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S3E21: News Update! Plus the Top-50 Toys and Products from the 1977 Sears Wish Book

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Right before the Atari VCS, Star Wars toys, and Lego hit big in the 70's there was the 1977 Sears Wish Book. It's like an archive of everything "cool" before things got real.
Every year in September or October, the Sears Wish Book would arrive in the mail, and our job was to circle the things we wanted for Christmas.  In this episode we dive into the top-50 weird and wonderful products from the 1977 Sears Wishbook (plus some extras) 

You can follow along in the links below:

Wishbook Pages To Follow-along:

60-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-212.html#

59-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-181.html

58-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-198.html#

57- Oops. 

56-https://docs.google.com/document/d/1n_PeDI7eu0mTv1T6BVFwyowA-ZFspwJP9Yio-HV-uLk/edit

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    31-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-404.html

    30-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-617.html

    29-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-542.html

    28-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-528.html

    27-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-542.html#

    26-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-608.html#

    25-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-605.html#

     

    24-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-593.html

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    19-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-544.html#

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      16-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-537.html#

      15-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-532.html

      14-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-505.html#

      13-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-445.html#

      12-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-474.html#

      11-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-593.html

      10-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-587.html

      9-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-586.html#

      8-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-423.html#

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          Written Edited, Produced by Steve and Jeff Fulton

          Branding by Daryl Litts

          Additional Music:  The Red Forest By Tony LongWorth




          More Notes:

           

          Tony Longworth 

          • Background Music is “The Red Forest” from Tony Longworth’s album Memories Of Chernobyl 
            • https://tonylongworth.bandcamp.com/album/memories-of-chernobyl
            • Tony Longworth Update: Primal Serenity
                • https://tonylongworth.bandcamp.com/album/primal-serenity
                • New Halloween Collection: https://tonylongworth.bandcamp.com/
                  • Tony STOS Demos

                    • Jamie Lendino

                    • Attract Mode: https://www.amazon.com/Attract-Mode-Coin-Op-Arcade-Games/dp/1732355223/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=jamie+lendino&qid=1603120259&sr=8-1

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                      Ken Williams Autobiography

                        • https://www.amazon.com/Excellent-Design-Sombrero-Galaxy-Iphone/dp/1716727367/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=ken+williams&qid=1602342520&sr=8-1

                          • Homebrew

                          • The Last Squadron ABBUC 2020 Atari 8biit Game : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZqRuFjZPRMr. 




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