Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? (28 page)

Love to Love You Bradys
(Olsen)

Love's Baby Soft

Lowe, Rob

Lucas, George

M&M/Mars

Macchio, Ralph

Mad
magazine

Malibu Barbie

mall arcades

Manilow, Barry

Mannheim Steamroller

Manning, Peyton

Marathon candy bar

Mars

Material Issue

Mattel Electronic Football

Mattel

Matthau, Walter

Maybelline Kissing Potion

McCall, C.W.

McCall's
magazine

McCormick, Maureen

McDLT

McDonaldland commercials

McDonald's

McDowall, Roddy

McDowell, Malcolm

McMahon, Ed

McNichol, Kristy

Mead

Meco

Mego Superheroes

Men at Work

Men Without Hats

metal lunch boxes

metal pudding containers

MicroMagic fries and milk shakes

Mighty Men & Monster Maker

Milano, Alyssa

Milka Luflée

Milky Way

Milton Bradley

Misfits, The

Miss Pac-Man

Monopoly

Montalban, Ricardo

Montg omery, R. A.

Moon Boots

Moreno, Rita

Mountain Dew

Mouse Trap

Mr.Yuk

MTV

Munchos potato crisps

Muppets

Mystery Date

Nancy Drew

National Institute for Medical Research (London)

Naughton, David

Necco wafers

Needham, Hal

Nerds

Nervous Norvus

Nesmith, Mike

Nestlé,

Newhart, Bob

Newton-John, Olivia

Nutella

Obama, Barack

O'Boisies potato chips

O'Donnell, Rosie

Official Preppy Handbook, The
(Birnbach)

Olsen, Susan

O'Neal, Tatum

Operation

Orange Crush

Original Taco Doritos

Osmond, Donny

Osmond, Marie

Outback Steakhouse

Pac-Man

Palmer, Robert

Pantoliano, Joe

Parker, Alan

Parker, Sarah Jessica

pay phones

Pearson

pen pals

Pepsi Light

Perkins, Marlin

Phair, Liz

Pillsbury

pinball

Pippa

Pitfall

Pittsburgh Poison Center

Planters Cheez Balls

Plaque Attack

plastic models

Plato, Dana

playing outside

Playskool

Plimpton, Martha

Pop Rocks

Pop Shoppe,The

Power Records book-and-record sets

Price, Vincent

Princess Diana

pudding pops

Purcell, Sarah

Pynchon, Thomas

Q*Bert

Quarterflash

Quisp and Quake cereals

Raggedy Andy

Ralston Purina

Rankin/Bass stop-action TV specials

record players

Reilly, John C.

Rendall, John

Ribeiro, Alfonso

Rin Tin Tin

Ringwald, Molly

Rivers, Joan

Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots

roller rinks

Romano, Ray

Rondo soda

Roosevelt Franklin

Ryan, Meg

saccharine

Sandler, Adam

Sassy
magazine

Saturday Night Fever–
inspired clothes

Savalas, Telly

Scholastic Book Club

Schroder, Ricky

Schwartz, Sherwood

Scorsese, Martin

scratch 'n' sniff stickers

Seacrest, Ryan

Sea-Monkeys

7-Eleven

Seven Up bar

Sevigny, Chloë

Sha Na Na

Shaft

Shakey's Pizza

short-lived sugary cereals

Shrinky Dinks

sideshows

Silverstein, Shel

Simon

Simpson, Jessica

Singer, Bryan

sitting in the way back of a station wagon

Six Million Dollar Man action figure

Skee-Ball

Slime

Slurpee

Smith, Jaclyn

Snack Pack

Snickers

Snoopy Sno-Cone Machine

Sommer, Elke

Sonny & Cher

Space Invaders

Spader, James

Spears, Britney

Spelling, Aaron

Spencer Gifts

Spire Christian Comics, featuring Archie

Springfield, Rick

Stacey Q

Stapleton, Jean

Stephenson, Skip

Stevens, Shadoe

Stipe, Michael

Stone, Oliver

story songs

Strawberry Shortcake

Stretch Armstrong

Sun-In

Sunshine
(Klein)

Super 8 moviemaking

Super Bubble

Super Nintendo

Superman

Sweet Valley High

Taco Bell BellBeefer

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
(Blume)

Target

Tarkenton, Fran

Taylor, Liz

Then Again, Maybe I Won't
(Blume)

Thomas, Marlo

Thornton, Billy Bob

Tickle antiperspirant

Tiffany Taylor doll

Tiffany

Tim Conway/Don Knotts movies

Timberlake, Justin

Time Life Books

Tomy

Tootsie Pop

Topps

toy catalogs

transistor radios

Trapper Keepers

Travolta, John

True Prep
(Birnbach)

Tupac

TV theme songs

Twinkies

Twix

Tylenol

typing class

Underoos

U.S. Air Hockey Association

unsafe playground equipment

Urich, Robert

Van Ark, Joan

Van Dyke, Dick

Van Patten, Dick

Vanderbilt. Gloria

variety shows

Versace, Gianni

videos on MTV

Vietnam War

View-Master

Village Bath

Villechaize, Hervé

Wacky Packages

Walmart

Walters, Laurie

Wang,Vera

Ward's Christmas catalog

Washington, George

waterbeds

Wayans, Marlon

Wayne, Patrick

Weebles

West, Kanye

Wifey
(Blume)

Wilder, Gene

Wilder, Laura Ingalls

Willard, Miles

Williams, Billy Dee

Willy Wonka

Wispa

Wonka Oompas

Woolworth's

Wyman, Carolyn

Xbox

X-ray Specs

Yankovic, “Weird Al,”

Zabka, William

Gael Fashingbauer Cooper
is a Twin Cities born-and-raised journalist who now lives in Seattle with her husband, Rob, and daughter, Kelly.
USAToday.com
named her one of the Top Pop Culture People of 2002. Her personal blog,
Pop Culture Junk Mail
(
popculturejunkmail.com
), dates to 1999.
Entertainment Weekly
named the site one of “100 Websites You Must Know Now,” and the
New York Times
called it “one of the best places to explore pop culture online.” She didn't exactly name her daughter after Kelly Garrett on
Charlie's Angels
or Kelly Leak from
The Bad News Bears
, but there may have been some influence.

Former TV news reporter and producer
Brian Bellmont
is a public relations consultant in the Twin Cities, where he lives with his wife, Jen, and daughters, Rory and Maddy. He's an award-winning food writer and aspiring novelist, and is a fan of all things pop culture, from horror flicks to comic books, Broadway musicals to beach reads, terrible sitcoms to
The Backyardigans
. Over the years, he's interviewed pop-culture staples like Adam West, Barry Williams, Loni Anderson, and Davy Jones; contributed to
MSNBC.com
and dozens of other media outlets; and written the copy on the back of a bag of yogurt-covered raisins.