{"id":3978,"date":"2013-04-15T15:45:55","date_gmt":"2013-04-15T18:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?p=3978"},"modified":"2016-02-03T21:33:31","modified_gmt":"2016-02-04T01:33:31","slug":"epic-episode-3-childhood-toys-part-2-of-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/current-shows\/spoken\/epic\/epic-episode-3-childhood-toys-part-2-of-2","title":{"rendered":"(Epic) Episode 3: Childhood Toys, Part 2 of 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/EpicCHSR\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/geekloo.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/06\/graphic-003-childhood-toys-part-2-of-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-483\" title=\"Graphic 003 - Childhood Toys, Part 2 of 2\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/geekloo.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/06\/graphic-003-childhood-toys-part-2-of-2.jpg\" width=\"627\" height=\"616\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/EpicCHSR\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"RSS Feed\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/geekloo.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/images-3.jpg\" width=\"160\" height=\"55\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Joel and Marc look back at the and the epic toys that shaped their childhoods. They talk about the toys that made them jealous, mad, and the ones they always wanted, but never had.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hosts:<\/strong> Marc Cabot and Joel Richard.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Background<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is the second half of the episode. \u00a0You can find the first half \u00a0<span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/epicchsr\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/75058729\/Episode%202%20-%20Epic%20Childhood%20Toys%2C%20Part%201%20of%202.mp3\">Here<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Epic Words of Wisdom<br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8220;Growing up, I didn&#8217;t have a lot of toys, and personal entertainment depended on individual ingenuity and imagination &#8211; think up a story and go live it for an afternoon.&#8221;<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Terry Brooks, Author<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Items covered in this episode:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Slinky<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.poof-slinky.com\/products-page\/slinky\/\" target=\"_blank\">Official Homepage (I think)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Super-Soakers<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"http:\/\/www.hasbro.com\/nerf\/en_US\/supersoaker.cfm\">Official Homepage<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Super Soaker Ad from 1991:[youtube=http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CYFma2IDwak]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rock&#8217;em Sock&#8217;em Robots<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Classic Commercial[youtube=http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xV7cx4cQOuU]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>R\/C Cars<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Tyco R\/C \u00a0Hovercraft[youtube=http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CJa6eUpxNyM]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lego<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lego.com\/en-us\/Default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Offical Homepage<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Meccano<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.meccano.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Official Homepage<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>TMNT Toys<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Took some searching, but I found this video \u00a0of the technodrome toy.\u00a0[youtube=http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yw9Lp0KeKKM]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Power Wheels<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Classic Commercial[youtube=http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rpvf_4EB0ug]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rubik&#8217;s Cube<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rubiks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Official Homepage<\/a><\/li>\n<li>1980 Commercial\u00a0[youtube=http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZcYqApvg4Bc]<\/li>\n<li>A Rubik&#8217;s cube solving robot made out of lego and driven by an Android operating system. \u00a0Can you get any more epic than this?[youtube=http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_d0LfkIut2M]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Teddy Ruxpin<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Cartoon Intro[youtube=http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qW5_PqSdI1I]<\/li>\n<li>In case your feeling really nostalgic.. Here&#8217;s a link to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.veoh.com\/watch\/v18396280aGsjsBCN?h1=Teddy+ruxpin-+episode+1+-+the+treasure+of+grundo\" target=\"_blank\">Episode 1<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The commercial I was talking about.[youtube=http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RJiVsH30VlM]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Credits<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Recorded at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chsrfm.ca\" target=\"_blank\">CHSR 97.9 FM in Fredericton, New Brunswick<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Post Editing: Marc Cabot via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geekloo.com\" target=\"_blank\">Geekloo.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Hosts: Marc Cabot, Joel Richard, Richard Gray, Nuchtchas, The Clockwork Doctor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7809\"><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/epicchsr\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/EPIC\/Epic003-Epic_Childhood_Toys-Part2of2.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('7809','http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/epicchsr\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/EPIC\/Epic003-Epic_Childhood_Toys-Part2of2.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/epicchsr\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/EPIC\/Epic003-Epic_Childhood_Toys-Part2of2.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=3978-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/epicchsr\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/EPIC\/Epic003-Epic_Childhood_Toys-Part2of2.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Epic003-Epic_Childhood_Toys-Part2of2.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joel and Marc look back at the and the epic toys that shaped their childhoods. 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