tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24558766.post894579963284010333..comments2024-03-08T03:21:10.018-06:00Comments on SECRET FUN BLOG: THE STARCADE FAN CLUBKirk D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05700097965524197825noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24558766.post-37768818381774929262022-10-11T11:22:20.200-05:002022-10-11T11:22:20.200-05:00Ha, that's great! I hereby make you an officia...Ha, that's great! I hereby make you an official member of the Starcade Fan Club.Kirk D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05700097965524197825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24558766.post-47597679231540129482022-10-11T08:21:36.197-05:002022-10-11T08:21:36.197-05:00Just saw the Starcade episode that mentioned you, ...Just saw the Starcade episode that mentioned you, and I thought I would look up the fan club. I found your post, and it was great to read your story. What a fantastic trip down memory lane.Ballyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12808399782957642755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24558766.post-71997571738024870392017-09-03T08:33:45.177-05:002017-09-03T08:33:45.177-05:00Twitch brought me here too! The Starcade Marathon....Twitch brought me here too! The Starcade Marathon. I had never seen the show before and loved every minuet of it! I wish I could the episodes to watch. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24558766.post-40946730900942636552017-09-01T11:54:37.569-05:002017-09-01T11:54:37.569-05:00"For most, watching other people play video g..."For most, watching other people play video games does not hold tremendous entertainment value"<br /><br />It's funny to read this in 2017 with how huge Twitch.tv is now. In fact, Twitch brought me here. They're currently streaming a Starcade marathon on ShoutFactoryTV and your episode was just up. It prompted me to Google "Starcade Fan Club" and I found this. Thanks for chronicling the experience.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24558766.post-52179732215889258882009-04-06T23:00:00.000-05:002009-04-06T23:00:00.000-05:00It's a pleasure to have you on the blog Madam Arth...It's a pleasure to have you on the blog Madam Arthur! (As you can see I have corrected my decades old blunder.)<BR/>Thanks for visiting and for keeping Starcade alive!Kirk D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05700097965524197825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24558766.post-80665628660819750912009-04-03T00:28:00.000-05:002009-04-03T00:28:00.000-05:00Hey Kirk ... great page ... we knew you were a 're...Hey Kirk ... great page ... we knew you were a 'real' Starcader back in 1983 ... and it was great fun for the entire STARCADE! staff to have you and Brad ask for the very special priviledge of being the very first STARCADE! Fan Club. Thanks for helping us all relive the magic of STARCADE! with your special memories. _Mavis E. Arthur (Ms. not Mr.), Executive Producer/Writer, STARCADE!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24558766.post-67755623596015571392008-12-20T16:32:00.000-06:002008-12-20T16:32:00.000-06:00I was also a Starcade fan and still am. As I also ...I was also a Starcade fan and still am. As I also was and am a Geoff Edwards fan. Glad to see someone love the show like me.Passepartouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12119987622025618857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24558766.post-26934688357712246892008-09-05T12:26:00.000-05:002008-09-05T12:26:00.000-05:00Big fun! Did I miss an actual pic of a Weepul some...Big fun! Did I miss an actual pic of a Weepul somewhere. I want to see. Granted, I blazed through in skim mode.<BR/>Squad LeaderAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24558766.post-20962588885563597602008-04-07T19:36:00.000-05:002008-04-07T19:36:00.000-05:00Heh, stealing wups from a classroom of kiddies has...Heh, stealing wups from a classroom of kiddies has to be a new low.<BR/><BR/>Sounds like it's time to teach your folks a lesson and buy yourself an arcade game. It's just an ebay auction away!Kirk D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05700097965524197825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24558766.post-52785359076319841992008-04-04T21:54:00.000-05:002008-04-04T21:54:00.000-05:00The last line of the Wupple Wiki entry is the sadd...The last line of the Wupple Wiki entry is the saddest last line to anything ever. *<:'(<BR/><BR/>I do however remember despising Starcade because it reminded that I will never own a video game of any form. My parents were fun fascists who hated my smile and prospective good times.poop scoophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12398774416893923998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24558766.post-22940329804456728912008-03-22T18:28:00.000-05:002008-03-22T18:28:00.000-05:00scrine- I remember those Bozo punching bags. The ...scrine- I remember those Bozo punching bags. The noses squeaked on the ones I'm thinking of. You should get your brother back by getting one on ebay and bringing it to your next family event. excellent story!<BR/><BR/>aaron- amen brother, amen.<BR/><BR/>hypnotits- just wanted to remind you to tell me about the time you made an appearance on WNEW's Midday Live show in 1971. Glad you enjoyed the tale!Kirk D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05700097965524197825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24558766.post-25312724648192091272008-03-21T21:36:00.000-05:002008-03-21T21:36:00.000-05:00I can't get the smile off my face after reading yo...I can't get the smile off my face after reading your Starcade saga, Kirk. It's so refreshing to hear a true tale of youthful innocence where adults not only didn't rain on your parade, but were actually wonderfully good-hearted. Remind me to tell you re: my appearance on WNEW's Midday Live show in 1971, with my best ESTES model rockets. ;)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03795562656188888757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24558766.post-57778237984383437352008-03-17T00:02:00.000-05:002008-03-17T00:02:00.000-05:00Steve Wiebe is number one!!!!Steve Wiebe is number one!!!!GoGohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02292769833094160416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24558766.post-49849034570814987642008-03-12T13:01:00.000-05:002008-03-12T13:01:00.000-05:00This thread dug out an old memory for me. I did m...This thread dug out an old memory for me. I did make it into the bleachers of a kid's show not once, but twice, on Minneapolis' Popeye and Pete Show. It must have been the mid to late 60's sometime. We all sat there with our bags of candy, and once (damn him still!), my little brother who'd had to tag along had whined so much prior to getting on the bleachers that'd I'd traded spots in line with him just to keep him quiet. During the show, we were told to look on the bottom of our bags and whoever had the gold star sticker won a Bozo the Clown punching bag. Wouldn't you know it! My little brother won, meaning that he'd stolen the prize from me.Scrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17550374626722116617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24558766.post-2926291223644586162008-03-12T11:26:00.000-05:002008-03-12T11:26:00.000-05:00thanks scrine, glad you enjoyed it!sharon- I'll be...thanks scrine, glad you enjoyed it!<BR/><BR/>sharon- I'll bet if you would have written the Monkees, Davey would have come to play at your prom!<BR/><BR/>david w- yes I love it that the Starcade producers go directly against the stereotype of the heartless, money-grubbing fat cats.<BR/>(not to mention their great filing abilities)<BR/><BR/>thanks narvista- although sometimes I think I have a bit too much old stuff.<BR/><BR/>huck- that's Mr. Nerd to you.<BR/><BR/>thanks the shan. But now I'm just the other child actors. My star burnt out when I was 9 and now my only choice is to make a living off of Starcade reunion shows and the Starcade convention circuit. It's a sad existence. <BR/><BR/>Your home Starcade games were a great idea! And you just unlocked a memory for me. During one of my birthdays we held a video game contest and the winner got a set of Advance D & D figures. I don't know why it didn't occur to me to call it Starcade though.<BR/>I was into Gremlins trading cards too, although that club probably would have just given me a power trip too.<BR/><BR/>karswell- ah, yes the coveted positions on local kiddie shows. There was one out of Tulsa Oklahoma called Uncle Zeb that I dreamed of getting on. Didn't happen for me either. I'm also remembering a Santa Claus show I longed to be on. Funny to fantasize about being one kid in a bleacher full of other kids. But it's on TV so it's a big achievement!Kirk D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05700097965524197825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24558766.post-54525718902787265322008-03-10T10:36:00.000-05:002008-03-10T10:36:00.000-05:00This is such a legendary tale you could almost mak...This is such a legendary tale you could almost make a movie out it. <BR/><BR/>In my city of STL in the 70's the big deal was to get on Corky's Colorama for a television birthday party (which also featured cartoons and stuff) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corky%27s_Colorama ...I only knew one kid who did it but no one saw it when it aired so it didn't count. In the 80's the next big TV thing to do was be on the D.B.'s Delight kid's gameshow as a contestant:<BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dbs_delight ...never did that either.Mr. Karswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15889717828895556186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24558766.post-57157667833159812692008-03-08T21:56:00.000-06:002008-03-08T21:56:00.000-06:00Starcade was such an awesome show! It was very pop...Starcade was such an awesome show! It was very popular in our neighborhood, in fact we used to play our own version. We'd line up four or five Atari games and make up questions and then time each other with the kitchen egg timer playing the different cartridges. What a blast. I'm pretty sure we kept playing our home version long after the TV version went off the air.<BR/><BR/>We never did start a Starcade Fan Club...I guess I was too busy with my duties as President of our neighborhood Gremlins Trading Card club!Ed Southhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03795163107239366269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24558766.post-46697362805584803722008-03-08T10:07:00.000-06:002008-03-08T10:07:00.000-06:00How do you keep coming up with these materials?! ...How do you keep coming up with these materials?! You kill me! :D Your whole entire life has been documented and properly organized. You are the first Truman show Kirk! Well, I for one love knowing someone who is famous(even though I'm hideously jealous as well :{ grrr). You've just got it and you might as well give in to celebrity now while you're still young.Shanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04018721209690768151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24558766.post-90891946995871227542008-03-06T00:05:00.000-06:002008-03-06T00:05:00.000-06:00Oh man I would've joined the Starcade club in Gala...Oh man I would've joined the Starcade club in Galaxian minute! My brother and I never missed an episode and so we must've seen you on the Hotline. We used to tape this show with our audio tape player.Todd Franklinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16400377734350011046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24558766.post-43841199247296878742008-03-05T20:53:00.000-06:002008-03-05T20:53:00.000-06:00I'll admit Kirk, even though you slacked off and n...I'll admit Kirk, even though you slacked off and never signed up all those hopeful kids to the club I still think this was a pretty cool achievement! You're such a NERD!Huckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126249844207727332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24558766.post-92044375344097615562008-03-05T18:40:00.000-06:002008-03-05T18:40:00.000-06:00What an awesome story! That's cool that you still ...What an awesome story! That's cool that you still have all that old stuff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24558766.post-59655900718844409372008-03-05T16:00:00.000-06:002008-03-05T16:00:00.000-06:00This is such a nice little story, and what makes i...This is such a nice little story, and what makes it so amazing is the extreme coolness of the producers.<BR/><BR/>If this was a work of fiction I would have never believed that some TV producers would hold on to a kid's correspondence for 20 nearly years.<BR/><BR/>This makes me wonder how large their filing system is.David W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12787360271258648033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24558766.post-21873743271326381842008-03-05T11:58:00.000-06:002008-03-05T11:58:00.000-06:00how touching that the producers made an effort to ...how touching that the producers made an effort to make you feel important! it makes me wonder "what could have been" for my fourth grade Monkees club (second wave Monkees-- the 80s revival)... ah, memories... i'm cringing right now! :)frozen charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05826493242633790702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24558766.post-76413292239617995442008-03-05T11:47:00.000-06:002008-03-05T11:47:00.000-06:00This is a great story!This is a great story!Scrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17550374626722116617noreply@blogger.com