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80s

Retro Ramblings

My Brief Love Affair With Morning Funnies Cereal

June 13, 2020 Mickey Lee 0

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 …

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Welcome to Retro Ramblings

January 1, 2020 Mickey Lee 0

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 …

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Big Money, No Whammies: When Michael Larsen Broke the Game Show Press Your Luck

June 4, 2019 Mickey Lee 0

In 1984, Michael Larson stepped onto Press Your Luck with a secret. He had memorized the game board’s patterns, and his unbelievable winning streak stunned the studio and baffled producers. …

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