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Novelty Draft - better than you thought it would be (1 Viewer)

3.zam: Pac-Man Fever (Buckner & Garcia)/song

Essentially two categories for the price of one.

This tune actually hit #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1982. The Atari version of the game was one of biggest letdowns of the year though.

Oh, did we ever beg our parents for this game. And it was just utterly terrible. Nobody could totally contain their disappointment with it, but it was Christmas, so we bucked up like the little campers we were and enjoyed our other toys.
 
I missed the Atari window Atari by a few years. I was going away to college when the 2600 console came out. I feel a greater connection to NES games I played in my late 20s than any home videogame from my teens.
 
3.zam: Pac-Man Fever (Buckner & Garcia)/song

Essentially two categories for the price of one.

This tune actually hit #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1982. The Atari version of the game was one of biggest letdowns of the year though.

Oh, did we ever beg our parents for this game. And it was just utterly terrible. Nobody could totally contain their disappointment with it, but it was Christmas, so we bucked up like the little campers we were and enjoyed our other toys.
The Atari Pac-Man guy was just a bit…strange. But we tried to invite him over to the lunch table anyway.
 
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That Pac-Man game was as bad as Aaron Rodgers's injury was given the anticipation for each event.

Well, not that bad.

But close.
I think the ET game was a bigger letdown than the PAC-Man game. Especially with the resources and time dedicated to the ET game.
 
That Pac-Man game was as bad as Aaron Rodgers's injury was given the anticipation for each event.

Well, not that bad.

But close.
I think the ET game was a bigger letdown than the PAC-Man game. Especially with the resources and time dedicated to the ET game.
The biggest time suck was probably Pitfall. Seemed like you needed to run across about 200 screens and still got no payoff.
 
That Pac-Man game was as bad as Aaron Rodgers's injury was given the anticipation for each event.

Well, not that bad.

But close.
I think the ET game was a bigger letdown than the PAC-Man game. Especially with the resources and time dedicated to the ET game.
The biggest time suck was probably Pitfall. Seemed like you needed to run across about 200 screens and still got no payoff.
I sucked a lot of time on that game.

Jack Black - when he was an unknown - did the commercial for the game.
 
3.zam: Pac-Man Fever (Buckner & Garcia)/song

Essentially two categories for the price of one.

This tune actually hit #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1982. The Atari version of the game was one of biggest letdowns of the year though.
No way. I played that game so much that when I closed my eyes I saw Atari Pac-Man.
 
That Pac-Man game was as bad as Aaron Rodgers's injury was given the anticipation for each event.

Well, not that bad.

But close.
I think the ET game was a bigger letdown than the PAC-Man game. Especially with the resources and time dedicated to the ET game.
Oh, by far. Especially after the epic awesomeness that was the Raiders of the Lost Ark game.
 
4.YM - Barry Hansen aka Dr. Demento - Novelty Act / Flex

Digging through lists of songs for this draft, I realized few of them would have the place in pop culture without the platform Dr. Demento and his unique show provided. What Mad Magazine was to print, Dr. Demento was to the airwaves.

Growing up in the 70s/80s, Demento was a god and bringing tapes of his show to school gave nerdy kids instant cool points.

A large majority of the songs that will be selected in this draft were introduced or reintroduced to the masses thanks to this incredible show. It’s hard to give specifics without massive spotlighting, but Dr. Demento gave a huge platform to the strange, and even helped “discover” some incredibly talented performers who went on to pop culture stardom.

It’s hard to describe how impactful this show was when it first came out. Truly a novelty act.
 
4.ee - Batman TV series - Novelty Flex

Going in a different direction instead of quadrupling up on one of the other categories.

Batman was a sensation when it premiered in 1966 but like any proper novelty, ratings fell off badly in the second and third seasons. Fortunately, the producers churned out 120 episodes plus a movie while the iron was still semi-hot. I still love the show; the campy comedy transcends the ultra-formulaic plotlines. Adam West is my favorite Batman.
 
I also would like to deviate from the OG categories for Novelty Flex with

Round 4 Pick - The Monkees TV Series - Novelty Flex

Ironically, it came out the same year as Batman, and only lasted 2 seasons but became a phenomenon. The Monkees were the first and still the only band to have 4 Number 1 albums within a year. They enjoyed a resurgence in the 80s thanks to an MTV marathon.
 
5.YM - “King Tut” by Steve Martin and the Toot Uncommons - Novelty Song

Fun fact #1 - my parents bought me this 45 and I knew all the lyrics

Fun fact #2 - it was so popular when it came out it charted all the way at 17 on the billboard 100 and sold over a million copies

Fun fact #3 - Martin’s performance of the song (linked below) is one of the most expensive sets ever on SNL

Fun fact #4 - The Toot Uncommons, the backing band for this song, was the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band


He coulda won a Grammy
Buried in his jammies
Born in Arizona, moved to Babylonia
He was born in Arizona, got a condo made of stone-a
King Tut!

 
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Zima - flex


Zima Clearmalt is a clear, lightly carbonated alcoholic beverage made and distributed by the Coors Brewing Company or its licensees. Introduced in 1993, it was marketed as an alternative to beer, an example of what is now often referred to as a cooler, with 4.7–5.4% alcohol by volume.

It looks like seltzers may finally do it, but for many many years starting with Bartles & James Wine Coolers, contender after contender tried to challenge beer as the social setting sessions beverage - Zima made a nice charge for a while, but ultimately, it too fell by the wayside.
 
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Zima - flex


Zima Clearmalt is a clear, lightly carbonated alcoholic beverage made and distributed by the Coors Brewing Company or its licensees. Introduced in 1993, it was marketed as an alternative to beer, an example of what is now often referred to as a cooler, with 4.7–5.4% alcohol by volume.

It looks like seltzers may finally do it, but for many many years starting with Bartles & James Wine Coolers, contender after contender tried to challenge beer as the social setting sessions beverage - Zima made a nice charge for a while, but ultimately, it too fell by the wayside.
It also tasted awful, which didn’t help.
 
5.YM - “King Tut” by Steve Martin and the Toot Uncommons - Novelty Song

NFW!!! This was my pick. And I was up really early this morning, but got busy with work and stuff and didn't post it. Just remembered to come in for it, and BAM. I quit.
 
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Zima - flex


Zima Clearmalt is a clear, lightly carbonated alcoholic beverage made and distributed by the Coors Brewing Company or its licensees. Introduced in 1993, it was marketed as an alternative to beer, an example of what is now often referred to as a cooler, with 4.7–5.4% alcohol by volume.

It looks like seltzers may finally do it, but for many many years starting with Bartles & James Wine Coolers, contender after contender tried to challenge beer as the social setting sessions beverage - Zima made a nice charge for a while, but ultimately, it too fell by the wayside.
It also tasted awful, which didn’t help.
I’m honestly not sure if I ever had one. I probably did but don’t recall.
 
5.ee - The Leisure Suit - Novelty Flex

There are few things in Western culture as stable and unchanging as menswear. Except for minor changes in fit and things like lapel width, the man's business suit has been locked in a holding pattern for a century. But there was a brief time in the early 70s when the combination of cultural change and stretchy synthetic fabrics caused a fold in the space-time-fashion continuum and the leisure suit was born. The tie stayed in the closet and shirt fronts, patch pockets, pastels, epaulets, etc. were all fair game for a few years.

Big Suit regrouped and swiftly killed off the trend. Even though fashion is notoriously cyclical, leisure suits have been lying dormant for fifty years. The bad news is I was a few years too young to ever own a leisure suit (although I did have some swinging 70s clothes) but the good news is there are no pictures of me wearing one.
 
5.ee - The Leisure Suit - Novelty Flex

There are few things in Western culture as stable and unchanging as menswear. Except for minor changes in fit and things like lapel width, the man's business suit has been locked in a holding pattern for a century. But there was a brief time in the early 70s when the combination of cultural change and stretchy synthetic fabrics caused a fold in the space-time-fashion continuum and the leisure suit was born. The tie stayed in the closet and shirt fronts, patch pockets, pastels, epaulets, etc. were all fair game for a few years.

Big Suit regrouped and swiftly killed off the trend. Even though fashion is notoriously cyclical, leisure suits have been lying dormant for fifty years. The bad news is I was a few years too young to ever own a leisure suit (although I did have some swinging 70s clothes) but the good news is there are no pictures of me wearing one.
One of the patron saints of the look
 

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