Author Archives: Doug
Are Those Bugles Boys You’re Wearing?
This commercial hits on two personal fantasies: 1) being singled out by Belinda Carlisle and Jane Wiedlin at a Go-Gos concert and 2) having a pair of Bugle Boys. As I remember it, this aired close to the end of … Continue reading
Topps American Pie Cards
Most of us know Topps for their baseball and football cards. Okay, maybe most of us here at Retroist.com know them for Garbage Pail Kids and Wacky Packages, but we know them. Recently, I discovered some Topps cards that are … Continue reading
All For Love
Bryan Adams had a huge hit with Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves‘”(Everything I Do) I Do For You”, so we’ll team him up with Rod Stewart and Sting and they can do a song for the Three Musketeers. It has … Continue reading
Pencil Fighting
What happens when middle school boys have spare pencils and too much time at the bus stop? This: Pencil fighting was huge during my sixth and seventh grade years of school. Two boys would face off, each with his chosen … Continue reading
Tyco Notebook Games
I love it when we get comments on some of our older posts. Not only does it show that our work is still being read and appreciated, but it can also clue us into things we missed or didn’t know … Continue reading
They Used To Be On The Right, Right?
I was totally confused when I saw the NES controller. It wasn’t a thick box, like the Atari 2600 controller. It was a flat rectangle. It didn’t have a joystick. It had a d-pad. And, worst of all, the d-pad … Continue reading
T.H.I.N.G.S.
Did you ever have one of Milton Bradley’s T.H.I.N.G.S.? Me neither, but I always wanted one. T.H.I.N.G.S. stood for Totally Hilarious Incredibly Neat Games of Skill. They were little wind-up plastic games that came out in the late ’80s and … Continue reading
After Dark Screensaver
I’m a late adapter. It always takes me awhile to pick up on new technology. CD players, Ipods, smartphones. I only got them way after they were no longer the new thing. Same with computers. It was 1996 before I … Continue reading
Robert Cop 3
It’s hard to beat Knight Rider Becames Robert, but I found something that comes close. The future of law enforcement: Robert Cop 3. Need I say, “I’d buy that for a dollar?”
Madame and Me
Before there was Jeff Dunham and Terry Fator, there was Wayland Flowers. Technically, Flowers was less a ventriloquist and more a puppeteer, but the basic premise remains the same. He did shows and skits with puppets. One of his most … Continue reading
Chasing Ghosts on Hulu
Chasing Ghosts, a documentary about the guys from this Twin Galaxies Life magazine photograph is available for viewing on Hulu. I’ve been waiting to see this one for a long time. If you’re a Netflix fan, it is “coming soon” … Continue reading
Devil World
I’ve been trying to complete my NES collection. I don’t want to get every NES game. There are just too many. But I’ve set my sights on getting every Nintendo-made NES game. To do that, I needed a list of … Continue reading
Konami’s Contra & Jackal Comic Book Ad
Konami advertised heavily in mid-80s Marvel Comics. Here is one of my favorites.
More NES Videos
When I showed you the inside of an NES game, Vic asked for a demonstration of game cleaning. Hey, give me an opening like that and I’ll milk it for all it’s worth. So here’s a bunch of NES videos … Continue reading
Rocks & Bugs & Things
My Mom used to give me toys in my Easter basket. I’m not sure how that tradition got started, but why question a good thing? One year, hidden in the plastic grass with the malt balls, Peeps, and chocolate rabbits, … Continue reading
NES Games That Laugh At You
The number one thing I dislike about video games is being laughed at when I do bad at them. At first, it was onlookers at the arcade who would watch over my shoulder and laugh when I did something stupid … Continue reading
The Inside of an NES Cartridge
I’m rounding out my Nintendo collection and was inspired to make this little video. The kicker is that I bought a new Metroid cartridge, but after making this video, I got the old one to work. Anybody want to trade … Continue reading
80s Group Dance Scenes
I watched Can’t Buy Me Love tonight. I had seen it on Pay-Per-View when I was in middle school. I had no idea at the time just how awful it was. Besides the general meanness of everybody in the second … Continue reading
NES Game Holders
I used to just stack my Atari 2600 games on my Atari 2600. I could get stack the games two deep and four across on the ridged 2600. Since I never had more than eight games at a time, it … Continue reading
Scrambled Channels
In the mid 80s, we finally got basic cable. I think it gave us 13 channels, including The Superstation WTBS. It also had a hardwired remote. That’s right. A HARDWIRED remote. It wasn’t long before Dad enhanced this cable lineup … Continue reading
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