Episode 49: Garbage Pail Kids; The Legend of The Columns of West Dennis; Top 5 Christmas Season Toys; Southern Shores NC (12-16-2021)

In My Footsteps: A Gen-X Nostalgia Podcast

In My Footsteps: A Gen-X Nostalgia Podcast
Episode 49: Garbage Pail Kids; The Legend of The Columns of West Dennis; Top 5 Christmas Season Toys; Southern Shores NC (12-16-2021)
Dec 16, 2021 Season 1 Episode 49
Christopher Setterlund

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Episode 49 brings the gross out humor to the Holiday season.  For a brief time in the 1980's Garbage Pail Kids took the youth of America by storm.  At first these stickers were seen as a disgusting spin on Cabbage Patch Kids.  What was it that caused their downfall?  What was it like to be a kid when these first came out?
For 35 years a beautifully stoic building has been slowly decaying on Rt. 28 in West Dennis. An eyesore today it was once a family homestead and at its peak it was a restaurant and swinging jazz club.  Learn the long story of The Columns in this week's episode.
We return to the Outer Banks this week for a Road Trip to Southern Shores, North Carolina.  The Outer Banks was the crown jewel of my 2019 road trip and will be featured heavily on the next few episodes.
There's a new Top 5 this week featuring Christmas season toys.  The biggest selling toys of the Holiday season, which toys and which years made the list?
There's a new This Week In History featuring the birth of seer Nostradamus and a special birthday Time Capsule as well.
Be sure to watch for my livestreams called Without A Map Friday's at 8pm on Instagram which serve as a sort of postgame show for the podcast. Find them on IGTV  after they've finished.

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