Howdy, Partner: What the Kiddos Wanted to Be For Christmas in 1959
This will be my last post before Christmas, so before we get into it let me just wish all of my readers that celebrate it a very merry, h...
Showing posts with label Retro fads. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Retro fads. Show all posts
Wanna Curdle? Why I Love Cottage Cheese
I love cottage cheese. Well, somebody had to say it. Cottage cheese is often overshadowed these days by Greek yogurt, and gets a bad r...
Selected Pages From the 1972 Spiegel Christmas Catalog
When I was a kid, there was nothing I loved getting in the mail more than the big, fat Sears Wish Book Christmas catalog every autumn. As...
Whatever Happened To...The Family TV Drama?
Have you noticed something missing from this year's fall network TV line-up? We have a surplus of crime/murder/detective shows alon...
Strange/Funny Vintage Ads From Thanksgiving Past
Thanksgiving is rapidly becoming the Rodney Dangerfield of holidays -- it just doesn't seem to get much respect today, with retailers...
Crazy A$$ Christmas Crafts Circa 1972
There's a tongue twister of a title for you! Given the relentless Christmas advertising that begins as soon as the Halloween costumes...
100 Years of Halloween Costumes in 3 Minutes
Mode.com has been giving us some great videos this year showing the evolution of style during the past century. Their latest, 100 Years o...
Not Your Pop's Playboy Anymore
"What sort of man reads Playboy?" In light of the news this week about Hugh Hefner's famed mag ditching nude photos from th...
10 Grooving Conversation Pits From Back in the Day
I guess you could say one of my retro-related regrets is that I've never been in a home that had a sunken room, or conversation pit. ...
It's A Jungle In There: Invasion of the 1970s Houseplants
I think if there's one decorating detail that defined the 1970s -- besides the sometimes retina burning colors -- it's the pl...
Anti-Smoking Ads in the 1960s?
I found these great ads on Flickr (all except for the color one, which was on Pinterest) credited to a user named smashingbird . This...
What'cha Talkin' 'Bout, Child Molester? The Diff'rent Strokes "Bicycle Man" Episode
Much has been written online about the creepy Diff'rent Strokes "Bicycle Man" episode -- like the episode of Too Close fo...
Modern Slang Words and Phrases I Can't Stand
Modern culture will always be adding new words to the English vocabulary; that I can accept. After all, our parents and grandparents had...
Land of the Lost TV Series #8: The Continental
It's easy to complain sometimes about the multitude of reality TV shows--some of the truly bad variety--that still pepper network and...
Flipping Out: A 1960s Hair Style Tutorial
Last week I experimented with flipping my hair out '60s style for a REBEAT Staff Picks feature. The only problem is the editor and I ...
The Weird World of Walter and Margaret Keane
The day after Christmas I went to see the new Tim Burton film Big Eyes starring Amy Adams and Christoph Waltz as Margaret and Walter Kea...
Sharing Some Love for the Epilady
You may remember a few years ago I posted about my horrific earliest experiences with the Epilady--an epilator hair removal gadget tha...
Proof That Old Timey Halloween Was Way More Terrifying Than Modern Day Halloween
They breed. I did a blog post on this topic some years ago, but thanks to the proliferation of these photos on Pinterest and Flickr, it...
For the Love of Train Travel: Thank Goodness Some Things Remain the Same
I've read lots of articles and blog posts in recent years lamenting how awful it is to travel on a commercial airliner these days com...
New REBEAT Magazine Article Posted: Disco Demolition Night
Hey Go Retro fans! My second published piece for REBEAT Magazine has been posted. This one is about Disco Demolition Night , which took...
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