On Comedifans Episode 034, we discussed pogs. It was the second and hopefully last time that we discuss this topic on the show. The Wikipedia article on pogs covers the topic on a general level pretty well, and even provides some insight on its popularity that I never knew (particularly, its origins in Hawaii and its rise being attributed to an elementary school teacher).
We questioned whether pogs were deemed collectibles or not and how much they ran. A common search of pogs on eBay not surprisingly brings up a lot of listings. Here were the funniest to me. Nothing signified the popularity of pogs and its time period to me than this O.J. Simpson American Tragedy pog set! I distinctly remember pondering O.J.'s guilt with a friend while taking away a few of his pogs. Now, I could actually take away O.J. pogs at the same time. The Wikipedia article brings up how fast food chains jumped on the pog craze and this posting of Apollo 13 pogs from Hardee's is an example of that. It was a hit movie in the summer of 1995, and a great choice for Hardee's to hop aboard on.
We also discussed The Dewey Decimal System in the podcast. In order to find out where pogs are located in the system, I visited the Columbus Metropolitan Library website and searched "pogs." Only one book came up (clearly, pog history is popular). Its call number was 708, which under the Dewey Decimal classification puts it in Arts & Recreation. 708 is specifically "Galleries, museums, private collections." All right, I'm not sure that makes sense, but I suppose pogs could be deemed a "private collection." It seems like it would better be classified in 793 under "Indoor games and amusements." In reality, I guess Golak and I are both wrong as it is not considered a sport nor under Pop Culture. We still have no idea where this pog book would be found at Barnes & Noble, and to be honest, I have no interest to go looking for it there (remember: I don't buy books!)
Now, for one of the more memorable lines in The Simpsons history:
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