Welcome back in for another Weekend Edition here on Retro Ramblings. It’s where I share with you loyal visitors my curated list of retro and nostalgia-themed articles and posts I’ve come across over the last week. I share these things with you for your enjoyment, and hope you find things you like. Let’s hit it!
In the News
- Consumers Are Spending More Time and Money on TV Watching Than Ever Before (Cord Cutters News)
- Marvel to Continue the 1992 X-Men Animated Series on Disney+ (Den of Geek)
- You Can Go on a Love Boat Themed Cruise Nest Year With the Original Cast Members (Do You Remember)
- Betty White and Betty Crocker Will Be Teaming Up for Their 100th Birthdays (Do You Remember)
Retro & Nostalgia Fun
- Star Wars: What Was Darth Vader’s Rank in the Emperial Military? (CBR)
- The Glory That Was Geocities (Neatorama)
- When Howard Johnson’s Was America’s Home Away From Home (Mental Floss)
- Mixtape: Do You Remember When You Downloaded Songs From Napster (Pop Geeks)
- Retro-Review: Big-Mac vs. The Whopper (The Retro Dad)
- Streaming the ’80s: 10 Shows to Rediscover on The Roku Channel For Free (Rediscover the ’80s)
- The History of The Little Golden Books (Dusty Old Thing)
- Classic Games That Deserve Modern Remakes (Retro-Daze)
- Check Out These 36 Vintage Metal Swing Sets (Click Americana)
- 5 Awesome Things on eBay This Week (Plaid Stallions)
Thanksgiving Nostalgia
- Five Retro Thanksgiving Commercials (Dinosaur Dracula)
- Thanksgiving Brands That Still Invoke Nostalgia Today (Do You Remember)
- 11 Thanksgiving Dishes the Pilgrims Didn’t Eat (Mental Floss)
Video of the Week
Since Thanksgiving is just a couple of weeks away, and with it the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, I thought it was a good time to relive that time when He-Man battled Skeletor and his minions on an Eternia-themed float.