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TRN Podcast 072: 1990 JC Penney Christmas Catalog

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

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

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

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

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

Fascinating 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

The Early Years of Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

Mickey Yarber

Every year on Thanksgiving morning, while countless turkeys are roasting in the oven, over 3 million people bundle up and line the streets of New York to watch the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. In

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

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

Wax Pack Flashback: Santa Around the World (1993)

The Retro Network

Watch Mickey open a pack of Santa Around the World trading cards from 1993. Be sure to “like” the video and subscribe to the TRN YouTube channel.

Christmas Vacation: 47 Differences Between The Film and Script

Jason Gross

National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation is my favorite Christmas movie. This year, I’ve had some memorable experiences that have really energized me as a fan like never before. First, I went to see it in the

Top 5 Christmas Movies for the Action Movie Fan

Pitfall Gary

It’s Christmas time once again, decorations, shopping, carols, Santa Claus and lots of Christmas movies. When it comes to Christmas movies everyone has their favorite. Most are the more traditional films; It’s a Wonderful Life,

Top 5 Christmas Movies for the Comedy Movie Fan

Pitfall Gary

Christmas comedies are probably the most popular Christmas movies or at least tied with the Romantic Comedies. There are hundreds of comedies focusing on the Christmas season. Some are good, some not so good,

Santa Claus, Christmas, and I Love Lucy

Jeff Sheldon

I grew up watching I Love Lucy reruns on Nick-at-Nite with my Dad. We’d sit and laugh together late into the night during summers when I was a kid. When the Season 4 episodes centering

Top 5 Christmas Movies for the Horror Movie Fan

Pitfall Gary

I know what your thinking…Christmas horror movies? How can that be? Well, sometimes bad things happen on Christmas too. The Christmas season is a wonderful time of year, but sometimes the lines are too long,

The Golden Age of Department Stores at Christmas

Mickey Yarber

In today’s world of specialty shops, discount superstores, and all the choices we have online, it’s hard to imagine the role the department store once played in American life. Each town had one of these