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What Was On Television for Halloween 1986
I thought it would be fun to take a look at what was on television for Halloween in 1986. I had the TV Guide issue for that week handy, so I scanned in all the CONTINUE READING…
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A Very Brady Podcast
A Very Brady Podcast S4EP23: A Room at the Top SEASON FINALE
A Very Brady Podcast is a celebration of the iconic tv show, The Brady Bunch! Join hosts, Tach Van Sickle and Jimmy Klein as they hilariously breakdown the bunch one episode at a time in CONTINUE READING…
90s
Christmas on Roseanne
Now that I have a family of my own, the notion of community, tradition, faith, and the holidays mean so much more to me. “Roseanne” was never a show my family watched when I was CONTINUE READING…
80s
Retro Commercials: Fruity Pebbles Christmas
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…
A Very Brady Podcast
A Very Brady Podcast S4EP22: You Can’t Win ‘Em All
A Very Brady Podcast is a celebration of the iconic tv show, The Brady Bunch! Join hosts, Tach Van Sickle and Jimmy Klein as they hilariously breakdown the bunch one episode at a time in CONTINUE READING…
A Very Brady Podcast
A Very Brady Podcast S4EP19: How to Succeed in Business?
A Very Brady Podcast is a celebration of the iconic tv show, The Brady Bunch! Join hosts, Tach Van Sickle and Jimmy Klein as they hilariously breakdown the bunch one episode at a time in CONTINUE READING…
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Ten Sitcom Characters That Just Disappeared
Growing up during the (late) ’80s and ’90s, I was a big sitcom fan. The theme song would hit, and we’d all sing along as we knew that good, albeit predictable, laughs, stories, and life CONTINUE READING…
90s
The Best and Worst of ’90s Children Shows
I was going to start working on my Halloween articles a couple weeks ago, but then the Steve Burns check-in video happened. Seeing Steve from Blues Clues reminded me of my first job: Babysitting. There CONTINUE READING…
80s
The Beginnings of MTV
Before 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 CONTINUE READING…
90s
Looking Back at Nickelodeon’s Hey Dude!
At some point in the late 1980’s to early 1990’s, pop culture went wild for all that was Western. The Escape Club had a hit singing about the “Wild Wild West”. Boys Don’t Cry had CONTINUE READING…
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Five Memorable Characters of Larry Hankin
I really enjoyed writing the feature last month about the “Five Memorable Roles” of character actor Ernie Sabella. If you read my tribute to Mr. Sabella’s career, you’d have read that I really enjoy watching CONTINUE READING…
90s
When ’90s Sitcoms Went to Disney World
Growing up, I was lucky enough to go to Walt Disney World fairly frequently. My Mom’s parents lived near Lakeland, Florida, and we’d work in a visit to see Grandma and Grandpa for a day CONTINUE READING…
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NBC Soap Operas: Memories and Facts
When I was growing up, my mom watched the soap operas on NBC. By the time I was in middle school, I started watching her shows too. Even though she was usually home, once we CONTINUE READING…
A The Retro Network
Looking Back at Grounded For Life
I can’t believe Grounded For Life is 20 years old. Donal Logue and Megyn Price star as Sean and Claudia Finnerty. They had their first child at 18 and two more along the way. Sean’s CONTINUE READING…
90s
Scorch: The Short-Lived 90s Sitcom About A Dragon
Thousands, possibly even millions, of television shows have come and gone throughout the years. Even today, with hundreds of channels on cable and many different streaming services on-line, most series are lucky to make it to CONTINUE READING…
