30 Years of Garbage: The Garbage Pail Kids Story

Name: 30 Years of Garbage: The Garbage Pail Kids Story
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2017-09-01
Rating: 57

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Exploring 30 years of "Garbage Pail Kids" with artist interviews, superfan collections and more.

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Andrew Pollard

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30 Years of Garbage is a marvellous celebration of something that was truly unique and special to so many of us, and this documentary most certainly does justice to such a brilliantly disgusting yet fascinatingly relevant slice of pop culture.

Rated: 9/10

Nov 10, 2017

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Todd B

I was a fan every since, I had seen the twist from Cabbage Pail Kids dolls to the gritty comics trading cards stickers. I hadn't noticed the 2003, reissue, but I'm glad somebody is talking about this. My older cousins had told me about them. Good documentary.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/27/25

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Rachel K

I prefer The Cabbage Patch Kids better.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/23/23

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Audience Member

If you're a fan of the Garbage Pail Kids stickers from the 80s, how they grew out of the Topps 'Wacky Packages' franchise, or are just nostalgic for the 80s in general, this amazing documentary does an amazing job of detailing every aspect of this legendary and iconic card series and the amazing fanbase that keeps it going even now!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/15/23

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Jeff Zapata

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Joe Simko

Director

Joe Simko

Writer

Adam F. Goldberg

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Krystle-Dawn Willing

Producer

Aaron J. Booton

Executive Producer

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Exploring 30 years of "Garbage Pail Kids" with artist interviews, superfan collections and more.

Director: Jeff Zapata, Joe Simko
Producer: Adam F. Goldberg, Krystle-Dawn Willing
Screenwriter: Joe Simko
Distributor: Indican Pictures
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 1, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 19, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $26.4K
Runtime: 1h 54m

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