Dynamite! Magazine
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I was thinking about the 70's when I suddenly realized that hey! --my
sister and I subscribed to Dynamite! magazine. Does anyone else
remember that magazine or remember anything in particular that has
stuck with them through the years?
I remember reading about The Fonz--Henry Winkler. He said that he
thought he wasn't good-looking when he was in his teens growing up.
It always made me think about how people's perceptions about
themselves are always skewed.
Dave
Rbcsoup
Wasn't it done in conjunction with the book services that used to sell
paperbacks to us in elementary school?
JJ from GOod Times was on the cover of the first one, Mork and Mindy on another
ewh...@uscsumter.edu
In article <6hjlvf$m...@sjx-ixn2.ix.netcom.com>,
db...@ix.netcom.com wrote:
>
> I was thinking about the 70's when I suddenly realized that hey! --my
> sister and I subscribed to Dynamite! magazine. Does anyone else
> remember that magazine or remember anything in particular that has
> stuck with them through the years?
>
>
I used to love Dynamite! I remember something they used to do, or maybe it
was just in one particular issue that I had. They had cartoon parodies of
advertisements. One was for Hamburger Helper, but instead of the white
cartoon glove, it was an acutal hand! I thought it was hilarious at the time.
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LizzieZ
This was the best! I can't help but smile when I remember this magazine. And
yes, I believe it was offered through the Scholastic Books supplement that we
got in school. Who could forget such memorable covers as the Bradys lined up
on the staircase, Farrah Fawcett, the Sweathogs, and Shaun Cassidy? [Did
anyone get the sister magazine for younger folks called "Bananas"?]
Definitely check out that website--it'll really take you back! Seriously, it
felt like no time had gone by at all--I remembered everything there like it was
yesterday! Now if I can just find that box of old issues up in my parents'
attic. . .
Liz
Michael Kotler
On Wed, 22 Apr 1998 02:50:47 GMT, db...@ix.netcom.com wrote:
>I was thinking about the 70's when I suddenly realized that hey! --my
>sister and I subscribed to Dynamite! magazine. Does anyone else
>remember that magazine or remember anything in particular that has
>stuck with them through the years?
Dynamite! was for the pre-teen group, and they even had a Sunday comic
supplement in some areas. It was edited by someone named Jovial Bob
Stine -- and I strongly suspect that he is now known as R.L. Stine
(author of Goosebumps and many other popular novels). I do know for a
fact that R.L. edited children's magazines in the 1970's and his
wife's name is Jane (a Jane Stine was on the Dynamite! masthead)
There was also WOW! for younger kids, and Bananas for teenagers. I
think Dynamite was the most successful though.
And yes, they were all published by Scholastic Book Services, the ones
behind those leaflets you got in school to order books. These
appeared under different names for different groups:
See Saw Book Program (1st grade)
Lucky Book Club (2nd - 4th grade)
Arrow Book Club (5th - 6th grade)
Teen Age Book Club (7th - 12th grade) also known as TAB.
The boxes in which the books arrived also listed a "Campus Book Club"
(for college students?) and a "Readers' Choice" (???)
If you ordered any of these books, check and see if they were
censored. Some classmates of mine ordered Jaws and Jaws 2 from TAB,
and both covers showed the shark but not the girl!
----------------------------------------------------
Michael E. Kotler
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I've had to get creative to foil the spammers.
Michael Kotler
On Wed, 22 Apr 1998 07:48:03 -0600, ewh...@uscsumter.edu wrote:
>I used to love Dynamite! I remember something they used to do, or maybe it
>was just in one particular issue that I had. They had cartoon parodies of
>advertisements. One was for Hamburger Helper, but instead of the white
>cartoon glove, it was an acutal hand! I thought it was hilarious at the time.
That was a regular feature called "And now a word from our sponsor."
Other ads were for Sherman bathroom tissue (in a grocery store owned
by a Mr. Dimple), Crushed toothpaste, Bouncy paper towels, Head and
Armpits shampoo, etc... I found these parodies to be exceptionally
creative.
Bummers were also good. "Dont you hate when you finish a box of
cereal and discover you ate the prize?"
Terri A Gordon
On Wed, 22 Apr 1998 HAlv...@interval-intl.com wrote:
> In article <199804221049...@ladder01.news.aol.com>,
> rbc...@aol.com (Rbcsoup) wrote:
> >
> > Wasn't it done in conjunction with the book services that used to sell
> > paperbacks to us in elementary school?
> >
>
> I think so. God, I used to buy a ton of books. What was that book service
> called?
>
> Wasn't there also a magazine called Junior Scholastics?
>
Scholastic Books, Inc.
Ignatius J. Reilly
db...@ix.netcom.com wrote:
>
> I was thinking about the 70's when I suddenly realized that hey! --my
> sister and I subscribed to Dynamite! magazine. Does anyone else
> remember that magazine or remember anything in particular that has
> stuck with them through the years?
Was it 'Dynamite' or 'Bananas' which had the cover: "BeeGees vs. the
Beatles - Who's the Greatest?!"
I got them both in elem. school. I remember a lot of rubber chicken
jokes, and a "weird stuff /paranormal" column, and some cartoon
vampire's puzzle page. But I can't remember which features where in
which magazines.
Kent
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CarolJude >
db...@ix.netcom.com wrote:
Does anyone else
> remember that magazine or remember anything in particular that has
> stuck with them through the years?
> Dave
I've never forgotten how to make a paper 'balloon' - and I would never
have learned how were it not for 'Dynamite!'
Great magazine. I only have one now, it's a Star Wars - related issue.
When I got it a few years ago my friend and I had a giggle looking
through it and turning into ten year olds...
-CJ
--
'...if she helps me write the melody,
I'll let the words take care of themselves...'
-Paul McCartney
Dixon Hayes
> In article <6hjlvf$m...@sjx-ixn2.ix.netcom.com>,
> db...@ix.netcom.com wrote:
> >
> > I was thinking about the 70's when I suddenly realized that hey! --my
> > sister and I subscribed to Dynamite! magazine. Does anyone else
> > remember that magazine or remember anything in particular that has
> > stuck with them through the years?
> >
> > snip
One of my favorite memories of "Dynamite" was the games you could play with
your food at dinner. One of them was called "Those Dammed Potatoes", and
involved breaking the gravy dam and saving the green beans from the
horrible drowning in the gravy flood.
It seems like the whole attitude behind "Dynamite" is similar to a lot of
the programming/promotions on Nickolodeon, perhaps even a forerunner, in
that it simply allowed children to have fun without talking down to them or
teaching them to read or something.
Dixon
Charles P. Hobbs
Michael Kotler wrote:
>
> And yes, they were all published by Scholastic Book Services, the ones
> behind those leaflets you got in school to order books. These
> appeared under different names for different groups:
>
> See Saw Book Program (1st grade)
> Lucky Book Club (2nd - 4th grade)
> Arrow Book Club (5th - 6th grade)
> Teen Age Book Club (7th - 12th grade) also known as TAB.
>
> The boxes in which the books arrived also listed a "Campus Book Club"
> (for college students?) and a "Readers' Choice" (???)
>
> If you ordered any of these books, check and see if they were
> censored. Some classmates of mine ordered Jaws and Jaws 2 from TAB,
> and both covers showed the shark but not the girl!
I remember hearing about that on the news, then I checked the books
we had in school (we had both the Scholastic and regular versions).
The cover was different (no girl on the Scholastic cover), but, if I
recall correctly, the content was the same.
Charles P. Hobbs
Dixon Hayes wrote:
>
> It seems like the whole attitude behind "Dynamite" is similar to a lot of
> the programming/promotions on Nickolodeon, perhaps even a forerunner, in
> that it simply allowed children to have fun without talking down to them or
> teaching them to read or something.
Perhaps. On the other hand, "Dynamite" always seemed to me more like a
"sanitized" Mad magazine. . .plenty of funny parodies, but without the
political and other content one might find in Mad. . .
Songbuff
When my first grader brought home that Scholastic Book Club flyer, I about fell
over!....Dynamite was the first thing I thought of!
Gosh I wish I would've saved all of mine!
Stephanie
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Well about 2 years ago I went over my friends mother's house. She
wanted to clean up her basement and by total coincidence I happened to
be there in the middle of the cleaning. I found an old briefcase
filled with about 12-15 issues of Dynamite! magazine. I looked at
them and immediately saw how valuable these were (in terms of
memories). I wanted to sit down and spend about 5 hours looking
through them (just like the rest of you all would want to do).
Well, I said casually to my friend's mom, "Uh, how about these old
magazines, do you want these?" She immediately said, "Please throw
them away or take them if you want them!" So I said, "Uh......OK" and
ran out to my car and carefully placed them in my trunk, and trying to
hide this huge smile.
I couldnt believe it. They are still safe and sound and occasionally
I look through them and think about what it was like to be in the 6th
grade.
Dave Block