Today, the name “Irwin Allen” is mostly synonymous with disaster-driven big-screen 70’s spectacles like The Poseidon Adventure and The Towering Inferno. But in the 60’s, that name meant one thing only: the coolest …
Jason McCord, a West Point graduate and decorated army officer, was a good man. But after the gruesome Battle of Bitter Creek, in which he was the only known survivor, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Spy-mania hit the medium of television hard in the mid-60’s as executives scrambled to come up with programming to satisfy audiences with an appetite for James Bond-style entertainment. The Avengers entered the fray …
Toy trends come and go, but some old soldiers never die. In times of war, in times of peace, those valiant fighters we call Army Men have stood valiantly in …
POW!!! BAM!!! BIFF!!! SOCK!!! CRRRASH!!! THUD!!! Few shows bring out the kid in adult viewers the way Batman does. From the cool gadgets and vehicles to the endless array of colorful guest-villains …
There have been plenty of toys that allowed children to put their natural creative energies to work. Legos, Erector sets, and countless other similar items let kids build elaborate kingdoms and complex …
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