Episode · Stuff You Should Know · 2020-12-01

Books mentioned on SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: Cabbage Patch Kids: Must-Have Toy of the Century

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Surprisingly, Cabbage Patch Kids have turned up on SYSK almost as much as the Nazis or Seinfeld. It’s finally time to dive all the way into CPKs, from their controversial origins to the Christmas craze of ‘83 to their alter egos, Garbage Pail Kids.

Josh Clark discussed Maus I: A Survivor's Tale by Art Spiegelman.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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1. Maus I: A Survivor's Tale

   Maus I: A Survivor's Tale

   Art Spiegelman · at 47:20

   Maus I: A Survivor's Tale by Art Spiegelman is a landmark graphic novel that uses animal allegories to portray the horrors of the Holocaust and a father's survival story.

   Discussed

   “I I mean I've heard of Art Spiegelman, but I really don't know anything about him, so I didn't know that. But I know the name. I've not read Mouse, but I know it's like it's like a like a just a legendary graphic novel um about fascism, but that guy helped create Garbage Pale Kids, just a couple years”

   Josh Clark SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: Cabbage Patch Kids: Must-Have Toy o… 2020-12-01 Listen at 47:20

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