Whatever Happened To...Fitness Television Programs?
I find it amazing that out of the hundreds of channels I receive in my cable subscription not a single one of them is devoted to health a...
10 Things You Didn't Know About Bobby Darin
"It isn't true that you live only once. You only die once. You live lots of times, if you know how." - Bobby Darin Yester...
Reasons Why the Rankin/Bass TV Specials Rocked
As a 70s/80s child I'll always hold a special place in my heart for the Rankin/Bass animated TV specials--particularly the ones that ...
A Few Words From Jack LaLanne on Being Happy and Grateful
When Jack LaLanne passed away a few years ago, I came across this wonderful clip of him (which I posted before) from his early television...
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida at the Museum of Fine Arts
Last weekend a friend and I saw a fashion exhibit called "Hippie Chic" at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts. I regret not being ...
Today's Go Retro Blog Post is Brought to You by a Very Drunk Orson Welles
Paul Masson has nice wood? Huh? Where was I, again? Oh yeah...if you grew up as a kid in the late 70s or early 80s then you may remembe...
Frank Langella, Sexiest Dracula Ever
I suppose it's a moot point to pick on Twilight --the last movie in the series aired some time ago. But the whole time this phenomenon...
Old Timey Dentistry
I must confess that dentists and dentistry don't make me squeamish...maybe it's at least partly due to the fact that I have goo...
Whatever Happened to...Raking Leaves Instead of Blowing Them?
I curse Dom Quinto. Who the heck is that, you ask? He's the dolt who invented the leaf blower. I just spent the last h...
Ten Things You Didn't Know About Mae West
Admittedly, Mae West isn't someone I've thought about often--seeing as how Go Retro has a tendency to focus on people, places and...
Mmmmmmm....Metrecal!
When I came across the vintage ad above for the diet drink Metrecal, I was both repulsed and fascinated by it. It looks like Pepto-Bismol ...
Awkward Ads
Sometimes, you come across a vintage advertisement that makes you do a double take. You ask yourself if you're really seeing what you...
Land of the Lost TV Series #6: Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
When I learned that some kind hearted soul had uploaded several episodes of Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman to YouTube, I knew that it was my...
Ms. Go Retro Answers All
You know what's amazing? Go Retro has been live for 6 years now and averages around 1,000 page views a day; that's nearly triple ...
A Song's Story #3: (They Long to Be) Close to You
Ah, yes--The Carpenters' hit "(They Long to Be) Close to You" is the quintessential 70s love ballad, is it not? It was even ...
Movie Reviews: Them! (1954)
"When man entered the atomic age, he opened the door to a new world. What we may eventually find in that new world, no one can predi...
Splatter Platters: A Look at Teenage Tragedy Songs
You would think that in 1950s Americana, teenagers were a happy lot. They had drive-in movie theaters, rock and roll, their dad's Old...
And the Winner of the Shabby Apple Giveaway Is...
Tabathia! Congratulations and I'll be sending you an email with info on how to claim your dress. Thanks to everyone who entered and I...
A Song's Story #2: Suicide is Painless
Through early morning fog I see visions of the things to be the pains that are withheld for me I realize and I can see... That suicide is...
Happy Birthday, Cher!
Cher turns 67 today, and to help celebrate the folks at Can 't Miss TV invited me to post this groovy infographic showing the history ...
Whatever Happened to...Customer Service?
Image via bayswater97 flickr I'm sure that the lack of good customer service in today's society is something that everyone can...
Gentlemen, Drop Your Razors: Rocking Retro Beards
Up until not long ago, I long detested beards on men (well...and on women, too. Ha.) I can't even explain why--I just thought guys lo...
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