Retro Scandals: When Eddie Fisher Dumped Debbie Reynolds
Eddie Fisher died last week at the age of 82. As a 1950s teen idol, Fisher was popular with the teeny bopper set and had a crazy amount of...
Whatever Happened To Watching and Disciplining Your Kids?
The Sh*tty Parents Police was on full patrol at my local mall yesterday, and did I witness a doozy. I was in The Gap, just trying to find a ...
Two Forgotten Friday Favorites: Electric Light Orchestra
You may or may not have heard the news a few weeks ago that a former member of ELO died in a freak accident. Mike Edwards (pictured above in...
Go Retro's Commercial Jingle Hall of Fame
OK, maybe "Hall of Fame" is a stretch considering I'm going to just list ten. This is the second partner post I'm doing wi...
Two Forgotten Friday Favorites: The Glenn Miller Orchestra
Because I'm still high on Glenn Miller, today's Two Forgotten Friday Favorites is an easy one. Both of these clips come from a 1941 ...
Anatomy of an Advertising Fail: Burger King's "Where's Herb?" Campaign
I would have to say if you vaguely remember an advertising campaign, or remember it only because it was so bad, then it's safe to say ...
Retro Product Fail #5: The Egg Cuber
I came across this thing-a-ma-bob on Flickr, photo set courtesy of Andrew Huff . According to a YouTube video, the egg cuber was made in 197...
Five Things That Were Way Better Way Back in the Day, #2
Before I launch into this post I have to clear two things up: first, there was a MAJOR, embarrassing typo in the title of my Glenn Miller po...
I'm Always In the Mood for Glenn Miller
Why isn't it cool to say Glenn Miller had sex appeal? I think he was cute in some photos - so sue me. I like a normal looking, home...
Two Forgotten Friday Favorites: Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
This sweet looking little boy's name was Frankie Lymon. Lymon was sort of the Justin Bieber of his time (I say sort of because I think h...
Dad's favorite retro toys
Hello, my name is Darrin Vindiola from DadsDish.com. This is the first of hopefully many posts that myself and the lovely Pam intend to aut...
Not Everybody Loves Debra Barone
*** UPDATE: comments have been closed on this post due to too many clueless dolts Debra fans failing to see the humor in it.*** Is i...
Go Bananas, Alright: Fugly Knits from the 90s
With fall weather about to be upon us, I'm getting in the mood to knit again. I happened to grab a Fall 1995 issue of Vogue Knitting fro...
A Special Announcement
I'm pleased to announce that Go Retro has just signed on its first official guest author! Darrin over at the Dads Dish Retro Blog reach...
Two Forgotten Friday Favorites: Captain & Tennille
I cannot lie about it - I love Captain & Tennille! Even though they recorded one of the most awful pop songs ever ( Muskrat Love - whi...
Cool Wheels: Car Brochure #1 - Lincoln Mercury
I was really excited to recently find a bunch of old car brochures and pamphlets that my late father had saved. Apparently he was shoppin...
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