30 Years of Garbage: The Garbage Pail Kids Story

2017

Action / Documentary

4
IMDb Rating 6.8/10 10 276 276

pop culture fandom

Plot summary

The Garbage Pail Kids are 30 years old. Celebrate their gross-out greatness with artist interviews, superfan collections, and more.

Director

Jeff Zapata Photo
Jeff Zapata

Top cast

Connie Chung Photo
Connie Chung as Self - Host, CBS Evening News
Arturo Gil Photo
Arturo Gil as Self
Debbie Lee Carrington Photo
Debbie Lee Carrington as Self
Mackenzie Astin Photo
Mackenzie Astin as Self
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1.03 GB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 54 min
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1.91 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 54 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Michael_Elliott

Good But a Tad Bit Too Long

30 Years of Garbage: The Garbage Pail Kids Story (2017) *** (out of 4)If you grew up in the 1980's then you will obviously remember the notorious and controversial Garbage Pail Kids. Yes, those revolting cards that parents, certain religious groups and various others were outraged about. This documentary, 30 YEARS OF GARBAGE: THE GARBAGE PAIL KIDS STORY takes a look at their rise in popularity and everything that happened because of it.If you're a die-hard fan of the cards then there's no question that you're going to have a good time with this film. If you're not a die hard, well, you should still enjoy this documentary but you'll probably feel that it goes on a bit too long. I fell into that camp as I did collect these cards as a kid but I'm not overly crazy about them anymore.What I enjoyed most about this documentary is that it does a good job at detailing how these cards came to be, early production meetings are discussed and we also get a good idea of why the cards were so popular. We get interviews with several of the men who were there at the start of the series so we get some very good behind-the-scenes details about the cards. There's also some nice stories covering the controversy behind them and an eventual lawsuit from the Cabbage Patch Doll people.The movie that was based on the cards are also discussed and there are some fun stories told here by some of the cast members. As I said, there are a lot of details here about the production of the cards but to me the documentary did feel a tad bit too long for its own good.
Reviewed by holcomb-87433 10 / 10

Great documentary

This is a wonderful in-depth documentary of not just Garbage Pail Kids and the counter culture that these cards still represent, but also a fascinating look at trading cards, Bazooka bubble gum, comics and even MAD magazine.For those of us who grew up on crude, potty humor and satire, Garbage Pail Kids were the holy grail and still are to collectors. They were a perfect mockery of popular dolls at the time that were ironically not even original and the "creator" of Cabbage Patch not only sued Topps, but, was also successfully got sued himself because even he lifted influence. These cards are just the final artistic level.It's also important to note how great the artwork was and still is with these cards. Incredible artists like John Pound, James Warhola and Tom Bunk drove the original series while artists such as David Gross and Joe Simko do the modern ones. These cards are still being produced and often sell out quickly.
Reviewed by TheOneThatYouWanted 3 / 10

Pro tip; Stop watching after the first 20 minutes

Got to be honest, you can stop watching this after about 20 minutes because everything after is just repetition. I watched this with someone who collected these cards and he told me they were not as popular as this documentary suggests. I'm guessing this was sort of a marketing ploy for the upcoming line of cards they just so happened to talk about towards the end of this commercial.. I mean this documentary. Seems like this documentary was just reaching and killing a ton of time after the initial 20 minutes of the start of it. Not a fun watch.
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