Last year, on an archaeological dig in Eternia, a team of UnderScoop-ologists unearthed a cache of lost and long-forgotten cassette tapes. The tapes contained clips of un-aired Request & Dedications from American Top 40. These letters were read by Casey Kasem, but never reached the public ear. Until now.
There was a letter from K.I.T.T. to Michael Knight, in which a car makes a heartfelt plea to his owner.
They found a letter from Optimus Prime to the Autobots, dedicating a lyrically-appropriate song for a tender moment in Transformers history.
There were even Request & Dedications from folks in the Indiana Jones and Rambo camps, respectively.
Today, we reveal the latest unearthed Request & Dedication. The clip you are about to hear is Casey Kasem reading a letter from Cobra Commander.
The words are powerful. The emotions are real.
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All clips produced by Jason Gross (@SockofFleagulls), creator of Rediscoverthe80s.com (@RD80s).
Click here to celebrate the full audio genius of Jason Gross.
READ ALSO: Cobra Commander’s Letter of Resignation
Great stuff Jason. Your editing ability never ceases to amaze me me. Oh, and as a side note, Skeletor has the least intimidating voice of all 80s villains, followed closely by Gargamel, who sounds like an 80 year old woman who still smokes two packs a day.
and conversely, Mumm-Ra was f’in terrifying. Yeah, Jason is amazing. These dedication clips- I can listen to them over and over again.
That’s true, he was terrifying, although it did sound like he was always in the middle of lunch and had a mouthful of food while attempting to take over Third Earth.
MarbleMouthMumm-Ra
listening to it again, Gargamel doesn’t sound dissimilar to Bea Arthur
You’re right. Makes me wonder if she didn’t do some voiceover work under a different name.
That made me LOL, Brian! I’ll agree with you and Howie’s assessment.
These are real fun to put together. I know will think of more and hourly make everyone remember these the next time they hear the actual song…
Wow auto correct sucks. Hopefully not hourly.
hey, at least you’re not Tank – yesterday he had ‘totally’ autocorrect to ‘Tina’
I turned autocorrect off, so now any misspellings or misuse of a word are purely because I’m an idiot.
Autocorrect? Ain’t nobody got time for that!
I teared up. I miss the megalomania of 80s bad guys.
Jason Gross/Howie Decker 2016
Thanks- and I’m glad you pencilled Jay in for Pres and me for Veep, i’m most comfortable with that arrangement. Although things from my past will be dragged out into the public eye.,
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