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A Salute to “Salute Your Shorts”
Camp Ana-wanna, we hold you in our hearts… As August begins and the summer heat builds to its peak, I find myself reflecting on the summers of my youth. I never went to a REAL CONTINUE READING…
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A Look Back at Nick at Nite
This coming week will celebrate 35 years of Nick at Nite, the family-friendly programming block during the evening hours on Nickelodeon. On July 1, 1985, Nick at Nite launched with only a handful of shows CONTINUE READING…
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This is Starcade!
When I was a kid game shows were a key part of my TV viewing experience. Whether it was a sick day from school, vacation or summer break, if I was home during the day CONTINUE READING…
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Top 50 Cars and Trucks from ’80s Movies or TV Shows
When you bring up Cars in the ’80s, some might first think of the band of that name or possibly the song by Gary Numan. We’re not talking about Ric Ocasek and those Cars or any CONTINUE READING…
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Wax Pack Flashback: The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992)
Jason subs for Mickey this week on YouTube, opening a foil pack of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles trading cards from 1992 for Wax Pack Flashback. Then, watch Mickey’s Instagram response video! View this post CONTINUE READING…
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The Flash 1990 TV Show Merchandise Review
In September 1990 a red streak of heroism zoomed across TV screens nationwide. In the wake of Tim Burton’s Batman, comic book adaptations were now a viable entertainment gamble and CBS was betting that The CONTINUE READING…
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Sun, Sand, and Roller Hockey? ESPN2’s Pro Beach Hockey
The 1990s gave us many great things. For us hockey lovers, they provided several memorable moments; everything from the Bud Ice Penguin to the FOX Trax puck debacle and even the increased popularity of inline CONTINUE READING…
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The Theory That Changes Everything About Television As You Know It
Almost all of television takes place inside the mind of an autistic child. Or so this crazy St. Elsewhere theory would have you believe. CONTINUE READING…
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Retro Pop Quiz: Can You Match the High School to it’s TV Show?
Test your retro knowledge and see if you can correctly match up the high schools to the television shows they were featured on! CONTINUE READING…
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Burger King ’80s Commercials with Actors Before They Were Stars
Burger King has the distinction of one of the worst advertising campaigns of the ’80s with the forgettable and embarrassing “Where’s Herb” promotion. Earlier in the decade, though, Burger King did a couple things right CONTINUE READING…
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Wax Pack Flashback: American Gladiators (1991)
In this episode of Wax Pack Flashback, Jason and Mickey open a pack of Topps American Gladiators trading cards from 1990. Watch Mickey’s opening video on YouTube and Jason’s response on Instagram. Subscribe to the CONTINUE READING…
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Celebrating 25 Years of The History Channel
A Channel is born In 1992 A&E Networks produced a historical series called The Real West, hosted by country music icon Kenny Rogers. The Real West aired from 1992 to 1995 and was A&E’s highest CONTINUE READING…
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Nickelodeon’s Super Toy Run
Like a lot of kids who grew up before the creation of the internet, I spent a lot of my free time daydreaming. One of my recurring daydreams involved myself, a shopping cart, and 5 CONTINUE READING…
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Remembering 3-2-1 Contact
Forty years later and still arguably the best theme song in the history of PBS. From a strange era in between glam rock and disco. In between men wearing short shorts and women wearing short CONTINUE READING…
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A Festivus For the Rest of Us!
Seinfeld, a show about nothing, actually gave us something for the holidays: a new December tradition in which everyone can participate. On December 18, 1997, all of us were introduced to Festivus, the holiday “for CONTINUE READING…
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The (not so obvious) Thanksgiving TV episodes
As I was shoveling the foot and half of snow in my driveway this week and trying not to freeze to death my thoughts wandered to the Thanksgiving shows I like to watch. While there CONTINUE READING…
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Retro Rerun Review: Kate and Allie Halloween Episode
The Show: Kate & Allie Ran for: 122 episodes— 6 seasons from 1984 to 1989. What it’s about: Two lady detectives? I really don’t know. I assume they were detectives. And possibly lovers. My relationship CONTINUE READING…
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You Fool! The Funniest Episode of Hollywood Squares
Rarely does an episode of a game show reach cult or memorable status. Ken Jennings Jeopardy! streak. The guy that figured out the pattern on Press Your Luck. Usually game shows are made to be CONTINUE READING…
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Retro Rerun Review: Happy Days Halloween Episode
The Show: Happy Days Ran for: 255 episodes over 11 seasons, from 1974 to 1984. What it’s about: A ginger teen and his normal Milwaukee family and friends living life from the mid-50s through the 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…
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Retro Rerun Review: Herman’s Head
Hey, there, people who like reading about television shows and/or things that make them think of olden times. Here we are again with another installment of Retro Rerun Review. What’s on today’s docket, you ask? CONTINUE READING…
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G.L.O.W. On Other Shows
Netflix recently released GLOW Season 3 for the internet to consume and comment on. Full of 1980’s nostalgia and laughs, GLOW has become a phenomenon of streaming media, but how many viewers who love Alison CONTINUE READING…
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Retro Rerun Review: Who’s the Boss?
Welcome back to another stirring installment of Retro Rerun Review. This week, I attempt to answer the age old question we have all asked at one time or another: who, exactly, is the boss? The CONTINUE READING…
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Retro Rerun Review: Can’t Hurry Love
Welcome back to Retro Rerun Review. This week’s random selection is Can’t Hurry Love starring Nancy McKeon who you know as Jo from Facts of Life, and Mariska Hargitay, who you know as Lady Detective CONTINUE READING…
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Beastie Boys Paul’s Boutique 30th Anniversary
Many people are aware of “Fight for Your Right to Party”. A little less went “Intergalactic”. Falling in between is an album that was seen as a failure on release. Now it’s considered one of CONTINUE READING…
