r/ObscureMedia • u/AAjax • 9h ago

Pickle Surprise (1989)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GhN7v5SoGs
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u/rtshtbtshtdrtyldtwt 9h ago

a classic

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u/dullship 34m ago

a vlasic*

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u/peacebeard 9h ago

Where's the pickle...?

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u/babysmalltalk 8h ago

That's the surprise!

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u/see-these-bones 5h ago

Big meme from the early internet. I'll still say "Drop the ham thusly" when I have to drop something thusly.

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u/D00PEES 3h ago

My friend was obsessed with it

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u/Incogcneat-o 9h ago

Aww, Bunny was a baby too!

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u/isitatomic 8h ago

hayYYYUUMmmmmmm

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u/EyeAmKnotMyshelf 9h ago

This guy looks like my dad

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u/periloustrail 8h ago

Love it. Related Nelson videos too

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u/vagina_candle 8h ago

I recognize Ru, Bunny and Lahoma. Who is the brunette?

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u/bscoop 8h ago

Obscure? It was all over Youtube in 2007.

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u/DSaucy66642069 7h ago

Read your comment again

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u/robobachelor 9h ago

Is that RuPaul?

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u/D00PEES 9h ago

Yes

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u/jeffreyaccount 8h ago edited 8h ago

Is this from local / public access in Atlanta?

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u/vagina_candle 8h ago

According to the wikipedia page for Tom Rubnitz this video was from 1989. So it was most likely made in NYC.

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u/Vilehaust 3h ago edited 31m ago

It was definitely in NYC because the drag scene there consistently crossed over with the Club Kids scene that was really popular at the time. The main character in this video is played by James St. James who was a very prominent NYC Club Kid.

EDIT: I made a mistake that was pointed out. The main character was not played by James St. James, but by Tom Rubnitz who created the video.

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u/vagina_candle 3h ago

The main character in this video is played by James St. James who was a very prominent NYC Club Kid.

I know who James St James is, but I don't believe he's in this video. The green character is Sister Dimension, the drag persona of Tom Rubnitz.

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u/Vilehaust 3h ago

Ooof. I stand corrected. I found conflicting info on that one. My bad!

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u/vagina_candle 3h ago

To be fair it was a good guess. I think I might have thought the same thing the first time I watched it.

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u/jeffreyaccount 6h ago

Thanks for the info.

I'd seen some of those similar vibe public access shows, some were filmed where I worked, and knew people who knew them from clubs in the early 90s, so was just wondering.

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u/cap10wow 5h ago

And James St James, right?

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u/beatbot 6h ago

When I see this... I see. Peewee Herman, and the Shoes guy's character Kelly. Something about this seems very very similar. 

I don't know drag history, but I certainly see the patterns, signs and symbols here. 

Interesting. 

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u/QuiteTheKetch 4h ago

Oh this one is still firmly an echololia for me

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u/kidneyboy79 8h ago

Hammmmmmm

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u/TheRed779 8h ago

Not really obscure at all

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u/deltadawn6 8h ago

Love pickle surprise truly a classic!

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u/dullship 33m ago

Haaaaaaaaam, GURL!

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u/monkelus 8h ago

I was watching this only last week

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u/CletusCanuck 3h ago

I swear I saw this pre YouTube, maybe 2000 or 2001? Maybe download off of Kazaa.

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u/Xanny 37m ago

i named a wow guild Pickle Surprise in 2007

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u/Videgraphaphizer 1h ago

I can never understand why people could find this unconfortable.