Special Feature
Highlights From the 1988 Sears Christmas Wish Book
Christmas is coming up quickly, so I thought it would be a good time to open up an old Sears Christmas Wish Book and relive some great old memories from …
Essay
McDonald’s McD.L.T.
McDonald’s rolled out the McD.L.T. in 1985, but I must’ve been around ten or so when I first became interested in it. It was the late-80s, and I was just …
Essay
Oatmeal Swirlers
I can remember almost being excited going to bed on those nights when I knew that Oatmeal Swirlers was going to be for breakfast the next day. Sadly, like so many other favorite foods of my youth, this one bit the dust far too early. …
Special Feature
Highlights From a 1988 Toys ‘R’ Us Sale Paper
On this week’s episode of The Retro Network Podcast, Jason and I scoured through an old Toys ‘R’ Us sale paper from 1988. Even at just sixteen pages, the thing …
Essay
Chewing on Childhood: Dr. Pepper Gum
Dr. Pepper gum was one of the first to feature a liquid center, and that awesome flavor burst onto the scene in the mid-80s. …
Essay
My Brief Love Affair With Morning Funnies Cereal
Back in 1988, breakfast wasn’t just about food, it was about ritual. For me, that meant pouring a bowl of cereal and flipping through the funny pages of the newspaper …
Editorial
Welcome to Retro Ramblings
I’ve spent most of my adult life looking backward. Hell, I spent a lot of my teenage years looking backward. The difference is that while in my teens, I was …