honor" if you wish to say of going to elementary and middle school with the curly haired girl from the Honey Comb commercial. She was also in a Wendy's kids club commercial around the same time. Needless to say a lot of kids were singing "Honeycomb's big, yeah yeah yeah" at recess that year.
Chestnuts roasted by Lance @ 07/05/2004 06:32 PM EST
For godssakes people, he said he'd be writting commercials for them, not becomming president of the freakin' network. As unlikely as it is, it'd be sweet if they'd let you use some of their old tapes for reviewing on the site though...
Chestnuts roasted by RewolfJ @ 07/05/2004 06:39 PM EST
they should make him president, dammit.
~What's Matt's new job again??
~Uhhh, I don't know.
~~SLIME on your mothafukkin head, beeyatch!!
Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 07/05/2004 06:52 PM EST
P.S.
People should still be aware that a giant Spongebob Squarepants has been reported as escaping from Bikini Bottom, and may be headed for your local Burger King. If spotted, do not attempt to apprehend this terrible beast, but try to keep his square ass up on the roof where it belongs.
Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 07/05/2004 06:54 PM EST
Damn, I thought I was the only one who fondly remembered that neato Halls commericial with the colorful lozenge tiles and such, and that corny but memorable tagline "the halls of medicine". Thanks for putting it up Matt.
Chestnuts roasted by Destro @ 07/05/2004 07:02 PM EST
RewolfJ, remember X-E is like a virus, vampire or a Jehovah's Witness (No offense meant towards JW X-E readers, but please stop ringing my bell). Nick let Matt in and from this point on it is only a matter of time before he is in charge of Viacom itself. At that point he can trun VH1 Smooth (Their Jazz channel. Geez, Gremlins 2 predicted a lot) into the X-E Channel (It is easier to aquire a cable channel that already exists and change it than to start one from scratch; see TNN/Spike).
Here is an idea for theme music in the promos, Matt: www.keytarmusic.com/kaudio.htm It was posted in Fark's Homestar thread in reference to Bub's keytar skills.
Chestnuts roasted by ME @ 07/05/2004 07:12 PM EST
Actually screw Keytar, if Moog Cookbook is still together: http://hometown.aol.com/mellot/mcb.html http://zenandjuice.com/music/moog_cookbook/multimedia/index.html
Chestnuts roasted by ME @ 07/05/2004 07:47 PM EST
congrats on the job! i don't understand why you still haven't been crowned king of the world yet, though. it'll happen soon enough, i'm sure.
Chestnuts roasted by MysteryGuyCalvin @ 07/05/2004 07:47 PM EST
Matt, your site and contributions are golden. Pure gold.
Because of you I am able to experience nostalgia nirvana. Thank you.
Chestnuts roasted by Crimson @ 07/05/2004 07:55 PM EST
Congrats on your new job Matt!
I couldn't get the cereal, popeye, nerf, Halls, and McRib commercials to load. Something about the filter source couldn't be located or something. The other commercials were fine.
I was watching an old WWE Superstars tape last night and there was a commercial for Lifesavers Fruit Juice in those little bottles that were the rage in the early to mid 90's. Do you guys remember them?
I'm lucky that I got Nick GAS so I can watch old Nick gameshows. I think Double Dare 2000 gets an unfair bad rap.
Chestnuts roasted by JLAJRC @ 07/05/2004 08:22 PM EST
Man, the LYNX! That thing was fun while it lasted. Makes me want to take out the Turbo Grafix 16 I have sittin' in the back of my closet! Fun article.
~Math. Math my dear boy is nothing more than the lesbian sister of biology.
Chestnuts roasted by Mugzy. . . @ 07/05/2004 09:05 PM EST
Oh, almost forgot, kudos and huzzahs on the new J-O-B, Matt! Just don't let "the man" bring you down!
~This is one of my favorite parts of the tour. Say hello to our residents, Pedro and Inez. Pedro is working on an "adobe." Can you say that with me?
Chestnuts roasted by Bang-Droppin' Mugzy. . . @ 07/05/2004 09:10 PM EST
ME, have you heard the Moog Cookbook remix of the Eel's tune? I like it a lot. I much prefer the second album over the first. I don't think they have done much in a while, too bad, eh?
Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 07/05/2004 10:47 PM EST
I would just like to share with everyone... a video store in town was having a big sale and I got "The Wizard" for free. Grovel... grovel...
Chestnuts roasted by Kuribos Boots @ 07/05/2004 11:30 PM EST
kidneyboy, their version of The Eels' "Novocaine for the Soul" is amazing. Yeah, they have both moved on:
www.moogmusic.com/newsarch.php?cat_id=26
http://music1.csudh.edu/Music/Alumni/Brian.html
Chestnuts roasted by ME @ 07/05/2004 11:37 PM EST
I remember seeing that NERF fencing commercial as a kid, and even back then I remember thinking that the music was fucking stupid. And now that I've seen it again, I think that everything about that commercial is fucking stupid.
Thanks for the memories, Matt.
Kuribos Boots-Fuckin' A man! Wish such luck came to me.
Chestnuts roasted by Nate @ 07/05/2004 11:45 PM EST
Sorry kidneyboy, I meant to put this Brian Kehew recent interview, not his homepage (As that seems a few years old):
www.thewho-rabbit.com/brian_kehew.html
Chestnuts roasted by ME @ 07/05/2004 11:46 PM EST
I remember the MCRib oh so well...I worked at a McDonlad's all throughout my high school days. If you have ever seen a McRib before the sauce is applied you wouldn't eat it. It is a gray/yellow color. Very sick looking piece of meat. And don't get me started on what the employees dip in the rib sauce. But let me say it does make playing "find the mouse" a very fun game.
Chestnuts roasted by garp @ 07/05/2004 11:48 PM EST
Aww shit, Matt. You gotta job at Nick as a writer. Lucky you. How do you get these jobs? I've been wantin' jobs like this since I was like, 12.
Chestnuts roasted by Nate @ 07/05/2004 11:48 PM EST
You, I still have the Disney films you're talking about but my 2 favorites were always "Fuzzbucket" (really weird E.T. type movie), and "The Deacon Street Deer"(featuring a very young Mario Lopez who we all remember as A.C. Slater.) Disney Sunday Movies were awesome. I'm watching some tomorrow!
Chestnuts roasted by T.J. @ 07/06/2004 12:06 AM EST
Yeah, I remember such movies, including the deer one. But personally, I preferred it when Disney didn't air a just-for-TV movie on a Sunday and opted for something like "Flight of the Navigator." Buttface!
Chestnuts roasted by Nate @ 07/06/2004 12:30 AM EST
Great article, and I can't wait for the next batch of ads. But can you please post the download for that campy anti-drugs ad about the drug dealer turning into a snake. You reviewed it before, but only contained stills from that strange piece of muk.
Chestnuts roasted by Rirse @ 07/06/2004 12:33 AM EST
JLAJRC - DD2000 gets a bad rap because Marc Summers made Double Dare what it is. Without him... it's like Pete without Pete, My Brother without Me, Kenan without Kel, CLarissa without Explains it all. Though they still have the home version of DD2000 out, I may pick it up to see if it's as fun as they try to make it look.
Chestnuts roasted by Mr. S @ 07/06/2004 12:37 AM EST
God I remember seeing The Wizard. What a cheezy movie. I was, like, 11 when I saw it and even then I thought "Damn, I could beat all these guys up." Also, the power glove looks like something that came out of Robocop's body shop. Except it's not holding that cool automatic pistol thing. Yeah, if the power glove came with an optional light gun that looked like Robocop's pistol, I'd give it extra points. Lots of extra points. Wait, did that gun that worked with Duckhunt come before or after the power glove?
Chestnuts roasted by EhhEff @ 07/06/2004 01:37 AM EST
Congrats Matt. I'm sure you'll do well.
However, Rayzak, it's not "Teen Turbo". It's "Turbo Teen". "Turbo Teen" ladies and gentlemen. Good night and God bless.
Chestnuts roasted by jhnnywalkr @ 07/06/2004 01:42 AM EST
Omg Matt. Have you seen any reasonable comparisons to Fun Fruits? Just seeing that add gave me these high fructose flashbacks, and I'm craving them. It's been so long.
Chestnuts roasted by Christian @ 07/06/2004 01:48 AM EST
I'm really sorry Matt for using your site to pimp, but I have something I need to plug. A great band named We Got Hair (comedic metal, with an awesome stage show that I'm in) is playing Peabody's in downtown Cleveland Ohio on Monday August 16th. Dog Fashion Disco is the headliner, and we need to sell a lot of tickets (which are only 8$!) for a better slot on the show, so you can check out the link (sorry, that it's a temporary geocites one) in my name for info.
Chestnuts roasted by Rob @ 07/06/2004 02:08 AM EST
Woohoo! Congratulations on the job Matt. Do us proud, like you always do.. or else *shakes fist like Homer Simpson* JK, you'll do great.
Chestnuts roasted by G4L @ 07/06/2004 02:30 AM EST
Hi, Matt. Way to go on the job, congrats. I remember turbo teen very little, but some... i think that show was on around the same time as the Rubick's Cube cartoon, but after thhe Snorks, & Smurfs.
I watch spongebob and a couple other random things on nick once in a while, i liked you can't do that on tv, as well as a bunch of the older mid 80s to 96 nick shows, like Pete and Pete, Dangermouse, Count Duckula, and tons more... Hey, does anybody remember Turkey Television?? it had a lot of the kids from YCDTOTV? Good Luck matt, way to go!!!
Chestnuts roasted by obelisk @ 07/06/2004 03:04 AM EST
That Turbo Teen cartoon freaked me out when I was little...anyway, congrats on getting a job at Nick, Matt! Maybe you can suggest they make a Nickelodeon Classic channel with all the classic shows from the 80s and early 90s (like that would ever happen). Cool commercials! One I'd like to see that I haven't in a while is that anti-drug PSA where the kid says to his dad: "I learned it by watching YOU!!"
Chestnuts roasted by The Dragon @ 07/06/2004 03:49 AM EST
Man, I'm genuinelly happy for you, Matt, but I've neglected to say something. I live in Canada, and don't get Nickelodeon, thus I'll be denied access to your commercials. :'(
You know what I need to console me.
Chestnuts roasted by A-wel Cruiz @ 07/06/2004 08:53 AM EST
Wow, congrats Matt! Hopefully Nickelodeon will realize what a talent they have and give your ideas some air time. Looking forward to it and I think we can all give you a break on the articles for a little while. Now go get 'em!!!
Chestnuts roasted by Blah...blah @ 07/06/2004 09:30 AM EST
Heh. I totally remember the McRib commercials. While I did hear the announcer guy say "chomp!" I could have sworn there was another commercial that whenever McRib was said, Chomp immediately followed. As in, "McRib CHOMP!"
Or was it McRiiiiiibChomp...?
Funny commercials. Nasty sandwiches.
Chestnuts roasted by jack burton @ 07/06/2004 09:37 AM EST
what, no more yellow box on the main page? I was starting to like it!!
Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 07/06/2004 10:39 AM EST
What I want to see is Matt host a show on Nick. Maybe the aforementioned ol' skool programming block. This has nothing to do with my unequited crush on Moose from YCDTOTV.
Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 07/06/2004 11:59 AM EST
You got a job working for nick? Like no foolin'? Wow! You are so much cooler than me! Congrats!!
Chestnuts roasted by B-Dawg @ 07/06/2004 12:58 PM EST
Maybe you can suggest they make a Nickelodeon Classic channel with all the classic shows from the 80s and early 90s (like that would ever happen)
Never say never; "retro" is very in right now (visitors to this site should be VERY aware of this) and a channel dedicated to classic Nick shows would be a nice fit for the rest of Viacom's digital cable networks ... Anyway, let me add my belated congrats on the new job Matt!
Chestnuts roasted by Al Boondy @ 07/06/2004 02:40 PM EST
Well, they DO have the Nick @ Nite channel...Why not just put the old shows on there?
Chestnuts roasted by Cameron @ 07/06/2004 03:08 PM EST
Congrats on the job!
Coincidentally I dated the little blonde girl from the Andre the Giant Honeycombs commercial in high school.
Chestnuts roasted by nutgrrrs @ 07/06/2004 03:13 PM EST
Hey Matt, have you ever heard of Rap Snacks? I just saw some of these strange things at 7-11 today. They all have famous and not-so-famous rappers on the wrappers (!) and a bunch of weird flavors. I think I saw Lil' Romeo on a BBQ pop-corn bag. Anyway, I think they'd be worthy of immortalization in X-E before they disappear forever. They have a website at http://www.rapsnacks.com
P. S. Congrats on the Nick job.
Chestnuts roasted by Lone_Psycho @ 07/06/2004 03:36 PM EST
I am like the only one basically that looks at the articles a day late. Hey Matt, this was a good one. p.s- have you ever been to www.threebrain.com or listened to the C.D? You should go there sometime.
Chestnuts roasted by Lena K14 @ 07/06/2004 06:50 PM EST
Hey Matt,
Just hoping that your first day on the job went all right. You should celebrate with a viewing of the Corey Haim tape, because a good day can always be made better with a headful of Haim!
Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 07/06/2004 07:05 PM EST
This site is always great, but my favorite feature is the selection of 80's commercials.
Ah.. I would like to humbly request the Bubble-Eez bubble gum commercial if you can find it.
Best jingle ever. I swear.
Chestnuts roasted by Chaos Mage @ 07/06/2004 08:03 PM EST
Congrats, Matt. I hope the Nick job turns into something long term for you. And if you happen to run into a tape of that old show Dave Coulier did (Out of Control, was it?) by all means do a review of that.
Most of those commercials are vaguely familiar. The Halls one I definitely remember though! I always thought it would be the coolest thing to have walls made of giant Halls lozenges. Yeah, I was a weird, odd child pretty much. I usually saw the ad during the Price is Right, which makes sense since it was targeting an older demographic.
The McDonald's ad for some reason got me to thinking about a gimmick they used to do with the Happy Meals. Anyone else remember when the HM containers were plastic toys shaped like vehicles? One was a boat, one was a UFO, one was a train, etc. Each one came with stickers you could use to decorate the vehicle. I feel sorry for kids today, having to settle for HM in boring paper bags.
Chestnuts roasted by 4thDown @ 07/06/2004 08:21 PM EST
Fuck yeah, Out of Control ruled!! That's really where the cut, it, out thing came from. Crazy Diz and her squeal laugh, and Hern Berford, I think he was like the producer type guy. I liked the Hurry Up segment, and the How Not To skits. My fave was the How Not to Eat Spaghetti, it looked so damn messy I used to laugh my ass off at that show. by all means, find that tape(s) and bring them to us, we beg of you!!
Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 07/06/2004 08:27 PM EST
Classic Nickelodeon sites:
http://members.tripod.com/~djfury/nick.html www.johnnorrisbrown.com/classic-nick/index.htm
Chestnuts roasted by ME @ 07/06/2004 08:49 PM EST
Congrats on the job Matt...all I'm saying is that if the worlds smallest woman can be consistently gainfully employed, so should you...
By the way, I realize you're not president ot the company but since you'd be in advertising maybe you could slip in some subliminal messages for Nathan Bitner to contact you.
TRUST THE
(Nathan Bitner contact X-E immediately, your cult awaits you.)
MIDAS TOUCH
I JUST SAVED
(Father of Photog, x-entertainment.com)
A BUNCH ON MY CAR INSURANCE
Chestnuts roasted by whitemale_98/competent soldier @ 07/06/2004 10:03 PM EST
By the way when you get some pull, be sure to put a Nickelodeon Surreal Life on....starring Corey Haim, Thor Ackerland, Topenga, Bitner, and McGuyver.
Chestnuts roasted by whitemale_98/competent soldier @ 07/06/2004 10:11 PM EST
I'm so happy for you, congrats and good luck on the new job. I'm stumped for anything meaningful to say since everyone's already been so effusive, but I will co-opt your success for myself. Ever since I found X-E you've been a big inspiration to me. I've always wanted to write and make a career out of it (God willing), but it wasn't until I read X-E that I knew that I could write about what was important to me, even if somebody else might consider it silly or irrelevant. X-E's success has been such an encouragement to me, just knowing that someone out there is leading a successful life writing about what they love has allowed me to keep the faith that it might be possible, someday, for me, too. (I had meant to post these sentiments awhile ago, but you never posted a 'Happy Anniversary X-E' article.) With every new success you achieve, I steal a little bit for myself and keep it, to remind myself, "Hey, Matt's out there doing it and he's winning, maybe you can too." So congrats again on the job, and thanks for just doing what you do.
Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 07/06/2004 11:56 PM EST
Matt you said you were gonna send me some shoutin' tangergreen or w/e it's called and you never did
Chestnuts roasted by Paul @ 07/07/2004 12:11 AM EST
Wow, Matt -- many congrats on potentially landing what I agree would be a dream job. It sure beats retail, anyway... -_-; But yeah, I hope it works out for you.
Chestnuts roasted by Wes @ 07/07/2004 12:23 AM EST
Pinwheel, pinwheel, spinning around. Look at my pinwheel and see what I've found.
Pinwheel, pinwheel, where have you been? Hello, how are you, and may I come in?
Pinwheel, pinwheel, spinning around. Look at my pinwheel and see what I've found.
Pinwheel, pinwheel, breezy and bright. Spin me good morning, spin me goodnight.
PINWHEEL!
Chestnuts roasted by Mugzy. . . @ 07/07/2004 12:25 AM EST
Good article, the "Fry guys" and the rest of the "McDonald" gang always scared the hell out of me, I've always been a little uneasy on eating talking food. The "McRib" is the best, only I would like to know why they only offer it on special promotions, they should have it on the menu.
I love all the commercials, Andre forever.
Chestnuts roasted by Caylor @ 07/07/2004 01:37 AM EST
Congrats, Matt! That's really great about the job, way to go! We'll weather the dearth of new articles with fortitude, while waiting for you to slowly worm your way into control of Nick and force them to bring back Pete & Pete and You Can't Do That On Television. Good luck!
Chestnuts roasted by The Lucky One @ 07/07/2004 09:48 AM EST
Matt congratulations. Thought you might want to know this though, went to a comic book convention with a friend a few weeks back and a guy was selling '80's commercials DVD's.....guess what? They all got cribbed from your site. I know this because of the "brought to you by X-E" stamp at the begining of each commercial. The guy is selling a Vol.1 and Vol.2 for 20.00 a pop or both for 30.00. After the con my buddy and I went back to my Apt. to look through our bootlegs and put the Commercials in and I was quite shocked. Thought I'd give you a heads up. Congrats on the job again.
Chestnuts roasted by gl2899 @ 07/07/2004 10:37 AM EST
Think of it this way, everyone who watches the DVD will forever have X-E's URL implanted into their heads: free advertisement!
Chestnuts roasted by Teirusu @ 07/07/2004 11:29 AM EST
New jobs are great, but neat new jobs are even greater! Congrats Matt, I have no doubts you'll kick ass there and show them they'd be fools to let you go.
How do you get your commercials on digital format? I have a whole bunch of tapes of original Star Trek TNG episodes on BETA - and yes I do have the player for them too. The quality is not great, these tapes are so old, but all the original commercials are there. Mind you, these were broadcasted from Vermont for a Montreal audience, so some commercials are very local in nature.
Chestnuts roasted by Yzziefrog @ 07/07/2004 12:11 PM EST
Maybe the Matt is planning to finish the CHIA PLOT with a half-hour animated special on Nick.
Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 07/07/2004 12:17 PM EST
Alright! I am finally citied! I sent in that tape with the "Gremlins 2" teaser last November and was starting to get worried. Glad to see it made available to the X-E masses and not just on my tape of "Ernest Goes to Camp" taped off of NBC. I hope that you can use that other material I sent you for future articles.
Congrats on the new job!
Chestnuts roasted by manimal789 @ 07/07/2004 12:20 PM EST
Bless you for the Grelmins 2 teaser. I vividly remember it as a kid and was very pissed that it wasnt on the DVD. All hail Joe Dante's finest work!
Chestnuts roasted by elegydirge @ 07/07/2004 01:06 PM EST
Hey, whatever did happen to that Chia Plot? I imagine he's getting a little tired of hearing about it by now.
Chestnuts roasted by jhnnywalkr @ 07/07/2004 02:46 PM EST
The guy in the Power Glove commerical is Chris Wolf from the early 90's New Kids knock off band the Guys Next Door!
Chestnuts roasted by someone @ 07/07/2004 04:32 PM EST
ya know the chia plot has taken the place of the 2002 advent calender (still waiting to find out about mare winningham) as the biggest cliffhanger in x-e. I think it would be very funny to do a "where are they now" look at some of those cliff hangers. Just short blurbs about the ending to the advent calender, and what you did with the toys afterwards (you'd make big bucks selling x-e reviewed items on ebay). you could tell us about the thing you did that one time, or what you've done with the hulk-hands since, or even the fate of some of the items purchased at American Science and Surplus. common I need some nestalga of my nestalga site!
Chestnuts roasted by brandon @ 07/07/2004 06:15 PM EST
HOLY CRAP!!!
That is awsome. I hope you do well.
It really does sound like a dream come true.
But Matt, could you get back to me on the Bamboo Peanut thing? I sent you an eMail. Look for an eMail from metroid5050.
Chestnuts roasted by Mat Olson @ 07/07/2004 06:15 PM EST
Did someone mention The Guys Next Door? Click on my name, someone.
Chestnuts roasted by ME @ 07/07/2004 06:22 PM EST
I don't know if anybody's seen this yet, but you should certainly check it out. Click my name for the lost Spider-Man comic strips.
Chestnuts roasted by A-wel Cruiz @ 07/07/2004 07:19 PM EST
Matt, can you please try and meet Butch Hartman (The guy who created the fairly oddparents and Danny Phantom) and get an interview with him for X-E? Also, even though you dislike the Fairly Oddparents, What do you think of Butch Hartman's other show, Danny Phantom? Also, can you please do an article on the Bionicle toyline? Even though it aint 80s, its still; really cool (If you have no friggin clue what Bionicle is, go to BZ Power.com for more info).Anyway, good luck with your new job. Well, gotta go, bye .
Chestnuts roasted by TOM @ 07/07/2004 11:23 PM EST
Just to clarify, when I said about meeting Butch Hartman, I meant on your new job. See ya(this time for real!
Chestnuts roasted by TOM @ 07/07/2004 11:26 PM EST
Glad to know my parents are safe.In case you haven't noticed around 60% of the people roaming this blog are now jealous of you.The other 40% are in denial.
The only way to become cooler than you have become you must do one of three things:
1.Interview a creator of one Nickelodeon's animated shows.
2.Interview the voice of Spongebob Squarepants.
3.Subliminally persuade Bitner to publicly post on the blog again.
I'm wondering.Are you actually going to California?Or will you remain in New York to do your job?
Chestnuts roasted by Fhydra @ 07/08/2004 04:34 AM EST
Nerf Fencing was great...I widdled the foam down to daggers and beyond so instead of Fencing it was Hilting. Speaking of Hilting, despite all the safety that Nerf is known for, no knuckles were left unscathed in our "gentlemen's duels". I also recall getting clocked more than once.
Congrats on the hip new digs Matt! The best to you and yours!
Chestnuts roasted by Slacker @ 07/08/2004 12:24 PM EST
Congrads, Matt. But personally I'd kill just about anyone to get control of X-E... Forget I said that, though. No one can prove it. Not in my dimension.
Chestnuts roasted by Orin @ 07/08/2004 01:20 PM EST
:
rools:: McRib....MMmmmmm
Chestnuts roasted by Chazmyth @ 07/08/2004 07:28 PM EST
Random thoughts:
The Power Glove, eh? "He touch my breasts!" Oops. Wrong quote.
I guess no one else wants to bring back the Hammer-Man cartoon...y'know, the one that ran at 1 frame/2 seconds.
"Guys...Next...Door...Whoa-oh!"
Congrats Matt! "Nick...at night. A TV viewer's dream." Those commercials always reminded me of the short lived sitcom "Hi Honey! I'm Home"...the one with a poor man's Joey Lawrence.
I shall pray for an X-E channel in the future. I give it 7 years.
Skybike...skybike...skybike...
Chestnuts roasted by Mizzat @ 07/08/2004 08:22 PM EST
Congrats dude.
Celebrate with a McRib and Shamrock Shake
Chestnuts roasted by Ant @ 07/09/2004 07:58 AM EST
Congrats on the job! Now you can get a bigger place to hold more neat shit. Maybe open an X-Entertainment museum? I'd pay to see that.
Chestnuts roasted by Hope @ 07/09/2004 08:48 AM EST
Heh. I remember when the Fry Guys were the Goblins. They would sing (in that same sped-up Chipmunk voice) "Keep Your Eyes On Your Fries."
(to the tune of "We Do It All For You":
Keep your eyes on your fries
They're hard to resist
Keep your eyes on your fries
Or they'll disappear like this
At McDonald's, french fries are fun
Naturally, "Keep Your Eyes On Your Fries" became the game during family trips to McD's.
One other note: I believe the little BK burgers were "Burger BUNDLES." I distinctly remember the "Chicken Bundles" commercial, to the tune of "Chick-A-Boom"... "Chicken Bundles, Chicken Bundles, doncha just love 'em..."
Chestnuts roasted by Evil Colonel @ 07/10/2004 01:35 AM EST
You gotta love old commercials, brings back memories like a tidal wave, curious though will the Star Wars Burger Chef commercial ever be up for viewing? I seen the story that was done on it.
Chestnuts roasted by Nuke @ 07/10/2004 12:20 PM EST
Hey there!
I've been enjoying this site for a while, so it's fitting that it takes a pre-fab television boyband to get me posting.
I was watching the Power Glove commercial, and noticed that the Nintendo kid is Chris Wolf from the Guys Next Door (yeah, I didn't remember it at first either.)
Love the page!
Chestnuts roasted by Corey Rotic @ 07/12/2004 10:22 AM EST
"...and sometimes ended with a sitcom"
Oh, say, like "Saved by the Bell", my official junior high/high school obsession from 1988 to 1993? I even watched "SbtB: The College Years" religiously on Tuesday nights during the 1993-94 TV season just because I wanted to BE Zack.
Needless to say, at 27 (and off drugs) I'm not half as dorky as I was at 16.
(but seriously, how does a Ctrl-F 2 days after the fact fail to bring a result for "Saved by the Bell" on X-E?)
Chestnuts roasted by Monster Dog @ 07/15/2004 04:39 AM EST
Dude! I still have my Lynx. Guantlet on that thing is still one of my all-time favorite games! The other game they showed in the commercial is Electrocop, which I had but never could figure out how to play.
Chestnuts roasted by Corwin @ 07/16/2004 04:01 AM EST
the show was ''TURBO-TEEN'' HA HAH
Chestnuts roasted by tinyjurado @ 07/19/2004 06:38 PM EST
this is a fun comment.
Chestnuts roasted by robert @ 07/24/2004 11:17 AM EST
none of your commercials are funny
Chestnuts roasted by chris @ 09/20/2004 06:49 PM EST
The 80s had some fucked up commercials!!
Chestnuts roasted by BREEZY J @ 09/26/2004 12:22 PM EST
Dude!! Those commercials rock!! Really brings back the memories of sitting in front of the TV with a giant bowl of some sugary cereal!
I've actually been looking for a commercial....the one for Flexiblocks. A good friend of mine and her twin brother were the 2 kids in the ad (the caveman and the princess). If you know somewhere I could find it, could you let me know? I'd really appreciate it! You can email me at tuxgrrrl2@yahoo.com Thanks!!
Chestnuts roasted by Katie @ 10/04/2004 07:58 PM EST
Those were SO freaking great. I had a good laugh here at work remembering back to when I saw them on tv. Someone needs to make a DVD with all those 80's commericals on it. Everyone needs a good laugh now and then.
Chestnuts roasted by Alyssa @ 10/08/2004 12:28 PM EST
They need to make a show featuring 80s commercials
Chestnuts roasted by Brendan McClelland @ 10/08/2004 01:23 PM EST
They need to make a show featuring 80s commercials
Chestnuts roasted by Brendan McClelland @ 10/08/2004 01:24 PM EST
In a shocking twist, this week I start a new job at Nickelodeon writing commercials with their promo department -- a dream come true, at least for the next few weeks. If any of my stuff lands on television, I will tell you 400 times. It'll be a temporary thing at first; might be a month or two before I have Final Word. I'll tell you more about it later, but the gist is, don't expect X-E to explode with new articles for the first half of July. This being the kind of job I'd kill your parents for and all, it's going to take priority over everything else, including showers. But! I've set shit up for more easily produced articles during the course of this, like the latest one...
