The right way to start the day.

Sean Duffy from Real World Boston, who now has 5 children and is married to Real World San Fran Alum Rachel Campos, is running for Congress in Wisconsin. Not only that but he’s also a Republican with endorsements from Sarah Palin. Now this seems to fit perfectly with what I recall about Rachel, she was an uber-religious, uber-conservative “bad girl.” Lets also not forget that Rachel kissed Puck! Eww! Scan below from one of the Real World books I have (more on those later)!

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Upon checking out the wiki page for USA Network’s Cartoon Express, I discovered a really odd factoid…Keith Olbermann, of MSNBC and who some consider one of the last real journalists, was the narrator of Cartoon Express during the mid 1980’s! Hearing of this I headed straight to youtube to locate any videos that might demonstrate what his narration of the show was like, but I was unable to find any from around that time. You can view what YouTube has for Cartoon Express bumpers and trailers here.

Cartoon Express was a staple for me each and every morning. I remember drag myself out of bed and into the living room, where I would lay half awake watching as much of it as I could before having to get ready for school or falling asleep again.

So many cartoons were shown during Cartoon Express plus the bumpers such as “In A Minute”. My favorites would be Scooby’s Laff-A-Lympics, Shirt Tales, Pac-Man The Animated Series, The Smurfs, and later The Real Ghostbusters and The Snorks, which were just underwater Smurfs.

What was your favorite part of Cartoon Express? Anyone have a video with Olbermann as the narrator?

One of the stranger movie merchandisings of the late 1980’s. Police Academy: The Series was an animated Saturday morning cartoon. I guess parents did not mind it was based on an R rated movie?! Pictured here is a coloring book I have from Golden Books, 1989. The story is all about stolen doughnuts, of course!

I recently rediscovered this piece of nostalgia on the Chiller cable network. I was unprepared for just how wonderful it would be seeing it again as an adult. The sets, clothing and dialog are straight out of 80’s hell. Freddy makes several unintentionally hilarious remarks each episode and there is plenty here to keep you entertained.

Here is a trailer for the episode that woke me up!

Instead of 1 big box, a series of big boxes!

Introducing the 1996 Buick Regal. A “sports sedan” with backseat legroom large enough for a 36″ CRT TV! Never mind your knees are certainly going to be crammed deep into the dash. It’s all so lovely and brown.