![]() And so to look back on my own was kind of a fresh experience for me."īut why pudding pops? Cooper says the sweet treats embody the experience she's trying to capture in her book. "I'm the youngest of seven, and all my brothers and sisters are baby boomers," she says. "The speed of change gets lost sometimes, when we're in the middle of it, and I think looking back is something we don't always do enough," she says.Ĭooper, who wrote the book with Brian Bellmont, had another, more personal reason for writing the book. It's a catalogue of things designed to make you smile and say, "Oh yeah, I remember that!" Candy cigarettes, Fantasy Island, encyclopedias, and Stretch Armstrong dolls all make an appearance.Ĭo-author Gael Fashingbauer Cooper tells weekend on All Things Considered host Rachel Martin that she wanted to preserve bits of pop culture that slipped away without anyone noticing. Then you're the perfect age to appreciate a new book called Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes & Trends of the '70s & '80s. Perigee Trade Brian Bellmont is an award-winning food writer and Gael Fashingbauer Cooper was named one of USA Today's Top Pop Culture People in 2002.ĭo you have the Eight is Enough theme music burned into your brain? Do you fall into a Proustian reverie at the fizzy punch of Pop Rocks? Are you old enough to remember carrying a metal lunch box to school - and clobbering your friends with it? ![]()
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