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You're a Ford Salesman, Charlie Brown!
A lot of people think that A Charlie Brown Christmas, which originally aired in 1965, was the first time that Charles Schulz's beloved Peanuts characters appeared in animated form on the small screen....
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Three Reasons Why I Almost Never Go To the Movies Anymore
The last time I went to a movie theater was in January to see the Ben Affleck film Live By Night. Before that, it was a good year earlier, to see The Peanuts Movie in December 2015 and Spectre the...
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Elle Macpherson Kicked My Butt: My Favorite "Vintage" Workout Tape
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How Not To Let Yourself Go (Especially If You're Over 40)
"It'll never happen to me," I used to say when I was younger. "I'll never let myself go."But then I was laid off in August last year and guess what? I did kind of start to let myself go, at least on...
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America's Most Dangerous Amusement Park: Action Park
If you were a kid growing up in New Jersey in the '70s, '80s, or '90s, there's a good chance you visited Action Park in Vernon, just over the New York line. In fact, many former patrons claim it was a...
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Sharing Some Much Overdue Love for the Bobby Darin Biopic "Beyond the Sea"
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Stay Tuned (Go Retro and Life in General Updates)
You've probably noticed (or at least I've noticed) that I haven't been posting on here as much...not as much as ideally I'd like to, anyway. To be honest, I've kind of just not felt like writing about...
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Why I Love Bobby Darin
Happy Mother's Day to all of the retro lovin' moms out there! Not only is it Mother's Day, but it also would have been Bobby Darin's 81st birthday today. Rather then share the love for my favorite...
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The Rare Alien Toys That Could Make You Rich (If You Own One)
With Alien: Covenant ready to hit American theaters tomorrow I've been having a flashback of sorts to the first or second grade, which was shortly after the 1979 movie Alien was released. One of the...
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Movie Review: Das Boot (Director's Cut)
Every once in a while a movie will impress me with all of the ingredients of a perfect storm: a stellar storyline, superb acting, impressive sets and special effects, and a memorable soundtrack. But...
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Why I Simply Cannot Stomach The English Patient
In my last blog post I raved to you about a movie that totally won my heart, Das Boot. In today's blog post, I'm going to gripe, vent, grovel about and generally rip apart a film that lost it: The...
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Jürgen Prochnow Should Have Been a Huge Star In the States
Hey Germany, let's make a deal. I'll trade you George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, James Franco, Matt Damon, Ryan Gosling, Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio, Bradley Cooper, and Justin Timberlake for...
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The Time Ronald McDonald Hung His Head In Shame: Mac & Me
The 1980s decade was not the best time for McDonald's, branding-wise. Late in the '70s they were sued by Sid and Marty Krofft over their McDonaldland characters, which the brothers claimed were a...
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Beauty Salon Dropout: Why I Cut and Color My Own Hair In the Year 2017
A (very purple!) 1980s hair salon. Image via ScanagogoA few months ago I made the difficult decision of emailing my hairdresser to let her know I was breaking up with her. It wasn't because I was...
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We All Live In a Research Submarine: the USS Albacore
I'll admit it...I may have a thing for submarines.After I watched Das Boot a few months ago, I had a thought: it would be fun to actually visit a submarine on display. I didn't even bother to look up...
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Heartbroken Over a Heartbreaker: RIP Tom Petty
In recent years we've lost an awful lot of notable musicians and actors -- particularly those that were at the top of their game in the '80s and '90s, my growing years -- at an alarming rate, but to be...
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The Spacey Between Us
Kevin Spacey was the celebrity that I least expected to ever see associated with a scandal.I've been a fan of his for nearly 20 years, ever since I watched American Beauty in a hotel room while on a...
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Happy 2018...I'm Still Here!
Happy New Year, retro fans! Yep, I'm still here.In case you've been wondering if I've abandoned this blog, I sure haven't. I just haven't been motivated enough to post to it as frequently as I used to....
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Meet Tom Gaebel, Keeping the Vintage Music Sound Alive
Although they're far and few in between these days, it's always admirable to come across a younger singer that is keeping the vintage sound of decades past alive. Recently I discovered German singer...
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Are American Teens and Young Adults Getting Dumber?
I think it's time to talk about the Tide Pod Challenge...er, epidemic...that is sweeping the country.I was going to let this one slide because I've come down on millennials enough in previous posts;...
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