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The Queen of the 80s (Guest Post by Spencer Blohm)
Image via Bilal Ali ProductionsEditor's Note: Today's post is brought to you by guest blogger and freelance entertainment writer Spencer Blohm. On August 9th, the late, great Whitney Houston would have...
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Land of the Lost TV Series #6: Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
When I learned that some kind hearted soul had uploaded several episodes of Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman to YouTube, I knew that it was my duty as a retro blogger to finally check out for myself what...
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Awkward Ads
Sometimes, you come across a vintage advertisement that makes you do a double take. You ask yourself if you're really seeing what you're seeing, or you start to feel uncomfortable looking at the ad....
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Mmmmmmm....Metrecal!
When I came across the vintage ad above for the diet drink Metrecal, I was both repulsed and fascinated by it. It looks like Pepto-Bismol gurgling (urrrgh!) in a bowl, but is actually the strawberry...
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10 Things You Didn't Know About Mae West
Admittedly, Mae West isn't someone I've thought about often--seeing as how Go Retro has a tendency to focus on people, places and things from the 60s through the 80s. But something made me think of Ms....
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Whatever Happened to...Raking Leaves Instead of Blowing Them?
I curse Dom Quinto. Who the heck is that, you ask?He's the dolt who invented the leaf blower. I just spent the last hour listening to an obnoxious neighbor power one of these equally obnoxious...
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Old Timey Dentistry
I must confess that dentists and dentistry don't make me squeamish...maybe it's at least partly due to the fact that I have good teeth and visit my dentist every six months for a cleaning and check-up...
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Frank Langella, Sexiest Dracula Ever
I suppose it's a moot point to pick on Twilight--the last movie in the series aired some time ago. But the whole time this phenomenon was in full swing, I was shaking my head, at a loss to understand...
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Today's Go Retro Blog Post is Brought to You by a Very Drunk Orson Welles
Paul Masson has nice wood? Huh? Where was I, again? Oh yeah...if you grew up as a kid in the late 70s or early 80s then you may remember the television commercials that Orson Welles did for Paul Masson...
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In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida at the Museum of Fine Arts
Last weekend a friend and I saw a fashion exhibit called "Hippie Chic" at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts. I regret not being able to see and report on it earlier during its exhibition time--November 11...
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A Few Words From Jack LaLanne on Being Happy and Grateful
When Jack LaLanne passed away a few years ago, I came across this wonderful clip of him (which I posted before) from his early television fitness show on what it means to be happy (or unhappy) in...
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Reasons Why the Rankin/Bass TV Specials Rocked
As a 70s/80s child I'll always hold a special place in my heart for the Rankin/Bass animated TV specials--particularly the ones that featured their stop-motion technology. Every year it seems a new...
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10 Things You Didn't Know About Bobby Darin
"It isn't true that you live only once. You only die once. You live lots of times, if you know how." - Bobby DarinYesterday was the 40th anniversary of Bobby Darin's death--and considering that he's my...
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Whatever Happened To...Fitness Television Programs?
I find it amazing that out of the hundreds of channels I receive in my cable subscription not a single one of them is devoted to health and fitness. There's never been a greater need for one. Americans...
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A Song's Story #4: Popcorn
I was watching The Millers the other night when they used the instrumental "Popcorn" as background music for a funny sequence. Being that it's such a contagiously quirky tune I hadn't heard in a while,...
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The Most Awful Knitting Idea Ever Conceived
I've been knitting since I was 10 years old, so trust me when I say I've come across some horrendous knitting patterns in that time, which includes the 1980s and 1990s decades, after all. Other retro...
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GoRetroPam, Where Are Youuuuuuu?
The other day I received the following comment on my latest post from a regular reader of this blog: "Dave Madden and Russell Johnson die, the Captain and Tennille divorce...where are you?" Although...
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Vintage Ads: Real...Or a Really Good Fake?
With Photoshop so prevalent today, anyone can mock up a fake "vintage" ad. Some are quite obvious...like the ads I've seen for Facebook and Twitter. Others, though, are pretty darn convincing they make...
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Why I'm Just Not Having It With The Beatles' 50th Ed Sullivan Show Anniversary
Don't get me wrong; I love The Beatles. I just don't LOVE The Beatles. At least, not the way I used to. The 22 year-old in me is probably a bit pissed at my 42 year-old self about this revelation. You...
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Save a Poster: An Interview with Andy Golub, Author of "Beautiful Colors"
Note: all images, photos and videos in this post are used with the permission of Andrew Golub. Big thanks for allowing me to share them!Think you are a Duran Duran fan? Well, chances are you haven't...
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