Welcome to Episode #5 - Nintendo & The Wizard! On today's show, you will learn everything you wanted to know about Nintendo including it's origins in Japan, what the company developed before the Video Game console, including a remote-controlled vacuum! You will also learn all about the connection between Nintendo, the Walt Disney Company, and Popeye! Finally, you will discover just how much money I put toward Nintendo versus my Sister.
We will also (briefly) discuss the 1989 film, the Wizard starring Fred Savage and its connection to Nintendo and its significant amount of product placement.
I also make a correction about a road trip I mentioned in Episode #3, where my family traveled from Los Angeles to Anaheim, CA. I meant to say San Francisco to Anaheim.
Here are some videos/articles I mentioned in today's show:
Myth about blowing on a Nintendo cartridge (AV Club): https://news.avclub.com/psa-blowing-into-your-old-video-game-cartridges-is-act-1824064514
RAD- Send Me An Angel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPVJzi7Ta9w
Genesis Does! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7nsBoqJ6s8
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