Doctor to the Garbage Pail Kids: A Brief History

Doctor To The Garbage Pail Kids: A Brief History

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The Doctor to the Garbage Pail Kids course imagines the characters from the iconic 1980s trading cards as patients, to teach practical medicine in a lighthearted and unique manner. This informational teaser provides the viewed a historical framework for the Garbage Pail Kids.

Created, written, edited and presented by Matthew J Tortora, MD

Check out my first video in the series Doctor to the Garbage Pail kids: Fat Matt    • Doctor to the Garbage Pail Kids: Fatt...  

More videos to follow in the days ahead!

Please also check out my previous videos on the history of renal medicine:
History of Renal Medicine, Introductory Sample:    • An Introduction to the History of Ren...  
History of Renal Medicine, Part 1:    • The History of Renal Medicine, Part 1  
History of Renal Medicine, Part 2:    • The History of Renal Medicine Part 2  
History of Renal Medicine, Part 3:    • The History of Renal Medicine Part 3  
History of Renal Medicine, Part 4:    • The History of Renal Medicine Part 4  
History of Renal Medicine, Part 5:    • The History of Renal Medicine Part 5  
History of Renal Medicine, Part 6:    • The History of Renal Medicine Part 6  
History of Renal Medicine, Part 7:    • The History of Renal Medicine Part 7  

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Transcript:

In 1985, the Topps Company, famous the world over for its collectible sports cards, and creator of wacky packages brought together a group of artists, among them underground illustrator John pound and Art Spiegelman, who had previously worked for Topps as a creative consultant for Wacky Packages, and would go on to win a Pulitzer-prize for his graphic novel Maus. The goal was a create a new series of trading cards piggybacking off the immense success of the Cabbage Patch Dolls. They set about producing a series of concept sketches, placing the dolls in a variety of unfortunate circumstances, and before long their concepts would come together
as the Garbage Pail Kids. The cards would go on to become part of the zeitgeist of 80s pop culture - even spawning a movie. The original run produced 15 series over a three-year period, followed by innumerable relaunches, each series had around 40 different paired cards
with each member of a pair having the same image but with a different name
They were meant to be funny, grotesque, and offensive, often accomplishing all three goals at once. But as I thumbed through the pages of my personal collection, I came across a deeper, and unsettling truth: The garbage pail kids are sick.; and if they ever hope to get better, they’re going to need a doctor. I’m Matt Tortora, a board certified pathologist, and I am - The Doctor to the Garbage Pail Kids. Up next - our very first patient.