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Posted on Feb 10, 2010 by Lauren — Lifestyle / Who Remembers — No comments

WHO REMEMBERS?: LIGHT-UP RINGS

Ladies, I know you had a million of these, and if your saying to yourself, ‘I never had one,’ your lying. Stop pretending like you weren’t into the fad because we all were. I remember asking my mom to take me to Claire’s every time we were in the mall and I would waste my money on these things like crazy.

I had one for every finger. Although we weren’t allowed to wear them in school, I always brought them in and wore them on the playground during recess. It was like a contest to see who had the most and what color’s theirs would light up.

God knows what happened to my rings. Probably left them in stores and friends houses growing up. Now that I’m older, I’ve been noticing that they have made their way back into my life. They are always part of a Bachelorette’s Party Package. I guess to make sure that EVERYONE in the club knows to pay attention to you and your girlfriends?

Or is it because your girlfriends are going to be mad at you because you have a flashy diamond ring on your finger from your future husband? Is this piece of plastic that lights up suppose to make them feel better about not being any closer to sealing the deal with a man? ‘Here ladies, here is a fake ring for you so you won’t cry your eyes out and be depressed that your not rocking a 3K ring like I am!’

What ever the reason, they are still damm cute and I think I am going to bring these things back into the mainstream like these girls are doing.

Get at me if you know where to buy them!

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Posted on Feb 03, 2010 by Carlo — Music / Who Remembers — 2 comments

Who Remembers: Buddy Holly’s Plane Crash?

Odds are, you don’t remember this, because you weren’t alive in 1959 when the tragic plane crash occured.

The Day the Music Died

On February 3, 1959, a small-plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, killed three American rock and roll musicians: Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson, as well as the pilot, Roger Peterson.[1] The day was later called The Day the Music Died by Don McLean, in his song “American Pie“.[2][3]

Yes, that’s right, “American Pie” is about this moment in history. (unfortunately we don’t have any video of the crash, but I was able to find this reenactment.)

I also wanted to put a video of the American Pie song in this post, but again, we had to settle for a substitute.

Close enough, right?

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Posted on Jan 27, 2010 by JaneBlow — Movies & TV / Music / Who Remembers — 6 comments

Who Remembers?: Pop-Up Video

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Most episodes of Pop-Up Video play five music videos each, selected to include new, older, “classic”, and “campy” videos. The bubbles that pop up in each video generally appear about every 10–15 seconds; their content is divided between information about the recording artist featured, the production of the video, and random facts. One of the show’s staff writers is assigned to each video.[3] Production costs for each episode total about $30,000.[1]

Pop-Up Video!  This show was seriously awesome and I think they should bring it back!  For me, since I never got to watch it at the time it aired, I’d catch it when it played again later in the night.  It was perfect for a functioning multitasking insomniac (like myself), you got the campy video you didn’t have to watch (and couldn’t help singing along to when no one was watching) and stupid facts with an alert to when you could have looked up at the screen from whatever else you were doing!  One day, I’m going to need these helpful Info Nuggets.

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I sorta kinda want to play the game now! But I don’t own it… *pop* <insert sad face> YET!  Whos buyin‘ ??!!

What were your favorite pop-up videos?

Side Note: I’m totally using the phrase “info nugget” as often as possible today! hahaha

<3 Jane

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Posted on Jan 20, 2010 by Lauren — Bizarre / Lifestyle / Movies & TV / Music / Sports / Who Remembers — No comments

WHO REMEMBERS?: THE MANY JOBS OF DEION SANDERS

When I decided to write this article about football, I knew right away Deion Sanders was the athlete I wanted to write about. While writing it, I had some trouble figuring out what to name this article, due to the many hats this man wore. So I asked my boyfriend Brendan what the article should be called, and he responded with, “Who Remembers When Deion Sanders wasn’t a shameless, money hungry son of a bitch who should be tied up and forced to watch his family beat to death.” A good title but because I am a fan, I decided to play fair with old ‘Neon Deion’ and take you on a step by step trip down memory lane, to recap the career of one of the most interesting athletes to ever play sports. And I say sports because he played two.

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Deion Sanders, or as he was sometimes called ‘Neon Deion’ or ‘Prime Time,’ was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the first round, 5th overall, in 1989. In the NFL he played mainly corner back but also wide receiver and special teams. He played for the Atlanta Falcons from 1989-1993. Then went to the San Francisco 49ers, but only played for 1 year. Then went to the Dallas Cowboys and played from 1995-1999. Was traded to the Washington Redskins and played for them only one year as well. He then finished up his career with the Baltimore Ravens and played from 2004-2005. He was selected to play in the Pro Bowl 8 times and has two Super Bowl rings in his collection.

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When he was in the MLB, Sanders played for the New York Yankees during the years of 1989 to 1990. Then played for the Atlanta Braves in 1991 to 1994. Then went to the Cincinnati Reds and played from 1994 to 1995. Played at the San Francisco Giants for only on year in 1995 and finished his career at the Cincinnati Reds and played in 1997 and in 2001. His batting average was .263 and had 558 stolen bases. In 1994, he also led the MLB in triples with 14.

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What many of you may not remember is ‘Neon Deions’ rap career. That’s right, I said rapping career. This man is multi-talented. This is where Sanders received his nickname ‘Prime Time.’ It was the name of his album that was released on December 24, 1994. There was only one single that was released off the album entitles Must Be The Money, but never reached the charts.

He also was featured on Straight to My Feet, with MC Hammer in 1994, which appeared on the Street Fighter soundtrack. Jean-Claude Van Damme starred in the movie and appears in the music video.

How did this man get away with all of this? How can someone play two professional sports at the same time? I thought that it violated contract terms. Does anyone know the answer to this? I’m sure I brought you back with the music videos but I will always remember Deion Sanders as one of the best football players to ever play in the NFL.

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Posted on Jan 13, 2010 by Dan — Geek / Who Remembers — 2 comments

WHO REMEMBERS?: SEGA SATURN

Thankfully, not enough time has passed since Sega’s Dreamcast console for this to be a Who Remembers?: When Sega Made Consoles. That being said, I still feel kind of old having to point out one of my favorite systems as a relic. The Sega Saturn was the biggest competitor for Sony’s Playstation. While it may not have come out on top, it definitely put up a great fight. Here’s what the old hunk’a junk looked like!

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I could get into the technical jargon as to what made the Saturn the worthwhile choice, but I’m just gonna say this: it had some badass exclusive titles! Here’s just a few of my favorites.

Virtua Fighter 2

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Everybody knows this game. You’ve seen it in the arcades, and you’ve probably played a newer version of it. Virtua Fighter 2 is just one of many 3D fighters from that era of gaming. This was Sega’s Tekken, and man did it rock. The graphics were pretty impressive for the time; not as polygonal as most other 3D fighting games were back then. Virtua Fighter 2 was the first fighting game at which I was unstoppable. Check out a video of the gameplay. Really makes me want to find my copy…

Next up is an RPG that was probably as good as Final Fantasy VII.

Panzer Dragoon Saga

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Less popular than the previously mentioned Final Fantasy, Panzer Dragoon Saga is actually part of Sega’s series of shooting games that involved a dragon and its rider. The shooters were simple, you’d just kill everything and fly around like ca-razay. Being the RPG incarnation of the series, Saga involved some of the same and a little more. It was an extremely well-made game that involved strategy, detailed equipment specifications, and other really great elements. The story was also fantastic; you assumed the role of a boy named Edge, who is chosen to be the rider of a mythical dragon. The pair fight an evil empire, of course. Here’s a video of a boss fight. I remember this one! I beat the shit out of that guy.

Finally, the last game I can remember playing on the Saturn was the most unique of them all…

Burning Rangers

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Based on a japanese anime series, Burning Rangers is an action game about a team of futuristic firefighters who were trained to use high-tech water shooting packs. These packs not only helped douse flames, but also came equipped with jumpboosters. It was a search and rescue platform game which had my heart from the beginning. Every stage had people who required rescuing, and weird crystals that required collection. Each stage required haste, since everything is kind of on fire. I loved this game, it tried something different and succeeded in being a real good time. The soundtrack is riddled with J-Rock (Japanese rock). I didn’t understand a lyric, but the guitar solos were sick!

This trip down memory card lane really has me missing my Sega consoles! Screw Modern Warfare 2, I’m gonna go play NiGHTS!

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Posted on Jan 06, 2010 by Drew — Movies & TV / Who Remembers — No comments

Who Remembers?: Bucky O’Hare

Last night i fell asleep in a bowl of pasta, and i had a dream of a spaceship commanding rabbit. I later realize that my dream was actually just Bucky O’Hare.

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Originally started as a comic book in 1978/1979 by Larry Hama.  If you’re a kid of the 80’s you will remember G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero.  Yeah, he wrote that comic book series too.

Honestly I don’t remember the comic book but do you?  What I remember is the TV show and the video game.

This show definitely had a kick ass theme song for 1991!

Bucky O’Hare and the Toad Wars was all about freeing the Aniverse (the dimension where the series takes place) from the evil toads.  I mean toads are just inherently evil because of all those warts.  If I had a face full of warts I would be the biggest prick you have ever met, real talk.

Now I present to you the first episode of Bucky O’Hare:

WOW! Classic ’90s show but what is a classic 1990s cartoon show without the video game?  Here is a video of the game itself:

I personally always choose the duck cause he had 4 arms and 4 guns.  If this dude can fire 4 guns at the same time why would you choose anyone else?!  Though the character does resemble Daffy Duck a bit:

Gunner Cecil “Deadeye” Duck

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Daffy Duck

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Want more Bucky O’Hare? Do you even remember Bucky O’Hare? Check these guys out for everything and anything Bucky O’Hare.

Now to the reason why you read all this.  You want to know why my face was in a bowl of pasta? I’ll break it down into an easy math formula for you:

long ass days at work  + 3 hours a sleep a night + doing this for the last month + pinch off stress + other substances = face full of pasta

I still ate that pasta though and it was delicious!

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Posted on Dec 30, 2009 by MightyVin — Bizarre / Humor / Movies & TV / Vin's F***ing Uncensored Blog / Who Remembers — 1 comment

Who Remembers?: Dick Clark (Pre-Stroke)…

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Remember when Dick Clark was more than just New Year’s Rockin’ Terry Schivo?

The New Year’s Rockin’ Eve has turned into a shallow vehicle for Ryan “Give Me Money For More Eyebrow Wax” Seacrest. The fact that they put Seacrest, a human who can speak clearly and project his voice towards a camera, right next to Dick Clark every year now is just…well, weird.

Remember when Dick Clark was America’s oldest teenager and not just some old dude who couldn’t speak?

Post-stroke Dick Clark plays out like some second-rate David Lynch film.

Right before the ball drops every year, Dick has to give a speech about good tidings or some shit. It’s become laughably sad. Now, I’m not one to laugh at stroke victims, but, I mean, COME ON! What network exec thought that THIS would look good (ABC seems to have pulled the bulk of clips of DC fucking up the countdown, so this is the best substitute we could find):

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Posted on Dec 23, 2009 by Lauren — Lifestyle / Who Remembers — No comments

WHO REMEMBERS?: FINDING YOUR HIDDEN CHRISTMAS PRESENTS BEFORE CHRISTMAS!

Admit it, when you were little and knew there wasn’t really a huge fat man dressed in red delivering your presents during the night, you would snoop for your gifts! I grew up in an apartment and there wasn’t a lot of room for big boxes. The closet in my parents room wasn’t always closed, but during Christmas time, you bet your ass that door was closed. So much for being inconspicuous mom and dad.

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I couldn’t wait until the first chance I got to go snooping. It would usually be on the weekends when my dad was at work and my dad was at work. I study exactly how I was sitting before I got up to make sure I was in the same exact position when I got back into the living room so when my mom got out of the shower, she wouldn’t be suspicious.

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Even though I knew some of the gifts, I was still surprised. I loved Christmas when I was younger and it is still my favorite holiday. My mom is a world class wrapper, so if some of the presents I found were wrapped up, there was no way I could un-wrap them and wrap them back up without her noticing I messed with it. My friend Jen on the other hand:

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I asked some of my fellow DAPs members to share their stories with me. Jackie from JaneBlow (SexpertJaneBlow) told me: “I use to be the one that would find out what other people in my family wanted for Christmas and used to take me shopping with her. I found out when I was 6 that Santa  = Mom. I didn’t want to hurt my mom’s feelings or ruin it for the other kids in my family so it became a game to pretend he was real. I never had to go hunting because I knew where all the presents were hidden. The only place big enough to fit all the presents in my house were in the attic or my mom’s walk-in closet. Call me crazy, but I liked being surprised so I didn’t snoop. I always made VERY specific letters to Santa, the she still insists to this day, so when she went to the stores without me she could find anything on my top ten.”

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My friend Jennifer Hope told me, “My mom used to hide all our Christmas presents in the closet. One year when I found the stash, I asked her why all of those were there. She told me that Santa has so many presents for all the good boys and girls, so they won’t get mixed up in his sleigh, he asks the children’s parents to keep them safe for him. The big bag that Santa carries around is filled with wrapping paper so he can wrap the gifts when he get to the houses. After all that wrapping, Santa needs a snack, so that’s why we leave him cookies and milk. Let’s just say I believed her until January when I found my birthday presents in the same spot. She had no answer for that one.”

Do you have any experiences like this? Share them here with us at DAPS!

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Posted on Dec 16, 2009 by Daye — Featured / Geek / Lifestyle / Movies & TV / Who Remembers — 3 comments

Who Remembers?: Movies Actually Having a Plot and not a Bunch of Jar Jars

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I’ve been keeping a very close eye on James Cameron’s latest movie Avatar. In many interviews he’s talked about how he’s reinventing modern cinema with the latest technology. The early reviews are quite positive. It already has an 86% positive review on Rotten Tomatoes. While 3D special effects might be enough for some to openly declare it a hit already. I need more. So I read a review of the script. Ah the script, aka the backbone of any and every film. Here is where we find Avatar’s Achilles’s heel.

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Josh starts sympathizing with the primitive aboriginal Na’vi, who are wonderful and spiritual while humans are all dumb caricatures obsessed with blowing things up and burning them to make fast food wrappers. The other humans with him start sympathizing less with the natives, and decide to blow them up. This doesn’t sit well with Josh and the movie turns into Quigly Down Under. Actually, change that. I’ve just had a revelation: Avatar doesn’t turn into Quigley Down Under, it absolutely is Quigley Down Under right from the start. Cameron has just copy/pasted the entire script onto an alien planet, removed its sense of humor, and added more action sequences.

The whole thing culminates quite literally in an Ewoks versus Empire style super-battle, with the natives using such familiar Ewok battle tactics such as falling rocks, log battering rams, giant nets, and bolos to fight a desperate war against the encroaching death machines of Earth’s military industrial complex. The only difference really is that these Ewoks aren’t cute…

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I absolutely HATE this tired cliche. So many Hollywood films have used the stranger in a strange land gimmick. When the main character discovers that his people are bad and sides with the noble and peace loving indigenous folks I cringe inside. This is exactly what happened in Dances with Wolves and what will happen in Avatar. I’m also tired of watching movies that depict Humanity as evil. As a whole we have our problems but we’re on the right track; things are getting better. I’m tried of seeing the “good peaceful” aliens and the “big bad” humans stereotypes. How about we all get on the same page and root for our species? Fuck those alien fucks. I’d love to see a Sci-fi movie where we (Humanity) harvest some nice minerals for ourselves out of that stupid moon Pandora. I’m on mankind’s side every time.  That’s one thing I hated about district 9. Humanity was the worst for how they treated those poor poor refugee aliens.

I swear if I see anyone of you cheering for the goddamn Na’vi I’m going to lose it right there in the theater. If you like them so much why don’t you go live in their fucking 3D jungle filled with fucked up creatures.

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Titanic was a huge successful movie because it had a solid script/ plot which backed up its awesome special effects. Sadly, Avatar doesn’t fare so well here. Its plot is childish in its simplicity but that won’t stop it from making some mad fat cash at the box office. The hype machine is out there in full force right now. Cameron is pimping his shit to anyone that will listen. Mattel is creaming in their pants anticipating the money they’ll make off of the Avatar toy sales this Christmas. And I’ll be rooting for the “evil” General with claw marks in his head. All is well in Hollywood.

“Go back to bed, America, your government has figured out how it all transpired. Go back to bed America, your government is in control … Here you go America – you are free to do what well tell you! You are free to do what we tell you!” -Bill Hicks

P.S.: James Cameron sucks dick for special effects!! (please please hire me, Mr. James Cameron)

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Posted on Dec 09, 2009 by JaneBlow — Movies & TV / Who Remembers — 1 comment

Who Remembers?: Zoobilee Zoo

ok ok, I admit, I barely remember the show myself.  It aired a few years after I was born. BUT I was around for all the reruns in the 90’s!  I remember I absolutely LOVED this show (even if I don’t remember specific episodes).  I used to sing the theme song and annoy the hell out of my parents by talking like a Talkatoo the cockatoo.

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The Zoobles were people dressed up like animals, in crazy colors and bright make up living life and teaching lessons.  Each character had a gimmick (Like Bill the Beaver who liked to fix stuff…duh!). This Zoobaroo’s favorite characters were Van Go Lion who was really into art, and Whazzat Kangaroo who was the music gal on the show.  I wanted to be a veterinarian, artist, musician when I grew up.  But instead I am in the adult industry and writing about Furries and Zoophiles.  Funny how things happen, eh?

What? Don’t judge me, I wasn’t a big fan of the other more popular toons that aired at this time. He-Man and Transformers were boy cartoons. Boys had Cooties!  Circle Circle Dot Dot, yo.

Excuse me while I YouTube some Zoobilee Zoo memories!!

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You are what you think you are Song

Lookout’s Song

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They should re-air these wholesome shows because the 1980’s and 1990’s were the best as far as toons were concerned.

What did you want to be when you grew up? What was your favorite cootie shot?

<3 Jane

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