Brandon's sweet childhood memories....ahhhhh

With the INDIANA JONES movie coming to theatres I was caught up in some of my forgotten childhood memories, here are some of them I would like to share with you, don't judge me the bible says not to.

The BIG WHEEL: you were not a cool kid unless you rode one of these around the neighborhood. Unfortunately growing up in Lyman, Wyoming we were not blessed enough to a nice paved neighborhood so I usually drove "off road" style or in the house, either way what a way to roll! I hope somebody smart designs one of these bad boys for grown ups.

SAVED BY THE BELL: I don't know about any of you but I was sorely disappointed when I got into high school and it was nothing like Bayside. I did have some really cool friends but there was no "Max" to hang out after school and there was too much school for the amount of shenanigans Zach and the crew got into. If I could be anyone from TV I would be Zach Morris, without hesitation he had it all: Kelly Kapowski, every sport, cool house, giant cell phone, and he could weasel his was out of every predicament he found himself in especially with Mr. Belding

THE SMURFS: I don't understand how I know so much about these little Blue creatures, one time some of my friends were talking about them and the question came up, How Tall are They? and without a seconds hesitation I confidently blurted out, oh that's easy they're 3 apples high. Nobody believed me so I had them look it up and I was right. The Smurfs are so big too, even in the bottom of the world in Argentina children still know who the smurfs are, even if they are called PINTUFOS (don't ask me how a made up word has such bizzar translation. I am looking forward with much anticipation the SMURF movie I guarantee I'll be there.

BO JACKSON: Bo Jackson was my idol. The man played baseball and football and unlike Dion Sanders, he was good at both. Bo Jackson would run up the wall to take away homeruns and went 'loco' every time he struck out he would be so mad that he would break the bat over his knee or head. He also could throw on some football pads and mow over the defence while he was playing for the Raiders. The man was a legend one day and then he disappeared one day. I looked up what Bo is up to and he has a family and he cooks who would've known? I thought BO knew about football and baseball but he distinctly said "when it comes to cooking Bo knows Diddely"

WWF: back in the early 90's wrestling was way more simple, no WWE, NWO, WCW it was just the WWF and it had way better characters than the ones today. Posted above is possibly the best wrestler of all time the Ultimate Warrior that dude was bad but there was so much more don't even get me started. My bothers and I weren't really allowed to watch WWF because my mom was always trying to get us to stop fighting (there were 4 of us boys) and she didn't want us to acquire any of the "professional moves" found in the World Wrestling Federation. But we watched it anyways and yes we did try out some of the moves like the DDT and the Diamond cutter.

Nintendo: the game above is Ninja Gaiden the graphics weren't nearly as good as what the picture shows but I loved it anyways (our expectations were a lot lower back then) I also remember codes like: up, down, up, down, left, right, left, right, down, b, b , a start (or something like that you can correct me if I'm wrong) to get extra lives in 'Contra' who could forget how my favorite cartoon the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles had not one but two great games, and the movie 'The Game Wizard" with Brett Savage from the "Wonder Years" takes his brother to the world championships of nintendo game playing where Mario 3 was unveiled along with the Game Glove. I could go on forever about things like having nightmares after playing Simon's Quest and everything else but I'll spare you.

NERF: Non-Expandable Recreational Foam. It was NERF or nothing! they were the proud making of the NERF Crossbow, the various guns, NEFF made weapons that it was all right to shoot at your brother. NERF was a status symbol as a child, it masculanized young boys all over America. The only down side was after time you had to pretend to shoot projectiles at people because all the 'Ammo' either 1.) got lost 2.) bot chewed up or broken by a dog or little sister. Having no ammo and pretending to shoot at your friends is the fake war equivalent to the 'Ghost man' on 1st in baseball.

GI JOE: Above "Snake Eyes" my favorite of the action figures. GI Joe is an all American Hero, perfect examples for young boys to emulate. They are patriotic they taught you valuable life lessons "an now you know, and knowing is half the battle" I could never love a human baby as much as I loved my GI Joes as a kid. I heard that there may be a GI Joe movie coming out sometime in the future and when it comes I'll be there front row center yelling YO JOE!