Schlemiel, schlimazel, hasenpfeffer incorporated! Are we really going to see a big-screen version of “Laverne & Shirley”? We are if this article isn’t some sort of early April Fool’s joke….
Who can’t recite at least two or three Shel Silverstein poems, or at least parts of them?”There is a place where the sidewalk ends, but before the street begins…””Listen to the mustn’ts, child,…
Oh man, the 1970s and 1980s had the BEST educational kids’ shows. “Electric Company”! “3-2-1 Contact”! “ZOOM”! And also, “Big Blue Marble”!Did you watch it? Did you ever get a pen-pal from there?…
Pay phones are becoming such a part of our past that CNN is asking readers to find one, take photos of it, and send in a report.
Hall & Oates making a comeback? Aw, I always kinda liked them…
Remember when suddenly eating potato skins no longer seemed like something a goat does? And TGI Friday’s started serving them, hot and crisp and heaped with calorie-laden toppings, and suddenly…
Retroland celebrates the 25th anniversary of “The Care Bear Movie.”Ah yes, I remember this one. This is the movie that started the drumbeat for the NC-17 rating due to its almost unbearable levels…
It’s this year’s “Snakes on a Plane,” the movie that’s getting snickers for its mere title.But since this guy is writing it, it could be pretty funny. He reminisces about how the movie came to be,…
We’ve done a lot of research for the book, but none has made me go, “I can’t believe I’m getting paid for this” like digging up clips of “The Super Globetrotters” cartoon from 1979. Sweet Georgia…
Mostly, I loved, loved, loved “The Electric Company,” with Easy Reader and Letterman and Jennifer of the Jungle.But this skit, man, it was pure nightmare fuel. Anyone agree? The LOLLIPOP! It’s…
Here’s my memory of Munchos: I went to Derham Hall, an all-girls’ high school in St. Paul, and our cafeteria had a kitchen, but it was only utilized for weird special parents’ nights or something…
Do kids today get the same romantic thrill out of making their crush an iPod playlist as we did when we made our mix tapes? Somehow I wonder.Here’s a great rumination on the art of the mix tape….
The Retroist has an old Shamrock Shake commercial, just in time for St. Pat’s!But where’s Uncle O’Grimacey? Oh! Here he is!
I was just a little too old for these little kid workouts, and you know, that is just fine by me.
Man, remember the playgrounds we grew up with? Sharp slides that cooked in the sun and then grilled your legs if you slid down while wearing shorts? Bouncy metal animals that tossed you to the…
Researching “ZOOM,” I learned that it was based on a BBC show with the best kids’ show title ever. Its inspiration was called “Why Don’t You Switch Off Your Television Set and Go Do Something Less…
Aw, who didn’t love their Easy-Bake Oven? Salon has an article about why the iconic toy is so beloved, and has been for decades.They also have a slideshow of the different models.I think I…
In her 1972 hit “You’re So Vain,” was Carly Simon talking about Warren Beatty, Kris Kristofferson or Mick Jagger? She’s not telling, but she has launched a contest for filmmakers to produce a…
Corey Haim died early this morning. He seemed to be dealing with a lot of issues, and had an up-and-then-mostly-down career, from “Lost Boys” to “The Two Coreys.”But he’ll always be Lucas to us.
Man, I loved Connect Four. It was tic-tac-toe, only perfected. In later years, when I saw “Star Trek” (or was it on “Star Wars”?) where they played three-dimensional chess with pieces that hopped…
You may think you recognize some of your old classmates and neighbors in these classic pics featuring old school BMX bikes.Every other kid in these pics looks just like my husband Rob when he was…
Part of our goal with the book is to remind ourselves and our friends of how many things that were once immutable parts of our lives have slipped away.The jobs in this slideshow are mostly before…
This PSA for the United Negro College Fund is really well-done for its era. It begins with a family of slaves teaching each other to read in slave quarters, and then they have to hide the books as…
OK, I think this was a little before my time, more a 1960s product than a 1980s one, but maybe my mom and dad just didn’t buy it.Raise your hand if you remember Shake A Pudd’n! Apparenly it was…
Man, I haven’t even heard of some of these.I know everyone thinks “Sixteen Candles” or “The Breakfast Club” is Hughes’ best, but I’m a sucker for “Pretty in Pink.”