Television

Halloween on Roseanne

1990’s Sitcom television’s version of Halloween depicts how I feel Halloween should have been in real life. Dressed up in cool costumes, the characters on the show attended heavily decorated Halloween house parties and were

Television

The Beginnings of MTV

The earliest ancestor of the modern music video was the soundie, a black-and-white 16mm film recording of a musician performing before a live audience.  The first soundies appeared in 1940, and all the big singing

Ring Raiders
Cartoons

Ring Raiders: Crashing on Take-Off

I ended a previous article saying I’d rather take an Air Raiders cartoon over the Ring Raiders, and I feel the need to explain why.  I didn’t find Ring Raiders, the toy or the cartoon,

General Pop Culture

Our Favorite Stores at the Mall

Hey retro lovers, welcome to our first TRN Round Table.  The Round Table is where several creators from the TRN Bullpen get together and share their thoughts on a common theme.  In this first edition,