Special Feature
Classic Halloween Specials You Might Have Forgotten About
We’re coming up on the last weekend before Halloween, and I don’t know about you, but it’s supposed to be wet and cool in my neck of the woods. While …
Halloween
Essay
The Ghostbusters II Promotion at Hardees
Let’s rewind the tape to 1989. I was knee-deep in Ghostbusters fever, and fast food promotions were hitting their golden age. Looking back now, I realize they were a much …
Essay
The Halloween Treats I Always Hoped To Find
Halloween always had a rhythm to it. The rustle of leaves in the trees, the smell of distant bonfires, and the sound of plastic masks clacking against candy buckets. But …
Essay
It Was A Good Day
This past Saturday, my two daughters and I spent part of the day together and had a great time. As they’ve gotten older, it’s rare that I get to spend …
Nostalgia Nuggets
Missing Out On the Mad Scientist Monster Lab
It’s Halloween season again, and every time the air turns crisp and the leaves start crunching underfoot, my mind drifts back to the toys that defined the season…and the ones …
Essay
October 28th, 1989
October 28th, 1989 is one of those days that stuck with me. It was a Saturday, which meant cartoons in the morning, but what made it truly memorable was everything …
Essay
The Yearly Harvest Festival at School
Fall is in the air again…the kind that smells like woodsmoke and feels like flannel, and every time this season rolls around, my mind drifts back to one of the …
Essay
Trading Cards as Halloween Treats
While I was at the grocery store earlier today, the Pokemon cards above caught my eye. I think trading cards are such a great idea to stuff into the bags, …
Essay
Tom & Jerry’s TBS Funhouse Halloween Special
Looking back over all my years, there’s one Halloween tradition that still glows in my memory like a jack-o’-lantern on a chilly October night: Tom & Jerry’s TBS Funhouse Halloween …
Time Capsule
1985 VHS Recording of Halloween Cartoons
Garfield’s Halloween Adventure and It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown presented in their original 1985 glory with all the commercials intact from what had to be a magnificent night of television. …