Peanuts Swatch with Charlie Brown

Hey! Swatches are still a thing, and they released a collection called Swatch x Peanuts. One of those watches featrues Charlie Brown on a skateboard. That’s the good news. The bad news is, it looks like they cobbled it together from an illustration where Charlie Brown is running and a separate illustration of a skateboard. […]

The Wheel Real Ghostbusters

The Real Ghostbusters in this context refers to the UK based Marvel comic series that ran from 1988-1992 for 193 issues. Issue #53 dates to 1989 and features I was going to try and buy one cheaply but I managed to find the entire issue online at a sketchy website that threw up some security […]

All Things Alf

Ok then, this should be it, the last round up of things to add to past posts about Alf. We’ve got two additional ALF skateboards and a third party sticker.

Drew Steele – R.I.P.

With sadness I learned that founding member of the Surf Punks, Drew Steele has passed away after a battle with cancer. Against all odds, the Surf Punks had a huge influence on me as a teenager growing up in the Midwest. I first heard them on the Dr. Demento show, and saw them briefly mentioned […]

Sneppy, Cheppy and Wood Sock

Oh man… I love Obvious Plant in like a twin separated at birth. I myself already have a Sneppy T-shirt, but I can’t get behind these Sneppy themed “Skate Blords” because each one defaces an original Peanuts skateboard toy, which to readers of Skate and Annoy ought to be sacred! Still these are damned funny. […]

Betty & Veronica in Wheel Zeal Redux

Longtime astute readers of S&A might remember seeing a previous version of Betty & Veronica in a Wheel Zeal story in a Betty & Veronica comic from 1976. Archie series reuses stories and story titles all over the place. Heck, they even reuse comic book titles. The series from the 1976 issue is called “Archie’s […]

Syck Trix Bruh

Maybe the preferred domain name already had squatters, or Sick Tricks wasn’t Extreme!™ enough. Syck Trix is an indoor skate training accessory (or complete board) that is made by affixing (via velcro) two small inner tubes contained in nylon or possibly neoprene bags, to the bottom of a skateboard. The inner tubes take the place […]

1960’S Gleem Toothpaste commercial

I found this 1960’s era TV commercial for Gleem toothpaste in the Prelinger Archives. I was actually looking for a Bell Telephone commercial featuring Patti McGee but was surprised to find one that I’ve never seen before. The actual date is unknown but it is mostly likely around 1965 or 1966.

Tippy Teen and the Teeners

I was doing some speculative snooping around online looking for skateboards advertisements in comic books circa 1965 and found another skateboard story and cover instead. The first issue of Tippy Teen has a publication date of November, 1965. This looks like a second rate copy of Archie and the gang, (not that Archie is first […]