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VHS Collecting: A Visual Guide To Retro Home Media

Recently on The Retro Network I participated in an awesome TRN Talk: VHS Collecting podcast discussing the art of VHS collecting with Jason (@RD80s) and the always enthusiastic Chad Young from the Horror Movie BBQ

Spider‑Man and His Amazing Friends: The 80s Cartoon That Made Marvel Must‑See TV

Mickey Yarber

Marvel Comics’ famed webslinger returned to Saturday morning in 1981 with a pair of new companions. In this incarnation, Peter Parker was a college student at Empire State University, boarding with his Aunt May. While

10 Best Cartoons of the 80’s

Adam Pope

Cartoons were inescapable in the 1980’s. Saturday mornings, weekday afternoons and even on cable TV, colorful animated characters were everywhere we looked. While the majority were shoddy productions conceived as part of carefully constructed marketing

The Life & Times of Freddy Krueger

Adam Pope

It’s October 1989, I am walking around my elementary school black top dressed as Superman, in a homemade costume my Mom sewed for me, as part of our annual Halloween parade. There’s a devil in

Ben Cooper Halloween Costumes from the ’80s (and late ’70s)

OldSchool80s

Most of us who grew up during the ’70s and ’80s very likely have had the experience of wearing a Ben Cooper Halloween costume. You might not necessarily know them by the brand name, but

M.U.S.C.L.E: The Pink Wrestler Army That Took Over the 80s

Mickey Yarber

You thought the WWF had some bizarre characters? Please. Anybody who wanted to see some real oddball wrestling action in the mid-80s took a visit down to the M.U.S.C.L.E. arena. Those brawny battlers on television may have

The Last Action Heroes: A Journey into the Golden Age of Action Movies

Pitfall Gary

In a world where action movies rule supreme, there is one decade that stands above the rest, the 1980s! Recently I discovered the book, The Last Action Heroes: The Triumphs, Flops and Feuds of Hollywood’s

A Brief History of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe

Brian Cave

I cannot think of a better example of the quintessential Saturday morning cartoon than He-man and the Masters of the Universe. It had everything a kid could ask for as part of their weekend plans:

Memorable Sharks in Pop Culture History

Mickey Yarber

Throughout the years, people everywhere have been fascinated with sharks. So it’s no wonder that sharks of all kinds have popped up in various forms of pop culture in the decades of mass entertainment. As

Fascinating Facts About the Movie Independence Day

Mickey Yarber

Twenty five years ago, Independence Day was released in theaters and a new modern classic was born. Even though most everyone who visits The Retro Network has likely seen the film, there may be some

The Pop Culture of 1989

Michael

So much of the popular culture I was consuming in the watershed year of 1989 felt like more than just entertainment—instead, much of it felt incendiary. The world itself felt on the cusp of something big

Fascinating Facts About McDonald’s Big Mac

Mickey Yarber

McDonald’s Big Mac is one of the most famous fast food menu items in the world. I’m sure almost everyone reading this has enjoyed at least one of them in their lifetime. Some of us

Fascinating Facts About Your Favorite ’80s Cartoons

Mickey Yarber

If you thought you knew everything about your favorite 80’s cartoons, think again! From the many great, and some not so great, cartoons that aired in the 80’s there is an abundance of things about

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VHS Collecting: A Visual Guide To Retro Home Media

Spider‑Man and His Amazing Friends: The 80s Cartoon That Made Marvel Must‑See TV

10 Best Cartoons of the 80’s

The Life & Times of Freddy Krueger

Ben Cooper Halloween Costumes from the ’80s (and late ’70s)

M.U.S.C.L.E: The Pink Wrestler Army That Took Over the 80s

The Last Action Heroes: A Journey into the Golden Age of Action Movies

A Brief History of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe

Memorable Sharks in Pop Culture History

Fascinating Facts About the Movie Independence Day

The Pop Culture of 1989

Fascinating Facts About McDonald’s Big Mac

Fascinating Facts About Your Favorite ’80s Cartoons

Batmania: Revisiting 1989’s Batman

WWF and MTV: The Brawl to End it All

A Day in the Life of a 90s Kid