A Day in the Life of a Pop Tart - Part 1 

The gay scene of the 80s is kinda fascinating. In the mainstream being gay was completely outrageous, but in places like New York city, gays seemed to be more open and overtly "out" than even today.

These videos are like a time machine. It's like being there. I wonder what I was doing on that day. Sometimes I can remember. I remember most of all how those times felt. I was a teenager, I was just starting to figure out what I might want to do, but there was no rush. I could breathe!! Most of all I could breathe! It felt freer back then. A nice day out in the sun, anything was possible. I keep trying to understand what changed, how it all slipped away when we weren't paying attention or something.

Ahhh the days before cell phones, ironically there seemed to be more authentic communication among people....go figure!!

Dick Richards is such an angel and such an awesome great friend to Nelson; I mean wow Nelson and Dick had such a beautiful loving relationship

Nelson was so ahead of his time....

Wow seeing byc like this brings back such nostalgia feelings.... that sticker that said BRANDON CALL MOM broke my heart and really saddened me in ways i never felt before.... very heart breaking

Randy is so F-ing adorable! Also, I fondly remember 14th St. shopping. You could really walk from one end to the other and always get what you needed.

1:13 I’m having a hard time believing this was not an intentional modification to his pants. The placement is simply to perfect 😮

Back when anyone could buy mid century stuff for practically nothing. There was so much of it then.

Manic Panic!!!! the beginning and still pushing in 2018. Minus the storefront, glad to see the brand still alive and doing well.

I love this it gives you a look at how simple life was. The mom posting notes around the town to find her son to call her and about how Nelson friend saw and other friends as wave them down and had a convo nowa days it all phone !

So awesome to see a glimpse of life and people the year I was born

These videos are so awesome! Love them!

I wonder what Brandon is doing today. And did he ever call his mother lol

If anyone wants to know who uploaded these videos after nelson passed here is the link his name was Dick Richards he sadly passed in 2018 Dick Richards 1946~2018 www.artsatl.org/obituary-funtone-founder-dick-richards-first-to-televise-rupaul/

In the past, people left notes on signs to call them; nowadays, people text each other on their smart phones to call them. Times have changed.

I love that old mans New Yorker accent. ❤

Great video I felt as if I was there!...Bravo!

9:18 I love how the camera pans in on some cute looking white guy coming out of an MTA bus, and the ad on the side of the bus is one for Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits "Fresh - Crispy - Spicy". When I lived in NYC, even in 2009-10. I was always going to Popeyes on 14th Street near Chelsea and other locations around Brooklyn and Manhattan. So interesting to see Popeyes existed in 1986 in NYC.

Randy is so so cute. If I'd been there then I would have had a crush on him. It almost makes up for all the cuts in this making me dizzy...

Who has all of his video tapes? Is it a family member who is uploading these? I'm so curious

Randy wearing shorts with holes and now he's so damn wealthy! I hope he sees this video!

Thanks for sharing the legacy

The continuous one-shot-pan Nelson did from 9:18 onward, from people getting off the MTA bus, going into a corner shop, seeing the Pop Tart and panning to another guy walking away was also quite impressive technique.

Woooow they're called cover girl! 3:06

I don’t know why I felt this video a little sad, kinda depressing, that’s a first with all the videos that I saw!!! :(

This is an interesting one that pop tart is something else I like em.

Love when Nelson edits the video away mid story

Pre 911 was a better time

For anyone who's uploading this. You should claim that he is the first vlogger.

This is awesome!

The cute guy in the video is Randy Barbato: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_of_Wonder_(company) His company is who produces Drag Race

Here we get an intro to the OG Snooki!

Yess a new one!!!

thats Thompkins! I live in my parents old apt on ave c and 10th street! my mom & dad was at studio 54, limelight, club 1018! they did freestyle this is crazy seeing my parents POV

‘14th street might be cheaper’ my how times have changed

When I say loving relationship I meant great friends not lovers; 😄😀

Randy pop is soo cute

Fantastic!

3:06. Priceless!!

MANIC PANIC!!

Randy Barbados was a little doll.......Wish I had met him and was now Mrs World of Wonder.....he would have left me years ago

Randy Pop is funny 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😘

99 cents for strawberrys 🍓 , those days are gone forever

This explains why all Americans are either over weight or obese today. Years ago we walked and walked and walked from small shop to small shop to do routine errands.

I'd love to know the year of this. You should have it in the description.

I wonder of the Pop Tarts had to pay any Royalties to Kelloggs?

7:50 That's St. Marks for ya. I dig her. 8:48 I remember seeing Sam Shepherd's Cowboy Mouth around that time. Don't know if it's the same production or not though.

I wanna go to that party

Question? More interested in Nelson Sullivan. I am wondering if his aunt outlived Nelson and if so is there any information on his funeral or what happened after his death.

the World of Wonder dad Randy

Punch-Buggy Orange 🤜🏼

i wanna know more about randy

That pop tart is a cutie

7:55 - "our neighbor was stabbed twice in the back right outside here"

I’m going to tell my kids this was RDJ.

I wonder if Brandon ever called his mom..

We were fitter back then because we had to shop and walk around to find things 😂 it’s Amazons fault I’m fat

I fell in love with the guy 🤤

When Grindr was not a thing.

8:32 Snooki before snooki?

I love watching these videos, but I have wondered often to myself why _especially the videos made after 1985_ that nothing is ever discussed about the AIDS Crisis, that gripped NYC, during this time. Its almost as if the bulk of these historical documentary videos center on PARTY....don't get me wrong....its only that I find it extremely odd.... _to say the least_

Hi folks, I'm from Bavaria and my English ins't so good. So, I have a question. What's a "Pop Tart". I don't understand that word. So, please explain that word to me. Thank you. By the way, I watched the complete film and it's pretty nice to see the streets in N.Y. in the 80s. bye bye Toni

I was destroyed not being in town all the time but the world beckoned.

Where is Randy Pop now? I wonder.

Before gay men became obsessed with the gym, overly architected hair styles, and tattoos. The complacent arrogance that’s seeped into the community wasn’t there in the 80’s.

Those purple footprints at 3.40 have a story. Wikipedia Adam Purple and his Garden of Eden.

Where is Elio? Hahahah lmao

poor Brandon's mom...

4:25 wonder why he was standing in the road 🤔

Yea! a new one and I'm first!

One of the funniest things said !! Don't invite unbalanced people to the Party !! NO ONE WOULD SHOW UP !! THEY ARE ALL " UNBALANCED" !! There would be No Party !! aICONIC !!!

what's a pop tart slang for?

3:22 Name of this artist?

Nelson loved Ru but I wonder if the other way around abs whether Ru used Nelson for his home and marketing him…

This Guy Died? If so how did he die?

he looks like armie hammer

14:06 is that ru paul!??

Anyone else assume from the title it was about prostitutes? Most probably male? PS. What's that place at 14:05?

I gather that this is Randy Barbato. See this: www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/randy-barbato-fenton-bail_n_5621822.html And do a search for The Fabulous Pop Tarts on RU-vid. What is he doing these days?

What's a pop tart?

how cute is randy !

Armie Hammer could Randy.

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michael musto is sick

She cute date,shop still there ahh

These gay people Atleast had integrity... they were actually being themselves

Woulda been fun to hang out there with them as a straight guy and get girls. Similar to straight guy joining theater department for the chicks

What happened to all fat people back then. They all stayed at home that day? 🤔

So sad he was killed because of footage he had of very elite people in very compromising positions!! Heart attack my you know what! He was way ahead of his time. He and his friend, the great Keith Haring ...

Why do they talk like that

Those cars look dirty yuke yuke dusty sad why

Decorations = drugs

I want money money money playstation 5 Sony vor money gold silver I’m selfish dick

How did nelsonndie??

Most triumphant

Thank You! For the trip down Memory Lane. What went wrong? Did the HBO show "Sex in the City" ruin NYC? That's always been my theory. People from America and the rest of the world came for the shoes and got pregnant. Then got married and all depressed, when they realized NYC is no place for children? That and then rent? Not the play....the actual rent

What is a “ pop tart?”

Tomkins Park??