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(National Today)   Did you know February 1 is G.I. Joe Day? Because knowing is half the battle. Who wants pork chop sandwiches?   (nationaltoday.com) divider line
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focusthis
2023-02-01 8:37:15 AM  
Yo, JOE!
 
Irving Maimway [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-01 8:40:05 AM  
GI Joe - Pork Chop Sandwiches
Youtube L1BDM1oBRJ8


Holy shiatballs, this is still hilarious.
 
JJRRutgers
2023-02-01 8:43:24 AM  
Today is G.I Joe Day?  Well, now I know!
 
freakdiablo [TotalFark]
2023-02-01 8:43:59 AM  
If only there was a PSA...
 
Kit Fister [TotalFark]
2023-02-01 8:44:27 AM  
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correction
2023-02-01 8:44:36 AM  
I'm a computer
 
doctorguilty
2023-02-01 8:45:08 AM  
Snake-Eyes unavailable for comment.
 
0z79
2023-02-01 8:45:36 AM  
Shipwreck, Shore-Leave... same diff, right?

Best of Shore Leave [Venture Bros]
Youtube Mjb-o9YdtYM
 
kb7rky
2023-02-01 8:45:38 AM  
My youngest brother collected nearly every GI Joe figure in existence way back when.

He algo got a lot of the playsets...the fortress, the aircraft carrier (that damn thing is HUGE), most of the vehicles, etc.

He still has them, but they're all in storage.

I had the 12-inch action figures. Put one of them in the bathtub once...his pull-string talking device quit working.

Whoops.
 
AppleOptionEsc
2023-02-01 8:46:14 AM  
Body massage.
 
Dr Dreidel
2023-02-01 8:46:46 AM  
DON'T GIVE HIM THE STICK
 
ZMugg [TotalFark]
2023-02-01 8:48:27 AM  
IIRC, it's:
Knowing = 50% of the battle.
Red LASERS = 25% of the battle.
Blue LASERS = 25% of the battle.

it's been a minute...
 
TelemonianAjax [TotalFark]
2023-02-01 8:49:58 AM  

0z79: Shipwreck, Shore-Leave... same diff, right?

[YouTube video: Best of Shore Leave [Venture Bros]]


Sssthfinksth!
 
NewportBarGuy [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-01 8:51:23 AM  
Who comes up with these days? Is there like a committee or email group?
 
Tom-Servo
2023-02-01 8:51:58 AM  
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Aquapope
2023-02-01 8:52:22 AM  
A lot of the Jan 6 insurrectionists were shouting "Cobra!" as they attacked.  It's true.
 
stuhayes2010
2023-02-01 8:53:05 AM  
th.bing.comView Full Size


I'll just say this was one of my favorite toys as a kid in the 80's.  Though looking at it as an adult, I wonder how Joe withstood the blast of missiles right in his face.


i.pinimg.comView Full Size


This one ruled too, I am sure it wasn't an accident that Star Wars men and GI Joes fit perfectly into each others vehicles.
 
claytonemery [TotalFark]
2023-02-01 8:54:42 AM  
The funny part is, Stan Weston sold the design to Don Levine at Hasbro.  Don Levine then had to beat Hasbro over the head for two years to get them to agree to TRY making the figures.  Levine had cut up Ken Dolls and made joints from the centers of golf balls, and his wife stitched tiny outfits.  Still it took TWO YEARS for Hasbro to say, "OK, we'll try it.  But if it flops, it's your head."  Went on to be the biggest boy's toy of all time.

Other examples of beating people over the head: Colonel Sander's chicken recipe and Aurora Monster models.

Someone said, "If you have a great idea, don't worry about people stealing it.  Likely you'll have to shove it down their throats to get it accepted."
 
KingBiefWhistle
2023-02-01 8:55:30 AM  

Irving Maimway: [Youtube-video https://www.youtube.com/embed/L1BDM1oBRJ8]

Holy shiatballs, this is still hilarious.


All of them were funny but this is the one that legit had me on the floor dying
Fenslerfilm PSA 08 - Slip
Youtube Sq_Oo3u6szk
 
Tyrone Slothrop [TotalFark]
2023-02-01 8:56:45 AM  
Macau pork chops ala Anthony Bourdain.

Marinade:
4 garlic cloves, peeled and rough chopped
¼ cup soy sauce
¼ cup Chinese cooking wine
1 tablespoon sesame oil
¼ cup black vinegar
1 tablespoon Chinese five spice
1 tablespoon dark brown sugar (regular fine too)

Mix ingredients together. Pound pork chops into 1/4 inch thickness (or slice them if you're careful). Marinade overnight.

Remove pork chops from marinade. Make sure to scrape off any bits of garlic. Dredge chops in flour+salt+peppper, then egg, then panko breadcrumbs. Fry in peanut oil 4-5 minutes per side.

Serve on bread with chili paste.
 
Warthog [TotalFark]
2023-02-01 8:57:18 AM  
Knowing is half the battle.  The other half is superior firepower.
 
claytonemery [TotalFark]
2023-02-01 8:58:36 AM  

stuhayes2010: [th.bing.com image 504x401]

I'll just say this was one of my favorite toys as a kid in the 80's.  Though looking at it as an adult, I wonder how Joe withstood the blast of missiles right in his face.


Joe gets blasted in the face because YOU lost the windshield.
 
Kit Fister [TotalFark]
2023-02-01 9:03:26 AM  

stuhayes2010: [th.bing.com image 504x401]

I'll just say this was one of my favorite toys as a kid in the 80's.  Though looking at it as an adult, I wonder how Joe withstood the blast of missiles right in his face.


[i.pinimg.com image 640x372]

This one ruled too, I am sure it wasn't an accident that Star Wars men and GI Joes fit perfectly into each others vehicles.


Can confirm, my Star Wars guys used lots of GI Joe equipment, including the GI Joe Mobile Command Base, to fight the empire.
 
Kit Fister [TotalFark]
2023-02-01 9:05:14 AM  

stuhayes2010: [th.bing.com image 504x401]

I'll just say this was one of my favorite toys as a kid in the 80's.  Though looking at it as an adult, I wonder how Joe withstood the blast of missiles right in his face.


[i.pinimg.com image 640x372]

This one ruled too, I am sure it wasn't an accident that Star Wars men and GI Joes fit perfectly into each others vehicles.


encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.comView Full Size


this was always one of my favorites.
 
TheEvans
2023-02-01 9:09:18 AM  
Help computer!
 
Nimbull
2023-02-01 9:09:19 AM  
"And knowing is half the battle!"

What's the other half? Violence!

What should the other half actually be after watching this? More target practice cause they're giving Storm Troopers a run for their money while making the Red Shirts feel slightly better about their chances.
 
Glitchwerks
2023-02-01 9:13:18 AM  
FTA: The G.I. Joe action figures became a cartoon series on T.V. in 1983. The series finally ended in 2011. A movie about the toy was also created in 2009.

I see we are overlooking the 1987 animated film.

Hasbro decided to kill off their main characters to get kids to buy new toys.  After the disastrous reaction of the death of Optimus Prime in the Transformers movie, which resulted in many young boys leaving the theater in tears, Hasbro half-heartedly revised the G.I. Joe movie.  Duke isn't killed, he's just seriously injured and a final line that he's going to pull through is added in the last seconds of the movie.

The lesson here is that Hasbro sucks, they've always sucked, and they will continue to suck forever.

Now you know, and knowing is half the battle.
 
Fireproof [OhFark]
2023-02-01 9:14:09 AM  

Irving Maimway: [YouTube video: GI Joe - Pork Chop Sandwiches]

Holy shiatballs, this is still hilarious.


I had a "PORKCHOP SANDWICHES" shirt back in the day.

That's when I learned the joys and disappointments of wearing a relatively obscure reference on a shirt.

/"I don't get it. You like porkchop sandwiches?"
//It would be funny to wear that and order some at a restaurant.
 
Chief Superintendent Lookout
2023-02-01 9:15:50 AM  
Does it have the Kung Fu grip?
 
UNC_Samurai
2023-02-01 9:17:50 AM  

kb7rky: My youngest brother collected nearly every GI Joe figure in existence way back when.

He algo got a lot of the playsets...the fortress, the aircraft carrier (that damn thing is HUGE), most of the vehicles, etc.

He still has them, but they're all in storage.

I had the 12-inch action figures. Put one of them in the bathtub once...his pull-string talking device quit working.

Whoops.


That carrier was $100 in 1985 money, but it was also like 6 feet long.  My dad wasn't going to buy it, so he built me a couple of wooden WWII aircraft carriers out of some old 2x4s and other scrap bits.
 
AAAAGGGGHHHH
2023-02-01 9:20:03 AM  
Cold Slither
Youtube U4q5OHKsN1Q
 
AAAAGGGGHHHH
2023-02-01 9:21:07 AM  
GI joe Band
Youtube n9sALwPezog
 
Betep
2023-02-01 9:21:42 AM  

kb7rky: My youngest brother collected nearly every GI Joe figure in existence way back when.

He algo got a lot of the playsets...the fortress, the aircraft carrier (that damn thing is HUGE), most of the vehicles, etc.

He still has them, but they're all in storage.

I had the 12-inch action figures. Put one of them in the bathtub once...his pull-string talking device quit working.

Whoops.


12" FTW.... Killed mine many times with fireworks and parachutes..
 
Short Victoria's War
2023-02-01 9:24:37 AM  
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Texas Gabe
2023-02-01 9:25:16 AM  

JJRRutgers: Today is G.I Joe Day?  Well, now I know!


And knowing is 50% of the fight!
 
djloid2010
2023-02-01 9:28:01 AM  
Oh shiat, get the fark out of here! What are you doing? Go, get the fark out of here, you stupid idiots! fark, we're all dead! Get the fark out!
 
Dr Dreidel
2023-02-01 9:34:50 AM  

Glitchwerks: FTA: The G.I. Joe action figures became a cartoon series on T.V. in 1983. The series finally ended in 2011. A movie about the toy was also created in 2009.

I see we are overlooking the 1987 animated film.

Hasbro decided to kill off their main characters to get kids to buy new toys.  After the disastrous reaction of the death of Optimus Prime in the Transformers movie, which resulted in many young boys leaving the theater in tears, Hasbro half-heartedly revised the G.I. Joe movie.  Duke isn't killed, he's just seriously injured and a final line that he's going to pull through is added in the last seconds of the movie.

The lesson here is that Hasbro sucks, they've always sucked, and they will continue to suck forever.

Now you know, and knowing is half the battle.


IIRC Duke actually dies in the (non-canon?) Japanese version of the film, and they only added that VO line for the American release to placate wussies (and their moms) who didn't want any actual death in their war show about "a ruthless terrorist organization determined to rule the world".

// I love that film
// it was clearly written by Reaganauts doing piles of cocaine, but we all have soft spots for childhood memories
// ...meaning the film in a childhood memory, not doing piles of cocaine
 
AAAAGGGGHHHH
2023-02-01 9:35:09 AM  

Betep: kb7rky: My youngest brother collected nearly every GI Joe figure in existence way back when.

He algo got a lot of the playsets...the fortress, the aircraft carrier (that damn thing is HUGE), most of the vehicles, etc.

He still has them, but they're all in storage.

I had the 12-inch action figures. Put one of them in the bathtub once...his pull-string talking device quit working.

Whoops.

12" FTW.... Killed mine many times with fireworks and parachutes..


entertainment.time.comView Full Size
 
hardinparamedic [OhFark]
2023-02-01 9:37:12 AM  
Oh man, that smelled delicious
 
kdawg7736 [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-01 9:38:07 AM  
G.I. Joe PSA Compilation - [Remastered HD]
Youtube z8K08AcVru0
 
kdawg7736 [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-01 9:39:36 AM  
The real thing for those of you who are interested.

GI JOE PSA - COMPILATION
Youtube dzyh_nEuh3M
 
DOCTORD000M
2023-02-01 9:43:00 AM  
just a body massage machineGO!

/Body massage
 
Polish Hussar [TotalFark]
2023-02-01 9:46:46 AM  
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Denjiro
2023-02-01 9:48:43 AM  

UNC_Samurai: kb7rky: My youngest brother collected nearly every GI Joe figure in existence way back when.

He algo got a lot of the playsets...the fortress, the aircraft carrier (that damn thing is HUGE), most of the vehicles, etc.

He still has them, but they're all in storage.

I had the 12-inch action figures. Put one of them in the bathtub once...his pull-string talking device quit working.

Whoops.

That carrier was $100 in 1985 money, but it was also like 6 feet long.  My dad wasn't going to buy it, so he built me a couple of wooden WWII aircraft carriers out of some old 2x4s and other scrap bits.


I was 9 in '83 so dead in the target market age for it. I ended up getting just about everything in first line of toys, including the GI Joe base. I didn't have the FLAGG or Terrordrome. By the time they came out I had other competing interests and to get either of them that would have pretty much been all I got for a birthday or Christmas. I did have a friend who had both and was terribly envious. I did buy myself the Rolling Thunder when I was in middle school as sort of a last hurrah when I was starting to think I was too old for toys. I
 
AdrienVeidt
2023-02-01 10:02:35 AM  

claytonemery: The funny part is, Stan Weston sold the design to Don Levine at Hasbro.  Don Levine then had to beat Hasbro over the head for two years to get them to agree to TRY making the figures.  Levine had cut up Ken Dolls and made joints from the centers of golf balls, and his wife stitched tiny outfits.  Still it took TWO YEARS for Hasbro to say, "OK, we'll try it.  But if it flops, it's your head."  Went on to be the biggest boy's toy of all time.

Other examples of beating people over the head: Colonel Sander's chicken recipe and Aurora Monster models.

Someone said, "If you have a great idea, don't worry about people stealing it.  Likely you'll have to shove it down their throats to get it accepted."


Pretty sure that's actually Star Wars, mate.
 
Marcos P
2023-02-01 10:03:13 AM  
My favorite GIs were Law and Order because Order was a dog and in my tiny battles he had more pull than Duke and Hawk.

Fark user imageView Full Size
 
kb7rky
2023-02-01 10:06:01 AM  

Denjiro: UNC_Samurai: kb7rky: My youngest brother collected nearly every GI Joe figure in existence way back when.

He algo got a lot of the playsets...the fortress, the aircraft carrier (that damn thing is HUGE), most of the vehicles, etc.

He still has them, but they're all in storage.

I had the 12-inch action figures. Put one of them in the bathtub once...his pull-string talking device quit working.

Whoops.

That carrier was $100 in 1985 money, but it was also like 6 feet long.  My dad wasn't going to buy it, so he built me a couple of wooden WWII aircraft carriers out of some old 2x4s and other scrap bits.

I was 9 in '83 so dead in the target market age for it. I ended up getting just about everything in first line of toys, including the GI Joe base. I didn't have the FLAGG or Terrordrome. By the time they came out I had other competing interests and to get either of them that would have pretty much been all I got for a birthday or Christmas. I did have a friend who had both and was terribly envious. I did buy myself the Rolling Thunder when I was in middle school as sort of a last hurrah when I was starting to think I was too old for toys. I


There was a USS Flagg at the White Elephant in Spokane firly recently...IIRC, still mint in the box. When the store closed, it (along with just about every unsold item in the store) was auctioned off. I believe the Flagg sold for around $1500.
 
basho
2023-02-01 10:07:24 AM  
My first Joe was this guy:
p1.liveauctioneers.comView Full Size

Not my actual one, because hardly anything remains of it beside the figure, and this one is missing the plume on the hat. My brother had the Marine.

A few years ago, my son and I went through what remainder of my Joe toys and tried to identify and organize everything. Mostly 70s stuff, when the drifted away from real military items and got truly crappy, but some remnants from the 60s line.

I regret not saving the Mercury Capsule-it was huge-but I still have the 45rpm record that came with it, labeled "Hassenfeld Brothers".
 
kindms
2023-02-01 10:07:43 AM  

Dr Dreidel: Glitchwerks: FTA: The G.I. Joe action figures became a cartoon series on T.V. in 1983. The series finally ended in 2011. A movie about the toy was also created in 2009.

I see we are overlooking the 1987 animated film.

Hasbro decided to kill off their main characters to get kids to buy new toys.  After the disastrous reaction of the death of Optimus Prime in the Transformers movie, which resulted in many young boys leaving the theater in tears, Hasbro half-heartedly revised the G.I. Joe movie.  Duke isn't killed, he's just seriously injured and a final line that he's going to pull through is added in the last seconds of the movie.

The lesson here is that Hasbro sucks, they've always sucked, and they will continue to suck forever.

Now you know, and knowing is half the battle.

IIRC Duke actually dies in the (non-canon?) Japanese version of the film, and they only added that VO line for the American release to placate wussies (and their moms) who didn't want any actual death in their war show about "a ruthless terrorist organization determined to rule the world".

// I love that film
// it was clearly written by Reaganauts doing piles of cocaine, but we all have soft spots for childhood memories
// ...meaning the film in a childhood memory, not doing piles of cocaine


one of the main reasons why Robotech was and will always be superior to gi joe. Characters actually died
 
grimlock1972
2023-02-01 10:09:10 AM  

kb7rky: Denjiro: UNC_Samurai: kb7rky: My youngest brother collected nearly every GI Joe figure in existence way back when.

He algo got a lot of the playsets...the fortress, the aircraft carrier (that damn thing is HUGE), most of the vehicles, etc.

He still has them, but they're all in storage.

I had the 12-inch action figures. Put one of them in the bathtub once...his pull-string talking device quit working.

Whoops.

That carrier was $100 in 1985 money, but it was also like 6 feet long.  My dad wasn't going to buy it, so he built me a couple of wooden WWII aircraft carriers out of some old 2x4s and other scrap bits.

I was 9 in '83 so dead in the target market age for it. I ended up getting just about everything in first line of toys, including the GI Joe base. I didn't have the FLAGG or Terrordrome. By the time they came out I had other competing interests and to get either of them that would have pretty much been all I got for a birthday or Christmas. I did have a friend who had both and was terribly envious. I did buy myself the Rolling Thunder when I was in middle school as sort of a last hurrah when I was starting to think I was too old for toys. I

There was a USS Flagg at the White Elephant in Spokane firly recently...IIRC, still mint in the box. When the store closed, it (along with just about every unsold item in the store) was auctioned off. I believe the Flagg sold for around $1500.


If it was indeed mint in the box and complete someone got a steal. Open, complete and mint that is probably worth double that, MISB is about $5k
 
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