Movies and cartoons in the 80s and 90s are inexplicably linked. While some cartoons were adapted to the big screen, either in continuation or as an adaptation, many movies also made the jump to the CONTINUE READING…
Adam, Kevin and Chris are back to share their recent thrift store and flea market finds which include vintage Jurassic Park posters, boxed Fisher-Price Adventure People toys, vintage Transformers, comics and more!
Cartoons were inescapable in the 1980’s. Saturday mornings, weekday afternoons and even on cable TV, colorful animated characters were everywhere we looked. While the majority were shoddy productions conceived as part of carefully constructed marketing CONTINUE READING…
Adam is opening up a pack of New Kids On the Block trading cards by TOPPS from 1989 and sharing his memories of the worldwide pop sensations. This pack contained 8 cards and 1 sticker.
Comic book heroes have captivated the imaginations of readers for generations, evolving from their humble beginnings in the Golden Age of comics to becoming iconic symbols of popular culture in the modern era. This evolution CONTINUE READING…
As you should already know, I can’t get enough ’80s nostalgia the whole year, but Christmas is an especially nostalgic time for me. In the past, I shared My Christmas Memories from 1980 , My Christmas CONTINUE READING…
It was a green box with gold bars hiding behind trees, crocodiles swimming in a lake, underground tunnels and the best adventurer ever. That’s right Christmas 1982 I got the one present I wanted…PITFALL! CONTINUE READING…
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…
Title role notwithstanding, Santa was primarily a supporting character in 1985’s holiday family feature Santa Claus. Dudley Moore got top billing as an elf named Patch, with John Lithgow taking the role of antagonist B.Z. Saint CONTINUE READING…
I want to share a story from my childhood about a Christmas unlike any other I had known before it. It was a Christmas that changed my outlook on the holiday, and as you’ll read, CONTINUE READING…
You have to wonder whether the programmers at Williams Electronics didn’t have a bit of a sadistic streak in them. It’s one thing to pit best friends against one another—Gun Fight, Warlords, and others had already taken CONTINUE READING…
Picture James Bond, slightly geekier and with a winged condor suit. Got it? Then you’re ready for Condorman, a goofy action/comedy from Disney, starring the world’s most unlikely superheroic secret agent. Comic book writer/artist Woody Wilkins CONTINUE READING…
Adam and Kevin say farewell to their dearly departed co-host, Jason Gross. They did some thrifting in his honor and share their finds. Plus, the crew announce the newest member of the Horde, who will CONTINUE READING…
Our final show where we countdown the last three positions in our countdown of the top 25 guitar solos of the 80’s. Eric is joined by a special guest host, Mickey Yarber, from The Retro CONTINUE READING…
If you weren’t an avid viewer of WKRP in Cincinnati during its original four-year run, you should have caught it in reruns. And if you didn’t do that, after you’re done giving yourself a swift swat on CONTINUE READING…
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