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’90s

'90s

Friday Flix: February 1992

Pitfall Gary

Invisible Men, Hitchcock clones, Stallone comedies and one of the best movies of the year. Party on!

In this installment of #FridayFlix @MileHighSamurai looks at February 1992. Schwing! CONTINUE READING…

McDonalds McPasta
'90s

When McDonald’s Tried Doing Pasta in the Early ’90s

Mickey Yarber

McDonald’s has tried a lot of off-the-wall menu items in their time. Some are fondly remembered like the McD.L.T., and others are still scorned to this day (I’m looking at you here Arch Deluxe). But a CONTINUE READING…

'70s

Country Music Stars Who Failed in the Food Business

Mickey Yarber

Having what it takes to become a star in the world of country music doesn’t necessarily mean you have what it takes to succeed in the food and restaurant world. Here are the tales of CONTINUE READING…

Coke MagiCan
'90s

The Failed Coke MagiCan Promotion of 1990

Mickey Yarber

In the ’80s and ’90s, America had some of the best contests. We had Publisher’s Clearing House where you could win huge fake checks. We had McDonald’s Monopoly which took just as long and was CONTINUE READING…

Taco Bell Texas Taco
'90s

Extinct Taco Bell Menu Items I Miss

Mickey Yarber

Last year, Taco Bell made one of the more disappointing, heart-breaking announcements I’ve heard since my dad told me wrestling was fake all those years ago when they announced that they would be removing their CONTINUE READING…

'90s

Friday Flix: January 1997

Pitfall Gary

Star Wars is back in the theater! Jackie Chan stops a nuclear war! Chris Farley is a ninja?!?

See all the movies that hit the silver screen in January 1997. CONTINUE READING…

'90s

Friday Flix: January 1992

Pitfall Gary

Freejack, Kuffs, The Hand That Rocks the Cradle… What movies did you watch in January 1992? CONTINUE READING…

McDLT
'80s

10 Discontinued Fast Food Items We Still Want Back

Mickey Yarber

Fast food is as American as McDonald’s fried Apple Pies. The fast-food business constantly innovating, finding ways to turn chicken fingers into Chicken Fries and Chicken Rings. Yet for every smashing success like the McRib, CONTINUE READING…

Captain Planet
'90s

Do You Remember Captain Planet and the Planeteers?

Mickey Yarber

Striking a blow for ecology, fighting “polluting perpetrators” wherever they were found, Captain Planet and the Planeteers brought the environmental movement to the cartoon world. The series came from an original idea by media mogul Ted Turner, CONTINUE READING…

Christmas on Roseanne_TRN
'90s

Christmas on Roseanne

Jeff Sheldon

Now that I have a family of my own, the notion of community, tradition, faith, and the holidays mean so much more to me. “Roseanne” was never a show my family watched when I was CONTINUE READING…

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