A Song's Story #7: Take On Me
Thirty years ago an iconic music video began airing on MTV and other music video stations. Oh, we didn't know back then that it was a...
Showing posts with label retro TV. Show all posts
Showing posts with label retro TV. Show all posts
Movie Review: Elvis and the Beauty Queen (1981)
Ever since Elvis Presley's death in 1977, there have been more movies made about him then you can shake a stick at. According to IMDb...
Young Don Johnson Was Ridiculously Smoking Hot
Male heterosexual readers of Go Retro, you may want to turn right around and go back to where you came from -- there's nothing for yo...
GoRetroPamela Gets Peanutized
(Auto-correct wants to write I've been penalized.) So this is supposed to be me in a Peanuts cartoon -- I know, the resemblance is...
Not Your Mama's Muppet Show: The Muppets Get Sex-Crazed for 2015
Who knew that I would be inspired to write about The Muppets twice within a few days? Yet here we are again...and by the way, I would hop...
Bacon, Anyone? Why Miss Piggy Is the Most Annoying Muppet Ever
Growing up on The Muppet Show in the '70s, I figured out right that Miss Piggy was never going to be my favorite muppet. While Fozz...
Go Retro/Be Retro Bowling Shirt Giveaway!
It's been eons since I've been able to offer a giveaway on Go Retro, so I was excited and grateful when a company named Be Retr...
Benny Hill's Hilarious Parodies of '60s Musicians
I've extolled on here before about my appreciation for The Benny Hill Show , an unusual series for a woman of my generation to be a f...
RIP Dr. Wayne Dyer
"If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change." - Dr. Wayne Dyer He wasn't an actor, a singer,...
Jack LaLanne's Words of Wisdom on Being Happy
I posted this video clip of Jack LaLanne a few years ago when the fitness pioneer passed away at the age of 96, but I have never forgotte...
Five Reasons to Watch Inspector George Gently on PBS
If you like the '60s, and you like British detective series, then you definitely want to give Inspector George Gently on PBS a try. ...
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...
Movie Review: John and Yoko: A Love Story (1985)
Musician biopics run the gamut from the very good ( Ray ) to the very awful ( Daydream Believers: The Monkees Story ). Most of them follo...
The Day Agent Dale Cooper Walked Into My Gift Shop
Fans of Twin Peaks know that the chewing gum they like is coming back into style -- the quirky David Lynch mystery series is being resur...
The Funny Man You Never Knew: Meet Steven Banks
Last week I asked my blog’s Facebook followers if any of them had heard of Steven Banks. When all I got in return was the sound of cricke...
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...
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