[YouTube] 1970s/80s Character Glassware

https://youtu.be/xifbrHFkk_Q

In the 1970s and '80s glasses were a popular promotion with restaurants and soda companies. This month McDonald's introduced a line of collector's glasses which inspired myself to make this video. I think my family had a few more than what I have to show but some likely broke and others might be in the possession of my parents or sister. Something I forgot to mention in the video is gas stations often had glassware promotions as well, though many of those featured the local sports teams and I'm focusing on movie, cartoon, and other well-known characters here. Also, some of these may have appeared in previous posts/videos.

McDonaldLand Action Series (McDonald's, 1977)

Garfield (McDonald's, 1985)

Looney Tunes (Pepsi, 1979)

Star Wars: A New Hope & Return of the Jedi (Burger King/Coca-Cola, 1977/1983)

Archie (Welch's Jelly, 1973)

Winnie-the-Pooh and Friends (Sears)

E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (Pizza Hut/Pepsi, 1982)

Electronic Arts Takes on the Video-Game Market (Video Games & Computer Entertainment - August 1990)

Today Electronic Arts (EA) is a juggernaut video game publisher but it was strictly a computer game developer and publisher for eight years before releasing its own games for consoles. Before 1990, other companies had licensed and ported EA's computer games to consoles. This article from Video Games & Computer Entertainment magazine was written shortly before EA's first video game releases for the Nintendo Entertainment System and Sega Genesis. Of course, we now know how significant EA's decision to make console games was and it entered the market at a great time, as 16-bit consoles elevated the gaming industry and EA's sports titles would eventually take the company to another level. One oddity about EA's Genesis cartridges is that they are about three quarters of an inch taller than the standard size and its earliest releases used cardboard boxes instead of the nice clamshell cases. That is likely a result of EA not actually having a Sega license at the time as is mentioned in the interview with Trip Hawkins at the end of the article.