My mom almost let me get a perm.

I was chillen with my friend Semi yesterday and doing five year old rockstar cool dude things. Somersaults, songs, pancakes, jumping, spinning... all that good stuff. To end our day together we watched a movie and made popcorn, lotsa butter. Got me thinking about all those films of yesteryear and other childhood curiosities. Everything seemed so much MORE then. The following is a collection of recollection.


You may notice a trend among many of the following clips. I grew up without cable television, so much of my television experience was a bit out of my generation. Mostly Sunday nights (Wonderful World of Disney) which was recorded onto VHS to be watched over and over again, including commercials.

Bedknobs and Broomsticks - Beautiful Briny Sea

Mary Poppins - I Love to Laugh

Robin Hood - Love

The Mighty Hercules - Medusa's Sceptre

Spider Man Theme

The New Adventures of Kimba the White Lion

Astro Boy - The Great Meltdown

Jem - Depends on the Mood I'm In

Humphrey Bear - Put it in the Bag

Fantasia - Pastoral Symphony

Sunkist Commercial 1987

Don't Put it in Your Mouth

The Hobbit

Okay, so you get the point with the videos. Although I was a girly girl, I also played with the big little bro a lot, so I was into Barbie and Matchbox. Pretty much anything with a ramp I was totally stoked on.

My favorite Barbies, Hawaiian Fun Barbie and Ken

(I always named her Claudia)

1989 Holiday Barbie

Fisher Price (with elevator!)

Playmobil and McDonalds toys

And then of course, there was the books. I just dug out my old copy of "The Twelve Princesses". It's a read and paint book, so it has some nice colouring outside the lines. Unfortunately I'm unable to scan at the moment and I can't find any images on line of my copy, SO I'm going to post some even prettier illustrations of the classic tale, drawn by Kay Neilsen (who later was involved in illustrating Fantasia). Then some more illustrations I remember well from childhood.

The Twelve Dancing Princesses

illustrated by Kay Neilsen

Alligator Pie

written by Dennis Lee, illustrated by Frank Newfeld

Cover art for Disney's The Nutcracker Suite on vinyl

(included storybook insert)

Music was really big for me too right from a young age. My first musical recollection is spinning in my babysitter/neighbor's living room to this song, when I was about two. I haven't stopped dancing since.

The Dixie Cups - Iko Iko 

I was also into jamming on my Casio SK1

This post was too fun for me (note its length). I think I'll have to leave it at to be continued... there's so much more memories. I'll leave you with some ponies, particularly the very ponies I had on my bedroom walls.

GOOGLE THAT PONYSHIT!