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Christmas on Roseanne
Now that I have a family of my own, the notion of community, tradition, faith, and the holidays mean so much more to me. “Roseanne” was never a show my family watched when I was CONTINUE READING…
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Retro Commercials: Fruity Pebbles Christmas
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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Thanksgiving on Roseanne
The holiday season was often a significant event on the classic sitcom “Roseanne.” Roseanne is probably best known for their annual Halloween celebration, but Thanksgiving was highlighted in most seasons since family and togetherness are CONTINUE READING…
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Ten Sitcom Characters That Just Disappeared
Growing up during the (late) ’80s and ’90s, I was a big sitcom fan. The theme song would hit, and we’d all sing along as we knew that good, albeit predictable, laughs, stories, and life CONTINUE READING…
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The Best and Worst of ’90s Children Shows
I was going to start working on my Halloween articles a couple weeks ago, but then the Steve Burns check-in video happened. Seeing Steve from Blues Clues reminded me of my first job: Babysitting. There CONTINUE READING…
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My Favorite ’90s Music Videos
Music videos have been a part of my life since I was a very young child. The first time I ever saw MTV was at my grandparents’ house in Chicago. I don’t remember watching cable CONTINUE READING…
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MTV Nostalgia: Our Memories of Music Television
“Ladies and Gentlemen, rock and roll.” Those were the first words spoken by creator John Lack as Music Television aka MTV launched on Saturday, August 1, 1981, at 12:01 a.m. eastern time. The first images were CONTINUE READING…
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The Beginnings of MTV
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…
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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…
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When ’90s Sitcoms Went to Disney World
Growing up, I was lucky enough to go to Walt Disney World fairly frequently. My Mom’s parents lived near Lakeland, Florida, and we’d work in a visit to see Grandma and Grandpa for a day CONTINUE READING…
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Five Memorable Characters Of Ernie Sabella
In my line of work, I rarely work with the same people more than once. I often find myself explaining who I am and figuring out who I’ll be spending the next few days with CONTINUE READING…
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Remembering “Sports Cartoons” Animated Shorts from the ’80s
Nickelodeon was one of my favorite cable channels in the ’80s and through the mid ’90s. Shows like You Can’t Do That on Television, Mr. Wizard’s World, and game shows like Finders Keepers were all CONTINUE READING…
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Fictional Coaches from ’80s Movies and TV
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…
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Retro Commercials: Wendy’s ‘Where’s the Beef?’
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 Night Hulk Hogan Fought Paul Orndorff in the Cage!
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…
