“Good evening, and welcome to a private showing of three paintings, displayed here for the first time. Each is a collectors’ item in its own way—not because of any special artistic quality, but because each CONTINUE READING…
Happy Meal Boo Buckets make a limited-time return to McDonald’s for the 2024 Halloween season starting on Tuesday, October 15, 2024. The plastic pails feature new Monster designs and come in four colors white, orange, green, and, new for this CONTINUE READING…
Back in the ’80s, in order to go Trick or Treating as a pop culture character, you usually had to wear an uncomfortable Ben Cooper costume with the vinyl jumpsuit and plastic mask with tiny CONTINUE READING…
I am big fan of horror movies. Well, 20th century horror movies. Sometime in the mid-2000’s I lost interest in horror movies. They all seemed like cheap remakes of classics I already loved. In the CONTINUE READING…
When I was in high school I worked at Pizza Hut, back when it was still good. On Friday nights I’d get home around 11 pm with my Meat Lovers Personal Pan pizza, grab a CONTINUE READING…
When I think back on my childhood, the sitcoms of the 1990s depict how I wished Halloweens could have been. Everyone was dressed in cool Halloween costumes and attended parties with elaborately decorated houses full CONTINUE READING…
When October rolls around each year, movie fans start putting together their playlists of spooky films they hope will bring a creepy atmosphere to their cobweb and candy corn laden festivities. But just as not CONTINUE READING…
Here’s a look at some of my Halloween costumes through the years and a particular “ugly” sweater that I associate with Halloween. Bugs Bunny (1979) This was my costume for my first time trick or CONTINUE READING…
“I’m feelin’ hairy, and my teeth are mean,I got a weird complexion and I, I wanna scream!” A year after the big-screen version, Teen Wolf made its way to television as a cartoon. As in the film, CONTINUE READING…
Warning: There may be spoilers, I’ll try to limit them, but you’ve been warned The Penguin caught my eye when a first saw the trailer a few weeks ago. The time has come and the CONTINUE READING…
I received an email at work the other day. Supervisors are looking for a “team of volunteers” to decorate for Fall/Halloween. We all know what is meant when work says they’re looking for volunteers. But CONTINUE READING…
“Marshall, Will, and Holly,On a routine expedition,Met the greatest earthquake ever known.High on the rapids, it struck their tiny raft,And plunged them down a thousand feet below,To the Land of the Lost.” As the theme CONTINUE READING…
In the last few years, my collecting has shifted from Transformers (specifically Megatron) to collecting up-scaled villain figures from all my favorite cartoons of the 80s and 90s. Along with the Masterpiece Megatrons I previously CONTINUE READING…
In the far off year of 1992, trading cards were very popular. Many of us can trace our love of pop culture card sets to the baseball card boom of the 1980s. Sure, it was CONTINUE READING…
High Fidelity has the distinction of celebrating two milestone anniversaries this year. Nick Hornby’s bestselling novel, published in 1995, is celebrating 25 years. The film, released in 2000, is celebrating its 20th anniversary. For those CONTINUE READING…
One of our favorite pop culture icons of the ’80s is Mr. T. The man has done a lot in his life, and we celebrate that by bringing you 12 things you may not know about him. CONTINUE READING…
A young man inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet and unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous monsters on a small town. Cast: 1984 viewing I first saw Gremlins in the theater multiple CONTINUE READING…
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…
Every spring, I look forward to WWE’s Wrestlemania with all of its pomp and circumstance. Unfortunately this year, with recent CDC guidelines that restrict public gatherings to under 50 people, it looks like for the CONTINUE READING…
Dick Tracy celebrates its 30th anniversary this year as the blockbuster to beat in the summer of 1990. Featuring an all star cast including Warren Beatty, Madonna, Al Pacino and more, this crime-smashing action film CONTINUE READING…
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…
When Mighty Morphin Power Rangers exploded in popularity during the early 90s, dominating children’s programming and toy sales, it was just a matter of time before Saban Entertainment tried to catch lightning in a bottle CONTINUE READING…
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…
Four college coeds, travel to Fort Lauderdale for their Easter week of Spring Break, and become involved in a series of adventures and misadventures. Cast: 1984 memories Another sex comedy I watched on HBO. I’m CONTINUE READING…
Rhonda Shear was an iconic staple of late-night television in the ’90s. She was beautiful, funny, and oozed sex appeal. We pay tribute to her greatness and define why she was so magical. CONTINUE READING…
Recently relocated from NJ to LA, Daniel becomes the target of a gang of Cobra Kai dojo students. When Mr. Miyagi saves him with expert Karate skills, Daniel convinces him to teach him to defend CONTINUE READING…
The mayor declares that anyone can enroll in the police academy irrespective of their physical condition or education level, and many misfits descend on the academy, including a young troublemaker who’s forced to apply or CONTINUE READING…
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