To his credit, I cannot help but admire the way he took something that only appealed to a niche market at the time and successfully marketed it to the masses.))
Merchandising! Where the real money from the movie is made. Spaceballs: the T-shirt! Spaceballs: the Coloring Book! Spaceballs: the Lunchbox! Spaceballs: the Breakfast Cereal! Spaceballs: the Flame Thrower! The kids love this one.))
I vaguely recall popping into chat at some point in the last few days and seeing someone - probably @Jacqueline Hyde - say something about her "Nancy Drewish" side. My immediate first thought was "Funny, she doesn't look Drewish" but I didn't know if this was the right crowd to make a Spaceballs reference in))
Hey hey! Carmen Sandiego got a mention on Jeopardy last night!! Also I didn't know Carmen and Barbie used to be friends. LOL. Post by @fycarmensandiego · 1 video
However, I've found it something with a software company called SoftKey International in which they did trade name the Learning Company after taking it over in 1995 and made a worst deal with Mattel in 1999.
I just realized that I could buy some different kinds of MRE's from Amazon and it reminded me how my father use to talk about them. My curiosity is getting the better of me because now I want to try them.....