In 1987, The Garbage Pail Kids Movie hit theaters—and audiences were never the same again.Based on the controversial Topps trading cards, this cult disaster blended puppetry, crude humor, and 80s mischief into something… truly unforgettable (for better or worse). Starring Mackenzie Astin and a gang of animatronic misfits, the film was meant to cash in on the popularity of the gross-out trading cards that parodied Cabbage Patch Kids. But what we got was one of the strangest kids movies ever made—

The Garbage Pail Kids Movie (1987) We talked (and laughed) about this movie in our Awesomely-Bad 80s Movies episode of the We Don’t Wanna Grow Up podcast (episode 183), which came out September 2022! | We Don't Wanna Grow Up Podcast

Remember bubblegum inside of garbage pail kids? What is the story behind that? And why do they not do it anymore? Let’s take a look at the history of this interesting pairing, how it started and what stopped it. If you have the nostalgia for Garbage Pail Kids like I do you will absolutely not want to miss the new drop by @bull_airs_cult this week. More info coming SOON. #gpk #garbagepailkids #nostalgia #sneakers #80s | Kristofer Adams

Garbage Pail Kids: The Movie - Awfully Good Movies Just because our country and our movie theaters are under corona-induced lockdown doesn't mean we can't enjoy from the comfort of our homes the DreamWorks Animation sequel TROLLS WORLD TOUR, but if those twerking autotuned trolls don't do it for you, then perhaps you can watch another movie adaptation of 80s cartoon characters that serves as our latest subject for Awfully Good Movies...THE GARBAGE PAIL KIDS MOVIE! In the mid-80s, the Topps Compa