TOYS OF SUMMER: “Hey, whose blimp is that anyways?” (1988) Tim has been a Turtle fan since before they had a theme song. But today he’s dealing in a different kind of green as he places a particular piece of mutagenic memorabilia up on Ebay. Its the Playmates “Turtle Blimp” and he’s monologuing about it in real time … for 45 minutes … apparently.
00:00:00 - PRE-SHOW PRATTLE - Pizza rip-off
00:00:34 - SUMMER TIME MEASUREMENT- and Tim as a solo act / “Fly High Michelle”
00:04:19 - SHELLUVA TOY-LINE - remembering the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Turtle Blimp
00:11:11 - BOOK SHELF HEROES - displaying the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Turtle Blimp
00:17:23 - TCRI LANDFILL - storing the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Turtle Blimp
00:20:40 - PRICE-CHECKING NOSTALGIA - assigning value to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Turtle Blimp
00:27:30 - CHILDHOOD IN A HALF-SHELL - final flight of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Turtle Blimp
00:36:24 - EBAY Or EBAD? - a conflict of money and memory
00:44:04 - CLOSINGS - Contacts, plugs and no catchphrase / “Its Money The Matters”
Sing-along like a muscle memory to the original opening theme song to the 1987 TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES cartoon HERE.
Grab your parents purse and indulge their hard earned savings with these original tv ads for the original Playmates toyline HERE.
Witness the thrilling origin story of Donatello’s personal airbag with episode 5 of the original 1987 mini-series HERE.
And finally watch the Turtles perform what Warrant only WISHES was their biggest hit HERE.
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MUSIC FEATURED IN TODAY’S EPISODE:
“Fly High Michelle” performed by Enuff Z’nuff fro their self-titled 1989 debut album and accompanying cassingle I first heard it on.
“It’s Money That Matters” performed by Randy Newman off his 1988 album “Land Of Dreams” and not just because he guested on WTF With Marc Maron this week
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