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| 44415 | Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade | <p>Anybody remember that one year they had a Barney the Purple Dinosaur balloon? This was like in 96 or 97. So right on the TV as it's Barney's turn to appear in front of the camera, the balloon malfunctioned. If you hated Barney back then (and I don't blame you, that thing was creepy. Not to mention very insulting to 3 year old autistic kids (speaking from experience) and he was pretty much the king of toxic positivity. He was pretty much the kid's show equivalent of diabetes. Eh, to any diabetics of the website, I mean no disrespect and will edit this comment if I get any backlash) like I did, I will not be surprised if you saw that and rejoiced</p> | RetroSnob88 | Nov 28, 2019 |  |
| 44414 | Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade | <p>If the wind gets really bad tomorrow, they'll have to cancel the balloons.</p> <p>The Barney float sure took a beating from the wind in 1997. He never stood a chance.</p> <div data-oembed-url="http://images.tritondigitalcms.com/6616/sites/350/2017/11/23071329/download-11.png"> <div style="margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; margin-top:0px; max-width:320px"><!-- You're using demo endpoint of Iframely API commercially. Max-width is limited to 320px. Please get your own API key at https://iframely.com. --> <div style="max-width:785px"> <div style="height:0; left:0; padding-bottom:56.8807%; position:relative; width:100%"><iframe allowfullscreen="" src="//if-cdn.com/NU7oT93" style="border: 0; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute;" tabindex="-1"></iframe></div> </div> </div> </div> <p> </p> | Mr Magic | Nov 28, 2019 | |
| 44413 | M&M's | <p>How could you order M&M's without the letter M? What would you say? What would you do? What would you call them?</p> <p>~Ernie from Peppermint Park (it was a Sesame Street knock-off from back in the late 1980's. The show was described as straight to video and straight from Hell)</p> | RetroSnob88 | Nov 28, 2019 | |
| 44412 | M&M's | <p>Etsy has such cool stuff. I bought these the other day.</p> <p><img alt="" src="https://i.etsystatic.com/7442948/c/1991/1991/170/485/il/c0b507/2074930018/il_300x300.2074930018_pxb7.jpg" /></p> <p> </p> | Mr Magic | Nov 28, 2019 | |
| 44411 | Mr. Sandman: Male or Female Version? | <p>So here's that cover I was telling you about. This was done by Blind Guardian (Blind Guardian are a German Speed turned Power Metal band from back in the 1980's that in 1992 gained five seconds of prominence on MTV when they performed their prolific ballad The Bard's Song on a show called Headbanger's Ball. Shortly after, they would banish mostly into obscurity. Fast forward several years later to the 2010's when internet technology has long since gotten better. This was the time when Blind Guardian gained another chance at prominence when they garnered a cult following. As of this decade, they are now one of the most prominent Internet Metal bands next to Tyr, Nightwish, Sabaton, Rhapsody of Fire, and to a much lesser extent, Ghost (ugh! Lol) Anyway, hope you enjoy this cover as well as this epic video to accompany it)</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="https://youtu.be/TQqtEmyLcyA">https://youtu.be/TQqtEmyLcyA</a></p> <p> </p> | RetroSnob88 | Nov 28, 2019 | |
| 44410 | Avco Cartrivision | <p> </p> <p>To learn more about this unsung format o' yesteryear and its cult afterlife, here's a website run by enthusiasts and even a couple employees who worked on the project as early as 1969</p> <p><a href="http://www.angelfire.com/alt/cartrivision/">http://www.angelfire.com/alt/cartrivision/</a></p> <p> </p> | RetroSnob88 | Nov 28, 2019 | |
| 44409 | Avco Cartrivision | <p>Here are videos of some of the only Cartrivision footage left in existence </p> <p> </p> <p>I Am Cartrivision (Video demo shown off on the display VCRs at Sears and Ward's shops) </p> <p><a href="https://youtu.be/bClJ12fHl5A">https://youtu.be/bClJ12fHl5A</a></p> <p>Cartrivision User Manual (The pack-in tape that came with the TV/VCR combo new)</p> <p><a href="https://youtu.be/pXEiJ1e6Iqk">https://youtu.be/pXEiJ1e6Iqk</a></p> <p>The Cartrivision on What's My Line? with the device in action </p> <p><a href="https://youtu.be/CPEjhiOk2XI">https://youtu.be/CPEjhiOk2XI</a></p> <p> </p> | RetroSnob88 | Nov 28, 2019 | |
| 44398 | Last Thing you Bought? | <p>Last week, I bought some early Alfred Hitchcock films (from back when he lived in England) at the Value Village near me that went out of business last week</p> | RetroSnob88 | Nov 28, 2019 | |
| 44396 | Frozen movie | <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <blockquote rel="RetroSnob88" style="display: inline-block !important;"><strong>RetroSnob88 wrote :</strong> <p><em> </em></p> <blockquote rel="Vaporman87" style="display: inline-block !important;"><em><strong>Vaporman87 wrote :</strong></em><br /> <p><em><em>Fads? I have my doubts about that. I wouldn't be surprised if this was the way of things for the foreseeable future.</em></em></p> <br /> <br /> <br /> <em><strong>-end quote</strong></em></blockquote> <p><br /> <br /> <em><span style="font-family:Georgia,Times,Times New Roman,serif"><strong><em>You'd be surprised. It was like 9 years ago when Justin Bieber was everywhere. He remained everywhere for some time (until like 2014 or 2015). Just when it seemed like he wasn't going away, bam! Just another fad with his merchandise in the bargain bins and Goodwills</em></strong></span></em></p> <br /> <strong>-end quote</strong></blockquote> <p> </p> <blockquote rel="RetroSnob88" style="display: inline-block !important;"><em><strong>Or if you want a better example of "Just another passing fad", on November 29th, 1972, Atari (the company, NOT the console, just so we're clear. Yes, they were also a company. As one, they had a very rich and mostly unknown history about them) test marketed an arcade game called Pong. Within the next weeks, the market test was successful and the game went mainstream with many clones and variations and even a home version. For six whole years, it earned the title Undisputed King of the Video Arcade Game. Everyone back then thought it wouldn't get much better than that (even when Atari opened the first Chuck E Cheese in 1977 (true story. Google it), even they thought kids would be lining up to play Pong). Fast forward to 1978. This year we see Mork and Mindy make its debut on television, Arena Rock hitting the mainstream with bands like Foreigner and Journey (even though they were around a little longer than their Arena Pop Rock material), and a Japanese video game called Space Invaders invading its way on to the American video game market. With how well it did (to the point where it prompted even a quarter shortage both in Japan and the US), Pong was old news. Today, it exists as a classic (even if generations ahead of us know about it less and less each year. No joke). But back in the early to mid 70's, it was like the pet rock and Disco music. It was almost everywhere </strong></em></blockquote> <p> </p> | RetroSnob88 | Nov 28, 2019 | |
| 44394 | Sonic the Hedgehog - Movie | <p>They sort of did something like that months ago: Remember The New Scooby-Doo Movies where they're solving mysteries with big names of the time like The Osmonds, Harlem Globetrotters (okay, they're still known but not as everywhere as they were 50+ years ago), Tim Conway, Batman and/or Robin, etc? They brought that back with a different name. I don't remember what it's called so I call it The New New Scooby-Doo Movies. Anyway, one of the first episodes they did of that one, the Mystery Gang all meet Steve Urkel</p> <blockquote rel="Vaporman87" style="display: inline-block !important;"><strong>Vaporman87 wrote :</strong> <p><em>That would be a great crossover... Scooby-Doo and Family Matters.</em></p> </blockquote> <p> </p> | RetroSnob88 | Nov 28, 2019 | |
