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Home of Nick Knacks, a show-by-show retrospective on Nickelodeon. You can call me Gregiffer. Bi, they/them. youtube.com/user/poparena

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Pop Arena @poparena.bsky.social · Nov 15

I should probably have a pinned intro post, huh? Hi, I'm Gregiffer, I'm a queer Youtuber running the Pop Arena channel. I cover a lot of stuff, but my main project is Nick Knacks, a history of Nickelodeon that looks at every single show that ever aired on the channel.
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The Pop Arena! Home of Nick Knacks, an show-by-show retrospective on the entire forty year history of Nickelodeon! Also, the Animorphs Book and Episode Guide, The Goosebumps Monthly, the Doctor Who Bo...

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Pop Arena @poparena.bsky.social · 24m

"But commercials suck now." Look, you're not wrong, but the Flintstones was selling cigarettes in the 60s, McDonald's was ripping off Sid and Marty Krofft to sell fast food in the 70s, the failed war on drugs played out in celebrity PSAs in the 80s, Bob was selling boner pills in the 90s...

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Pop Arena @poparena.bsky.social · 33m

No, no no no, that's WHY we need to preserve this shit, that's why things like commercial collections are important in framing the moment, showing us what we were being sold, what politics were being fed to us.
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Toon4Thought @toon4thought.bsky.social · 36m

Considering the AI epidemic, the ICE recuitments, and the orange prune in DC... maybe that's for the best. At least for THAT generation.

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Pop Arena @poparena.bsky.social · 1h

Thinking about how we probably won't have "2025 Nostalgic Ad Compilations" videos twenty years from now because we don't record TV anymore.

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Pop Arena @poparena.bsky.social · 3h

Aiming to get the Are You Afraid of the Dark video done by the end of the week. I almost never make the deadlines I publicly proclaim, but I'm gonna try for it. Definitely gonna make it before Halloween, THAT I'm positive about.

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Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 9h

RIP Drew Struzan
A master.

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Mark Stegbauer MNCBA Fallcon 10/11-10/12 @markstegbauerl.bsky.social · 1d

My buddy Chris passed away this morning. Kick ass writer, amazing human being who was as good as the heroes he wrote about. I’m gonna miss him a lot.

Christopher Mills @atomicpulp.bsky.social · 9d

I only wrote about 100 comics in my so-called career, but now that I'm dying, I'm grateful that I got to do even that. Comics are such a wonderful medium, and they've always meant so much to me.

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 1d

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy passed away today according to the House of GG. She was a veteran of the Stonewall rebellion and a lifelong organizer for the safety and dignity of trans people, sex workers, and the incarcerated. She came from the same generation and milieu as Marsha and Sylvia. She was 78.

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Pop Arena @poparena.bsky.social · 1d

Maya Ben David might be my favorite weird undiscovered channel on this site, you never know where one of her videos will take you.
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Winged Tombs: The Predatory Origins of Prehistoric Airplanes

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Pop Arena @poparena.bsky.social · 1d

I wish decent people were real and not just shadows on my phone.

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Sprouts 🌱🔜 BLFC DD @coolartcorner.bsky.social · 3d

me lately 🥲

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Pop Arena @poparena.bsky.social · 2d

And then for most Lost Media Youtubers, there's I'm Too Tired to Actually Look For It Media.

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Pop Arena @poparena.bsky.social · 2d

Felt that when I passed Chris Farley.

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Pop Arena @poparena.bsky.social · 3d

Taskmaster is my favorite sport

Pop Arena @poparena.bsky.social · 3d

Living in Idaho, I can tell you that people are vocal about not wanting a Qatari air base in the state, but before you get too excited, it's because they're worried it's a step towards Sharia law, so it kind of nullifies itself.

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Pop Arena @poparena.bsky.social · 3d

a woman wearing a cape and gloves is standing with her hands folded

ALT: a woman wearing a cape and gloves is standing with her hands folded

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Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🍁 @thatretro.bsky.social · 3d

And nothing of value was lost.

Alice Crowell, Bay Bay! @formertwink.bsky.social · 3d

Big fan of bad things happening to terrible people.

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Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins dies after attack in prison

The 48-year-old disgraced rockstar was serving a 29-year jail term for multiple sexual offences, including serious crimes against young children and babies.

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Pop Arena @poparena.bsky.social · 3d

*hugs* Ain't going nowhere.

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Pop Arena @poparena.bsky.social · 3d

I need baseball friends

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Pop Arena @poparena.bsky.social · 3d

my best friend and total chonker

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👻 Pablo Hidalghost 👻 @infinata.bsky.social · 4d

When this ad was posted, these characters were 49, 38, and 29 years old.

Amanda Wong @amandawtwong.bsky.social · 4d

Don't worry, American culture was also threatened by the ninja turtles based on nothing but "New is bad, old is good"

An ad with classic cartoon characters Fred Flintstone, Dennis the Menace, and Woody Woodpecker with the caption "Turtles Come And Turtles Go, But We Go On Forever"

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Pop Arena @poparena.bsky.social · 4d

I am interested in Brennan Lee Mulligan running Critical Role, how the show will be different with him and how he'll be different not running for professional comedians always trying to do bits, but it takes me like nine days to get through a CR episode, they're so looooooong.

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Pop Arena @poparena.bsky.social · 4d

Well into the Halloween season
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My four most recent watches on Letterboxd. THE ADDICTION (1995, 3 1/2 stars), RED LIPS (1995, 2 stars), LAKE MUNGO (2008, 4 stars), POSSESSION (1981, 4 1/2 stars)

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Pop Arena @poparena.bsky.social · 4d

Hey, at least you actually buy it. *approving nod*

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aaron from queens from twitter @aaronnarraph.bsky.social · 5d

the background on zohran's colbert appearance is jaw-droppingly disgusting

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Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🍁 @thatretro.bsky.social · 5d

Only real time it's ever been referenced was in Behind the Laughter.

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