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Wax Pack Flashback: Action Packed NFL Football (1990)
In this episode of Wax Pack Flashback, Mickey tears into a pack of Action Packed Football cards from 1990. Watch along and comment if you remember these cards.
Month: January 2020
Articles
Ed Wood: The Worst Filmmaker of All Time
From the time he was only 7 years old, Ed Wood wanted to make movies. After seeing the 1931 movie Dracula, he started spending as much time at theaters as he could. He got CONTINUE READING…
Columns
Way Back Wednesday: The Top Music of January 22, 1983
This Week In 1983: January 22nd Men At Work are still holding strong this week at #1 with “Down Under”. In fact, all the songs in the top ten are the same, just shuffled a CONTINUE READING…
Podcasts
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Remembering 3-2-1 Contact
Forty years later and still arguably the best theme song in the history of PBS. From a strange era in between glam rock and disco. In between men wearing short shorts and women wearing short CONTINUE READING…
Articles
Recurrent Events: Quantum Leap May Return, Super Nintendo World, Rock Hall Inductees
Recurrent Events returns to give you the scoop on all the retro pop culture headlines from last week. Our Recurrent Events segment on this week’s podcast features some talk about the new Peacock app from CONTINUE READING…
Retro Streaming
ESPN+ Is Your Ticket To Classic Sports
If you are on the fence of subscribing to ESPN+ (or the Disney+/Hulu/ESPN+ bundle,) here are some reasons that might tip the scale for classic sports fans. I’ve been a Hulu subscriber for a few CONTINUE READING…
Podcasts
SequelQuest Rewind | A Sequel to The Room (Really?!) | EP42
(From May 2017) Tommy Wiseau’s 2003 film, The Room is infamous for it’s no holds barred assault on decent filmmaking. Nonsensical dialogue, dozens of dropped plot lines and an otherworldy performance by the lead actor have made it CONTINUE READING…
Video
Wax Pack Flashback: Saved by the Bell (1992)
In this episode of Wax Pack Flashback, Mickey is opening a pack of Saved by the Bell trading cards.
Articles
RD’s Detention Episode 12: The Simpsons
RD is a detention “lifer” at Memory Meadows High. He passes the time in detention by discussing his favorite things with you… a fellow detainee. All the while, he tries to avoid getting into any CONTINUE READING…
Podcasts
WIZARDS The Podcast Guide To Comics | Episode 2
In this episode Michael and Adam explore the pages of Wizard #2, discussing the history of Ghost Rider, Todd McFarlane and Chris Claremont leaving top selling books, plus a rockin’ review of a 2 part Spider-Man/X-Force crossover.
Columns
Way Back Wednesday: January 15, 1983
This Week In 1983: January 15th After four weeks in the top spots, Hall & Oates are supplanted by Men At Work with the song “Down Under”. The song’s lyrics, full of slang and drug CONTINUE READING…
80s
Top ’80s Songs with Royalty in the Title
With the Royal Family in the news quite a bit lately, I thought I would share my list about ’80s Songs with Royalty in the Title. We are talking about a decade which featured prominent CONTINUE READING…
Podcasts
TRN Podcast 029: Fast Food Kids Meal Toys
Jason and Mickey return with a follow up to our Top 5 Happy Meal Toys episode. First, Jason mourns the loss of World Market, but then Mickey picks up the mood but giving his first CONTINUE READING…
Articles
Thundercats Roar! Review
From the destroyed planet Thundara and hurtling through light years of space and thirty earth years, it’s the return of the Thundercats! But, these aren’t your father’s Thundercats. Therein lies the problem and the solution. CONTINUE READING…
