I've got a date with pop culture history

So, being the devout procrastinator that I am, I waited until the last possible weekend day to visit Geppi's. I was a little unsure of what to expect from this so-called "pop culture museum", and was pleased to find that it had a lot more to offer than a massive array of old comic books. From the moment I walked into the lobby, it became hard to focus my attention on any one of the many framed pictures that covered every free piece of wall space. I found myself walking slowly down the hallway at first, looking bottom to top at each picture I passed. When I finally was ready to look around the different rooms, I started from the present day and worked my way backwards, not for any specific reason other than I knew I would recognize more of the recent cultural artifacts than those from before the 1950s or so.

One of the sections that stood out to me was the corner dedicated to the emergence of The Beatles and the new era of rock and roll in America in the Revolution room (1961-1970). Some of my personal favorites were the psychedelic framed posters that I suspect were in fact furry underneath the glass. What I found to be disappointing, though, was the fact that this section was so small and did not even begin to cover the variety of musical achievements from that time period. Another thing that stood out to me while walking through the different rooms was the blantantly offensive characters from earlier American popular culture, frequently stereotyping groups like African-Americans and Native Americans (i.e. Amos and Andy and The Lone Ranger's sidekick Tanto). One particular poster in the main hallway advertising Robertson Preserves showed a cartoon black man with a bulbous head and bright red lips, the caption reading "Golly it's Good!"

I was on my way out of the museum when in the lobby I spotted a large Disney poster featuring who else but our good friend Donald Duck and some other characters. When I saw it, it reminded me of one of my favorite Disney movies of all time The Three Caballeros. For those of you that don't know, The Three Caballeros is a full-length Disney movie from 1944 in which Donald Duck celebrates his birthday and receives presents from his friends in Latin America. He then proceeds to visit Mexico and Brazil, mixing animation with live action, all the while learning about Latin American culture. There's singing and dancing and all that good Disney stuff. Now, I know that does not sound like the makings of a quality Disney movie, at least by today's standards, but growing up one of my best friends and I loved this movie. So, I decided while I was at Geppi's to find out if they had anything in the museum associated with the movie. When I went back to one particular case that had a variety of Donald Duck collectibles in it, I found what I was looking for: the book version of the movie. Honestly, I was a little surprised that they had anything at all because most people have not heard of The Three Caballeros.