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Underdog: The Little Hero Who Saved Saturday Morning

“There’s no need to fear,Underdog is here!” Leonardo Productions, the creators of Tennesee Tuxedo, had their biggest success with the adventures of a super-powered pooch named Underdog. In the guise of the “humble and lovable” Shoe

The Easy‑Bake Oven Gave Us Tiny Cakes and Big Memories

Mickey Yarber

Mom didn’t always welcome your presence in the kitchen, and occasionally, she even had the gall to claim your old pots and pans symphonies, performed in wooden spoon G-minor, weren’t quite the delicious aural treat you remember

Take Me Home Again

Jefff Owenby

Whenever I ran into the kitchen looking for a bologna sandwich and some Kool-Aid Mom was ready with the pitcher. The 101 Strings Orchestra played on a living room stereo assaulting my ears with the

’60s Memories

Jefff Owenby

I would love to hear the rain on the window on a cold rainy night in our old house; I would love to be home in a living room full of family. With something sizzling

The Story Behind Irwin Allen’s Land of the Giants

Mickey Yarber

Today, the name Irwin Allen is usually linked to the blockbuster disaster films of the 1970s like The Poseidon Adventure and The Towering Inferno. But a decade earlier, Allen was known for something very different.

Santa Claus, Christmas, and I Love Lucy

Jeff Sheldon

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

The Golden Age of Department Stores at Christmas

Mickey Yarber

In today’s world of specialty shops, discount superstores, and all the choices we have online, it’s hard to imagine the role the department store once played in American life. Each town had one of these