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14 Forgotten TGIF Shows

While in a previous series of articles/recaps I hit all the major shows that aired on TGIF (well, and Camp … More

ABC, Aliens in the Family, Baby Talk, Billy, Brother's Keeper, cancelled shows, Family Man, Getting By, I Married Dora, nostalgia, Odd Man Out, Teen Angel, television, TGIF, The Pursuit of Happiness, The Thorns, Two of a Kind, Where I Live, You Wish

Totally 80’s: Cartoons!

I spent the first half of my childhood in the 1980s, from 0 to 8, living a Totally 80’s lifestyle … More

80's cartoons, 80s saturday morning, ALF, C.O.P.S., Camp Candy, Care Bears, Denver the Last Dinosaur, G.I. Joe, He-Man, Jem, Muppet Babies, nostalgia, Punky Brewster, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley, The Real Ghostbusters, ThunderCat, Transformers

10 Totally 80’s Horror Flicks For Halloween

If the 1980s in America was a decade about anything, it was one of excess: a supercharged economy afforded artistic … More

1980s, cult 80s horror, Halloween 2019, horror, horror films, nostalgia, retro, Totally 80's

Perfect Movies: Back to the Future

Is this yet another Gen Y/early “Millenial” (ugh) article about the movies people of my age watched as children back … More

1980s, 1985, American culture, Back to the Future, BttF, comedy, Doc Brown, film theory, Gen Y, Marty McFly, nostalgia, Oregon Train Generation, Perfect Movies, Robert Zemeckis, sci-fi, Steven Spielberg

10 More Garbage TV Shows From The 80’s

Television knows how to make great TV…now. Before the present day, however, TV was considered a second-class form of entertainment … More

1980s, awesome garbage, bad television, Blacke's Magic, Fathers And Sons, Gung Ho, Hell Town, Life, Life With Lucy, Maggie Briggs, Misfits of Science, nostalgia, She's The Sheriff, The Highwayman, The Last Precinct, TV

37 Saturday Morning Cartoons From The 90’s

Having previously surveyed some of the more insane Saturday morning cartoon shows from the 1990s, focusing on twelve 90’s cartoons … More

1990s, 90s Saturday morning cartoons, cartoons, list of cartoons from the 90s, nostalgia

Twelve 90’s Cartoons Adapted From Movies

The 1990’s were an absolute juggernaut when it came to kid’s cartoons: while cartoons in the 80’s were either on … More

1990s, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective animated series, adaptation, Back to the Future: The Animated Series, Beethoven: The Animated Series, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures, cartoons, Dumb & Dumber: The Animated Series, movies, nostalgia, The Mask: The Series

Totally 80’s: Sitcoms!

Ah, 1980’s sitcoms. One of the more comforting pop culture artifacts to a nostalgic mind, there were never cozier worlds … More

1980s, 80's sitcoms, ALF, Charles in Charge, Family Ties, Growing Pains, nostalgia, Punky Brewster, retro, Roseanne, Silver Spoons, Small Wonder, television, Who's The Boss?

Totally 80’s: Teen Movies!

One of the most endearing–and culturally enduring–products of 1980s cinema, the “teen movie” genre was reinvented with 1982’s Fast Times … More

80s films, 80s teen movies, Better off Dead, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, nostalgia, Pretty in Pink, Real Genius, Say Anything, Some Kind of Wonderful, The Breakfast Club, Weird Science

Totally 80’s: Villains!

What would a movie be without an antagonist? The counterpoint to our hero, villains exist in fiction to provide urgency … More

1980s, 80s villains, Biff Tannen, Clarence Boddicker, Darryl Revok, film, Hans Gruber, Ivan Drago, nostalgia, Predator, Rene Belloq, Terminator, Totally 80's, villains, Xenomorph

Totally 80’s: Blockbusters!

As stated in the introduction to this series, if 1980’s Hollywood perfected anything, it was marketing: demographic research, adherence to … More

1980's films, action heroes, Blockbuster films, culture, film, nostalgia, stereotypes

Introduction: Totally 80’s!

Flashy, shiny, commercial, and money-driven, the 1980’s in America is now viewed through a powerful nostalgic lens by generations who … More

1980s, American culture, American history, Blockbuster films, film, history, nostalgia, Totally 80's, TV shows

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