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A Look Back at Nick at Nite

This coming week will celebrate 35 years of Nick at Nite, the family-friendly programming block during the evening hours on Nickelodeon. On July 1, 1985, Nick at Nite launched with only a handful of shows

Scott Hall: My Favorite Chokeslammer

Jason Gross

If you’ve been listening to TRN Podcast, you might have heard me mention that I’ve been watching old WCW Monday Nitro programs from the late ’90s on the WWE Network. The “Monday Night Wars” era

Sun, Sand, and Roller Hockey? ESPN2’s Pro Beach Hockey

Jeff Sheldon

The 1990s gave us many great things. For us hockey lovers, they provided several memorable moments; everything from the Bud Ice Penguin to the FOX Trax puck debacle and even the increased popularity of inline

Pro Wrestling

WrestleMania’s Most Unusual Matches

Kevin Decent

WrestleMania is this weekend and in the over thirty years for this event, this will be the most unusual. Two nights, taped, and in front of zero fans. Many of us are tuning in for

Valentines Mix Tape: 90’s Edition

Eric Vardeman

By the time the mid 90’s hit, I was married, having kids, adulting fairly hard and not really making many mix tapes. Even though cassettes were still around, CD’s were quickly becoming the preferred source

Valentines Mix Tape: Hair Band Edition

Eric Vardeman

I had to make a choice for this playlist. With hair bands, you can go two different directions: sexy and suggestive or love and romance. I opted for the latter. It ballooned to 16 songs

Slaughter’s ‘Stick It To Ya’ Turns 30

Kevin Decent

While some sites continue to debate when the decade ends (“there wasn’t a year zero”) on this site, I need to debate when the 80’s ended. Hair metal and the decade of decadence go together

The Fingerpoke of Doom

Jeff Sheldon

I’ll admit that 21 is not a very special number when it comes to anniversaries and I’m a year late (and a dollar short) for the big 20th one. Maybe I’m just a tad early

30 Years of National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation

Jeff Sheldon

For most of us one of the best parts of Christmas is watching our favorite holiday movies over and over (and over) again. As ‘National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation’ turns 30 this year on December 1st,

Korn “Issues” 20th Anniversary

Kevin Decent

Let’s take a trip back to music in 1999. Backstreet Boys and Britney Spears had the biggest albums of the year. Most teenagers up to twenty-somethings were told what was popular Monday through Friday from

Pokemon the First Movie 20th Anniversary

Kevin Decent

As two new Pokemon video games were released this month it’s fitting to take a look back at the first movie of this absurdly successful franchise. While I was in my early twenties when this

Dogma’s 20th Anniversary

Kevin Decent

One of the things that is missing from our children of the 80’s discussions is what happened after the ’80s? What happened when we were no longer children? The 1990’s to thousands to tens have

RoboCop and The Ultra Police: I’d Buy That For A Dollar!

Adam Pope

It’s 1988, you’re a kid who loves playing with G.I. Joe: Real American Hero and Transformers. Suddenly while browsing the aisles at Toys R Us you lay eyes on what is sure to be the

You Fool! The Funniest Episode of Hollywood Squares

Kevin Decent

Rarely does an episode of a game show reach cult or memorable status. Ken Jennings Jeopardy! streak. The guy that figured out the pattern on Press Your Luck. Usually game shows are made to be

Retro Rerun Review: Herman’s Head

Brandon Leftridge

Hey, there, people who like reading about television shows and/or things that make them think of olden times. Here we are again with another installment of Retro Rerun Review. What’s on today’s docket, you ask?

WWE Smackdown 20th Anniversary

Kevin Decent

This October WWE Smackdown moves to the FOX network. New cameras, new set, a whole new attitude is nigh for the WWE’s second longest weekly episodic program. The show officially debuted on August 26, 1999

Who Did We Crush On?

Mickey Yarber

Carolyne Heldman Biggest crush? If we’re talking junior high, might have to say, Mary Lou Retton. I fell head over heels for that little spitfire during the ’84 Olympic games. She may very well be