Congratulations, you’ve made it to another weekend. To celebrate, here are some more great retro and nostalgia-themed articles and things for you to kick back and relax with. Enjoy!

• Trick or Treat: A Nostalgic Journey Into 80s and 90s Halloween (Nostalgia Nation)

• Remaking and Simplifying the McDonald’s Menu (Retroist)

• Why Do We Tell Scary Ghost Stories? (Mental Floss)

• This Month in YesterYear History – October (YesterYear Retro)

• West Week Ever: Pop Culture in Review 10/04/24 (West Week Ever)

• The 40th Anniversary of Murder, She Wrote (A Shroud of Thoughts)

• The Spooky History of the Ouija Board (Geekster)

• 13 Things All ’80s Kids Did When They Stayed Home Sick From School (Enemy of Average)

• 50 Years of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (John Kenneth Muir)

• WCW Saturday Night and Fall Brawl ’95 at Grandma’s House (YesterYear Retro)

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

We find ourselves making it to another Sunday, and that means it’s time for more Weekend Reading links. Grab yourself a hot mug of coffee, settle in, and immerse yourself in the nostalgia.

• 16 Sights, Sounds, and Feels Only GenX and OG Millenial Kids Will Truly Appreciate (Nostalgia Nation)

• Why Did Wendy’s Fire the ‘Where’s the Beef’ Lady? (Retroist)

• 10 Best Garfield Halloween Comic Strips Ranked (CBR)

• The Black Scorpion: WCW’s Great Unmasking Failure (Pro Wrestling Stories)

• The 60th Anniversary of Jonny Quest (A Shroud of Thoughts)

• Lunchbox Snacks of Yesteryear (Yester Year Retro)

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

Last week’s list of weekend reading links got such a good reaction, it proved that I should go back to doing them more often. So with that, here is another batch of links to retro and nostalgia-related content that I think you should check out this weekend.

• How the Bootleg Nintendo System ‘Dendy’ Took Over 1990s Russia (Mental Floss)

• When Colonel Sanders Created Kentucky Roast Beef (Retroist)

• Why Do We Have Candy Corn? (Sporcle)

• The Fiftieth Anniversary of Kolchak: The Night Stalker (A Shroud of Thoughts)

• Do You Remember? Land of the Lost (The Retro Network)

• Doug’s Move From Nickelodeon to ABC and Disney (Yester Year Retro)

• 50 Years Ago: Valley of the Dinosaurs (John Kenneth Muir)

• Top Ten Tales From the Darkside Episodes (The Retro Network)

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

In addition to some things to read this week, let me give you a listening recommendation as well. Over at Geekster and The Retro Network, we just launched a new podcast called Retro Resurgence hosted by Ken and Chad.

In the first episode, they countdown their favorite games for the original NES console. Give it a listen this week, and if you like what you hear, subscribe through your podcast player of choice.

In lieu of a normal post today, I thought I would do a recap of sorts of several things from the past week.

We’ll start with a couple of things that I’ve put out in places other than here at Retro Ramblings…

• Over at Geekster, a feature I put together called When Ralston Ruled the Cereal Aisle went live last week. In it, I run down all of the various cereals that Ralston produced in the ’80s and ’90s. While we all probably had some or at least one of their cereals, it’s hard to fathom just how many licensed cereals they put out back then. Click the link above and check it out if you want a fun trip back to the cereal aisle.

• In the latest issue of This Nostalgic Life Newsletter, I provided the special feature this week as I looked back at Green Stamps and my memories of how big of a deal they were in my family back in the ’80s. Again, you can click the link above to go read that feature.

In the same issue, Eric gives a rundown of some great retro podcasts that you should check out and maybe find some new listening favorites.

• If you haven’t signed up for This Nostalgic Life yet, I urge you to do so. It’s free, delivers straight to your email inbox every Wednesday, and features great nostalgic memories in every issue from myself and other retro-loving folks.

I also wanted to share a couple of pieces of junk food news I came across in the last couple of days…

• https://www.brandeating.com/2024/07/hardees-introduces-new-frisco-blt-burger-and-chicken-sandwich.html

This is one of the first new additions to the Frisco Burger line in a very long time. I’m going to be sure to try it, as the very first addition to the line in 1993, the New York Patty Melt, was so good, I still miss it to this day. If this new BLT version turns out to be good, I don’t want to miss out on it.

• https://www.brandeating.com/2024/07/kfc-new-spicy-fried-chicken-flavored-ruffles-potato-chips.html

I’m all about trying anything that features the taste of Kentucky Fried Chicken, so these new chips will be on my shopping list to look for when I’m at the grocery store.

Every weekend, I like to share a curated list of retro, geek, & nostalgia-themed articles, stories, and posts that I’ve come across in the last week. It gives you a chance to escape the daily grind, and just sit back and pass the time reading about what I call the good old days. So with that in mind, here are some things I wanted to share with you.

• Jeff Looks Back at WWF Shotgun Saturday Night (Yester Year Retro)

• Why the Summer is a Great Time for Horror Movies (Den of Geek)

• 10 Best Cartoons Based on Comic Strips, Ranked (CBR)

• How Trivial Pursuit Saved Board Games (Mental Floss)

• Dungeons and Dragons Saves Lives (Retroist)

• Unsung Heroes: Video Rental Shops Inside Grocery Stores (Nightmare Nostalgia)

• The Twilight Zone Was a Warning About the Dangers of Nostalgia (Den of Geek)

Here in the Weekend Edition, I like to share with you the retro-inspired news of the week, curated links to nostalgia content from around the web, and other fun stuff I’ve come across.

In the News

• Jerry Seinfeld Teases a ‘Seinfeld’ Return (Do You Remember)

• McDonald’s Boo Buckets Return on October 17th (Chew Boom)

• Apple TV Plus Will Stream Charlie Brown Specials For Free Again This Year (Verge)

• Catan is Coming to Nintendo Switch (The Toy Book)

Nostalgia

• Do You Remember? Count Duckula (The Retro Network)

• The Most Important Pieces of Avengers History Ranked (CBR)

• 35 Best SNES Games of All Time (Den of Geek)

• Elvira’s Top 5 Guest Appearances (Yester Year Retro)

• Retroist Podcast: The Midnight Hour (Retroist)

• 15 Trivia Tidbits About Goofy (Cracked)

• 1980’s McDonald’s Halloween Pails (Dinosaur Dracula)

• History of the Satanic Panic (The Retro Network)

Every weekend, I like to share a curated list of retro, geek, & nostalgia-themed articles, stories, and posts that I’ve come across in the last week. It gives you a chance to escape the daily grind, and just sit back and pass the time reading about what I call the good old days. So with that in mind, here are some things I wanted to share with you.

• The Joker’s Most Evil Acts, Ranked (CBR)

• When the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Went on a Concert Tour (Mental Floss)

• My Top 5 Hanna Barbera Cartoons (Yester Year Retro)

• The Origins of KISS (American Songwriter)

• 15 TV Shows That Defined the ’80s (Movie Web)

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