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The Bubble Gum Battle: Reader Poll
Friday, 27 Mar, 2009 | 6 Comments
The Bubble Gum Battle: Reader Poll

Bubble Gum has been around in America for almost 100 years, and it’s pretty much always been cool, but  it used to be REALLY cool when we were like 10. I once spent the day after Easter at my family…

Geocities finest: The Hampster Dance!
Thursday, 26 Mar, 2009 | 3 Comments
Geocities finest: The Hampster Dance!

The original is now only in our hearts, but we linked to a mirror so you can still  enjoy the best animated-gif-background-(completely-illegal)-song website known to the tubes. This here is straight from ’98. It appears the hamsters went on vacation…

Not The Mama! Dinosaurs TV Series
Sunday, 22 Mar, 2009 | 8 Comments
Not The Mama! Dinosaurs TV Series

No. We’re not talking about that fat retarded purple dinosaur that likes to hang out with little kids all day and annoy the crap out of anyone over age 6. We’re talking about REAL dinosaurs. Blue Collar Dinosaurs. A hard…

TGIF: The Wish List Staple…Dune Buggy
Friday, 20 Mar, 2009 | One Comment
TGIF: The Wish List Staple…Dune Buggy

This post is an extract from The Retro Machine (Vol 15) posted by Spencer over at RetroJunk.

I had this exact Dune Buggy. I’m not sure that it was a Power Wheels toy or not, but it was one of…

Stop! Hammertime.
Thursday, 19 Mar, 2009 | Comments Off
Stop! Hammertime.

Nowadays, Hammer might be doing Super Bowl commercials telling us that he’s trading in his gold records for cash and Vanilla Ice might be apologizing for what he did in the 90′s, but before MC Hammer was rapping sermons we…

Just In Time to See the Bus Fly By: Saved by the Bell
Sunday, 15 Mar, 2009 | 2 Comments
Just In Time to See the Bus Fly By: Saved by the Bell

Try to listen to this song and not think MJ Fox Johnny B. Goode Style.
I still remember where I was the day I heard that Mark Paul Gosselaar died in a motorcycle crash…unfortunately, I also remember where I was…

TGIF: Do It Rockapella…find Carmen Sandiego
Friday, 13 Mar, 2009 | 2 Comments
TGIF: Do It Rockapella…find Carmen Sandiego

This post is an extract from The Retro Machine (Vol 6) posted by Spencer over at RetroJunk.

No, this is not a piece about the PC game, this is a piece on the fantastic PBS game show that aired in…

Umbros: the anti-biker shorts
Tuesday, 10 Mar, 2009 | 2 Comments
Umbros: the anti-biker shorts

This is a guest post by Sports Kate, who has her own blog that is cool.
Once upon a time, I was an insanely dorky and awkward middle schooler. I had horrible bangs I was trying to grow out, never…

TGIF: Slime, Ooze, Ecto-Plazm, Retromutagen…it’s all the same
Friday, 6 Mar, 2009 | 6 Comments
TGIF: Slime, Ooze, Ecto-Plazm, Retromutagen…it’s all the same

This post is an extract from The Retro Machine (Vol 2) posted by Spencer over at RetroJunk.

When I was a kid, every self-respecting toy line pretty much had to have a slime-related component. The Masters of the Universe, Teenage…

Top 10 Movies of the 90′s
Wednesday, 4 Mar, 2009 | 13 Comments
Top 10 Movies of the 90′s

Below is the list of the top ten movies from the 90′s based on gross inflation-adjusted revenue.

The billion dollar blockbuster Titanic was shown for a near-month in my uno-screen hometown theater.
JTT was the voice of courageous but innocent…