Whenever there’s trouble, he’ll stay til the fight’s won… G.I. Joe will dare! In Part One of our Black History Month feature, we ran off a list of black GI Joe (and Cobra) figures and characters after 1989. Then came Part Two, where we profiled five earlier African-American Joes, including Iceberg and The Fridge (is…
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The Black History of G.I. Joe, pt. 2
G.I. Joe is the code name for America’s daring highly trained special mission force. Its purpose: To defend human freedom against Cobra… a ruthless terrorist organization determined to rule the world. In Part One of our Black History Month feature, we ran off a list of black GI Joe (and Cobra) figures and characters after…
The Black History of G.I. Joe, pt. 1 (1989-present) [photo gallery]
Closing out Black History Month with a slideshow and gallery of all black Joe and Cobra action figures launched since 1989. This is Part One of a three-part series. Special thanks to JD of the General Geekery Cast for helping us put this together.
Episode 50: C.S.P. Retaliation + BONUS: The crew watches “Cold Slither”
It’s the long-awaited 50th episode of The Cold Slither Podcast! Thank you to our listeners, supporters and contributors! Enjoy this classic episode via our free CSP Archive! Download, listen and tell a friend (or foe)!
Classick Cinema: Six reasons to go and see G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Editor’s note: This preview/spoiler-free review was intended to drop prior to seeing the film, but having an opportunity to see it early, I took it and will have more thoughts coming on our next podcast (CSP EPISODE 50!). If there are any spoiler elements or plot reveals, I have tried to omit or conceal them,…
Sweet Rides: Dreadnok Thunder Machine (Team Hellions)
Our good friends over at the Team Hellions blog wrote up this great entry in their League of Extraordinary Bloggers series examining one of the sweetest rides in pop culture: The Dreadnok Thunder Machine.
Episode 28: We got The Touch! Yeah!!! The Stan Bush interview
This episode, we are honored to interview melodic rock icon, Emmy-award winner and legend to Transformers fans, 80s music fans and the world over, Stan Bush. Guest host Rodimus Prime of The Black Guy Who Tips joins Classick for this once in a lifetime interview.
Episode 22: Generals of Geekery – The Slither Madness Selection Show, pt. 1 (CSP-S2Ep10)
With yesterday’s launch of Slither Madness, we thought it only fair to put out a selection show go through the process, predictions contest, selections and first round matchup pairings. And what better way to do it than with our friends and fellow podcasters JD and Brian of the General Geekery Cast! Join us here in…
Top 10 Pop culture Ninjas
… via eclectikrelaxation.com … I thought about all the comics, video games, and Cartoons I watched growing up and decided to compite a list of the top 10 Ninjas (Actually I have 25 but I’m posting 10) … Im not counting real life/human actors only fictional pop culture icons … this list took a few…
#unappreciation – The GI Joe Movie and My Childhood
I love G.I. Joe, my favorite Toy, Cartoon, everything … but something tragic happened some 25 years ago How I remember it … Picture it Ohio 1987 #ephilaPatrillo The Best thing about the G.I. Joe series was that, it just brought you right into the action … no origin story, no introduction, it was M.A.S.S….