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Retro Commercials: I’m a Toys R Us Kid

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

The Retro Network Stocking Stuffer Shopping Guide

The Retro Network

Shopping for Christmas is incredibly difficult these days. There are so many destinations for shopping, and millions of items to choose from right at our fingertips. So sometimes the whole experience can be a little

Retro-Inspired Ugly Christmas Sweaters

The Retro Network

The Retro Network has partnered with Fun.com to offer some of the best gifts of the holiday season at a special rate for fans of TRN. From now through Christmas, you can use our link

‘Last Christmas’ by Wham!

OldSchool80s

When I interviewed the late Deon Estus (former Wham! bassist), I asked him about 1984’s holiday single “Last Christmas.” His response was, “Every artist has to do a Christmas song. It is one of my favorites to this

Favorite Elves (and References to Elves) in Pop Culture

Karen Flieger

1. Herself the Elf Herself the Elf and her friends were characters created by American Greetings. Yes, this is the same company that brought us Strawberry Shortcake, the Care Bears, Madballs, and My Pet Monster.

My Christmas Memories: 1980

OldSchool80s

1980, the beginning of the most awesome decade in pop culture history. Ronald Reagan just began his first term as President. Disco’s popularity had pretty much come to an end and music was getting ready

Christmas on Roseanne

Jeff Sheldon

Now that I have a family of my own, the notion of community, tradition, faith, and the holidays mean so much more to me. “Roseanne” was never a show my family watched when I was

When Toys ‘R’ Us Came To Spartanburg, SC for Christmas 1985

Jason Gross

If you were a kid in 1985 and lived near Spartanburg, SC, the excitement of the holiday season had to be intense! While flipping through Google’s Newspaper Archive recently, I happened to notice that “The

TRN Time Machine: Retro Rumble Christmas Edition

Jason Gross

TRN Time Machine gets in the holiday spirit this week with our Christmas edition of Retro Rumble! Jason welcomes his Thrift Store Horde pals Adam Pope (@Hojukoolander) and Kevin Decent (@MaskedLibrary) to the show in

90’s Comic Book Action Figures Found In Jingle All The Way

Adam Pope

If you’ve walked into a Wal-Mart this Holiday season you might have been surprised to see a forgotten 90’s icon on toy shelves. No, not Furby. Not a GigaPet. Not even the juggernaut that was

Retro Commercials: Fruity Pebbles Christmas

OldSchool80s

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

Favorite Stocking Stuffers: Bonne Bell Lipsmackers

Karen Flieger

The first thing my brother and I did every year when we got up on Christmas morning was head right for our stockings. The rule was that we could play with (or eat) anything we

Two Parodies of ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’ from the ’80s

OldSchool80s

“The Twelve Days of Christmas” has always been a favorite Christmas carol for me ever since I heard the Ray Conniff Singers version (originally from 1962) on my parents’ record player as a child. Then John

TRN Time Machine: 1991 Sears Wish Book

Jason Gross

Tis the season one of our favorite TRN Time Machine episodes of the year, a deep dive into all things pop culture through the pages of a Christmas catalog! This time we are traveling back

Retro Commercials: Polaroid Instant Camera for Christmas

OldSchool80s

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

Check Out Those Ads! – Marvel Holiday Special #1

Pitfall Gary

The Marvel Holiday Special kicks of the final month of our 30th Anniversary year for comic book ads. The Marvel Holiday Special is an anthology of sorts. Eight different stories each with a different hero

A Very Special Christmas (1987 album)

OldSchool80s

Back in 1987, a charity album was released titled A Very Special Christmas. The album featured renditions of Christmas classics by some of the biggest names in music at that time and the proceeds went to Special Olympics.