Before MTV The earliest ancestor of the modern music video was the soundie, a black-and-white 16mm film recording of a musician performing before a live audience. The first soundies appeared in 1940, and all the CONTINUE READING…
Twenty five years ago, Independence Day was released in theaters and a new modern classic was born. Even though most everyone who visits The Retro Network has likely seen the film, there may be some CONTINUE READING…
Most sports movies have coaches in them, some beloved and some not so much. During the ’80s, there were several coach characters in movies and on television, some more memorable than others, and I have compiled CONTINUE READING…
Last time, I wrote a post about Top ’80s Cartoons That Deserve a Reboot. Ever since then, I’ve been planning to write a second post about the cartoons that deserve a revival but would fit CONTINUE READING…
More often we remember songs that reached #1 on the pop charts. But what about those songs from the ’80s that were good enough to make it to #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 but just couldn’t make CONTINUE READING…
There are certain actors that just have that special ability to play the “jerk” role in movies. In the ’80s, I feel nobody did it better than William Atherton with his roles in Ghostbusters (1984), Real Genius CONTINUE READING…
I’m a lifelong fan of pro wrestling, so naturally, I have a LOT of memories from years gone by that jump out at me. One of the memories that came flooding back to me recently was the CONTINUE READING…
No matter what else is going on in our lives, we all still need to eat and the most fun things to eat are snack foods. Trends come and go as different flavors and flavor CONTINUE READING…
The films of John Hughes from the ’80s are a big part of my love of the decade. I feel like Hughes came along at the perfect time and made some seemingly perfect movies for CONTINUE READING…
For children of the ’80s, there are two voices that bring the most nostalgia to our ears. For over three years, Peter Cullen and Frank Welker greeted us every weekday afternoon with a reverberated struggle CONTINUE READING…
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