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Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops?: The Lost Toys, Tastes, and Trends of the 70s And 80s

Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops?: The Lost Toys, Tastes, and Trends of the 70s And 80s

Pop-culture encyclopedia about GenX childhoods, tracing what happened to everything we loved.

2011

Brian Bellmont, et al.

Brian Bellmont, Gael Fashingbauer Cooper

Stories

Pinned

Published in
The Memoirist

She’s No Longer Visible From My Kitchen Window

My neighbor and I used to wave to each other washing dishes. Now, only one of us remains.

Mar 16, 2024

Sunny view from a window

Mar 16, 2024

Pinned

I’m Gael Cooper, and I know whatever happened to Pudding Pops

I’ll tell you the Pudding Pops answer if you read the whole post.

Mar 10, 2024

Book cover for Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops?

Mar 10, 2024

Published in
The Memoirist

I’ll Always Miss The Brother I Never Knew

My mom worried that her stillborn son wouldn’t be remembered, but he’s always in my heart.

Feb 27

I’ll Always Miss The Brother I Never Knew

Feb 27

Published in
Age of Empathy

Choir Camp Made Me Glad I Fought For My Daughter’s High School

She belongs.

Jan 12

Choir Camp Made Me Glad I Fought For My Daughter’s High School

Jan 12

Published in
Age of Empathy

Keep Sending Me Christmas Cards, OK?

Holiday greetings may not be hip or trendy, but I love them still. Same time, next year?

Jan 3

Image of a tin full of the author’s Christmas cards

Jan 3

12 Wrapped Books: My 2025 Reading Resolution

Here’s how I intend to clean off one of my to-be-read lists — and one of my bookshelves — in the new year.

Jan 1

Pile of wrapped books with months written on them.

Jan 1

I Read 100 Books in 2024, And Here Are 5 Of My Favorites

Where my fellow book nerds at?

Dec 31, 2024

Bookshelves crammed with books.

Dec 31, 2024

Published in
Age of Empathy

Happy ghosts abound at the Minnesota State Fair

Oh to live on Sugar Mountain, where every corner holds a thousand wistful and wonderful memories.

Aug 30, 2024

Our family at the Minnesota State Fair.

Aug 30, 2024

Published in
Age of Empathy

My Best New Year’s Resolution Ever Is In Progress: Here’s How You Can Copy Me

Why didn’t I resolve to do this years ago?

Jun 6, 2024

My Best New Year’s Resolution Ever Is In Progress: Here’s How You Can Copy Me

Jun 6, 2024

Published in
Age of Empathy

Caitlin Clark and Me

How one of the best college basketball players of all time saved my vacation, and eclipsed the bad times.

Apr 12, 2024

Hotel revolving door wrapped in IOWA HAWKEYES promotional material.

Apr 12, 2024

Gael Cooper

Gael Cooper

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Gen X author, journalist and pop-culture junkie. Literally wrote the book on "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops?" Still pining for Marathon candy bars.

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