Weekend Reading for 10/27/24

We’re here in the home stretch to Halloween, so as part of this week’s Weekend Reading post, I want to highlight a couple of old Retro Recipes I’ve posted in the past that will make your Halloween a little more tasty. Click on the images below to enlarge them, and make yourself a fantastic treat (or two) to enjoy this coming Halloween night. You’l find this week’s links below the recipes.

Now, on to this week’s selection of news and curated links…

Newsworthy

• Wendy’s Just Launched a Halloween-Themed Boo! Bag Meal (Retro Ramblings)

• A Secret ‘Predator” Film Is On Its Way (Dark Horizons)

• ‘Mtn Dew’ is Re-Branding Back to ‘Mountain Dew’ (Brand Eating)

• New Fraggle Rock Plushes Are Coming (The Toy Book)

• The Trailer For the New Cruel Intentions Series Has Dropped (Pop Culture)

• DC Comics is Reviving Their Dormant Vertigo Imprint (Batman News)

Read

• October 28th 1989 (Retro Ramblings)

• How MTV’s First Rival Became Cable TV’s Biggest Flop (Mental Floss)

• The Totally Real (and Totally Not) Fears of Our Youth (Nostalgia Nation)

• Halloween Games You Might Remember From the ’80s (Rediscover the ’80s)

• Fox’s Halloween Bash From 1984 (Yester Year Retro)

• A Brief History of Halloween Decorations (A Shroud of Thoughts)

• History of the Satanic Panic (The Retro Network)

• Shady Things About the McDonaldsland Characters (The Takeout)

• The Yearly Harvest Festival at School (Retro Ramblings)

• This Nostalgic Life Newsletter Issue #21 (This Nostalgic Life)

Lists

• 5 Worst Halloween Treats (Retroist)

• 10 Best ‘Charmed’ Episodes Ranked (CBR)

• Ten Most Memorable Scooby Doo Monsters (Collider)

• 5 Awesome Things on eBay This Week (Plaid Stallions)

Look

• Spooky Old Comic Book Ads (Retro Ramblings)

• TV Guide Listings For Halloween Night 1986 (Retro Ramblings)

• 1986 Hasbro Toys Catalog (Toy Tales)

Watch

• Retro Channel Surfing Halloween Edition (The Retro Network)

• Retro Video Shows What a Trip to the Movies Was Like in 1987 (Mental Floss)

• 1985 VHS Recordings of Halloween Cartoons (Retro Ramblings)

• Classic ’80s Halloween Commercials (Youtube)

• Retro ’90s Halloween Commercials (Youtube)

Listen

• The Bizarre History of Monster Cereals (Everything 80s Podcast)

• Retroists’ Dark Night of the Scarecrow Podcast (Retroist)

• Jason Gross Tribute Episode (Retro Resurgence Podcast)

• Retro Fast Food Halloween (The Rad Years Podcast)

• Fright Night 1987 TV Broadcast (Purple Stuff Podcast)