Retro Wiki
The Smurfs
Proving that we indeed are a one-world community, NBC president Fred Silverman bought the rights to the Flemish created characters known as the Smurfs and turned them into one of the most …….continure reading
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Adventures of the Gummi Bears
Disney’s first foray into Saturday morning was The Gummi Bears, a half-hour adventure series about a charming sextet of anthropomorphic, medieval bears. In a unique move for the time, the cartoon …….continure reading
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The Dudley Do-Right Show
Originally just one segment on the hilarious The Bullwinkle Show, the Canadian Mountie soon brought his chin-cleft good looks and high morals to his own program, The Dudley Do-Right Show. Dudley’s main …….continure reading
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Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales
Tennessee Tuxedo lived in the Megopolis Zoo, but he yearned for more than eating fish and swimming in freezing water. The determined penguin never stopped thinking of new and different …….continure reading
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Rocky and Bullwinkle
The Bullwinkle Show, a pun-filled satire on melodramatic cliffhangers, debuted in 1959 under the title Rocky and His Friends. Created by TV animation pioneer Jay Ward, the show was an instant …….continure reading
Editorial
Happy Birthday Ric Flair!
Today marks the 73rd birthday of the greatest professional wrestler of my lifetime, “Nature Boy” Ric Flair, so for this edition of Retro Ramblings, I want to share with some …….continure reading
Nostalgia Nuggets
Nostalgia Nuggets for 01/30/22
Every weekend, I like to share a curated list of retro & nostalgia-themed articles, stories, and posts that I’ve come across in the last week. It gives you a chance …….continure reading
Time Capsule
TV Guide’s Coverage of The Day After From 1983
The Day After was an American television film that first aired on November 20, 1983, on the ABC television network. More than 100 million people, in nearly 39 million households, watched the program during its …….continure reading