In Praise of Mayonnaise
May 5th is best known as Cinco de Mayo, but it also happens to be National Mayonnaise Day (mayo...get it?), a "holiday" that ...
Showing posts with label 1980s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1980s. Show all posts
Heartbroken Over a Heartbreaker: RIP Tom Petty
In recent years we've lost an awful lot of notable musicians and actors -- particularly those that were at the top of their game in t...
Beauty Salon Dropout: Why I Cut and Color My Own Hair In the Year 2017
A (very purple!) 1980s hair salon. Image via Scanagogo A few months ago I made the difficult decision of emailing my hairdresser to le...
The Time Ronald McDonald Hung His Head In Shame: Mac & Me
The 1980s decade was not the best time for McDonald's, branding-wise. Late in the '70s they were sued by Sid and Marty Krofft ove...
Jürgen Prochnow Should Have Been a Huge Star In the States
Hey Germany, let's make a deal. I'll trade you George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, James Franco, Matt Damon, Ryan Gosling, Joh...
Movie Review: Das Boot (Director's Cut)
Every once in a while a movie will impress me with all of the ingredients of a perfect storm: a stellar storyline, superb acting, impress...
America's Most Dangerous Amusement Park: Action Park
If you were a kid growing up in New Jersey in the '70s, '80s, or '90s, there's a good chance you visited Action Park in V...
Hollywood Remade "CHiPs" and It's Going To Suck
Note: Damn you, buggy Blogger template! It put this entire post on the home page again without showing the title or comments section. Tim...
The Adam-12 Reunion That Wasn't: Nashville Beat
When NBC's popular cop series Adam-12 ended in 1975, the final episode left the fates of officers Pete Malloy and Jim Reed dangling ...
Dear Eighties, You Look Ridiculous
I know, it's not earth shattering news to declare on a blog that the '80s looked so awful. I love the '80s; I really do. I ca...
10 Underrated Hall and Oates Songs
I love Daryl Hall and John Oates. Gosh, it feels refreshingly easy for me to say that today. Believe it or not, it wasn't easy bein...
Whatever Happened To The Kid That Played Danny In The Shining?
Halloween is right around the corner, and the other day while watching clips of my favorite horror movie, The Shining (because it's ...
When Drying Your Hair Was Groovy
As much as I wouldn't give up my ionic hair dryer and flat iron for the small-barreled curling iron I owned in the '80s, I must a...
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