#86 - Our Top 10 Favorite Food & Beverage Mascots from the 80s and 90s with three-peat guest, Jason Lady!
Thank you so much for tuning in! On today's show, I am joined once again by Jason Lady, a talented and creative author as well as an 80's Pop Culture lover, just like me! On this episode, we are taking a deep dive into one of Jason's favorite aspects of retro pop culture - the infamous food & beverage mascots! You will learn all about the backstory behind some of your favorite food and beverage mascots from yesteryear including (but not limited to): Mr. Peanut, Fred the Baker, Cool Spot, and the Kool-Aid Man to name just a few! It was so much fun doing this episode with Jason, I hope you enjoy it as much as we did putting it together!
Here are several spots where you can find Jason:
https://twitter.com/JasonRLady
https://www.instagram.com/jasonrladyauthor/
https://www.facebook.com/JasonRLadyAuthor
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Jason-R.-Lady/author/B07YN3QFKR?ref=ap_rdr&store_ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true
On the podcast, I mentioned that Michael Jackson and Ray Charles appeared as clay animation figures in a California Raisins music video at one point. You can view that music video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDqMmIqA_Ak
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Jason R. Lady
Author
Jason is an Army Brat who grew up on military bases in Fort Knox, Kentucky and Germany. Moving 7 times growing up, Jason wrote stories that starred his new classmates at each new school which helped kids bond and have fun. His published novels are the Magic Pen Adventure series for middle grade readers. The series includes the first book Monster Problems and the sequels Super Problems and Time Problems. He lives with his wife in Cleveland, Ohio, where he's currently at work on a fourth novel in the series. When he's not writing, Jason listens to 1980s music, follows the Cleveland Guardians, and is working on visiting all the MLB stadiums. Jason's books were accepted to the Kentucky Book Festival, the Ohioana Book Festival, the Heartland Book Festival, and are rated IndieReader Approved and a Maxy Awards finalist.
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