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My Summer of Batman
Thirty years ago this month, Batman hit theaters and kicked off a summer of Batmania from which many of us didn’t recover. Most people I know have stories about this film and how it consumed CONTINUE READING…
Summer
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Ice Cream in the Summertime: The Story of Carvel Soft-Serve
Believe it or not, Memorial Day has already come and gone. So, what better way to celebrate The Retro Network’s Summer Camp 2022 than with a story about ice cream? After all, who doesn’t love CONTINUE READING…
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Top Songs of the ’80s with ‘SUMMER’ in the Title
Some of my favorite memories growing up were created during the Summer months. As Bob Marley once sang, “Sun is shining. Weather is sweet. Make you wanna move your dancing feet.” There are certain songs that CONTINUE READING…
Podcast
TRN Time Machine: Summer Memories
TRN Time Machine is on hiatus this week but Jason and Mickey are opening the VIP Vault to replay episodes from the old TRN Podcast. In this week’s episode, we go back two years and CONTINUE READING…
Article
White Water Atlanta Memories
White Water is a seventy-acre amusement park in Marietta, Georgia. It opened in May of 1984 as White Water Atlanta and was owned by a company. In 1999, it was brought into the Six Flags CONTINUE READING…
Article
Advice to the Young: Wear Sunscreen and Other Life Lessons
With this being graduation time, I am reminded of a couple scenes from my beloved ’80s movies. First we have Rodney Dangerfield as “Thornton Melon” in 1986’s Back to School delivering something on the humorous CONTINUE READING…
Article
What a Pennsylvania County Fair Was Like in 1990
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 CONTINUE READING…
Podcast
TRN Podcast 007 – Summer Vacation
In this week’s episode of the Retro Network Podcast, Jason and Mickey return to review a couple movies they finally got each other to watch. Recurrent Events (@recurrentevents) topics include the Top Gun: Maverick trailer, CONTINUE READING…
Podcast
TRN Podcast 005 – Summer Memories
After a little vacation, The Retro Network Podcast is back with Jason and Mickey talking about their 4th of July holiday. This week’s Recurrent Events topics include Pizza Hut’s retro logo, Gremlins animated series, Hellraiser CONTINUE READING…
