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Rewind to the 80s and 90s when kids swapped epic Valentine’s Day cards in class! From Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles shouting “Cowabunga, Valentine!” to Power Rangers morphin’ love notes and Lisa Frank’s glittery unicorns, these cards were pure nostalgia. We dive into the goofy puns, vibrant designs, and pop culture icons like Saved by the Bell and Super Mario that made every February 14th a blast. Which card was your favorite? Share your Valentine’s Day memories below! #ValentinesDay #80sNostalgia #90sNostalgia #KidsValentines #RetroCards #TMNT #PowerRangers #LisaFrank #SavedByTheBell #SuperMario #Nostalgia #PopCulture #Throwback #80s #90s #ValentinesCards #RetroVibes #ChildhoodMemories #Viral #Humor #Nostalgic #ClassicCartoons #90sKids #SchoolValentines #Collectibles #VintageCards
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00:00:00In a world where the it-thing is always changing, sometimes you need a tour guide or two to help you find your way to Pop Culture's Paradise.
00:00:07If you find yourself reminiscing or in need of a good recommendation, these two have you covered.
00:00:12And now, here's your hosts, Joey and Jeff!
00:00:21Hi, welcome back to Pop Culture Paradise. My name is Joe.
00:00:24And I'm Jeff.
00:00:25And today, we're going to get in the loving holiday spirit of Valentine's Day.
00:00:32Are you excited, JR?
00:00:33I'm excited, because from the little detail you've given me, this is going to be a surefire funny episode. I'm looking forward to it.
00:00:42We're going to take a look back at those old Valentine's Day cards that you used to receive back when you were in elementary school.
00:00:49You remember those?
00:00:50Absolutely. It was from any pop culture, any show, any cartoon, any video game, even wrestling, which I'm sure we'll get into.
00:01:01And there's always some cards that stand out above the rest.
00:01:05Now, what do you remember about some of these cards?
00:01:07To me, what I remember, first of all, was the one that they'd always try to sneak in there for a teacher.
00:01:13It was always like, all right, these are for your friends.
00:01:16But this is to one great teacher, one amazing teacher.
00:01:20And if you're kind of like, I don't like that teacher that much.
00:01:25Do I have to give them something?
00:01:27And the answer to the question, the answer is yes.
00:01:31If you were going to go all out with your Valentine's Day cards, I think, at least for me, Mom always made sure that I gave one to the teacher, like always.
00:01:41I think most schools had that rule, though.
00:01:43Like, everyone's going to get one.
00:01:45So you can't, like, offend somebody.
00:01:48You couldn't, like, hurt their feelings, which is good in practice.
00:01:53But I don't know if you were like me.
00:01:55Did you ever, like, look at the box of cards when you were sealing it the night before and be like, all right, these are the good ones.
00:02:01These are going to go to my friends.
00:02:02And this is kind of the lame card.
00:02:04It's going to this guy or this girl.
00:02:08I don't want them to, like, think I actually like them as a person.
00:02:12Jesus, dude.
00:02:13I think for me, yeah, you definitely would want to pick out the best ones.
00:02:16Like, for example, there would often be sports teams, like in the 90s, the Bulls, the Cowboys, the Braves.
00:02:23So any kind of card like that, you would kind of put those aside for your best pals.
00:02:29But at least everybody got something.
00:02:31Yeah, I mean, at least.
00:02:33Yeah, well, I remember, and we might look at it.
00:02:37Do you remember the ones with NFL quarterbacks on it?
00:02:40I kind of do.
00:02:42Not specifically quarterbacks, but I kind of just remember teams.
00:02:45Well, I remember, and obviously since we're both Dallas Cowboy fans, there were Troy Aikman ones.
00:02:51And I pulled aside Troy Aikman ones for myself because, you know, I collect Troy Aikman cards.
00:02:56And you wanted to gift yourself a Valentine.
00:03:00If you can't love yourself, who can you love?
00:03:03It's like Justin Bieber said.
00:03:05But what I would do is I would pull aside the other quarterbacks and be like,
00:03:09Ugh, I don't like Steve Young. He can have Steve Young.
00:03:13Like, take the Brett Favre.
00:03:16I think Drew Bledsoe had a card.
00:03:19Yeah, that was one that you gave to the person in class that smelled.
00:03:23You would give them the Drew Bledsoe card.
00:03:26Then they'd also have the special Valentine's Day candies.
00:03:30And those were never any good, were they?
00:03:32No, I mean, you have the little, you know, sweethearts with the little words on them and everything.
00:03:38Those are like timeless. They never were great.
00:03:41But anything Reese's would do, it's just, okay, we're just going to take what's already proven, which is the Reese's Cup.
00:03:48We're just going to put it into a heart shape.
00:03:51I mean, to me, that could never fail.
00:03:53But the majority of them, they were just pretty lame.
00:03:57But it was mostly like a Lifesavers or like a Jolly Rancher that stuck around a little bit too long.
00:04:03Because you'd get these card boxes and they were, what, like a dollar?
00:04:07If you see the pictures I pulled up, you see the price tags on the thing.
00:04:11And, you know, your mom would also probably be like,
00:04:14All right, you have the box that you got, but how many kids are in your class?
00:04:18This is for 18. There's 24. Here, throw these ones in.
00:04:23Or these came from last year.
00:04:25Yeah, you got to hang on to them. You got to be resourceful.
00:04:27That's what being a mom's all about.
00:04:29Absolutely.
00:04:30Today, we are going to take a look at some of these card boxes, some of these cards, and find the perfect Valentine.
00:04:39So let's take a look at the kind of cards we're talking about.
00:04:43Okay, so if we're talking 90s, if we're talking pop culture, you got to be talking Barbie, right?
00:04:49Absolutely. There isn't a market that Barbie didn't try to crack into.
00:04:53I think my sister even had a Barbie McDonald's center.
00:04:56Yeah, I think I remember that.
00:04:59So with this thing you see right there, it's $1.61 at a grocery store.
00:05:03This still works because I have seen this type of card still at a Walmart just with what kids are into today, puppy dog pals.
00:05:13It's hard to even imagine that they're still doing just the regular Valentine's Day cards to the whole class.
00:05:20If you wanted to go one step further than this, you could have these for all of your classmates.
00:05:25But if there was that one person that you really cared about, that friend or maybe special someone,
00:05:29you would always be encouraged to make them a card, which was always like above and beyond, right?
00:05:36Yes, I don't think I ever made anyone a card.
00:05:39I don't think I cared that much.
00:05:41Now, it doesn't get more 90s than Cool Times, the maker of this product.
00:05:47Cool Times. When and where did they pop up?
00:05:53You know, maybe they own the malt shop that Barbie got her card at.
00:05:57Could be. So these are the type of cards you would see in this Valentine's Day assortment that maybe you could make a box in the classroom.
00:06:08These are great. These are real great.
00:06:09So you got Alf in the bottom right.
00:06:12I see a couple of Garfield, Mickey and Minnie is classic Mario.
00:06:18You got Chip and Dale's. You got that random baby.
00:06:20I can't remember who it is.
00:06:23And then you also get the kind of generic S cards that you'd also receive.
00:06:28And hey, at least the effort was made, right?
00:06:31Well, look at the Mario one. It says, I want you to be my Valentine.
00:06:35I mean, I guess you would try to read it in Mario's voice or his accent,
00:06:39but that kind of doesn't really have anything to do with what he would say.
00:06:42Exactly. I mean, I can picture like a Garfield card if he was like, I love you almost as much as lasagna.
00:06:49Like, come on. Absolutely. That'd be a perfect card.
00:06:52And that's the thing with some of these cards is like some of them would be like,
00:06:56Happy Valentine's Day, but other ones would actually be very in character.
00:07:00Yeah. I mean, it seemed like that first batch we just saw were just the super generic.
00:07:06We're just going to take this popular, you know,
00:07:08figure and slap it on top of our already pre-written kind of, you know, notes.
00:07:14So these are the type of Valentine's Day cards that you would see,
00:07:19you know, at the Walmart or at the grocery store at CVS.
00:07:24Did you happen to get any of these cards? I think I did.
00:07:27I think the one that really pops out to me right off the bat is the Power Rangers one.
00:07:32I definitely remember the Muppets and Sonic. Barbie, of course, we just covered.
00:07:36Muppets are always timeless, but the one that stands out definitely is the Power Rangers card.
00:07:41To me, Sonic, that is just iconic right there.
00:07:45Sonic the Hedgehog, and he's winking at you.
00:07:47He really wants to know that he wants to be your Valentine.
00:07:50Absolutely. So this one disturbed me.
00:07:53Why did this exist? No! Furby cards? I never knew this was real.
00:07:58And it's got Furbish translations on every card.
00:08:02Wait, please tell me you can explain that.
00:08:05Well, you know, Furby would be like, me, I'm Furby.
00:08:12Yeah, exactly. Did I ever tell you the story?
00:08:15So when these things were popular, we brought them up to the camp.
00:08:19And if you remember Furbys, they were voice activated,
00:08:23motion activated, and they communicate with other Furbys.
00:08:27Well, this thing went off in the middle of the night up at the camp.
00:08:30What? And my dad thought somebody broke in.
00:08:33So he almost pulled a gun out on Pearl or Furby.
00:08:38That's hilarious. I can see him in his whitey tighties,
00:08:41nothing else, with a freaking shotgun.
00:08:44What happened to Furby? Oh, it blew a hole right through him.
00:08:48Yeah, Furby isn't with us anymore.
00:08:51Now I found out from doing the research,
00:08:54Clio is the major manufacturer for these type of cards.
00:08:59Okay, I kind of remember Johnny Quest.
00:09:02I remember the name, but not really what it was about.
00:09:05Yeah, that was kind of my thing. I don't know who the heck Johnny Quest was.
00:09:10He was a big deal if he had his own Valentine card.
00:09:13Yeah, he must have been a big deal.
00:09:1642 of them in this one pack.
00:09:19See, this is when we get into the territory of,
00:09:22well, we're just going to save these for next year.
00:09:24It's got 48 stickers, too.
00:09:26So this isn't just a Valentine's Day card you look at once.
00:09:30You can play with this for a little bit.
00:09:32There's some effort if you get the Johnny Quest pack.
00:09:34Not only do you get the card,
00:09:36not only do you maybe get the envelope for the card,
00:09:40but you get it sealed with a Johnny Quest sticker.
00:09:42That's the trifecta right there.
00:09:45All right, so Johnny Quest has one tight uniform, though.
00:09:49He almost has like an Aquaman kind of superhero thing going on.
00:09:52Yeah, he kind of does. I'm digging that 8-bit heart as well.
00:09:56Yeah, that's cool.
00:09:58So this is one that like your sister would have picked up.
00:10:01Right. Lion King. Classic.
00:10:04And I like that they're non-mailable envelopes.
00:10:06No.
00:10:08That's not cheap out, kids, here.
00:10:09So we're getting 38 of them in there.
00:10:12Now, what I want to know, let me ask you,
00:10:15who would you give the Scar card to in your class?
00:10:19Who would I give Scar to?
00:10:23I don't know. I like Scar, too.
00:10:25You know, I think I would probably give Scar to,
00:10:30like the badass kid.
00:10:31Right. Yeah, I hear you.
00:10:33Because you're just sort of like, all right, I got wimpy cards,
00:10:37but Scar, Scar's a straight-up killer.
00:10:40Oh, yeah. He has no remorse, like at all.
00:10:43No. Terrible brother, but, you know, good villain.
00:10:47Definitely don't give that card to your brother if you have one.
00:10:51I wouldn't want to give a card to my brother if I had one.
00:10:55All right. So this is another one that your sister would probably have.
00:10:58The Little Mermaid cards.
00:11:00And right off the bat, I'm a little bit hot that Sebastian isn't on the cover of this.
00:11:05Wow. She's like waving, like, see you, Sebastian.
00:11:09Back to the mid-card.
00:11:10Yep. He got Flounder. Always loved him.
00:11:13I mean, Little Mermaid's classic.
00:11:15I just, I wonder what cards are even in there.
00:11:18How many, so there's a lot of characters in that movie.
00:11:21Who was the octopus lady again? Ursula. Ursula.
00:11:25All right. So I'm wondering, does the teacher get the Ursula card?
00:11:33No, because you don't want to directly insult the teacher.
00:11:37I bet the teacher gets like King Triton or something.
00:11:40Right, maybe. So this was when I was very,
00:11:45I wanted to find examples of these cards,
00:11:48but I'm not paying 10 bucks to have this sent to the house.
00:11:52You imagine you ship a bunch of Valentine's Day cards to the house.
00:11:56It's like, dude, you're really into yourself.
00:12:00Yeah. Small Soldiers. I totally, that's like,
00:12:05that's like a movie that I totally remember,
00:12:08but I don't remember anything that happened in the film.
00:12:12No, and it's kind of one of those movies too.
00:12:14We were like, you had Toy Story and it was Toys Come to Life
00:12:18and then they made this and it wasn't Toy Story,
00:12:21but it is Toys Come to Life. And they're battling.
00:12:24But, and Ahmed Johnson's in the movie, very briefly.
00:12:28What? Why did you never tell me this?
00:12:31They're wrestling on TV. Okay.
00:12:33So they're watching an Ahmed Johnson match,
00:12:35but he's in the movie. Versus who?
00:12:39I want to say The Rock. What? Hidden gem right there.
00:12:43You heard it here first. Pop culture paradise.
00:12:47Since this is Valentine's Day, does it look like they're about to kiss?
00:12:53It just looks like your typical, you know, square off boxing,
00:12:57you know, poster promotional ad.
00:13:00But their heads are kind of tilted that way. And this is Valentine's Day.
00:13:05Maybe they're just all about love this round. Not,
00:13:07not fighting to the death. There's your boy.
00:13:10Why is he just, tell me what it was about the 90s
00:13:14where Taz just took over for all Looney Tunes,
00:13:18over Daffy, over Marvin the Martian, and over Bugs.
00:13:22I don't get it. Now, why would they not, let me ask him,
00:13:29why would they not give Bugs the cover?
00:13:36Okay, moving on. I don't know. And like, he's way too cocky.
00:13:42Like, yeah, look at him. Like he just flossed a little bit.
00:13:45He's feeling himself. He's like,
00:13:49I get all the Tasmanian beast women. All right, back off.
00:13:53Well, we saw with that last episode with the shirt.
00:13:56Yeah. And the type of girl that Taz dates. Wait a minute.
00:14:00So these are all 32 specific Taz Valentines.
00:14:03This is his own pack. He is not just getting the cover.
00:14:06He's getting the whole pack. 32 cards, 32 fold and seal with stickers. All Taz.
00:14:13I'm going to say there's eight different types with four multiplied times four.
00:14:19You think so? I can't think of 32 specific Taz related Valentines.
00:14:25Dude, he took over. So I also found out. What is this?
00:14:29All right. So it wasn't just Valentine's Day cards.
00:14:31You could send a postcard. Oh God.
00:14:34And I thought the inclusion of Diddy was very strange.
00:14:38Yeah, like, all right. So Hanson is in here. Will Smith is in here.
00:14:42I get the Backstreet Boys. I even get Brandy and I kind of get Will Smith.
00:14:48Jewel? Well, she was a big star for a while, right?
00:14:53Yeah, she was. And I love Who Will Save Your Soul and These Hands and everything.
00:14:59But still, it's like one of these just doesn't fit. Take that, take that, take that.
00:15:05I really hope Diddy's was like, you're a bad boy for life.
00:15:10Happy Valentine's Day. Okay, more more Disney.
00:15:14All right. You have to think pretty much every Disney franchise
00:15:17ever had their own Valentine's Day card set, right?
00:15:20Absolutely. And there was that time period in the 90s
00:15:24where like 101 Dalmatians just popped off again
00:15:27and they had the live-action version. It was massive, dude.
00:15:31All right. So we are going to get some examples of the cards that you would find in these boxes.
00:15:36And this is cool. Everything, everything seemed to have gotten licensed.
00:15:41All right. So we got A Real Monsters includes four cards,
00:15:45four cards on the back of the box. Okay, so you're getting examples on the back of it.
00:15:49Which is nice. You don't want to stick somebody with a card that they won't understand.
00:15:55I don't remember any of their names. I just definitely remember the show.
00:15:57I have it on DVD. Yeah, this is one of those Nick shows.
00:16:01I wasn't super fond of but I kind of group it in with the rest of that stuff.
00:16:06So I'm nostalgic about it. I just right.
00:16:08I mean, it's hard to get nostalgic about a testicle with armpit hair.
00:16:12High five for a Valentine like you. Ah, now that's a scare.
00:16:16If you're not my Valentine for all the what tent tentacle,
00:16:21what does that say toenails? I can't even read it.
00:16:24It's what's so small on the screen all the toenails in the world.
00:16:27I wouldn't trade a friendship like ours. Now if that's not heartfelt,
00:16:31I don't know what is that's a good card right there.
00:16:34Those are terrifying designs. Like what was going on in that studio?
00:16:38And they're like, all right, here's what we need. This guy's a rabbit,
00:16:42but he's purple. Yeah, this thing looks like a demented candy cane with huge lips.
00:16:48And as I said, the testicle with hair and his eyes that he holds with his hand.
00:16:53So how's he ever really supposed to grab stuff?
00:16:55That's a question. I don't want to know the answer to I don't either.
00:16:59So we got a few more here in that set. It's all in the pits.
00:17:03Happy Valentine's Day at is magnificent. That's a stupid card.
00:17:07I'll keep an eye on you. That's I mean, that's funny.
00:17:09What is this terrifying one on the right? Be my valentine pretty,
00:17:14please something or I don't know what that is.
00:17:17Just that is just nightmare fuel. Whatever that is.
00:17:20It looks like a pendulet. Gosh, dude, that's terrifying.
00:17:27Yeah, I think that's their teacher. If I remember correctly,
00:17:31like I know a real monsters was like a popular show,
00:17:34but was it that popular for like where those Valentine's Day cards were just
00:17:39flying off the shelf? No,
00:17:41that's got to be one that was like hanging around year after year
00:17:44and it went from 250 to $2 to 69 cents or something.
00:17:48Right. All right. So now we have another Disney classic by Cleo Aladdin.
00:17:54Absolute classic Aladdin is my all-time favorite Disney film
00:17:57and this one must have been a huge success
00:17:59because as I saw they marketed a few different types of boxes different designs
00:18:05different sayings different pictures.
00:18:10Well, you see those those are real monster ones.
00:18:12They were kind of lazy,
00:18:14but looking at these Aladdin ones, they look super elaborate.
00:18:18They're bright. They're popping. They're just like colorful.
00:18:22I don't know. I think there's just we're learning here on pop culture paradise
00:18:26that there are different tiers to Valentine's Day cards
00:18:29and Aladdin is jumping out in front of the rest right now.
00:18:31Oh, yeah, and there's no greater love story than Jasmine and Aladdin.
00:18:35No, it's it's it's timeless like look at those cards.
00:18:40Now, this is one that I actually took issue with though teacher your wish is my command.
00:18:45What kid says that to their teacher? Not many.
00:18:49Maybe I mean there was always that one kid in class
00:18:52that was a little too friendly with the teacher the kind of class pet kind of thing.
00:18:56Yeah, and we didn't like Randall. No.
00:18:59Now this is a good one.
00:19:01This is when you give to the girl you like Valentine.
00:19:04You make my heart sore a magic carpet ride.
00:19:08It's the type of song you want to sing. Those are perfect.
00:19:10If I could get my hands on those now I would gift them.
00:19:14Now this one I thought was a little too sexual.
00:19:17You're more fun than a magic carpet ride.
00:19:20Yeah, that's uh, that's that's not one kid should be given out.
00:19:24It's a little borderline. Look at that.
00:19:28Hold on. I'm floating on air be mine.
00:19:31I'm bananas about you. That's great. I couldn't wish for a nicer teacher.
00:19:36I love how there's always the the teacher card is always a different shape.
00:19:40Oh, yeah, that's that's a long form bookmark type shape.
00:19:44Yep. Yep. I absolutely love the I'm bananas about you.
00:19:48That's a great card. That's your boy right there.
00:19:53You gotta love Alf and there's the cartoon Alf cards
00:19:57and then as you will see there's regular Alf cards.
00:20:01You see I always knew about Alf. I knew about the show.
00:20:05I like the character but at this point in my life,
00:20:08I can't remember anything from a single episode of like the live action show,
00:20:14but I definitely remember Alf himself, you know what I mean?
00:20:17Yeah, and he's ubiquitous. He was everywhere like you don't forget Alf.
00:20:24I had to also go back
00:20:25because there's childhood footage of me getting the Alf toys
00:20:29and playing with Alf, but I didn't remember anything about it either.
00:20:33So I had to go back and actually get the show to remember like was this funny
00:20:38or you know, was it a thing of its time?
00:20:41I love it. I think it's really funny.
00:20:43I think it fits right in that sort of put it on shut your brain off feel good go to bed.
00:20:50Right? Let's we got the regular.
00:20:54All right. So this is this is this is from the one that I recall.
00:20:57I remember like the puppet Alf. I don't remember his cartoon show.
00:21:02So we got cartoon cards and then like TV show cards.
00:21:07Look at that. That's it. He looks like Dracula.
00:21:10Those are very fang looking teeth.
00:21:14Well, and then the the collar is like a Dracula collar.
00:21:17I don't know that one is it's cool,
00:21:20but it's I don't know. I just want to know I want to know
00:21:24what went into the photo shoot for this.
00:21:27All right, bring your puppet a bunch of you know outfits that that you have
00:21:32and then we're just going to Photoshop a bunch of hearts around it.
00:21:36Did he kill Pongo and Perdido to get that coat?
00:21:39Did he finish a job Cruella wanted to do? And then look at the shades they match.
00:21:44If anyone's going to do it. And then I like the fact he's wearing a shirt,
00:21:49but no pants. Oh, no, but you can't bother with it's Valentine's Day.
00:21:53I mean, what's the point of pants?
00:21:58Okay, these these these that what these two are not as good as the last one.
00:22:03Not at all. No, this is very lazy.
00:22:05This is that like, you know,
00:22:06when you go online and they're talking about these old school Valentine's
00:22:10and they create their own. Yeah, that's what this looks like for sure.
00:22:13This looks very photoshopped and happy Valentine's Day.
00:22:16Here you go. There you go. It's Alf. I know you like Alf. Here you go.
00:22:20Yeah, this is the one that you give to the person in class.
00:22:23You don't know anything about happy Valentine's Day.
00:22:27Again, I want to know what went into the photo shoot for this where it's like,
00:22:33all right, we're going to give them like a Cupid, you know bow and arrow,
00:22:36but instead of showing the bow you're going to hold flowers.
00:22:40How about a hug for the old Alpher? I like that.
00:22:44It's a pretty good picture.
00:22:46They really went above and beyond in the props department.
00:22:49Yeah. So here's another series that was huge in the 90s. Animaniacs.
00:22:56I love it. I love it. Great great show.
00:22:59Do you think they could bring these back now that it's on Hulu?
00:23:02I think I think they should but I think you'd even get even more points
00:23:06if you could get your hands on the original cards,
00:23:09you know, and they kind of went above and beyond in the design here.
00:23:12These are popping. These are popping.
00:23:15Oh, yeah. These are good designs. I like I like.
00:23:20All right. So you got the all rectangle style cards.
00:23:22I like the one here on the top left where it kind of has the like squiggly cloud design
00:23:28and then you got the cool shapes behind them whether it's hearts
00:23:31or just random triangles or busting out of the screen and the words like these are dope cards, man.
00:23:37They really are. Now what I also found in my research is to make it less romantic
00:23:44because these cards are given out in school,
00:23:47right? There's a lot of cards here that directly say to a great pal to a super friend high-five meet buddy.
00:23:55Yep. I mean that's I mean you got it, right?
00:23:58If you're giving out a card to everybody. Yeah, you kind of need some neutral phrasing, right?
00:24:05We got some more Animaniacs cards here.
00:24:07Yep. I like Dottie's cards. I admit that I like you extremely.
00:24:12Happy Valentine's Day your cute pal don't lose control.
00:24:17It's only Valentine's Day. You'll always be with us.
00:24:20I mean those are those are cool cards man. I they whoever designed them definitely.
00:24:25I mean those are like right up there with the Aladdin cards as far as how cool they look, you know,
00:24:31so you're saying you'd pick up this box.
00:24:33Absolutely. I was a big fan of Animaniacs
00:24:37and I just think the quality of cards are just there right up there with the Aladdin ones
00:24:42because you can tell that a lot of time was put into them.
00:24:46Yeah, look at that. I mean our friendship keeps on jumping.
00:24:48What does that mean? It just keeps going.
00:24:52Okay, we salute to you Valentine.
00:24:56Yeah, I get very cute when you're near Valentine give us a kiss.
00:25:00It's Valentine's Day. All right.
00:25:02She's she's advancing. Yep.
00:25:04She's a round in first base like we have the high five buddy.
00:25:09All right. Give me a kiss. Give me a kiss. Come on. Just bring it in.
00:25:13So gosh, these are ones that I probably would have picked up at the time.
00:25:18So explain to me what is the difference of a Valentine's Day like box
00:25:22and the Batman Valentine kit.
00:25:25This is this isn't just cards are given away.
00:25:27This is a kit. We got stickers.
00:25:31That's why and oh, okay.
00:25:34So instead of having to make a box in class if you see down here in the corner,
00:25:39you can make your own. So wait a minute. You can make your own Batman card.
00:25:44No, no, you can make your own box. Oh, okay.
00:25:47So wait does does the box that it comes in does that turn into like the kit?
00:25:53No, no. So how do you do this?
00:25:57It looks like you break down this initial box.
00:26:00Yeah, and it has specialty tabs. It looks like a McDonald's type box down here.
00:26:06Yeah, and then I think you just pull aside the other stuff
00:26:09so that you can just have your normal sticker kit and Valentine's Day cards.
00:26:14All right. So I'm looking here in this Batman kit.
00:26:16This elaborate kit one pop-up tote box for collecting Valentine's
00:26:20so you can carry this around school
00:26:23and just put every Valentine you get in it.
00:26:25So you have them all for when you go home 36 fold
00:26:28and seal Valentines and 36 sticker seals.
00:26:32So this is like this is more than advertised.
00:26:35This is like this is this is crazy.
00:26:38That's for a kid who's very popular and he's not going to leave it in the classroom.
00:26:43He's on the go. He's going to the other classrooms to get cards.
00:26:46Oh, yeah. He has friends in each different Miss Johnson's class.
00:26:49Mrs. Anderson's class. He's going to all of them just holding his tote
00:26:53and he's got all these cards.
00:26:56And aren't these the type of cards that you'd want to have many of?
00:26:59Yep. And again that you know, you get the teacher.
00:27:01It's always in the long, you know, and then the Joker.
00:27:04It's no joke that you're my Valentine Batman.
00:27:07You're a special friend. Happy Valentine's Day.
00:27:10I like it. Those are I mean those cards are cool.
00:27:13Can you just imagine Batman? You're a special friend.
00:27:18Am I your Valentine? No, you're a special friend.
00:27:22Okay, he doesn't want to be close to people.
00:27:26Okay. No like Batgirl. She wants to be on your side Batman.
00:27:32You're a special friend. Oh, wait, wait.
00:27:36You've been promoted. You're a super friend.
00:27:40We got Catwoman in here. We got the Riddler.
00:27:44We got Robin. Riddles and puzzles are tricks of mine,
00:27:48but it's no trick that you're my Valentine trick.
00:27:53Okay, not bad. I guess. Yeah, you know.
00:27:57There's a very very busy.
00:28:01I could have done without all the you know, question marks behind him,
00:28:04but I get it. It's a shtick. He's got to get that in.
00:28:07And you know Robin, he's head over heels for you.
00:28:10See they put some work into this one. A perfect Valentine.
00:28:14Yeah, I like that one. It would be a crime not to be your Valentine.
00:28:19It would be a crime not to be your Valentine.
00:28:22So so this is pretty this is based off the 90s Batman cartoon show.
00:28:27So you're getting all the other characters as well.
00:28:29You're getting a penguin the Catwoman the Joker Robin the Riddler.
00:28:37Coming your way to you coming your way to wish you a happy Valentine's Day.
00:28:44He is going to steamroll you if you get the hell out of his way.
00:28:47Geez is he's he's like it sounds like the one kid on the playground
00:28:52in fourth grade that smokes cigarettes.
00:28:55Like what is going on and Batgirl is a little desperate between this one.
00:29:00Will you be my Valentine? I want you to be on your side.
00:29:04Yeah, we get it Batgirl. We get it.
00:29:07It would be oh look at that.
00:29:10Okay penguin he'd give up his life of crime to be your Valentine.
00:29:16You know what I knew I I knew I had a soft spot for the penguin.
00:29:24Oh geez dude. I totally remember these things.
00:29:27But when I look back on them, it's like gosh, they're so weird.
00:29:32It is kind of one of those things. It's really hard to explain.
00:29:34Why did this take off like it's an interesting commercial
00:29:38when they're singing and heard it through the grapevine.
00:29:40It's it's cool. But why did it become a pop culture phenomenon?
00:29:45So tell me did did they have their own video game too?
00:29:49Or was that just the sprite ones or the 7up guys?
00:29:53No, they actually had an NES game that got completely made
00:29:58and then canceled at the last second.
00:30:01So it's an unreleased ROM, but people found the ROM released it online
00:30:06and I guess it's pretty decent.
00:30:09Huh, but you know, poor California Raisins.
00:30:13Do you know their names? Do they have like individual names
00:30:16or were they just the California Raisins?
00:30:21No, I don't know if they have names.
00:30:24And point number two includes teacher card.
00:30:28That was an important thing to have on the box because as we stated
00:30:32not only do you want to gift your friends the people you might not really be cool with
00:30:36but you need to give one to the teacher.
00:30:38Now, do you think there was just one California Raisins box?
00:30:43There's two. Oh gosh, here we go.
00:30:46They just look weirder and weirder.
00:30:48All right, three bonus cards on the back.
00:30:50I like that. That's a good selling point.
00:30:5332 Valentines includes teacher card, which is good.
00:30:5732 Valentines with non-mailable envelopes.
00:31:02I mean if you were super big into the California Raisins,
00:31:05this has every piece that you would want to want to buy
00:31:09to be able to have a successful Valentine's Day gifting cards.
00:31:14Okay, here we go. Here we go.
00:31:16We got Captain Planet. It would be a crime
00:31:20if you didn't have a happy Valentine's Day.
00:31:23Did they all have to rhyme crime with Valentine?
00:31:26Like it would be a crime if you weren't my Valentine.
00:31:29I would give up crime if you weren't my Valentine.
00:31:31It would be a crime if you didn't have a happy.
00:31:34It's like come on. Is the same guy writing all of these?
00:31:38And then you got this other guy preaching to you about recycling on Valentine's Day
00:31:42because that's what you want on Valentine's Day to get preached at.
00:31:46You make this planet a better place. Have the best Valentine's Day on Earth.
00:31:50Those are good cards. Is he sweating?
00:31:53Or is that part of his face? No, that's just part of his like,
00:31:57I don't know. He's like he's made of crystals or something.
00:31:59Okay. I just thought he was kind of like girl girl girl.
00:32:03Right? No, he has like the sickest green mullet of all time.
00:32:09Those are cool cards. All right, 38 of them.
00:32:12Does it say includes teacher card?
00:32:16It includes teacher card and the three bonus on the back with non-mailable envelope.
00:32:22So again, this is covering all four bases and Captain Planet was massive, dude.
00:32:28I remember like having to watch that show.
00:32:31Like it was a must watch every week. You know what I mean?
00:32:34I remember it always being on but I never liked it.
00:32:38Really? I loved it. I loved how they would combine the Earth,
00:32:41wind, fire, water, heart, foam. You would come up.
00:32:45It was like, I don't know. It was like when the for me when the Power Rangers would all put their like Zords together.
00:32:55You know what I mean? Like it was like, oh my God, here we go.
00:32:57This is great. And they're saving the world.
00:32:59Yeah. Okay, I'll take it back. I didn't mind it.
00:33:03I've watched him. I can't remember a thing that happened after the theme song
00:33:07because it's all like the theme song is killer and then everything else.
00:33:12And then they bring out Captain Planet. And the power is yours.
00:33:15Have a great day. And then you're like, yeah, I can't wait for the next one.
00:33:20Have a great day. It's really a letdown Captain Planet. The power is yours.
00:33:26These are ones I wish I had. Dude, why didn't you?
00:33:29Clarissa explains it all. Classic. Includes three boxes on the back.
00:33:33Okay, you're getting 42 this time for 175.
00:33:38That is a bargain. Now, can you pick out the one thing on this box that I thought was kind of interesting?
00:33:46Let me take a look. The cat? No.
00:33:50Okay, because it could, right? For her next show?
00:33:53I'll give you a clue. It's who this type of card is for.
00:33:57For kids, teachers, and special friends.
00:34:02Okay, so this one is taking you from your good old pal.
00:34:07To your nice teacher, to that girl you have a crush on.
00:34:11Not your girlfriend though. Special friend. No, no, no. Special friend.
00:34:15You're my special friend. If I had a car.
00:34:18Oh, yeah. And a license. That's typical of Clarissa right there. Breaking the fourth wall.
00:34:22I'd take you on a Valentine's Day joyride. Wow.
00:34:28And she's serious. Look at her eyes. She's like, I really would. I really would.
00:34:33I think I'm going to like these cards because you're getting like the actual shot of her from the show.
00:34:41But then you're getting like the cool Clarissa kind of hand-drawn background kind of thing.
00:34:46It's cool. All right. What? Was this a thing on her show?
00:34:50Who cares? Who knows? You're for me.
00:34:53I never remember her saying that at all. A day without you is like a belly full of broccoli.
00:35:01There's a word for what we are. Friends. Friends.
00:35:04Just buddies. And then look. And then you have that same line down here.
00:35:08Who cares? Who knows? You're for me.
00:35:12I don't get that. There's a giant place in my heart.
00:35:15My Valentine is cool and kind and friendly and yikes you.
00:35:23That's the kind of card you'd give to some kid who put his ladder up near your bedroom window
00:35:27and climbed in instead of using the front door.
00:35:30Yeah, there he is. Well, I mean, the cards look cool.
00:35:33The sayings are kind of lacking, dude. I have to be honest.
00:35:38Darkwing Duck cannot beat him. He's the best.
00:35:42I would have killed for these type of cards and it looks like Cupid got a little pissed off.
00:35:46He's firing right away. Yeah, so these are going for $2.69.
00:35:51You're getting 36 cards plus three on the back for classroom exchange.
00:35:55So this is telling you specifically what it's for.
00:35:58So if a parent is out and they're like and their kid says I need the Darkwing Duck cards,
00:36:03they're like, okay, these must be the ones that he or she's talking about.
00:36:06Oh, yeah. Now, I think your teacher would have an issue with the one where he's firing a gun
00:36:12and that's a bullet. Yeah, but it's smiling and has eyelashes.
00:36:16Gotcha. That's a good card.
00:36:21That's going to be a little tough to explain. Wait a minute.
00:36:24Tell me who was who was the like nervous looking guy on the bottom here.
00:36:29I forget. Wait, Honker.
00:36:32Yeah, look at him. That's like what does it say?
00:36:37Have a mega what? Oh, that's a megavolt.
00:36:40Megavolt. Okay. He just looks like he's nervous.
00:36:43So you give that card to just like the awkward kid in class.
00:36:46Wait, is he telling you to have him himself?
00:36:48Did I have a megavolt day? You're megavolt. Have a very Jeff day.
00:36:53Wait, what? I will not be mocked. Be my Valentine.
00:37:00I am the Valentine that shoots down your heart.
00:37:04All right, that's not bad. Yeah, Valentine.
00:37:07Let's get friendly. Darkwing.
00:37:13There's some interesting choices on here. Wait a minute.
00:37:16Don't foul up. Be my Valentine.
00:37:19What does that exactly mean? Don't foul up. Don't foul out.
00:37:23Don't fuck up. Whoa, hold on now.
00:37:28Yeah, these are interesting cards. Okay. So now we got a better look at them.
00:37:32You're Major League Impressive. That's cool.
00:37:35I kind of like I just plain like you but that's because Launchpad is cool.
00:37:40Yeah, Launchpad is cool. That's a good card.
00:37:42You get the big heart says be mine on it.
00:37:45It has the nice pun of his gimmick.
00:37:49Love. What does it say? Love shmove. Have a fun day.
00:37:53I like that one. That's clean. That's good clean fun.
00:37:57Mom might actually get confused because there's two Darkwing boxes.
00:38:01Oh gosh, I bet they have the same exact cards in them.
00:38:04So either way she's going to be fine. Dr.
00:38:06Mario for boys girls teachers and special friends.
00:38:12This could get pervy real fast. He's Dr.
00:38:16Love. Okay, you're pretty special be my okay.
00:38:19So you're getting like are these kind of the drawings from like Super Mario 2?
00:38:25No, Dr. Mario. Okay. Okay.
00:38:27I've rushed right over to say won't you be my Valentine?
00:38:32Don't leave me up in the air be mine.
00:38:34It's funny because Mario is always jumping his head's bigger than the car.
00:38:38I've discovered the perfect Valentine. Let's get to the heart of the matter.
00:38:42Be my Valentine. Who's your buddy dude?
00:38:47I don't know. These cards are kind of these cards are kind of whack.
00:38:50I'm searching for a Valentine and I found you that's going to make them feel special.
00:38:56Right these I wanted to like them because it's Mario,
00:38:59but they're lacking DuckTales.
00:39:02Let's go for boys girls teachers and special friends.
00:39:05Yep, 36 of them.
00:39:08All right, we got launch pad in there again. I'll hang in there for you.
00:39:10That's a good one. He's floating on the balloon, right?
00:39:13We're best buddies. You got the two crooks here on the top,
00:39:16right? I'm stealing your heart.
00:39:20Hi a pal this hearts for you. You make me feel like dancing.
00:39:24These are nice just clean fun right here.
00:39:27Hello dairy. Those are I know those are good cards.
00:39:30I thought I thought they did a good job on those ones.
00:39:33Here's what you wanted Garfield man.
00:39:36I see I want to write for Garfield cards.
00:39:40There's a lot you could do with this your candy met with an unfortunate accident.
00:39:47He ate it read my lips. All right kiss.
00:39:51I get it eat your heart out.
00:39:54Can I tell you which one kind of bothered me a little bit?
00:39:58Let me take a look. I'm your real Valentine.
00:40:01All others are cheap imitations be mine or okay.
00:40:05Hold on a minute. Yeah, I don't know what's going on.
00:40:12That's that's too much for me.
00:40:15Now these don't give don't give that to the teacher.
00:40:18She'll get arrested. Okay.
00:40:20Okay, we got one specifically for the teacher teacher your tops.
00:40:24Like you're you're the best have a delicious day.
00:40:28You just got to tell just got to tell you you're special.
00:40:31Here's my heart. You're my favorite.
00:40:33Those are all kind of just run of the mill, right?
00:40:36Yeah, not really great for Garfield. All right.
00:40:39So here's one no Ken Griffey jr.
00:40:42Has his own box set when you can have Ken Griffey jr.
00:40:45Baseball card. He was massive.
00:40:48Like I remember every every kid that likes sports not even just baseball.
00:40:52They all knew who Ken Griffey jr.
00:40:54Was hope you catch a great Valentine's Day.
00:40:57You bet a thousand with me you steal the show.
00:41:03You're an all-star friend. No, these these are clever.
00:41:07I mean they fit within the realm of baseball.
00:41:09They tie in Ken Griffey jr. A major,
00:41:12you know pop culture, you know phenomenon at the time in sports.
00:41:18Keep smiling. You're a Grand Slam have a Grand Slam.
00:41:21See come on and that's for the teacher. Why are they all in the same shape?
00:41:27Can can teachers only read that way left to right?
00:41:32Must be do the Jetsons Jetsons are awesome.
00:41:36We got some Jetson cards. You got these at Target.
00:41:42You see I like the cards that are the square
00:41:45but then you kind of got that special one where it's like cut out.
00:41:47That's probably the one you would give to you give this someone you really liked for the teacher.
00:41:53The long one. What does that say teacher?
00:41:56You're out of this world. Gosh,
00:41:59you send my hand to orbit for the utmost Valentine's Day.
00:42:03Here you go. I want you to read this.
00:42:05I love you pal. I love you pal.
00:42:10That's a good one. You can give that to your dog.
00:42:14And then since this is the 90s who had to get a card line here.
00:42:20Jurassic Park, right? Yep.
00:42:22And nothing says love like Jurassic Park never keep smiling.
00:42:27Look and it's it's so funny. Now. These ones are probably made by Cleo as well, right?
00:42:34Probably so you have a lot of the same exact phrasing a lot of the same exact,
00:42:40you know writing on these cards are just interchanging the characters.
00:42:44I will survive but but not without okay.
00:42:48Got it. These ones there. They're letting you be able to write,
00:42:52you know to and from on your way up there.
00:43:00Your own what your one clever girl.
00:43:02That's so what the hell does that have to do with dinosaurs?
00:43:07I got a bone to pick with whoever made these.
00:43:10You're a scream get out of town. These are terrible.
00:43:15You're dino. Okay, I'm done.
00:43:18Yep. Have a roaring. Oh jeez, I'm Cleo.
00:43:25No. So wait, these ones are going to look more realistic.
00:43:30It seems like then we got a Zelda Valentine.
00:43:36Zelda always massively popular never played the game once
00:43:41and look at that. They really spent all of two seconds designing these cards.
00:43:45Gosh, these are terrible be mine.
00:43:49You found a hero. Yeah, these are kind of lame.
00:43:52Here's one that you'd get. Yeah.
00:43:56See I always loved Spider-Man. He was always my absolute favorite
00:44:00until I learned who Iron Man was and then it was a game changer.
00:44:05Reduce the 25 cent. Somebody really did not want this.
00:44:08So this must have been one of those rare packs that were just left over from the year before.
00:44:15Yeah, it had to have been left over the year before.
00:44:17So here we go teacher don't ever change.
00:44:21Yeah, or I'm going to Hulk up and beat you.
00:44:25He won't be he wants you Spider-Man wants you to stick around.
00:44:29Of course, that's classic special friend.
00:44:32Will you be my Valentine Captain America?
00:44:35There's something very straightforward about him. That's it.
00:44:38There's only those three guys. What about Iron Man? No Iron Man.
00:44:43Okay, so it's not Marvel's Avengers. It's Marvel superheroes.
00:44:46So no, those are probably the most well-known at the time, right?
00:44:50This is this is before Iron Man's big push his big push.
00:44:57Here's your push kid. Here you go.
00:45:01MJ classic. So we had Griffey. So, you know, you have to have MJ right?
00:45:08You're cool. I'm out time out for fun. Have a jam and day looking fine.
00:45:13I don't know about that. They really put no effort into what Michael Jordan would say.
00:45:19No, did you ever get these ones? No, why would why does Cleo make all of these?
00:45:27No 34 NASCAR. Do you really love I can't say anything
00:45:32because we're big professional wrestling fans and you know for good or bad.
00:45:38We always defend it.
00:45:39So I can't really say anything about NASCAR fans
00:45:42because it kind of is like right up there with it, you know?
00:45:44Yeah. I mean if you're into it, you're into it,
00:45:46but man Cleo all the licenses did they get in sync as well for $3?
00:45:56Gosh, I mean these are special foil.
00:46:00Okay. So these are like holographic Valentine's Day cards are you're saying?
00:46:05Yes, these these shined.
00:46:07Okay. Look they can't even scan them without getting some of the glare down.
00:46:12Okay. Now there's a there's an incredibly big missed opportunity right here
00:46:16for them not to have a JT card that says your Valentine is going to be May.
00:46:24I know hope you have a ball on Valentine's Day.
00:46:26Could it be for anybody that could have been Michael Jordan's
00:46:30that would have been much better.
00:46:31That would have actually made sense.
00:46:33Like the only one that kind of nailed it is the Joey Fatone one.
00:46:38What does that one say? You drive me crazy.
00:46:42I mean that could have been a Britney card, right?
00:46:46Well, you drive me crazy. Yeah, true.
00:46:48All right. So we got another one.
00:46:49Tell me these ones aren't a little bit like too much.
00:46:54I'll track you down be my Valentine.
00:46:57It's like gosh, he's going to find me if I say no.
00:47:02Let's be Valentine's. I love Pac-Man though.
00:47:05I miss Pac-Man. They're just classic.
00:47:09And they keep true to their kind of their kind of art, you know,
00:47:14Okay, look at the ghost. My spirit will soon.
00:47:17What my spirit will soar be my Valentine.
00:47:20He doesn't look like he wants to be a Valentine.
00:47:22No, he doesn't look like he wants much of anything.
00:47:25She wants something. Oh gosh. Look at those lashes.
00:47:29Gotcha. 32 a dollar nine marked down for girls boys and teachers.
00:47:39Yes. These are the ones that I specifically remember the
00:47:43Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Valentine's Day cards now before Tommy came along.
00:47:48You always wanted to be the Red Ranger on the playground,
00:47:53but I was never the most popular kid.
00:47:55So that's what he got to do. I got to be like the Black Ranger or whatever.
00:47:59But when Tommy came along he took over that role
00:48:02and I finally got to be the Red Ranger
00:48:04and you always wanted to get his card.
00:48:07Can you read what Jason would have wrote to you in a Power Ranger type delivery?
00:48:12You won't get away without having a great Valentine's Day.
00:48:16Huh? It's Valentine's Day.
00:48:21Troy Aikman, but it has nothing to do with him have a Valentine.
00:48:26What? What if his just said have a Valentine's Day?
00:48:31Not even a good one or a great one or a happy just have one.
00:48:36Have one leave me alone. Just have one or don't I don't care.
00:48:42You're your first string all the way.
00:48:46I bet Dan Marino's use that line quite a few times at the strip club.
00:48:53You're cool. You're cool. You know, that's just very like look.
00:48:56I don't really acknowledge Valentine's Day, but you're cool.
00:49:00If you look at his eyes, it looks like he just realized like,
00:49:02Oh my God, you're cool.
00:49:06Oh gosh, Drew Bledsoe. Happy Valentine's Day.
00:49:09If I could get my hands on those now, it would be epic.
00:49:14You could give them out at work. Yeah, it's just so crazy.
00:49:17Drew Bledsoe like known as just an incredible story for him.
00:49:24It's like you need to give that card to people that might have a similar story
00:49:29where it's like he loses his job.
00:49:31Tom Brady. He goes on to be a champion and loses his job to Tony Romo.
00:49:38It's like when Drew Bledsoe shows up, it's good, but it could get better.
00:49:43Yeah. Got Steve Young another quarterback that yeah.
00:49:49See these ones are just kind of mindless though. Like there's nothing to him.
00:49:52You're tough. It's like, okay,
00:49:54that's I guess you give that to the tough kid that always gets into fights.
00:49:59So this is quarterback club, but I see a running back on there.
00:50:03Don't try to figure out the logic. Yeah, quarterback club.
00:50:09The Emma Smith cards look pretty dope.
00:50:11Okay, we're back to more of these creepy raisins.
00:50:15But at least the artwork is decent because you got to think these were definitely 80s, right?
00:50:20Yeah, that's a nice bicycle trick there by one of those raisins.
00:50:25Yeah, I'm riding high for you. That's not bad at all.
00:50:29You're the real prize. You're a treat.
00:50:34Ren and Stimpy. Let me ask you, Ren and Stimpy overrated or underrated? Overrated.
00:50:41Yeah, see I have to agree. I definitely remember it,
00:50:44but I don't recall being all that into it. You know what I mean?
00:50:48You know, they're all solid cards, solid puns.
00:50:51I mean, yeah, they're not bad. It's elementary.
00:50:55Happy Valentine's Day. All right.
00:50:57I guess that's so you know what grade you're in.
00:51:01When we're together, it's a scream. That's a pretty funny card.
00:51:04They're both screaming. I'll hold my breath for now.
00:51:09You know, hoping that person will be your valentine. That's kind of clever.
00:51:14These ones don't look nearly as good, do they?
00:51:16No, and I can never forget a pal, a special buddy, partner, a groovy friend.
00:51:24Okay, where are the Brady Bunch Valentine's Day cards?
00:51:27Tell me you found some. If we go into the 70s, I'll look for them.
00:51:32Wait, they had two movies in the 90s.
00:51:35Yeah, but I don't think anyone's making 90s Brady Bunch cards.
00:51:40You're groovy in a far-out way. All right, we got one of this.
00:51:46Is this like Super Friends? Yeah.
00:51:48Okay, so you got Wonder Woman, you got Batman, Robin, his trusty sidekick.
00:51:53I mean, Batman's smiling. No, he's not. He's actually wincing in pain.
00:51:59Batman doesn't smile, Joe. Yes, let's go.
00:52:04Sonic the Hedgehog. I'm in.
00:52:09Like your Sonic style. Okay, now he's just putting himself over.
00:52:14He's like, you know, you're all right, but you kind of have Sonic style,
00:52:17which makes you cool like me. Sonic.
00:52:20You're supposed to be giving this card to somebody else to boost up their day,
00:52:23not put yourself over. Here's another sideways card for you.
00:52:27Yeah. Teacher, hope your day is spin-sational.
00:52:31All right, that's just lazy writing right there, if I ever seen it.
00:52:35That's the exact reaction your teacher would have to, like what?
00:52:38Spin-sational? Like what? What is he trying to say?
00:52:41Does he know I go to spin class? What? How would the kid know that?
00:52:47Hello, fun. What? So long, boredom.
00:52:51Okay, gotcha. Have a way cool day.
00:52:55Why are you? Okay. Is this a card you give to a person?
00:52:57Do that so they know you don't like them? So you're laughing at them.
00:53:01It's like a subtle nice message, but the artwork says I'm laughing at you.
00:53:07I like you. You're radical. Okay, that's the worst card of the night.
00:53:11Tails is awesome. You're so nice.
00:53:14That's disgusting. That's pretty good.
00:53:19That's pretty good. Get set for fast and furious fun with the wink.
00:53:26The wink, I get it. It's Valentine's Day.
00:53:28It's a little tongue-in-cheek. But Sonic, I don't know about that one.
00:53:36Let's go, Space Jam.
00:53:40Okay, we got Lola. We got the Monstars. We got Bugs, of course.
00:53:45Who is the number one Warner Brothers cartoon character?
00:53:48I don't care what you say. You wouldn't know that for some of these episodes.
00:53:52They didn't spend much time with the Space Jam set, though.
00:53:55No, they kind of just were like, look, the movie's super popular.
00:53:58We got to pump out something. Do you think Mario got any better?
00:54:01Super Mario 3 art. This should be good. Let's take a look.
00:54:06Come on. They got to have the cool colors behind it.
00:54:11So it's like, you know, jumping off the card. I'm kind of let down.
00:54:18There's a lot of reading in this and that's a terrible font.
00:54:22Yeah, it's hard to read. I don't know, man.
00:54:26Those I got to give a big thumbs down. No bones about it.
00:54:30Oh gosh. No bones about it.
00:54:33I'm going to break your goddamn spine.
00:54:35Yeah, I'm going to jump on your back if you don't be my Valentine.
00:54:38I mean, they certainly put out a lot of Mario product.
00:54:42Yeah, and this one's a little better.
00:54:44Okay, but when are we going to get the Mario collaboration cards,
00:54:48whether it's Mario with the Cowboys or Mario with wrestling?
00:54:52Not yet. Tiny Toons. Classic, dude. Classic.
00:54:56See, I'm a Tiny Toons guy. So let's hope their cards are any better.
00:54:59So we're getting 40, what, 42 of them in the set?
00:55:0242 cards. Includes three cards on the back.
00:55:05Does it say anywhere on the front that there's ones for a teacher?
00:55:09I don't see that, but I'm sure there is in here somewhere.
00:55:12I spin for you. That's cool. I flip for you.
00:55:15You're the candy. Apple of my eye. Be mine.
00:55:21You've stolen my heart. These ones aren't that bad.
00:55:23I just don't like the white background.
00:55:25Like it needs to be like a pink or a red. Am I wrong?
00:55:31You know, these ones, they don't do anything for me.
00:55:33This is really feels like clip art with a generic phrase.
00:55:37It does, but at least they use like a they didn't use like a terrible font.
00:55:42Like in those last ones where it was just like Times New Roman.
00:55:46Look at the value you get on this one for turtles.
00:55:49Okay, so you're getting a poster. You get a poster inside too.
00:55:52So do you give that to your special friend?
00:55:56So hold on fun time fun time book games,
00:55:59puzzles, Valentine, three-dimensional items,
00:56:02whatever the hell that means. Action paper toys.
00:56:05Whatever the hell that means. Yeah, mobiles.
00:56:08What the hell is mobiles and humor? 1420 turtle poster.
00:56:12Is that like the dimensions of it? Yeah.
00:56:16Okay. What is mobiles and what is humor?
00:56:21We're going to find out. Is that funny?
00:56:24I definitely remember these cards. Do you not?
00:56:28You know, I kind of,
00:56:31but it's more of those kind of lazy just clip art ones, right?
00:56:36Yeah. Like what makes Michelangelo your heavenly?
00:56:39Like is he an angel now? Is he dead? Did Shredder win?
00:56:43And then you got Michelangelo Valentine popping up.
00:56:47You're Mondo to the max. Why is that Raph?
00:56:50You know who that should be? That should be Mikey.
00:56:53No. Mondo to the max? You're Mondo. Mondo.
00:56:58Mondo. Gecko. Who the hell is Mondo? Mondo Gecko.
00:57:05I never knew he had a name. You have a pizza in my heart.
00:57:10I like that. That's pretty good. I mean, I'd be down for that card.
00:57:13What about Bebop and Rocksteady? We were made for each other.
00:57:18I did not know they had that type of relationship or that Splinter
00:57:21and April had this kind of relationship.
00:57:24There were some underlying tones. I didn't want to bring it up.
00:57:26It's a kid show here. Okay. These are these should be cool.
00:57:30I hope so. We get eight fun. You're only getting eight designs.
00:57:34This seems like a ripoff. What did this go for?
00:57:37Had to be like two, three bucks, right? Oh, guess it's Toy Story.
00:57:41Now there's one on here that I'm kind of like,
00:57:44that's not a great message. Oh gosh, I'm ready.
00:57:48You've got a date with justice. That sounds like something Batman would say.
00:57:54We should take that and put it on a Batman card.
00:57:57You got a date with justice, punk.
00:58:00So finally we are going to get some wrestling in this.
00:58:04Please. Okay. So let's jump right off the bat here.
00:58:0732 Valentine's Day cards with fold and seals.
00:58:11Okay, you got Goldberg on the front. You got Sting on the front.
00:58:15You got Booker T on the front and then Goldberg again on the front.
00:58:19Why is Goldberg on there twice, Joe? Tell me.
00:58:23Because as a Valentine, you're next to get a card.
00:58:29Sting looks like somebody didn't give him a card.
00:58:31No, what if Goldberg's card says fear my spear?
00:58:35See, he wasn't alone though. This one,
00:58:37you got a different cast of characters to join him and Sting.
00:58:40The NWO. You got Hollywood Hogan in there. You got big sexy Kevin Nash.
00:58:44There definitely have to be, like say something sexy about his card. Macho man.
00:58:49Okay, these are just El Generico to the max, are they not?
00:58:53These are just like, you get the 8x10 in the background.
00:58:58You get their full body. I don't know. These are lazy.
00:59:01Like there's not even a saying on them.
00:59:03It's just like, it's just like a sports card you would get to trade.
00:59:06It honestly feels like the early internet forums,
00:59:09like somebody's signature would be like this picture or something
00:59:12because they were that, they were a big Scott Steiner fan.
00:59:16Right, like why not on the Lex card? It says you're the, you're the real total package.
00:59:22Right. Or, you know, it'd buff your, I may be buff,
00:59:27but you're the stuff and the girls just can't get enough.
00:59:30I don't know. See, this is the winner right here.
00:59:36Diamond Dallas page card. Okay, I love how it has the from.
00:59:40So whoever you give this to, they know it came from you.
00:59:44Get ready to feel the bang, Valentine.
00:59:49If you're stupid enough to sign your name.
00:59:52Don't give this to the teacher, please.
00:59:55Don't give this to anybody.
00:59:58And don't accept this from the gym teacher either.
01:00:03You don't want to, you don't want to feel the bang from anybody.
01:00:06And oh gosh. First of all, Raven is supposed to be like, put a shirt on.
01:00:11Okay, this isn't like a male model catalog.
01:00:15Why is he looking like that? Shouldn't he be all nirvana'd out?
01:00:20Love, roses, Valentine's Day. Who cares?
01:00:24Leave me alone. Quote the Raven. Nevermore.
01:00:28That's not the look of somebody who wants to be left alone.
01:00:31That's the look of I don't want to be here for this shoot.
01:00:35Oh gosh. Does this, does this card come with like a travel size bottle of vodka taped to the back of it?
01:00:47He kind of looks like he's about to collapse in the background photo too.
01:00:51He does. That's not a good action photo.
01:00:54But I love, I love Razorman. Okay, on this card,
01:00:57why can there not be something that says like you're the sharpshooter or you're the excellence?
01:01:04I guess you could. You're the best there is, the best there was, and the best there ever will be.
01:01:08Yeah, I guess you couldn't tell somebody that they're the, gosh, what was it?
01:01:15I don't even remember what I was going to say.
01:01:18You couldn't give away that card and tell and like hand that to some girl in your class
01:01:22and tell her she's the excellence of execution. This is too much.
01:01:26All right. And on here, why is there not something about big sexy?
01:01:31Why is something exploding behind him? Is he in front of a volcano?
01:01:34Or how about instead of happy Valentine's Day, it says you're too sweet.
01:01:40Like tell me that would make perfect sense. We just got to write our own cards.
01:01:43All right. So now WWF back in the day,
01:01:46I would assume you probably had a few of these.
01:01:48Oh, I bet. And they look how lazy they are. It's just fake word bubbles coming out.
01:01:53These are literally cards that you probably would buy to trade.
01:01:58And then they were just simply repurposed and they put Hulk Hogan saying beam.
01:02:04It's like, no, he wouldn't say that.
01:02:08These are junk. Who are we kidding? You would have saved every single one of these.
01:02:13For Hulk. Sure. Have a rocking Valentine's Day.
01:02:16You're a million dollar Valentine. I don't like the Hulk one.
01:02:20He wouldn't just say be mine. He would say he would say,
01:02:23do you want to feel the python power? Here's the one.
01:02:28I'm a little I'm the most disturbed by.
01:02:35Wait, get ready for some heart time.
01:02:39Like hard time, hard time. Okay, you're you're my million dollar Valentine.
01:02:44Hulkamania running wild on Val. Yeah, those are dude. Those are lame.
01:02:48I'm sorry. Like I'm bummed out about it.
01:02:51There were a lot of wrestling Valentine's cards,
01:02:53clearly like you see this package and you're like you're expecting something good.
01:02:57Yeah, for boys, girls and teachers and special friends.
01:03:02Like you see these you want this. Yeah, this is a pack that you would pick up.
01:03:08And it's great how Hunter got to be on the cover.
01:03:12That too cool card. I want now. It's like still to this day.
01:03:17You're the best Valentine. You're too cool. Yeah, that's cool.
01:03:22You're a winner in the Valentine's game.
01:03:26Okay for a second. I thought I didn't think that was Triple H.
01:03:28I thought it was Val Venus. Oh, you didn't know it's Valentine's Day.
01:03:34It's clever. Is it? You're the people's Valentine.
01:03:39You know what? I've been calling my calling myself on the TikTok live
01:03:42and they seem to be getting behind it. The people's DJ.
01:03:47The Rock's cooking up a happy Valentine's Day.
01:03:50Oh, I already know he is. Oh, look at that dude.
01:03:56That's like classic early 90s WWF.
01:04:01And it's but it's still it's that lazy talk bubble.
01:04:04I hate that. And finally we have one last contender from X-Men.
01:04:14Okay. This is from the 90s X-Men cartoon, which is great.
01:04:21They certainly merchandise to crap out of that Wolverine looks absolutely pissed
01:04:25that he has to do any kind of Valentine's Day shopping.
01:04:28So we got 42 cards includes three on the back.
01:04:31I'm sure there's one specifically for the teacher and they just look like comic strips.
01:04:38Right? They're colorful. I like them.
01:04:40Yeah, they're I mean, they're a little bit dull,
01:04:43but they're definitely not the worst we've seen on this and on this party to hear today.
01:04:50Happy Heart Day, Bob. You're a real cut up.
01:04:53They really are working those claw puns in.
01:04:55Yeah, you're a real cut up.
01:04:57That that one's cool because I like that costume on him.
01:04:59I don't know about this brown one that he's wearing that that's not doing anything for him.
01:05:06Look sharp Valentine there. There's a lot of Wolverine.
01:05:11Okay. I'm so attracted to you.
01:05:13Oh, I get it because metal I'm so blue without you.
01:05:16That's clever, right? That's good. That's good.
01:05:19Somebody spent a little time on that. Yeah, it's not bad writing.
01:05:25I get a charge out of you. You're a you're a cut up your ex.
01:05:30All right, but these ones look a little bit better, right?
01:05:35I like it. I like that background colors. Yeah, see that that makes the card for me.
01:05:40I'm always ready to be your friend to be your friend to be your friends.
01:05:44Hold on. Toss a big X over the screen here.
01:05:47Wait a second. Now my he is always ready.
01:05:50It's you and me bub. I love his bub.
01:05:54That's such a that's such a new like Mainer thing to say.
01:05:58We're in the aisle. We got to have a card pack ready.
01:06:01Who are we bringing? That's a good question.
01:06:07I think I think the best card that we saw all all in this whole episode today is the diamond.
01:06:13Dallas page feel the bang.
01:06:18I got to be honest. I kind of want to bring pervy Pac-Man.
01:06:25Okay, why isn't there a Pac-Man card that says I want I want I want I want to eat you up.
01:06:31Uh, not appropriate. No,
01:06:36but he's already kind of borderline right now. He's always saying he's going to track you down.
01:06:40He's naked. Make you his Valentine.
01:06:44I'm a I'm a I'm a I'm a boo boo boo.
01:06:47And like the lights hitting him, but that kind of looks like sweat.
01:06:51Yeah, he's like he's playing this. He's like this better work.
01:06:55He's nervous. Absolutely nervous and the gloves are creepy.
01:07:00Yeah. Yeah. Well, I guess.
01:07:07Yeah, I don't know man. I yeah for me DDP the master of the diamond cutter the creator
01:07:14of DDP why why because he was tired of people calling it regular yoga reach for the sky.
01:07:25Diamond cutter for Jeff.
01:07:29I'm Joe. There's been pop culture Paradise Jeff wish them a happy Valentine's Day.
01:07:35Have a fun and safe Valentine's Day.
01:07:37We appreciate you watching and we'll catch you next time right here.
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