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Halloween

Marc Summers Mystery Magical Tour
Special Feature

Classic Halloween Specials You Might Have Forgotten About

October 23, 2025 Mickey Lee 1

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 …

Hardees Ghostbusters 2
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The Ghostbusters II Promotion at Hardees

October 15, 2025 Mickey Lee 1

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 …

Halloween Treat Bags
Retro Ramblings

The Halloween Treats I Always Hoped To Find

October 5, 2025 Mickey Lee 2

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 …

Retro Ramblings

It Was A Good Day

October 22, 2024 Mickey Lee 1

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 …

Retro Ramblings

Missing Out On the Mad Scientist Monster Lab

October 8, 2024 Mickey Lee 0

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 …

Halloween Havoc 89
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October 28th, 1989

October 28, 2023 Mickey Lee 1

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 …

Harvest Festival
Retro Ramblings

The Yearly Harvest Festival at School

October 23, 2023 Mickey Lee 2

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 …

Pokemon Halloween Trading Cards
Retro Ramblings

Trading Cards as Halloween Treats

October 16, 2023 Mickey Lee 0

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, …

Retro Ramblings

Tom & Jerry’s TBS Funhouse Halloween Special

October 15, 2022 Mickey Lee 2

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 …

Special Feature

1985 VHS Recording of Halloween Cartoons

October 12, 2022 Mickey Lee 0

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. …

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