Born in 1989, Thunder Jets fruit snacks were like edible Micro Machines. Your tongue was their runway.

Actual mass-produced toy from 1985.

1995 was a good year for three-minute pizza

it's been 13,421 days. he ain't coming.

Burger King Value Menu, circa 2002. Highlights included tacos, sourdough burgers, onion rings, chili and chicken tenders.

celebrating star wars day with a lovely cheese pizza just for meesa

I've had this Grimace Shake in my freezer since last June. I won't part with it.

here are the old doritos

Happy Halfway to Halloween, from Halloween the Cat.

Garfield Stripes shredded gum, from 1989. Package looks like a pair of Zubaz. Note how we've also separated grapes from the (sassy) fruit family. A++.

Gentle reminder that back in '89, Freddy Krueger had his own line of mass-produced bubble gum, which came in tubes that identified him as a sex symbol.

Look familiar? Yeah, these X-Men Ice Cream Bars from 1994 were very obviously patterned after the old WWF Ice Cream Bars. Why mess with success?

The Hidden Valley Ranch weirdo dressings, from 1993. They made salad hip and cool. Kids everywhere were pleading for more lettuce.

For this month's Purple Stuff bonus show over on Patreon, we're diving into a 1985 TV broadcast of Tales from the Darkside! If you're a subscriber, it's up now: patreon.com/purplestuff

There was once a tricycle with Gizmo's head mounted on the handlebars.

Breakfast peaked in 1997 with the release of Mr. Freeze Pop-Tarts. They were so cool.

Wendy's SuperBar placemat, from the late '80s. Individual all-you-can-eat stations for Italian and Mexican cuisine, plus one for salad. Total chaos. Lives were forever changed.

in honor of Alien Day, here's that time i made ellen ripley out of easy cheese

still dreaming of the suspiria peacock 💘💘💘

Back in 1992, Burger King got all fancy and offered table service and a special dinner menu, with stuff like fried shrimp and a steak sandwich. It didn't stick, but the effort was there.