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Christmas

'80s

‘Ziggy’s Gift’ Christmas Special from 1982

OldSchool80s

Ziggy’s Gift originally aired on December 1, 1982. It is an ’80s holiday TV special which I remember very well, but has sadly seemed to have gone by the wayside for many others. Hopefully you CONTINUE READING…

Podcasts

TRN Podcast 072: 1990 JC Penney Christmas Catalog

Jason Gross

On this week’s TRN Podcast, we are gifting you a full-length Time Machine segment on the 1990 JC Penney Christmas Catalog. This week we are foregoing Recurrent Events to give you a full-length Time Machine CONTINUE READING…

Christmas

Retro Commercials: Hershey’s Kisses Christmas Bells

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 CONTINUE READING…

Features

Fun.com $50 eGift Card Giveaway for December

Jason Gross

Christmas is sneaking up on us and everyone could use a little boost to get through the gift shopping season. We’ve been privileged to partner with Fun.com and sister site HalloweenCostumes.com over the course of CONTINUE READING…

'90s

Angels With Filthy Souls: Home Alone’s Fake Gangster Movie

Jeff Sheldon

For many years, I never really considered Home Alone a Christmas movie. Of course, it takes place on Christmas and has nearly everything to do with the spirit of Christmas, but for whatever reason, my CONTINUE READING…

'80s

Retro Commercials: Folgers ‘Peter Comes Home’

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 CONTINUE READING…

Podcasts

The Run In: Our Christmas Playlist

Kevin Decent

Good Monday morning! We hope you’ve all recovered from a weekend of food and shopping. Here at The House Show we’re already in the Christmas mood. To help get the rest of our listeners into CONTINUE READING…

'80s

Fun Facts About Rocky IV

Pitfall Gary

Thirty-Five years ago today, Rocky IV hit the silver screen. 27 November 1985 was a Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving. In my hometown we didn’t normally get new movies on a Wednesday, new movies hit CONTINUE READING…

'90s

Reply to a Ethan Embry (Randall) Fan Letter

Karen Flieger

In November of 1991, I went to see a movie called All I Want for Christmas. The stars of the movie, Ethan Randall and Thora Birch who play siblings Ethan and Hallie O’Fallon. Ethan and CONTINUE READING…

Features

New Ugly Christmas Sweaters Are Here!

Jason Gross

The Retro Network is partnering once again with Fun.com for the holiday season to bring you our favorite Ugly Christmas Sweaters! Last month, we told you about the new Ugly Halloween Sweaters and now it’s CONTINUE READING…

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'90s

Pizza Hut is Bringing Back the Big New Yorker

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