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When the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade Doesn’t Go As Planned

The annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is usually filled with wonder and excitement. But, sometimes things can go awry. CONTINUE READING…

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles: 47 Differences Between The Film and Script

Last November, we debuted the TRN Drive-In podcast series to review movies. Our inaugural show hosted by Mickey and Jason screened Planes, Trains, and Automobiles at TRN Drive-In. The format of the show made it CONTINUE READING…

Home for the Holidays: Another Thanksgiving Movie

When thinking about Thanksgiving movies, the one that always comes to most people’s minds is Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. I love that movie, but there’s one that I have grown to love just a little CONTINUE READING…

Thanksgiving on Roseanne

The holiday season was often a significant event on the classic sitcom “Roseanne.” Roseanne is probably best known for their annual Halloween celebration, but Thanksgiving was highlighted in most seasons since family and togetherness are CONTINUE READING…

The Early Years of Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

Every year on Thanksgiving morning, while countless turkeys are roasting in the oven, over 3 million people bundle up and line the streets of New York to watch the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. In CONTINUE READING…

The Retro Resurgence Podcast – Episode 5 | Top 5 Breakfast Cereals

Happy November Listeners. Episode 5 of The Retro Resurgence Podcast rolls along. After a brief discussion of how Halloween 2024 went for Ken and Chad, the show gets going. The guys discuss Cartoon Campaign 2000 CONTINUE READING…

Remember That Show? TV Treat, Ep. 24: Punky Brewster (1984-2021)

We introduce our new “Channel Surfing” format where we travel through the entire history of a television franchise. For our maiden voyage we’re exploring the legacy of Punky Brewster from the original 2 seasons on CONTINUE READING…

WIZARDS The Podcast Guide To Comics | Episode 100.5

Adam is joined by returning guest and comic book artist, Phillip Sevy to talk about Wizard’s Best of the Best awards for 1999, the 10 Overused Comics Book Plot Lines and a Last Man Standing CONTINUE READING…

Cobra Commander – Super7 vs. Classified

I love collecting Ultimates-style figures of my favorite cartoon bad guys. I share pictures of them all over my Instagram and I’ve even posted an article here about which figures I want to be released CONTINUE READING…

Iron Mike Tyson: The Punch-Out King Returns

If you bring up “Iron Mike” to anyone who grew up in the 1980s they immediately know who you’re talking about. “Iron Mike” Tyson hit the boxing scene in 1985 and dominated the ring from CONTINUE READING…

Horror ’84: Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter

I am big fan of horror movies. Well, 20th century horror movies. Sometime in the mid-2000’s I lost interest in horror movies. They all seemed like cheap remakes of classics I already loved. In the CONTINUE READING…

Friday the 13th: The Series

When I was in high school I worked at Pizza Hut, back when it was still good. On Friday nights I’d get home around 11 pm with my Meat Lovers Personal Pan pizza, grab a CONTINUE READING…

Halloween on Home Improvement

When I think back on my childhood, the sitcoms of the 1990s depict how I wished Halloweens could have been. Everyone was dressed in cool Halloween costumes and attended parties with elaborately decorated houses full CONTINUE READING…

10 Retro Halloween Movies For Everyone

When October rolls around each year, movie fans start putting together their playlists of spooky films they hope will bring a creepy atmosphere to their cobweb and candy corn laden festivities. But just as not CONTINUE READING…

Wax Pack Flashback Finale: Jason Gross Retro Trading Card Folder Tribute

For the finale of Wax Pack Flashback, Adam commemorates the 1 year anniversary of the passing of Jason Gross, by sharing Jason’s personal trading card binder where he kept his favorite cards during his time CONTINUE READING…

Wax Pack Flashback: Knight Rider (1982)

Adam is opening up a vintage pack of Knight Rider trading card by Donruss from 1982. If you want more Hasselhoff-tastic fun, join Adam and his co-host, William Bruce West on the Remember That Show? CONTINUE READING…

Wax Pack Flashback: Magnum, P.I. (1983)

Adam is back and opening up a classic pack of trading cards from 1983 by Donruss, featuring Tom Selleck as Magnum, P.I. in all his mustachioed glory!

Halloween Nostalgia: Costumes and One “Ugly” Sweater

Here’s a look at some of my Halloween costumes through the years and a particular “ugly” sweater that I associate with Halloween. Bugs Bunny (1979) This was my costume for my first time trick or CONTINUE READING…

The Penguin, Episode 1 “After Hours” Review

Warning: There may be spoilers, I’ll try to limit them, but you’ve been warned The Penguin caught my eye when a first saw the trailer a few weeks ago. The time has come and the CONTINUE READING…

The 10 Best Halloween Costumes on HalloweenCostumes.com

I received an email at work the other day. Supervisors are looking for a “team of volunteers” to decorate for Fall/Halloween. We all know what is meant when work says they’re looking for volunteers. But CONTINUE READING…

Toy Collector’s Wishlist: Ultimate Figures I Yearn For

In the last few years, my collecting has shifted from Transformers (specifically Megatron) to collecting up-scaled villain figures from all my favorite cartoons of the 80s and 90s. Along with the Masterpiece Megatrons I previously CONTINUE READING…

DC Comics Cosmic Card Catharsis

In the far off year of 1992, trading cards were very popular. Many of us can trace our love of pop culture card sets to the baseball card boom of the 1980s. Sure, it was CONTINUE READING…

Retro Commercials: Grey Poupon Mustard

I don’t know about you, but commercials can often take me back to my formative years as quickly as any song or movie can. That is why we will continue this semi-regular feature on ’80s commercials CONTINUE READING…

William Atherton played the best Movie Jerk of the ’80s

There are certain actors that just have that special ability to play the “jerk” role in movies. In the ’80s, nobody did it better than William Atherton. You might not know him by name, but you should CONTINUE READING…

I Want My (Network) TV! – Music Video Premieres in Prime Time

This past Wednesday, while I was listening to The Retro Network’s WIZARDS podcast, something in the “Wave Rider” segment tickled my eardrums with recognition. It also reminded me of a big trend that occurred primarily CONTINUE READING…