Retro Ramblings
My Mall is Dead and These Are the Autopsy Photos
A few years ago my mall died. I know I’m not alone in this fact as numerous malls have closed all around the country in the last decade. For our …
Articles by Mickey Lee
Special Feature
Five More Classic Christmas Commercials
A couple of years back, I wrote about Five Classic Christmas Commercials. That post featured some commercials that I’m most nostalgic for, as they still stand out in my memory …
Special Feature
Highlights From the 1984 Montgomery Ward Christmas Catalog
As I’ve said before, nothing reminds me of Christmases gone by more than browsing through old catalogs. As a kid, I could sit for hours looking through the many pages …
Retro Ramblings
A Few of My Favorite Christmas Gifts Through the Years
With Christmas getting ever so closer, let’s take a break from everyday life to remember some of our favorite old Christmas gifts. I’m listing five of mine here for you …
Time Capsule
TV Guide’s 1994 Holiday Viewing Guide
For this Time Capsule, I’m taking you back to 1994 to check out TV Guide’s Holiday Viewing Guide. TV Guide used to put these extended articles in their magazines during …
Special Feature
Highlights From the 1991 Sears Christmas Wishbook
Now that we’re past Thanksgiving, I’m all in on Christmas, and that means features like this. We’re going to look at a few things that really caught my eye while …
Retro Ramblings
Tom & Jerry’s TBS Funhouse Halloween Special
Looking back over all my years, there’s one Halloween tradition that still glows in my memory like a jack-o’-lantern on a chilly October night: Tom & Jerry’s TBS Funhouse Halloween …
Special Feature
1985 VHS Recording of Halloween Cartoons
Garfield’s Halloween Adventure and It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown presented in their original 1985 glory with all the commercials intact from what had to be a magnificent night of television. …
Retro Ramblings
Hot Wheels Sto and Go Playsets
Oh man, what a rush of nostalgia this past weekend. I’m sitting on the couch watching college football, and at the same time, checking out the TRN Slack Channel. It’s …
Retro Ramblings
Saturday Morning Cartoons of 1985
Saturday mornings in 2019 are a far cry from the Saturday mornings of 1985. Hell, it’s been that way since the late 1990’s when the networks started phasing out their …