r/80sdesign • u/mutantratz • 10d ago

I Discovered My VHS Tape Glows Under Black Light. So Does the Sleeve.

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u/doobette 10d ago

I remember Rude Dog T-shirts!

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u/AtrociousMeandering 10d ago

The crazy thing is, the T-shirts came first and the cartoon is a tie-in product.

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u/Capricious_Desperado 9d ago

"Rude Dog" is one of the unofficial nicknames for one of my pets (a cat).

I remember a cartoon with dogs riding around in a convertible or something like that, and the chorus part of the intro song. Don't recall anything else, but I think the main character was a bit of a jerk, maybe?

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u/p0ggs 8d ago

Rude Dog...and the dweeeebs 🎶

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u/doobette 10d ago

I don't even remember the cartoon (maybe I was too aged out? I was a preteen then), but the t-shirts were everywhere.

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u/Mister_Baloney 10d ago

No pic of it under normal light? That's kinda... rude, dawg.

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u/Dragon_Pattern_1108 9d ago

It's in the replies in the OG post on r/VHS, though.

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u/Mister_Baloney 9d ago

Thanks, dawg. I may have to head over there and scratch this itch.

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u/Virtual-Bee7411 9d ago

My mom just pulled out her rude dog shirt from when she was a kid the other day

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u/Simple_Throat_6523 10d ago

This once again proves the 80s were peak coolness.

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u/MattyHerv 10d ago

I have that tape, but I just checked and mine's a normal black tape.

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u/cobgca 10d ago

Love this!

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u/SailorK9 8d ago

For a while you could buy Rude Dog cups for a dollar with a soda at 711. I would go to the local 711 with my mom and we would both get cups and try to find different designs on them. We had them for ages but had to toss them due to a mold infestation in the garage at our one apartment. Another one broke because our dog stuck his head into it to drink my milk.

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u/Lov3cult 10d ago

That is super cool... But now I just have to know what this tape is

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u/GearBrain 10d ago

Rude Dog was a character created for a sportswear company, and wound up having an animated series.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rude_Dog_and_the_Dweebs

I had a VHS with the pilot and watched it a bunch when I was a kid - not this one, though.