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Anyone Remember "Wacky Packages?"
Posted on 2/1/26 at 4:50 pm
Posted on 2/1/26 at 4:50 pm
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Posted on 2/1/26 at 4:55 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
I got a wacky package for ya RIGHT HERE
Posted on 2/1/26 at 4:56 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
They were pretty clever-
Posted on 2/1/26 at 4:57 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
I’m 60, those are right in my wheelhouse. Timesaver at E William David Pkwy/Vets
This post was edited on 2/1/26 at 4:59 pm
Posted on 2/1/26 at 4:58 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
They were my introduction to parody.
Posted on 2/1/26 at 5:03 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
Sure do. Very popular around 1973-74. 4-5 stickers that came in a pack with a slab of gum, like baseball cards.
Funny story about those. By the summer of '74, some of the sticker designs were being sold on T-shirts at places like K- Mart. Of course I wanted some, so my grandma (who spoiled me rotten) bought me 2.
My parents had divorced 2 years earlier, and my dad that summer took my sister and I to Disneyworld, which was a big deal back then (it was only 3 years old).
I put on one of those shirts to wear our first day there, and after my dad saw it, he thought it looked too trashy and made me put on a collared shirt instead.
We get to Disneyworld and I tell you, every other kid there was wearing a Wacky Packages T-shirt. When we got back to the hotel, my dad sheepishly told me, "son, you can wear that T-shirt you wanted to tomorrow".
Funny story about those. By the summer of '74, some of the sticker designs were being sold on T-shirts at places like K- Mart. Of course I wanted some, so my grandma (who spoiled me rotten) bought me 2.
My parents had divorced 2 years earlier, and my dad that summer took my sister and I to Disneyworld, which was a big deal back then (it was only 3 years old).
I put on one of those shirts to wear our first day there, and after my dad saw it, he thought it looked too trashy and made me put on a collared shirt instead.
We get to Disneyworld and I tell you, every other kid there was wearing a Wacky Packages T-shirt. When we got back to the hotel, my dad sheepishly told me, "son, you can wear that T-shirt you wanted to tomorrow".
This post was edited on 2/1/26 at 5:05 pm
Posted on 2/1/26 at 5:27 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
I think they changed the name to peronis disease.
Posted on 2/1/26 at 6:24 pm to GruntbyAssociation
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I’m 60, those are right in my wheelhouse.
This
Posted on 2/1/26 at 6:26 pm to soccerfüt
You mean like a Woot Bag of Crap?
Posted on 2/1/26 at 6:45 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
The artwork was what really set these above all other kiddie gum-card junk. Beautifully painted for maximum humor by old-timer Norman Saunders, who did marvelous cover art for old pulp magazines back in the 1930s and 1940s. A real master.
Posted on 2/1/26 at 7:24 pm to GruntbyAssociation
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I’m 60, those are right in my wheelhouse. Timesaver at E William David Pkwy/Vets
I'm 64 and we'd ride out bikes to the 7-11 at Perkins and College Drive just to buy these things.
This post was edited on 2/1/26 at 8:07 pm
Posted on 2/1/26 at 7:33 pm to GruntbyAssociation
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I’m 60, those are right in my wheelhouse. Timesaver at E William David Pkwy/Vets
HA! Timesaver Clearview/Vet's along with Louisiana Gridweek
Posted on 2/1/26 at 10:23 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
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I'm 64 and we'd ride out bikes to the 7-11 at Perkins and College
It was a Pak-a-Sak.
Posted on 2/1/26 at 10:27 pm to GruntbyAssociation
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Timesaver at E William David Pkwy/Vets
Grew up half block down the street…. I’m 62, I have to know you…
I drank many Icees from that place….
Miss that Roy Rogers.
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BRich
Know this guy… Another neighborhood kid…
This post was edited on 2/1/26 at 10:34 pm
Posted on 2/1/26 at 10:27 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
Oh yeah.
Posted on 2/2/26 at 6:25 am to Hangover Haven
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Miss that Roy Rogers.
Pioneer Fried Chicken, too
Posted on 2/2/26 at 6:38 am to TrueTiger
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It was a Pak-a-Sak.
At one time, yes. I think by the time I was in Junior High it was a 7-11. The store at Perkins at Quail was for sure.
Posted on 2/2/26 at 6:43 am to Kafka
quote:I don’t remember that family circus…
I got a wacky package for ya RIGHT HERE
Posted on 2/2/26 at 6:53 am to soccerfüt
I always associated these with Mad Magazine for some reason
Posted on 2/2/26 at 7:27 am to Hangover Haven
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Grew up half block down the street…. I’m 62, I have to know you…
Maybe, I grew up on Rosa 5 houses off of Veterans. Bought many Icees at that Timesaver myself.
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