I run one of the oldest Minecraft texture packs out there and am so captivated with this dude, that I've routinely incorporated him (and variations of him) into my work as easter eggs. My Discord server (which also has Pete emojis) occasionally goes on little deep dives into its "lore." We've scoured decades of archived Montgomery Ward, and other toy/novelty catalogs dating back to the 40's to find images of all the variants they once had. It's nice to see we're not the only ones obsessed with this guy. :P While I own the modern vinyl ones, I'd totally jump at the chance of getting a hold of a re-release of the all-latex version!
So cool to find more pete-heads! I made a website a while back dedicated to the history of the toy which has a little more info. jobodatabase.weebly.com/ Glad to know I wasn't the only one that really gave a shit :)
How my own work has made use of them if interested: i.imgur.com/Xsf4cRI.png i.imgur.com/W9JQ8xL.png i.imgur.com/blo6d95.png i.imgur.com/RTmKsek.png i.imgur.com/7xn2pSq.png
A promising start, I must say. I am, of course, here because of the teaser on Twitter for the Foodfight documentary. For a first video essay, this is solid stuff. We will watch your career with great interest!
Glad to finally see a comprehensive history of this thing. I also know they made a ball version called Jo-roll (I got two for proof) and the company Basic Fun made also made an Obie Keychain in the 90s, that followed the jobo design oddly enough. Also I can’t get over how at one point these were called “Normies”
Dude I have been looking for pictures of the Jo-Roll FOREVER. If you could take a pic and send me an email I'd love to see. I knew about the keychain! I just didn't know enough about it to really put it in the video, I figured it was more of a footnote. Really weird part of the toy's history.
I love these contents of this channel. I so appreciate this this greag stuff, Thank you for posting 👍 ( i just subscribed to this rare but magnificent channel) 😊
Thank you! Lost media is definitely a topic I'm familiar with- however doing videos on it is very work intensive regarding all the research involved. But, we'll see!
I miss my wife
Never realized that this type of toy had such a deep history
I run one of the oldest Minecraft texture packs out there and am so captivated with this dude, that I've routinely incorporated him (and variations of him) into my work as easter eggs. My Discord server (which also has Pete emojis) occasionally goes on little deep dives into its "lore." We've scoured decades of archived Montgomery Ward, and other toy/novelty catalogs dating back to the 40's to find images of all the variants they once had. It's nice to see we're not the only ones obsessed with this guy. :P
While I own the modern vinyl ones, I'd totally jump at the chance of getting a hold of a re-release of the all-latex version!
So cool to find more pete-heads! I made a website a while back dedicated to the history of the toy which has a little more info.
jobodatabase.weebly.com/
Glad to know I wasn't the only one that really gave a shit :)
@@okso... Nice site! I recently got the Nee-Doh guys for Christmas. Was happy to see they were all UV-reactive. i.imgur.com/JNhkLmS.png
How my own work has made use of them if interested:
i.imgur.com/Xsf4cRI.png
i.imgur.com/W9JQ8xL.png
i.imgur.com/blo6d95.png
i.imgur.com/RTmKsek.png
i.imgur.com/7xn2pSq.png
this is a really great video but also I love how the mic quality in this is higher than in any discord call I've ever been in with you
LMAO its the same mic I guess my connection is just shit
Discord always compressing audio smh
A promising start, I must say. I am, of course, here because of the teaser on Twitter for the Foodfight documentary. For a first video essay, this is solid stuff. We will watch your career with great interest!
bad and naughty Peanuts get put into the J o b o C h a m b e r .
Glad to finally see a comprehensive history of this thing. I also know they made a ball version called Jo-roll (I got two for proof) and the company Basic Fun made also made an Obie Keychain in the 90s, that followed the jobo design oddly enough.
Also I can’t get over how at one point these were called “Normies”
Dude I have been looking for pictures of the Jo-Roll FOREVER. If you could take a pic and send me an email I'd love to see.
I knew about the keychain! I just didn't know enough about it to really put it in the video, I figured it was more of a footnote. Really weird part of the toy's history.
This video is so good how does it only have 700 views
Thank you!!
2:27 Fun fact! Jay Lynch was also a major contributor to Topps cards Wacky Packages and later on, the fantastic card series Garbage Pail Kids.
We’ll look at that. I didn’t even know what this thing was called, and now I care. Pretty good job. Still pretty horrifying.
Also note: Tobar company is in Ireland, which is its own country. Thanks.
Very cool video. Will now go buy a panic Pete
This is fascinating. I came across your channel by chance and im really enjoying it so far.
cool history lesson and I appreciate the graphics too. Thanks for sharing!
I love the Howie Scream
i love jo-bo :)
really underrated channel. the panic pete toy helps my social anxiety quite a lot tho so keep that in mind!!!
More awesome videos like thee
I did not even know there were toy historians.
I literally have a panic Pete toy, lol
I love the quality of your videos. Please make more!
I love these contents of this channel. I so appreciate this this greag stuff, Thank you for posting 👍 ( i just subscribed to this rare but magnificent channel) 😊
Wow this video is fantastic! maybe you can make more videos on lost media? I’m subscribing right now!
Thank you! Lost media is definitely a topic I'm familiar with- however doing videos on it is very work intensive regarding all the research involved. But, we'll see!
@@okso... :D
I want one. But I prefer the groovy nee doh ones😂
1:34 Out of nowhere, it disappeared.
Wut?