80s
Ads From a 1987 Pro Wrestling Magazine
Being a big wrestling fan growing up, I bought all of the “Apter mags” I could get my hands on. They were great for the news, which was already 3 months old by the time CONTINUE READING…
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Valentines Mix Tape: 90’s Edition
By the time the mid 90’s hit, I was married, having kids, adulting fairly hard and not really making many mix tapes. Even though cassettes were still around, CD’s were quickly becoming the preferred source CONTINUE READING…
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Valentines Mix Tape: Hair Band Edition
I had to make a choice for this playlist. With hair bands, you can go two different directions: sexy and suggestive or love and romance. I opted for the latter. It ballooned to 16 songs CONTINUE READING…
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Valentines Mix Tape: 80’s Edition
In junior high and high school, I was the mix tape king. I can’t tell you how many bricks of cassette tapes I went through making mix tapes. As you can probably guess, most of CONTINUE READING…
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Valentines Mix Tape: My Valentine
This final mix tape entry is completely self serving. I built it for MY someone special. With one exception, all the songs are from the 80’s and 90’s. I have to admit it was hard CONTINUE READING…
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Five Superbowl Commercials That Take Me Back
1979: Coca-Cola and “Mean” Joe Green An iconic ad, and an early example of commercials becoming a highlight of the Superbowl. 1984: Wendy’s – Where’s the Beef? Clara Peller went on to become a minor CONTINUE READING…
90s
The Fingerpoke of Doom
I’ll admit that 21 is not a very special number when it comes to anniversaries and I’m a year late (and a dollar short) for the big 20th one. Maybe I’m just a tad early CONTINUE READING…
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Santa Claus, Christmas, and I Love Lucy
I grew up watching I Love Lucy reruns on Nick-at-Nite with my Dad. We’d sit and laugh together late into the night during summers when I was a kid. When the Season 4 episodes centering CONTINUE READING…
80s
30 Years of National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
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…
80s
RoboCop and The Ultra Police: I’d Buy That For A Dollar!
It’s 1988, you’re a kid who loves playing with G.I. Joe: Real American Hero and Transformers. Suddenly while browsing the aisles at Toys R Us you lay eyes on what is sure to be the CONTINUE READING…
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Life Ain’t Easy
The following is an entry in this year’s TRN Essay Contest. Get the details on how YOU can enter here! Thanks to Benjanime for entering! Life ain’t easy. However you maintained your years from childhood to CONTINUE READING…
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Remembering H.R. Pufnstuf
“Who are you? HR Shovnstuf?” For most of my generation, myself included, this line from Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls is the only reference to not only the work of HR Pufnstuf, but the entire CONTINUE READING…
80s
GI Joe Operation Dragonfire 30th Anniversary
Elsewhere on The Retro Network is a post with my glowing review for the 35th anniversary of the GI Joe miniseries “The Revenge of Cobra”. A mere five years later and the GI Joe CONTINUE READING…
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Mickey’s 5 Favorite Episodes of G.I. Joe
This is the 2nd part of a two-part cross-over post from Jason & Mickey listing their 5 favorite episodes of the classic G.I. Joe Cartoon. We’ve got Mickey’s list today, and you can check out CONTINUE READING…
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Jason’s 5 Favorite G.I. Joe Episodes
This is part one of a two-part cross-over post from Jason & Mickey listing their 5 favorite episodes of the classic G.I. Joe Cartoon. Here’s Jason’s Top5 list, and you can see Mickey’s picks here. CONTINUE READING…
