In today’s world of specialty shops, discount superstores, and all the choices we have online, it’s hard to imagine the role the department store once played in American life. Each town had one of these CONTINUE READING…
For most of us one of the best parts of Christmas is watching our favorite holiday movies over and over (and over) again. As ‘National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation’ turns 30 this year on December 1st, CONTINUE READING…
For this issue, we revisit the ’80s holiday song “Do They Know It’s Christmas” by Band Aid. The song was written by Bob Geldof (Boomtown Rats) and Midge Ure (Ultravox) in 1984 specifically to raise CONTINUE READING…
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Two feuding brothers and one’s teenage son spend four days in an 18-wheeler taking toys from California all the way to Alaska, facing blizzards and their own complicated history together. Join The Retro Network CONTINUE READING…
Dickens’ London miser Ebenezer Scrooge (George C. Scott) meets the ghosts of Christmases past, present and yet to come. Join The Retro Network on Social Media
A Family Circus Christmas is a 1979 animated NBC special based on Bil Keane’s long-running syndicated comic strip The Family Circus. Produced by Edward F. It followed 1978’s A Special Valentine with the Family Circus CONTINUE READING…
“The Smurfs Christmas Special” was a cartoon special that aired during Season 2 of the Smurfs cartoon show. It was the first of two cartoon specials that were centered around a Christmas theme. Join The Retro Network on Social Media
The Retro Network and Rediscover the ’80s are excited to announce our partnership with Fun.com this holiday season! Last month you probably saw (and hopefully entered) our Ugly Halloween Sweater giveaway and our exclusive promo CONTINUE READING…
It was a green box with gold bars hiding behind trees, crocodiles swimming in a lake, underground tunnels and the best adventurer ever. That’s right Christmas 1982 I got the one present I wanted…PITFALL! CONTINUE READING…
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