Remember Cabbage Patch Kids..... those odd looking dolls with hard plastic heads that took the 80’s by storm? And how that storm turned into riots? In 1983 Cabbage Patch Mania ruled the holiday season and parents just HAD to get their hands on one for Little Carol and even Littler Patti.

This week, Ray teaches Rob all about Bunny Bees, BabyLand General Hospital, and how creator Xavier Roberts MAY have stolen the idea for these dolls from a woman named Martha Nelson Thomas who he met at a small Kentucky craft fair. Plus discovering that Roberts' signature was on every doll’s bottom.....Yes, you read that correctly… The 80’s were weird…

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TEAM:

Ray Hebel

Robert W Schneider

Mark Schroeder

Billy Recce

Daniel Schwartzberg

Gabe Crawford

Natalie DeSavia

WEBSITES

Cabbage Patch Kids Official Site

BOOKS

Fantasy: The Incredible Cabbage Patch Phenomenon

ARTICLES

The New York Times 1

The New York Times 2

Time Magazine 1

Time Magazine 2

Consumer Product Safety Commission

Yahoo!

Justia US Law

AUDIO/VISUAL

American Obsessions - VICE

Riots News Report 1

Riots News Report 2

Totally Obsessed

Garbage Pail Kids Report

Music and Sound Effects

“Wish Background,” “Jingle Bells,” and “Up on a Housetop” by Kevin MacLeod

Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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