I came across this cool-looking old ad recently and wanted to take a minute to talk about it. I first saw The Karate Kid movie at my cousin Tim’s house. My uncle Ernest had a VCR before we did, and most days he would go to the local video store and rent a movie to…
Tag: 80s
Saturday Night Suspense
WWE recently relaunched the iconic series of television specials, Saturday Night’s Main Event. This latest iteration was shown on the streaming platform Peacock instead of the traditional home of NBC. After all of the hype leading up to it, I tuned in to check it out and you know what? It still had that special…
WWE Network’s Closing Represents the End of An Era
“It began over 5000 years ago when civilization was young…every major culture, Egypt, Greece, Rome, India, Japan; studied it, practiced it, perfected it to a fine art.They admired its Olympian demands: strength, speed, agility, skill, grace, and courage…They did it to honor their gods…they did it to honor their kings…they did it to train their…
Halloween Safety Video from 1985
Any kind of safety video is usually greeted with yawns, but hang on before you cast that kind of judgment on this video. This one has several things going for it. First, it concerns Halloween, second, it’s from the ’80s, and third, it’s full of nostalgia. So don’t pass this one up, and spare 15…
Blue Light Special on Nostalgia
As I was posting the news earlier this week about the closing of the last KMart store in the US, I started thinking back to the good memories that I associate with the old department store. To some, it may sound silly to have a fondness for things like department stores, but sometimes they represent…