A Brief History of Carmen Sandiego: Broderbund software founders Gary and Doug Carlston turned their love of geography into a cops and robbers computer game with 1985′s Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?. The first several games (including Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego?, Where in Time is Sandiego?, Where in Europe is [...]
My love of graphic T-shirts started in 8th or 9th grade. I lived in Nebraska, but took yearly summer trips to visit my grandparents in Denver. My grandmother often took my cousins and me to the mall and on one such trip, I saw my first Hot Topic. For a sheltered girl from a smallish Midwest town, [...]
One of the original “One Saturday Morning” cartoons on Disney/ABC’s Saturday morning lineup, “Pepper Ann” featured the titular character, an imaginative, spirited twelve year old who marched to the beat of her own drummer and got herself (and her friends) into plenty of missteps and adventures. Pepper Ann was voiced by character actress Kathleen [...]
Continuing with our exploration of Saturday morning cartoons, we look at “ReBoot”! “ReBoot” began in 1994 and was the first fully computer animated television series. Production started in the early 80s, but the technology wasn’t good enough to develop the kind of show the creators wanted, so they postponed development until 1991, when 3D [...]
Continuing with our exploration of Saturday Morning cartoons, we look at “Jem and The Holograms”! “Jem” centered on Jerrica Benton, the heiress of Starlight Music, a successful production company started by her late father. She struggles for control over the company with her father’s partner, the corrupt Eric Raymond. In addition to the production [...]
This month, I’ll be featuring four of my favorite Saturday morning cartoons. First up, “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”! Nearly every child of the 80s and 90s looked forward to Saturday morning cartoons as the start of their weekend, and one of the most universally loved cartoons was “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”. The original comics [...]
Nickelodeon’s Saturday night block of programming, SNICK, was a staple of the 90s childhood. Shows like “Ren & Stimpy”, “All That”, and “Clarissa Explains it All” catered to Nickelodeon’s growing pre-teen and teen audience. While the focus was on comedy, sci-fi and horror was also represented by shows like “The Secret Life of Alex [...]
My favorite school events were all book related. The annual Book It reading competitions, Scholastic Book Fairs, and especially the arrival of a new Scholastic Book Club flyer all filled my bibliophile heart with glee. My parents always ordered a few books for me, and my choices were usually a little odd. I got a [...]
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