How To Be A Playboy Bunny
All images via ExPlayboyBunnies.com Many of my long-time readers know that I harbor a fantasy of being a go-go dancer in a previous life...
Two Forgotten Friday Favorites: Buddy Holly
Photo via The Beatles Rarity It's amazing to me that Buddy Holly was considered enormously successful for only a couple of years bef...
One Ad Too Good Not to Share: Panasonic's Toot-a-Loop Radio
Ad from Vintage Ads My sister gave her old Toot-a-Loop radio to me a few years ago. I've never played it other than to insert a 9-v...
The Case Against CGI Overload
Do you ever encounter younger people who have no respect for the way older, classic movies were made? Blame it on the CGI craze.
I w...
Blue Moon...You Saw Me Standing Alone
Image via VanishedAmericana.com Do you recognize this song? It's an early version of "Blue Moon" before it official...
One of Those 70s Things: Waterbeds
Ad from Chained and Perfumed Waterbeds. Was there ever another piece of furniture in the history of mankind that enjoyed a kinkier rep...
Ballet Zoom
Image via fotolog Ballet Zoom was a Spanish disco dance troupe that was formed in 1973. From there, the history gets a little sketchy be...
Why I Wouldn't Want to Be a Teenager Today
I think it's safe to say that there are few among us who, given the chance, would return to their teenage years. However, I'd muc...
Stranger Danger
As a child of the 70s and early 80s, I can remember many carefree summer days being spent riding my bike to my neighborhood friends' h...
Vintage British Beauty: The British Pathe Archives
Many of the short newsreels that British moviegoers saw with their flicks during a good part of the 20th century were produced by British...
And The Winner Is...
My apologies for being a little late drawing a name on The Unofficial Mad Men book giveaway. I entered everyone's names into an online ...
The Go Retro Summer Giveaway!
From TheUnofficialMadMadCookbook.com Go Retro turned five years old earlier this month, and to thank my retroholic readers for their pat...
The Ghostbusters Premake, 1954
I've watched the following clip about a dozen times now and can't stop being tickled or impressed by the brilliance of it. I foun...
The Hidden Talents of Sherman Helmsley and Chad Everett
Photo from Starztrax.com The retro world lost two beloved television icons this week: Sherman Helmsley, of the hit 70s sitcom The Jeffer...
The Crystal Light Aerobics Championships
Photo via mariachilly on Flickr I saw these clips making the rounds on Facebook last week, and they're nothing short of gems. They&#...
Andy Griffith Commercials...Mmmmm Good!
Via Mayberry Memorabilia Mania on Flickr I saw lots of wonderful blog tributes to Andy Griffith last week; most notably a comprehensive...
Go Retro's .0001 Seconds of Fame
I've been keeping a secret from most of Go Retro's readers for a few weeks, but now that a particular episode of a popular show...
Rock of Ages: Vintage Ibanez Guitar Catalog Scans
I recently came across this unnamed site which hosts a collection of scanned Ibanez Guitar catalogs from 1971 to 2005. No surprise, the o...
Happy Fourth!
Photo via The Kitsch Bitch I'd like to wish all of my American readers a very happy and safe Fourth of July, full of pomp, parades, ...
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