WHAT Tragedies Befell The GI Joe Duo Of Alpine and Bazooka?

[@StoriesFromTheToyshelf]

Bazooka/Alpine? Leatherneck/Wetsuit?Flint/Lady Jaye? Who is your favorite Joe buddy pair or partners?

[@jessiemartinez3056]

quick kick / foot loose

[@StoriesFromTheToyshelf]

@jessiemartinez3056 nice I didn't realise they were a pair...but given their codenames...that does make sense 👍👍👍

[@jessiemartinez3056]

@StoriesFromTheToyshelf I guess it was for that one episode they was a pair? Lol ok baroness and Destro? Duke n Scarlet? Shipwreck n Polly? Mutt n junkyard?

[@StoriesFromTheToyshelf]

@@jessiemartinez3056 no worries I imagine Quick kick and footloose would be an awesome duo to hang out with 👍

[@jessiemartinez3056]

@StoriesFromTheToyshelf lmao yes for sure

[@MrAvenger1975]

'85 Alpine had the coolest accessories. I was excited when I finally found one at a Sears.

[@StoriesFromTheToyshelf]

Yup! Definitely won me over due to his accessories :) shame that classified version lacked his backpack!

[@aaw265]

It was cool

[@StoriesFromTheToyshelf]

@@aaw265 had many great memories of that fig scaling up enemy walls and mountains 👍

[@dangheathen]

YES!

[@StoriesFromTheToyshelf]

@@dangheathen same goes for HIT and Run!

[@eddierascalhaskell4954]

Alpine and Bazooka were the first Joes I ever got because even my mom liked them on the cartoon so those were the first two she recognized😅

[@StoriesFromTheToyshelf]

Well it worked then given the point of the cartoon was mainly to sell toys 👍👍👍

[@earthchild04]

Here is the reason Bazooka has a 14 jersey. Bazooka wears a number 14 jersey that's designed to look a bit like a New England Patriots jersey. Ron Rudat, the original ARAH figure designer, is a Pats fan, and Steve Grogan, number 14, was the team's quarterback in the early 80s.

[@StoriesFromTheToyshelf]

Thanks for that! You really can't trust everything you read on the Internet 😅

[@Teddy-ev1zo]

There was also wetsuit and leatherneck in season 2 of gi joe who were frenemies.

[@StoriesFromTheToyshelf]

Yup! Another favorite duo of mine! 👍👍👍

[@Busto]

I would have loved to hear the conversation between the animators & Hasbro about Quick Kick's appearance. Bob, the animator: "This takes place in Antarctica, Jim. Shouldn't we put Quick Kick in some winter gear?" Jim, from Hasbro: "What?!? How are the kids going to know who it is? He has to be barefoot and topless!" A week later, Jim was found dead, facedown in a mountain of cocaine. Inspiring the Arctic themed variations & vehicles...🤣🤣🤣

[@cheeseburger12]

@@Busto best part- they would actually animate some in coats sometimes. But QK was a member of the polar bear club I guess

[@StoriesFromTheToyshelf]

He he good one! Yeah I wouldve loved to be in the writing room to have witnessed a lot of the conversations that led to some of the greatest cartoon stories of our lifetime 👍👍👍

[@cheeseburger12]

Hasbro is by Boston, and Bazooka is supposed to be wearing a Patriots jersey- inspired by Steve Grogan...I think. That is also why Cutter has a Red Sox cap. Steve Grogan also played in Super Bowl 20, against ....William "Fridge" Perry and Da Bearssss!

[@MrAvenger1975]

I always wondered why Cutter worn that particular cap. I assumed it was some kinda Coast Guardy thing.

[@cheeseburger12]

@MrAvenger1975 Well, Boston has quite the coast.

[@StoriesFromTheToyshelf]

Oh OK....didn't Cutter speak in a Boston accent? I know BBq did. I also read that a disproportionate number of Joes were based off actual Hasbro employees and so were born in or around Rhode Island. 👍

[@cheeseburger12]

@@StoriesFromTheToyshelf Boston is (or at least was) pretty Irish settled. See the Boston Celtics as an example. There was an old stereotype of Irish as police and firemen. Partly because they were heavily discriminated against at one time. NINA- No Irish Need Apply. Also see the House of Pain video. JUMP AROUND!

[@StoriesFromTheToyshelf]

@@cheeseburger12 As a member of Lakersnation...I despise the Celtics 🤣

[@RazorBurn-wl4qc]

Shipwreck and Snake eyes they do a dance number snakes breakin with Timber... Thanks for the Christmas nostalgia.. was awesome. Happy holidays everyone

[@StoriesFromTheToyshelf]

Yeah it was quite the epic journey! Go ninja go ninjan GO! Happy Holidays to you too!

[@johndelossantos7551]

I knew it Alpine. My bazooka figure still has his launcher but missing his helmet and backpack. Still need an alpine

[@StoriesFromTheToyshelf]

Congrats for being spot on! Do you collect Classified? Alpine just came out late this year 👍👍👍

[@retrojoe8290]

It was crazy we got the Bazooka classified figure and had to wait so long for Alpine?. Now we are getting LeatherNeck, 2027 WetSuit?. 😅 Hasbro needs to get a Kung Fu Grip on thier marketing and releases. Yo Freaking Joe!

[@StoriesFromTheToyshelf]

Definitely these guys just cannot come out fast enough! I need a Wetsuit stat!

[@LtHavoc1983]

Funny thing that neither Alpine nor Bazooka has made it into either the Sideshow or ThreeZero 1:6 line of figures, but Hasbro made both of them in that scale, but those are more meant as toys tho, then collectors items. Still, I have seen plenty of kitbashes/customs of both of them over the years, so there is that.

[@StoriesFromTheToyshelf]

Hmmm I'm not into the 1/6 scale but I did know that Hasbro did a Bazooka. But they did Alpine too? Interesting! I'm gonna Google that :) how deep did Hasbro's 1/6 scale line go?

[@LtHavoc1983]

@@StoriesFromTheToyshelf Hasbro made several waves of 1:6 action figure toys over the years, often tied with the new cartoons or movies. I think the last was Valor vs. Venom if I recall and there, they did a few modern reinterpretations of the classics. Also, I might be wrong on the Alpine figure, but they did do Bazooka.

[@StoriesFromTheToyshelf]

@LtHavoc1983 yeah I've seen a bunch of them on and off. And it's a cool idea as I believe their construction was based off the original joes 👍

[@TheDuke013]

Definitely the best duo, followed by leatherneck and wetsuit, alpine was my favotite.

[@StoriesFromTheToyshelf]

Alpine was quite the character. His louder than life personality made up for Bazooka being not much of a conversationalist 😅

[@joeblaster8770]

9:18 My head cannon is that he is an autistic soldier, and he lits Cobra think he's dumb to throw them off.

[@StoriesFromTheToyshelf]

Hmmm I never thought of that. But yeah that works! 👍

[@nickfrancis]

Steve Grogan wore #14, for the New England Patriots, they wore red jerseys back then, I don't know what you're talking about with Broadway Joe Namath, but as a kid I liked Alpine, loved Quickkick, he was my favorite Joe, I didn't like Bazooka at all, I think it was because the Sunbow series made him so goofy and irritating?🤔 Great video bro.👍🏽

[@StoriesFromTheToyshelf]

Thank you! And thanks for the explanation for the number which definitely makes more sense. I guess you really can't trust what you read on the Internet 😅 it was so odd how they chose to portray Bazooka in the cartoon though....

[@DadalorianCreates]

well Namath passed for 4007 yards in a 14 game season, that was only beat in a 16 game season. .. only thing i can remember with namath and 14

[@StoriesFromTheToyshelf]

OK thanks for that maybe that's it!

[@GUILDAMESH]

I believe that the number 14 was in reference to Steve Grogan, Who played for the New England Patriots. Hasbro started in Central Falls Rhode Island and in GI-Joe greatly referenced New England.

[@StoriesFromTheToyshelf]

OK that makes more sense. I have close to zero knowledge of American football so this insight is much appreciated 👍

[@GUILDAMESH]

@@StoriesFromTheToyshelf no problem

[@CharlesK-n6q]

I had long bemoaned the cartoon writers making Alpine and Bazooka into some comedy duo like Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, with Bazooka being the dimwitted one and Alpine being a complete smartass. And then you had Quick-Kick, who just walks around in nothing but a pair of pants and is a junkie of Golden Age Hollywood, thus making them a trio at times. Embarrassing. In actual combat situations, I'd have to pair up Zap and Short Fuse since they're both specialists in explosives and portable anti-tank weapons, which is crucial in the battlefield. And then you have Flash and Grand Slam, who are adept in laser weapons. Airborne and Wild Bill, Pilot and Co-Pilot of the Dragonfly combat helicopter. And that's all I can think of right now.

[@StoriesFromTheToyshelf]

Yeah I get you. But it was a cartoon aimed at kids so I'll give them a pass. At least I found them entertaining and they're two of the most remembered characters. 👍 Great pairings you got there! Airborne and Wild bill are my favorite of the bunch as Airborne is my favorite Joe. I think they would've made a great pair in the cartoons as their personalities kinda contrasted with Wild Bill being well...Wild and out there. And Airborne being serious and grim. 👍

[@troyt6864]

Bazooka's familiar football jersey is based on the jersey of New England Patriots quarterback Steve Grogan

[@StoriesFromTheToyshelf]

Yup I've since been corrected 👍 thank you!

[@robertothomas8297]

Great information

[@StoriesFromTheToyshelf]

Thanks! Hope it was entertaining as well 👍👍👍

[@dinomonzon7493]

Bazooka got the shaft big time in the cartoons. Anyone who had his action figure and bothered to Read his filecard would know he wasn't a dunce- Larry Hama described him as a 'decisive fast thinker with all the instincts of a natural survivor'; a trait seen in Marvel's G. I. Joe #44. Along with Flash, Zap, & Airtight, Bazooka was also one of the only Joes who can defuse a nuclear warhead if necessary.

[@StoriesFromTheToyshelf]

Yes exactly. It makes me wonder if the cartoon writers actually read the filecards 🤔

[@dinomonzon7493]

@@StoriesFromTheToyshelf Or, more importantly, did the cartoon writers and execs even Cared about producing a Quality animated version of G. I. Joe? Filmation's Star Trek, Hanna-Barbera's Jonny Quest, & WB's Batman: The Animated Series were far better by comparison.

[@StoriesFromTheToyshelf]

@@dinomonzon7493 I think they cared...they just knew their audience was younger but there were quite a lot of entertaining and memorable episodes in the cartoon. I mean if the alterantive is teh DIC series...I'll take Sunbow any day 😅

[@eddierascalhaskell4954]

Its weird but Larry Hama who wrote the filecards wrote them with the comic versions of the characters in mind as the comic diverged from the cartoon a lot and was a lot more serious.

[@StoriesFromTheToyshelf]

@ most definitely. The cartoons were geared towards a younger audience, while the comics was all Hama

[@kikacruz4560]

Clutch and RocknRoll though......

[@StoriesFromTheToyshelf]

Oh that's another great duo! OG!

[@dmurphy1578]

comment. keep going

[@StoriesFromTheToyshelf]

Thank you! Yodelling he hoo Joe!

[@marcossierra4011]

Yo joe

[@StoriesFromTheToyshelf]

Oh yeah 😎 👍

[@JUSLOFI]

oooooooh yeahhhhhhhhhhhhh

[@StoriesFromTheToyshelf]

No one can yodel like Mr Albert Pine 👍👍👍

[@roberthall843]

I don't know how it's possible to love your content and hate it all at the same time lol. I know it's not your fault, and I almost blame my self. Cuz in a way our growing up and leaving our heroes to such horrible fates is just as much our fault as it is the butt heads that wrote there death lol.

[@StoriesFromTheToyshelf]

I'll take that love and hate 👍 yeah sucks that they got the fate they got. I mean our toys and the characters they were based on...but as long as they "live on" in thencool memories we have of them as kids..I think it's all good ! 👍👍👍

[@roberthall843]

@StoriesFromTheToyshelf yeah they did live on until they killed them and then you told me about it lol. So it is like a double death 🤣. And they really die every time we tell there store 😆 🤣 😂. It's tragic HaHaHaHa 😆. But no, it does suck though. Love how you incorporate everything in life visually to tell your 🤔🤔 lies. Cuz let's face it i don't believe you that there dead... 🤪 so they must be lies. But don't ever stop telling them sir. Your stories and how you tell them rock ass.... ass hole!! 🤣😂🤣😅 jk bro. Much ❤️