Yes, it's the 40th anniversary of the Cabbage Patch Kid this year and if that makes you feel old then us too. But what a great time to take a peek behind the curtain on what exactly all the hype was like, and how we got there. Join us as we journey back to holiday season, 1983, and all the stops we make along the way. Digressions include the origin story, a cartoon villan, and why some fundamentalist kids weren't allowed them.

Sound quality note: some of the clips that we use in this episode are very much *eighties quality*. Take note of the links below if you want what might be better sound, or just bear with us!

https://belover.medium.com/who-again-invented-the-cabbage-patch-dolls-edited-ea99fb31b4db

https://www.amazon.com/Xavier-Roberts-presents-little-people/dp/B0006XYNEK (don’t mind that it’s an amazon link, it's that first picture that matters)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32P9vao8awQ (our clip starts at 1:53)

https://www.cracked.com/article_19270_6-beloved-80s-toys-with-bizarrely-horrifying-origin-stories.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOYVycJ55mw

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