My Favorite One-Hit Wonders of The 80’s
by Wikipedia defines a One-hit Wonder as this: “…any entity that achieves mainstream popularity, often for only one piece of work, and becomes known among the …
Tag: 80s
Looking Back at Captain N: The Game Master
by 2019 marks the 30th anniversary of NBC pushing the start button on the Nintendo series, Captain N: The Game Master as part of their Saturday Morning lineup.
5 Nearly Forgotten TV Shows
by Through the many years of television, there have been thousands of TV shows created. Usually, only the cream of the crop last for multiple seasons …
Fascinating Facts About Your Favorite ’80s Cartoons
If you thought you knew everything about your favorite 80’s cartoons, think again! From the many great, and some not so great, cartoons that aired …
The Fall of Hills Department Store
by Or, Hills is where the toys were. Recently on the Retro Network podcast, Jason and Mickey talked about stores from their childhoods. Take a …
Batmania: Revisiting 1989’s Batman
by It might be hard today to fully grasp just how big a cultural moment it was when Tim Burton’s Batman opened in theaters thirty years ago …
GLOW in the Dark – How a Late Night Ladies’ Wrestling Show Taught Me Girl Power
by I am a certified child of the ’80s. I’m in that sweet spot just between Gen X and Millennial, so I mainly observed …
WWF and MTV: The Brawl to End it All
Way back in 1984, the World Wrestling Federation put on a three-hour show in their home arena, Madison Square Garden. The live event featured …
Paul Gleason: Another Movie Jerk of the ’80s
by There are certain actors that just have that special ability to play the “jerk” role in movies. In the ’80s, I feel nobody did it …
Retro Commercials: Dunkin’ Donuts ‘Time to Make the Donuts’
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 …
