July 16, 2020 A Look Back at the Year 1980: Kicking Off the Decade Share List When we look back on the year 1980, it sometimes feels like it wasn’t that long ago. But put it this way:…
July 1, 2020 The 10 Best TV Commercials of the 80s Share List Not only did the 1980s give us amazing movies, cartoons, and TV shows—it gave us generally amazing commercials. This is a look…
June 22, 2020 Deregulation and Advertising to Children: How Ronald Reagan Created Your Childhood Share List If you grew up in the 80s and loved things like G.I. Joe, and My Little Pony, you have Ronald Reagan to…
May 27, 2020 The Power of Nostalgia During A Pandemic Share List I watched Back to the Future the other day. I watch Back to the Future quite a bit, honestly. But then I realized I had already…
May 7, 2020 Hey Vern, It’s Ernest!: The Most Underrated 80s Kids Show Share List Jim Varney brought us the beloved character of Ernest P. Worrell. He would often appear on the big screen but made the…
April 20, 2020 Here Are The 13 Best 80s TV Theme Songs Share List The second you heard those first few notes of your favorite 80s tv theme song it would light you up. The show…
April 8, 2020 What A Country: The Story Of Yakov Smirnoff Share List Despite the cold war tensions between the United States and Russia in the 80s, a Soviet comedian was able to break his…
February 7, 2020 Why Perfect Strangers Was The Perfect 80s Sitcom Share List It came out around the middle of the decade but would be a driving force behind the success of many other shows….
January 30, 2020 Bananaman: The Potassium-Filled Superhero Share List With apologies to Superman, Spider-Man, Batman, Captain Marvel, etc; if you can be a superhero due to the power of bananas, you’re…
January 14, 2020 The Story Of The Far Side: The Funniest Comic Strip Ever Share List It was bizarre, irreverent, creative, sometimes offensive, and funny as hell. And for a kid like me growing up in the 80s,…
