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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…
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A Brief History of Chuck E. Cheese
In the realm of retro pop culture, few things evoke as much nostalgia as the mention of Chuck E Cheese pizza. For decades, this iconic family entertainment center has been a haven for kids and CONTINUE READING…
80s
My Favorite One-Hit Wonders of The 80’s
Wikipedia defines a One-hit Wonder as this: “…any entity that achieves mainstream popularity, often for only one piece of work, and becomes known among the general public solely for that momentary success. The term is most CONTINUE READING…
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The Fall of Hills Department Store
Or, Hills is where the toys were. Recently on the Retro Network podcast, Jason and Mickey talked about stores from their childhoods. Take a listen to Episode 10 if you haven’t already. I was CONTINUE READING…
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Toy Spotlight: Raspberry Tart and Rhubarb Monkey
One day when I got off the bus in kindergarten, my mom was waiting for me in the car with my brother strapped into his car seat. It was March of 1983 and we had CONTINUE READING…
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Dan Gilvezan – The Real Leader of the 80s
If you asked any kid in the 80s who their favorite cartoon leader was, and more than likely, you’d hear Optimus Prime. He was the definitive commander, partly because of the voice work Peter Cullen CONTINUE READING…
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Retro Commercials: E.T. video game for Atari 2600 in 1982
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…
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The Best Comic Book Villains of All Time
Who doesn’t love a great bad guy? It may not be popular to admit, but without a good baddie, the good guys just look silly. Who would they be fighting, anyway? They need someone to CONTINUE READING…
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The Beach Boys 25th Anniversary Concert from Waikiki
A few weeks ago, in my article about my first (Le Clic) camera, I mentioned that the camera had been purchased for my fourth grade field trip to Rock Eagle. When I returned home from CONTINUE READING…
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This Week In The 80’s: I Want My MTV!
This Week In The 80’s: I Want My MTV! Oh man, what a week this was in 1983! When I looked at the Top 40 list for this week I got excited because it’s chock CONTINUE READING…
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This Week In The 80’s: The Curious Tale of Rob and Fab
This Week In The 80’s: The Curious Tale of Rob and Fab In February of 1989, I was in college, second semester of my freshman year. My freshman year started out ambitiously – getting up CONTINUE READING…
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Video Rental Store History Through Early 1980s Newspapers
Season 2 of the Rental Return podcast recently launched with a Preview Episode hosted by Adam, Chad, and myself. In case you haven’t listened, Rental Return’s tagline is “Tales From the Video Store” which alludes CONTINUE READING…
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No Love for G.I. Joe’s BattleForce 2000?
BattleForce 2000 is an all-time favorite as an adult collector, yet as I’ve been around the G.I. Joe community, I’ve found that there’s not much love for BattleForce 2000. 1987 was generally the beginning of CONTINUE READING…
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The 1992 G.I. Joe Terror on the Tundra Catalog
The 90s saw the original run of the 3-3/4 in G.I. Joe A Real American Hero line continuing to surge into the era of the sub-team. Battle Corps, Ninja Force, Sonic Fighters, and more were CONTINUE READING…
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Five Memorable Characters of Larry Hankin
I really enjoyed writing the feature last month about the “Five Memorable Roles” of character actor Ernie Sabella. If you read my tribute to Mr. Sabella’s career, you’d have read that I really enjoy watching CONTINUE READING…
