It's a Charlie Brown Christmas Again, Charlie Brown!
I don't know why A Charlie Brown Christmas is still my favorite holiday TV special. Is it the hanging-on-for-dear-life tree, drooping s...
Neat-o! The CBS Early Show Goes Retro
The CBS Early Morning Show's producers must be big retrophiles, because this isn't the first time they've profiled previous deca...
Get Michelle's JCrew Retro Look
When Michelle Obama appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno a week or two ago wearing these classy duds, I was tempted to call JCrew up ...
It's Funk Soul Brother, Charlie Brown!
What happens when you combine Fatboy Slim with clips from vintage Peanuts specials? You get this, a perfectly coordinated and very cool vide...
Robert Wagner Wags His Tongue
TV and movie star Robert Wagner is out plugging his new autobiography, Pieces of My Heart . I caught a radio interview with him yesterday on...
Mad About Retro Ads
"Where's the beef?" "Mama mia, that's a spicey meatball!" "He likes it! Hey, Mikey!" I bet you recogni...
Opie and Richie Cunningham for Obama!
Ron Howard took a break from directing to visit his former television costars for some retro fun and to help promote Obama in the process. I...
RIP Mr. Blackwell and Levi Stubbs
Sadly, there are a few recent deaths in the news that I feel compelled to talk about. First, Richard Blackwell aka Mr. Blackwell, best known...
Musical Debate with Hall and Oates
OK, so it's not the real Hall and Oates but this recent SNL clip made me laugh so hard I had tears coming out my eyes. This catchy tune ...
Cained Heat
What's this CD all about, Alfie? Apparently renowed British actor Sir Michael Caine is involved in the music business now, too. Earlier ...
Fashion is Crashing
Extra, extra, read all about it! The stock market is seesawing, our government is in shambles, and people are struggling to pay for gas, hea...
Separated by a Past Life: Retro Couple of the Day
Red hot redhead alert! When Daniel Craig took over the James Bond role a couple of years ago, there were many comparisons to Steve McQueen. ...
Hotdog!
Martha Stewart opened her show sometime last week with this 15-foot long hotdog. The first thing out of her mouth was, "They say that l...
Stay Tuned...
I'm sorry for the lack of posts lately, but things have been so crazy between work and submitting articles that shamefully I haven't...
Hot Dog Killer!
From the 1960s and the wonders of YouTube comes a bizarre propaganda video that was meant to scare people into not taking LSD. Note the omin...
Separated by a Past Life Retro Couple(s) #3
I love this wedding photo of the Obamas: And then I remembered why I love it so much:
Julian Lennon: Too Late for Goodbyes?
What has Julian Lennon been up to lately? I had to do some research because it’s been ten years since he released his last album (Photograph...
Fortune Cookie Says: Cute Chinese-Inspired Retro Toys in Your Future
My local newspaper featured these kits recently and I dare say, I don't think all of them are just for little girls. A British company c...
Go Retro's Retro Hottie of the Month: Paul Newman!
Picture courtesy AARP Magazine . It's more than just the azure peepers and the salad dressing; it's the fact that Paul Newman may ju...
Putting iPhone Fans Through the Old Ringer
Hello, I hope everyone had a great Labor Day weekend! My Mac is *almost* back. I'm just waiting for my new modem to arrive in the mail e...
Lucky Lindy Hop
I start Lindy Hop dance lessons next month. Why Lindy Hop, as opposed to regular swing? Because to me, Lindy Hop is the real McCoy, the real...
Not OK Computer
My blog posts are going to be sporadic at best this week. The mother of all thunderstorms hit my neighborhood this past Saturday (I swear, i...
Go Retro's Retro Hottie of the Month...A Half Month Late!
Land sakes! How did I possibly go a half month into the new month and forget to post this month's Retro Hottie of the Month? Uh, OK, who...
Go Yearbook Yourself!
We knew this was coming...first you could Simpsonize yourself, then you could insert yourself into the JibJab cartoons. Now you can see what...
GoRetro's First Blog Award!
Cue the drumroll and picture me in an evening gown (preferably a vintage one)...because Go Retro has won its first blog award, the Brillante...
When It's Not Easy Being Green
I've been meaning to post about this fabulous site I discovered a while back, Eurobad . As you might've guessed from the name, Eurob...
Hasbro Goes Retro with Monopoly Sneakers and Easy-Bake Oven
Hasbro has recently partnered up with Reebok to launch a line of Monopoly-inspired sneakers featuring parts of the gameboard and game pieces...
Elvis' Jumpsuit Has Left the Building
Photo courtesy Associated Press and MSNBC. One of Elvis' famous white jumpsuits - this one adorned with embroidered peacocks - sold ...
RetroFest!
I've been stuck in the 40s era for so long that the other decades of the 20th century are crying foul, so it's time to shake things ...
Is Retro Marriage Making a Comeback?
It seems the days of June Cleaver and the 1950s housewife aren't as dead as people thought. CNN recently reported that a number of marr...
No Boogie Woogie Bugle Boys, But Everything Else
A few weeks ago I wrote about the Wright Museum in Wolfeboro, NH which focuses on the WWII era. Well, I got the chance to visit this past we...
A Picture is Worth A Thousand People
Last week my friend forwarded me a picture taken in 1918 of 18,000 men (who were training in Iowa to go off to the first world war) position...
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