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Burger King Brings Back 90s Anime Energy With Dragon Ball Super Menu

Burger King’s new Dragon Ball Super menu brings themed meals, collectibles, and a big dose of 90s nostalgia for fans who grew up with Dragon Ball Z.

What Happened To Our Fast Food?

Mickey Yarber

Fast food used to be fast, cheap, and dependable. Now it’s slower, pricier, and trying to be fancy, and we miss the simple drive thru magic we grew up with.

Burger King’s Forgotten ‘Fine Dining’ Experiment in the 1990s

Mickey Yarber

Burger King’s early 90s Table Service brought popcorn appetizers, Dinner Baskets, new sides, and Bob Uecker and Dan Cortese ads to a slower, friendlier fast‑food experience.

Growing Up With the BK Kid’s Club

Mickey Yarber

The BK Kid’s Club turned a simple kids meal into a full‑blown membership. One burger, one toy, and a plastic card later, every kid felt like they belonged to the coolest cartoon crew in fast‑food history.

The Retro Resurgence Podcast – Episode 30 | Top 5 Fast Food Happy Meal Promotions

Chad Droze

Happy December Listeners! Episode 30 drops NOW! In our new retro news segment, Recurrent Events – a concept borrowed from our dearly departed retro bud Jason Gross – Current Events for Retro Minds, Ken discusses an upcoming

Burger King is Testing a Return of ’90s Favorite Cini Minis

Walter King

Burger King is testing bringing back Cini Minis for a limited time, but only at participating locations in the Miami and Fort Lauderdale areas. Burger King’s Cini Minis feature bite-sized cinnamon rolls with icing for dipping. Cini Minis were

Burger King is Offering an Advent Calendar For 2024

Walter King

Burger King gets into the advent calendar game with the upcoming release of its first-ever BK Advent Calendar starting November 22, 2024. The limited-edition BK Advent Calendar features a “whimsical holiday village design inspired by this season’s BK

Geek Out! Podcast, Ep. 6: Burger King with Bobby Beauchesne

Adam Pope

Bobby Beauchesne is known for his extensive collection of McDonald’s memorabilia that he shares under the name Consumer Time Capsule, but now he gets to cross the street to talk about the other giant of

Geek Out! Podcast, Ep. 2: Collectors Cups with Chad Young

Adam Pope

Chad Young from Horror Movie BBQ shares his love for promotional collectors cups with Adam from the 80’s and 90’s, while praising the innovations in collectors cup technology in the 21st century. Plus, Adam reveals

Super Looney Tunes Return!

Adam Pope

In 1991, I was 9 years old and the novelty of Happy Meal toys at McDonald’s was starting to wear thin. We had gone from Changeables and Super Mario Bros to Barbie, Hot Wheels and

Burger King Introduces the Ghost Pepper Whopper for a Limited Time

Walter King

Burger King is celebrating the 2022 Halloween Season with the debut of the new Ghost Pepper Whopper with an Orange Bun! The Ghost Pepper Whopper features a flame-grilled beef patty, spicy queso, crispy jalapeños, bacon, and ghost pepper cheese, all on

10 Discontinued Fast Food Items We Still Want Back

Mickey Yarber

Fast food is as American as McDonald’s fried Apple Pies. The fast-food business constantly innovating, finding ways to turn chicken fingers into Chicken Fries and Chicken Rings. Yet for every smashing success like the McRib,

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Recurrent Events: Jan 19, 2021

Jason Gross

Recurrent Events returns with retro pop culture headlines from this past week. Listen as Jason updates you on topics including movies, streaming, comics, music, food, collectibles, and more. Our sponsor this week is Retrofied magazine!

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Recurrent Events: Jan 12, 2021

Jason Gross

Recurrent Events is back with retro pop culture headlines from this past week! Listen as Jason updates you on topics including movies, streaming, comics, music, food, collectibles, and more. Recurrent Events for Jan 12, 2021

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Burger King ’80s Commercials with Actors Before They Were Stars

OldSchool80s

Burger King has the distinction of one of the worst advertising campaigns of the ’80s with the forgettable and embarrassing “Where’s Herb” promotion. Earlier in the decade, though, Burger King did a couple things right

TRN Podcast 034 – Discontinued Fast Food

Jason Gross

The listeners have spoken! After giving an opportunity to choose this week’s Time Machine topic on Twitter, our listeners chose Discontinued Fast Food. But before we go back in time, Jason and Mickey do their