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Re-watching The Stoned Age (1994)
Back around 1995, I picked up The Stoned Age at my local video store and gave it a watch late one night. I remember liking it at the young age …….continure reading
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BK Dinner Baskets of the ’90s
I want to take a few minutes and talk about one of my all-time favorite fast food promotions…Burger King’s Dinner Service and Dinner Baskets from the ’90s. In late 1992 …….continure reading
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The Summer of Thunder at Hardee’s
Days of Thunder hit theaters in 1990, and I was all in on it. All in except for actually going to see the movie itself in the theater. Back then, …….continure reading
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Toys I Never Had: Hot Wheels Freight Yard Sto and Go Playset
The Hot Wheels Freight Yard was one of the several Sto and Go playsets that were so popular in the ’80s. It was also the largest of the bunch as …….continure reading
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Cookin’ Cheap
From the late ’80s through the early ’90s, one of my daily rituals in the summertime was to go inside during the hot part of the day and veg out …….continure reading
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Re-watching Backdraft (1991)
When Backdraft originally debuted back in 1991, I desperately wanted to see it. As I’ve explained before though, my parents weren’t the movie theater type. And as I was only …….continure reading
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Re-watching Star Wars: Episode 1 – The Phantom Menace (1999)
I didn’t grow up a Star Wars fan. While I knew of the series’ existence, was familiar with how popular all of the movies were, and had even seen a …….continure reading
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Re-watching Dazed and Confused (1993)
Dazed and Confused hit the silver screen in 1993, but somehow I didn’t notice at the time. It took another couple of years for me to become aware of its …….continure reading
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O’Boisies Potato Chips
Those little Keebler elves have made a lot of tasty treats in their day. Unfortunately, a lot of them left the shelves far too quickly. O’Boisies, for me, is the …….continure reading
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Toys I Never Had: Hit Stix
A random memory flashed through my head earlier today, and I had to make sure I cleared time in my schedule this evening to share it with you. That memory …….continure reading