30 Years of Garbage: The Garbage Pail Kids Story(2017)

1h 54m
- Documentary

Release Date: Aug 11, 2017 | Limited

In the 1980s a bunch of underground cartoonists parodied a popular doll. The resulting commercial product tapped into the international kid zeitgeist. That young generation felt that this product spoke to the revulsion they had for the corporate pop culture that was being fed to ... Read all

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Releases

Original Release | Aug 11, 2017

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30 Years of Garbage: The Garbage Pail Kids Story

Box Office Results

Updated as of Feb 02, 2025 04:34 AM ET

Results

Opening Weekend US & Canada:
$5,030
Total US & Canada:
$27,739
Total Worldwide:
$27,739

Current Showtimes

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Thu Aug 20
Fri Aug 21
Sat Aug 22
Sun Aug 23
Mon Aug 24
Tue Aug 25
Wed Aug 26

Director & Top Cast

Jeff Zapata
Director

Joe Simko
Director

Art Spiegelman
Self - Co-Creator of Garbage Pail Kids

Len Brown
Self - Topps Creative Director NPD

Tom Bunk
Self - Veteran Garbage Pail Kids Artist

Mark Newgarden
Self - Co-Creator of Garbage Pail Kids

James Warhola

Self - Veteran Garbage Pail Kids Artist

Gary Gerani

Self - King of Cards

Jay Lynch

Self - Veteran Garbage Pail Kids Artist

John Pound

Self - Original Garbage Pail Kids Artist

Aaron J. Booton

Self - Garbage Pail Kids Historian

Rebekah McKendry

Self - Editor in Chief - Blumhouse Horror

Brian Henkel

Self - Garbage Pail Kids Fan

Adam F. Goldberg

Self - Crestor & Producer - The Goldbergs

Roxanne Toser

Self - Non-Sport Update Magazine Publisher 1990 - 2016

Jeff Zapata

Self - Garbage Pail Kids Art Director 2004 - 2011

Simeon Lipman

Self - Pop Culture Specialist & Appraiser

Buffmonster

Self - Pop Graffiti Artist

Technical Specifications

Sound Mix: Aspect Ratio 16:9HD

Aspect Ratio: 16:9 HD

Other Details

Country of Origin: United States

Language: English

Summaries

Storyline

In the 1980s a bunch of underground cartoonists parodied a popular doll. The resulting commercial product tapped into the international kid zeitgeist. That young generation felt that this product spoke to the revulsion they had for the corporate pop culture that was being fed to them.