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

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

Retro Rerun Review: Can’t Hurry Love

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Welcome back to Retro Rerun Review. This week’s random selection is Can’t Hurry Love starring Nancy McKeon who you know as Jo from Facts of Life, and Mariska Hargitay, who you know as Lady Detective

What a Pennsylvania County Fair Was Like in 1990

Jason Gross

After watching season 3 of Stranger Things and discussing on our recent TRN Roundtable Review podcast, my memories of visiting the local county fair have flooded back. While so much focus was on the Starcourt

Retro Rerun Review: Me and the Boys

Brandon Leftridge

Welcome back to Retro Rerun Review. This week, we’re taking a look at some of Steve Harvey’s early work, you know, his Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan era, if you will. Let’s dig in! The Show: Me

American Pie is An American Classic

Kevin Decent

American Pie is 20 years old today. That’s absurd to think that so much time has passed. Most of us watched it brand new when we were also in high school, graduating, or just

Retro Rerun Review: Night Court

Brandon Leftridge

Welcome back to another stirring installment of Retro Rerun Review. This week’s randomly selected show is Night Court, a long-running comedy about court that, you know, took place at night. But if that premise isn’t

Retro Ramblings: The Glory Days of Pizza Hut

Mickey Yarber

Pizza Hut in the 80s and 90s was great. Relive everything you miss, and all the things that made it great back in the glory days of Pizza Hut.

Stacey’s High School Playlist (1992-1996)

Stacey

I cannot live without music. I’m always creating an internal soundtrack for the movie they’ll never make about my life, but it helps me get through the day. High school was no exception. Join

Retro Rerun Review: Baby Talk

Brandon Leftridge

Hey! Here we are again. New website, new Rerun Reviews, new socks (shout out to Bombas, the best socks I’ve ever irresponsibly spent entirely too much money on), new year, new you. I’m the same

That Time When The Real Ghostbusters Fought Vigo The Carpathian

Jason Gross

Ghostbusters II was one of the movies that made the summer of 1989 a great time to be a teenager. And while I enjoyed seeing it in the theater, the return of the slime guys

Hoju’s High School Playlist

Adam Pope

When I decided to take a look back at my high school soundtrack from 1996-2000, I realized something, it’s also my modern day playlist. Just as I’m still surrounded by the same old VHS tapes,

Kevin’s High School Playlist

Kevin Decent

I remember finding my parents’ Beatles albums. Around the same time, my oldest cousin discovered his parents’ Led Zeppelin. That connection between generations has been something I’ve been aware of all my life. Yet this reflection back on my own high school music is absurd now that I have a child.

My High School Soundtrack

Jason Gross

Most would say that our musical preferences are developed in our teenage and high school years. My personal soundtrack had a whole menu of flavors…