• The Hunt for the First VHS Tape
    Jul 30 2024

    In a time where owning physical media is more important than ever, we turn our attention to the origins of physical media on VHS, and ask ourselves, what WAS the first VHS? Was it an explicit adult movie? Was it old classics most people had moved on from? Or was it an obscure South Korean Sports film? Will we ever truly know?

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    53 mins
  • Ferngully vs. Disney: The Fight for Robin Williams
    Jul 23 2024

    In the late 80's, a small animation studio reached out to Robin Williams to get him to voice a character in their upcoming film: Ferngully the Last Rainforest. Not long after, the Walt Disney company did the same, signing Williams on to voice the Genie in Aladdin. These events led to corporate espionage, Jeffrey Katzenberg yelling, a desperate real estate search, and an unwanted painting by Pablo Picasso.

    Music Credits: Money Dollar Bills by Lemon Demon

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    47 mins
  • Captain Planet
    Jul 16 2024

    In the 80's, business Tycoon and inspiration for Doug Dimmadome had an idea for using cartoons to educate children about the importance of environmentalism and saving the planet. This idea would become "Captain Planet", and he's here to save the world.

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Cedar point, Intamin, and the Top Thrill Dragster
    Jul 9 2024

    In the year 2000, rollercoaster design and manufacturing company Intamin debuted their new Giga coaster for Cedar Point: Millenium Force. It was record breaking. It drew the crowds. It won awards. It was everything Cedar Point was hoping for. So they purchased more rides from Intamin, and more, and more. Surely lightning could strike twice, right?

    And then in comes the Top Thrill Dragster.

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    59 mins
  • The History of Anime Music Videos
    Jul 2 2024

    Anime Music Videos, or AMV's, have gone down in history as the national pastime of mid 2000's nerd-loving teens. But how did the AMV get its start? Who was the first person to think of combining anime footage with popular songs? And what wild technical hurtles did this format face in the days before Windows Movie Maker?

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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Michigan's Abandoned Jurassic Park: Prehistoric Forest
    Jun 25 2024

    Irish Hills Michigan is nowadays mostly known for its lush forests, plentiful outdoor activities, and an abundance of Irish Americans, however, in the 60's, it had a booming tourism industry with many colorful and exciting attractions that drew in visitors from all over Michigan. One of these attractions was Prehistoric Forest, a theme park mostly known for its dozens of dinosaur statues made of fiberglass and styrofoam. When the park closed in 1999, the statues were all left to rot where they stood, but this would ultimately lead to Prehistoric Forest's second life as a dream location for urban explorers.

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    46 mins
  • The Lasting Legacy of "Wizardry"
    Jun 18 2024

    What do "Delicious in Dungeon", "Final Fantasy", and "Dragon Quest" all have in common? They all owe their inspiration to one american DDOS computer game from the 80's, "Wizardry". While Wizardry has fallen into obscurity in its home country of the USA, in Japan, Wizardry would go on to inspire decades of fantasy works. But, how did this influential computer game even get made in a time before computer games were mainstream?

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    56 mins
  • The Folly of Cereal City USA
    Jun 11 2024

    The Kellogg's company shut down their cereal factory tours in the 1980's, replacing it with a new, high tech indoor theme park experience called Cereal City USA in 1998. Located in Battle Creek, MI, Cereal City USA shared the story of Kellogg's and their cereal, but couldn't live up to lofty attendance projections, competition from other cereal based theme parks, and negative audience response to their fabricated factory tour.

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    50 mins