Were You A Nickelodeon "Yuppie Puppie"?
AMAZING FIND: Google Books added some magazines to its archives this week, and tipster Scott (okay, Scott Stereogum) was looking through an old issue of New York Magazine (the 1985 "Brat Pack" issue) and found this jaw-dropping ad for Nickelodeon, which appeals to the basest, grossest, and most hilariously status-obsessed of baby boomer parents (and potential advertisers to them.) Can you imagine if the phrase "Yuppie-Puppie" had actually caught on? "My father is a lawyer. My mother is a judge. And I'm a Yuppie Puppie." "Someday a Yuppie-Puppie like me will be President." I'm not even a violent person, but I want to build a time machine and go back to 1985 and knock the smug smiles off these kid's faces, especially the little girl who looks like Corey Feldman. Full insane thing after the jump.
The hilarious thing is everyone knows spoiled brats in 1985 watched HBO, not Nickelodeon.
Posted by Lindsay at 12:45 PM in Ad Wizards, Nostalgia
Tags: Nickelodeon | Yuppie
"Baby boomers spend more and save less than their parents ever did. And they teach their kids quality at an early age."
Are you telling me that Nickelodeon is to blame for the current economic meltdown? Cut it OUT! (Dave Coulier, you just got slimed).
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"Kids this bright won't settle for ordinary cat and mouse cartoons"
They will only settle for CatDog cartoons.
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or Ren and Stimpy.
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RAGE!
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Ren and Stimpy was kinda funny. CatDog sucked. hard.
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I miss Pete and Pete now!
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I remember '85 Nickelodeon bearing such fruits as "You Can't Do That On Television", "Out of Control" and "Turkey TV". (Perhaps Nick Rocks, though maybe too early for Double Dare.) If the Ad Wizards in question were aiming to have baby boomers sit their kids down in front of Nickelodeon and wear that as a badge of pride, the programming sure as hell didn't mirror that sentiment (much to our collective benefit).
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They all look like extras from Krush Groove.
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