lost & found vintage toys

gumby for president

this large vintage gumby for president button was a promotional item in conjunction with the release of fhe's gumby for president vhs videotape ~

from 1987 ~

i'm also fortunate to have this vintage gumby for president t-shirt from 1983 ~

i'm fortunate because this cool item was generously donated to gumbyland for safekeeping ~

village mews company ~

art clokey ~

& is in fact signed on the back by art clokey back in the 80's when he gave talks around the college circuit in california ~

toxic attended an honors geology course down at lbcc in socal at the time & was heartbroken to realize she'd missed art clokey's talk there, so this item feels like a missing piece.. a lost & found item in spirit ~

thanks again deborah!

bren

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following up on my recent vintage videolog posts ~

digging into the old videolog also revealed these gems ~

various little notes & drawings made by my son daniel/raven ;) ~

including his own characters & homemade paper pogs <3 ~

happiness is being a mom ~

we are weird here ~

with too many inside jokes to explain ~

lolol ~

i can at least be proud that dan's childhood was not boring? ~

every mom has these treasures tucked away somewhere :) ~

homemade cards & notes are always the best ~

it has also been a tradition in our house to make our own birthday cards ~

the pokemon years.. hey! they're still going on! ~

as seen in my own secret film ;) ~

last but definitely not least is this special honor he awarded me 20 years ago :) <3 ~

bren (i'm the mom around here.)

videolog pages

more videolog today ~

so let's get into the pages ~

on one side i had categories like cartoons & animation (all kinds of fun vintage here, just click on these pix for the larger image) ~

classics <3 ~

comedies (lots of good oldies here too!) ~

original gumby of course :D ~

hey it's scumby! ~

home movies :D ~

the wizard of oz is on! ~

music ~

the numbered tapes were on the right ~

scifi/horror was a favorite category ~

ruh roh! there's a prismatic zombie! ~

the guys & i have been enjoying looking through the old videolog & remembering old times <3 ~

more old wacky packs tucked in here :) ~

we've probably watched enough mst3k.. lols ~

i see lidsville & the bugaloos! been commenting lately over at sid krofft's insta, he is such a good guy :) ~

another scooby doo sticker ~

everything from vintage batman to the selfish giant ~

my commander usa card! ~

reverse turtilization is one of my own notorious creations ;) ~

from godzilla movies to rankin/bass xmas specials ~

mr rogers' last episode (cries) ~

adult swim & max headroom ~

it ended with the mole people on tape #582 ~

once upon a time my then young son helped me make my own film..
it's called 'a secret film' (scroll down here for download) <3 ~

my old top 100 list & honorable mentions ~

i would always draw out my own covers for my private vhs collection,
i have an album of this mindless art here ~

so i'm an eccentric toy collector, journaler, librarian, photographer, artist, writer, catlady filmmaker? lol ~

actually anymore i just think of myself as a nostalgia archivist ~

bren

the videolog

so summer's here & it has been too hot ~

this is the season for vampires like us to close up the curtains & turn on the a/c & bingewatch old movies, right? ~

a good time to share my old videolog ~

which is of course covered in stickers including gumby & emily strange ~

so way back in the day i was an avid vhs taper of old tv shows & movies ~

as you can tell from a glance into 'the video vault' ~

another kind of sticker, do these old vhs & cassette labels make you feel nostalgic? ~

during the 80s i collected all my favorite old tv shows on tape ~

this time of year i'd be stocking up enough blank vhs tapes for the upcoming twilight zone marathon! ~

i also collected night gallery, outer limits & other scifi shows & movies ~

even all the original star treks ~

yeah, nerd. ~

i'd collect mr rogers episodes ~

& other favorites from toxic's childhood ~

davey & goliath ~

& obviously gumby! ~

ren & stimpy ~

more stickers ~

more ren & stimpy ~

click here to visit our toxic tv album! ~

there's an old wacky pack sticker! ~

there's still all kinds of cool old ephemera tucked away in the videolog ~

& eventually i tried to buy or transfer our video library to dvd in later years ~

but i love these old pages, like this one with joe bob briggs ~

mst3k fan & reel wild cinema fan club stuff ~

i think mr dad & i have seen all the old b movies out there at some point ~

i had such a collection i had to create my own label ~

i also liked to videotape our own home movies & transfer old 8mm films to vhs & eventually dvd, those are like our own time machine now <3 ~

so if you're interested just check back for more videolog pages of olde tomorrow ~

bren