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Filed under Bad Influences, Movies You Missed, Nostalgic Obsessions, O'Shloktoberfest
Tagged as 1960s, 1967, 1970s, 1973, Goodfellas, HBO, movies, New Jersey, Newark, The Many Saints of Newark, The Sopranos
Somehow, in 1987, I convinced my father to drive me to a joke shop in Paterson, New Jersey.
The name of the place escapes me; it was unremarkable, something like “[X] Joke & Novelty”. Three years later, hunting for liquor and without proper ID, my friends and I were chased away from this very same area by a man swinging a chain over his head. Alongside Newark and Camden, Paterson is one of Jersey’s finest hellholes.
So getting my dad to drive me out there for gag items was quite the coup. I wanted a realistic fake faucet that could be attached to the forehead. I got much, much more. Continue reading →
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Filed under Bad Influences, Faint Signals, Idiot's Delight, Nostalgic Obsessions
Tagged as 1980s, 1987, Billy Crystal, Camden, Christopher Guest, comedy, Epic Illustrated, Harry Shearer, Heavy Metal, It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, laughter, Martin Short, Men In Black, New Jersey, New York, Newark, novelties, Paterson, Pennsylvania, Ridgewood, Saturday Night Live, Take The Money And Run, Vincent D'Onofrio, Woody Allen
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