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		<title>Scarecrow and Mrs. King Season 1 is on DVD</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I never watched Scarecrow and Mrs. King during its initial run and its coverage in syndication has been rather spotty.  So when I saw that Scarecrow and Mrs. King Season 1 was being released on DVD, I thought I would give it a go and I am glad that I did.  The show [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How do you improve Rice Krispies?  Like everyything else, just add Marshmallows</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I loved Marshmallow Krispies and ate them right up until they were discontinued the 1990s.  Snap, Crackle, Pop, Rice Krispies! 






		
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		<link>http://www.retroist.com/2010/03/10/how-do-you-improve-rice-krispies-like-everyything-else-just-add-marshmallows/</link>
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		<title>Mattel&#8217;s Tastitoy Tootsweet Candy Whistle Maker</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mattel&#8217;s Tastitoy Tootsweet Candy Whistle Maker was inspired by the movie &#8220;Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.&#8221;   This super cool toy from 1968, allows you to make real candy whistles from common Tootsie Rolls.  The set included 8 molds, a mold making machine, instructions and Tootsie Rolls (which you could easily replace once you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.retroist.com/2010/03/10/mattels-tastitoy-tootsweet-candy-whistle-maker/</link>
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		<title>Classic Ad for Spirograph.  How the Gang Caught Spiromania?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Spirograph season is upon us, so remember to get your Spiro-inoculation shot this year?  Local clinics are already treating 1000s of people with Spiro-eyes and carpel tunnel syndrome, so just do it.






		
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		<title>Parker Lewis Can&#8217;t Lose &#8211; &#8220;Raging Kube&#8221; Minisode</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Who is the fiercest flamingo of them all? It&#8217;s the Terminator Don vs. the gentle giant in the Santo Domingo battle royale. Can Kube remain top Flamingo or will he fall to the dapper don? 






		
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		<title>The Original Colorforms Set</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You are probably very familiar with Colorforms featuring your favorite cartoon characters, but that is not how Colorforms started out.  The original Colorforms box sets began appearing in the 1950s and featured bright shapes and &#8220;modern&#8221; basic designs. Only later was the series expanded to include cartoon character sets.  Happily the original Colorforms [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.retroist.com/2010/03/10/the-original-colorforms-set/</link>
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		<title>Jim Henson talks about Muppets</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Learn a little bit about the Muppets straight from the mouths of the men who created them.






		
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		<title>Donald Duck  in &#8220;Blame It on the Samba&#8221;</title>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Not Summer without a Popsicle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It got pretty warm today. So after my customary Tuesday Tacos, I bought a Popsicle and it was like summer came a few months early.  Take a break this week and enjoy one.






		
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		<title>Donkey Kong has a New Champ &#8212; Hank Chien</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While everyone has been wrapped up in the post King of Kong rivalry of Wiebe and Mitchell, a new face has swept in and taken the Donkey Krown.  It is Hank Chien a 35 year old plastic surgeon from New York.  Twin Galaxies has posted an exclusive post-record interview with the man behind [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.retroist.com/2010/03/09/donkey-kong-has-a-new-champ-hank-chien/</link>
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		<title>He-Man &#8211; &#8220;The Royal Cousin&#8221; Minisodes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I wonder if He-Man ever wishes he could trade in the Power of Grayskull for the Power of Non-annoying relatives. Adam is asked to look after his bratty cousin Jeremy, who&#8217;s a pain in every sense of the word. He even steals Man-At-Arms new invention! 






		
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		<title>Retro DVD and Blu-Ray Releases for March 9, 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Great retro TV week.  I picked up a copy of The Brothers Warner which I plan on watching this week.  Should be an interesting education.
Scarecrow and Mrs. King: The Complete First Season
Matt Houston: The First Season
Tenspeed &#038; Brown Shoe
Wiseguy: The Collector&#8217;s Edition
The Brothers Warner
Commish: Season One
Silk Stalkings: Season one
Wanted: Dead or Alive &#8211; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.retroist.com/2010/03/09/retro-dvd-and-blu-ray-releases-for-march-9-2010/</link>
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		<title>Saddle Up with the &#8220;8-bit Cowboy&#8221; Desktop Wallpaper</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Who didn&#8217;t love &#8220;Stampede?&#8221;






		
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		<title>Still Choosing After All These Years</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
I don&#8217;t know when it happened (could have been as early as second grade, could have been as late as fourth grade) and I don&#8217;t know where it happened (presumably one of the many grade schools in southern Ohio I attended before my family finally settled in Columbus).  All I remember is that it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.retroist.com/2010/03/09/still-choosing-after-all-these-years/</link>
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		<title>Raid Kills Bugs Dead</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Raid!!!!!!!!!!






		
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		<title>Fancy Hulk Summarizes Season 1 Episode 3 of Mr. Belvedere &#8220;Gotta Dance&#8221;</title>
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		<title>The Bike Patrol – &#8220;The Battle Begins&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The newest page of &#8220;The Bike Patrol&#8221; is up at http://www.thebikepatrol.net.  How will the fight go?  Nobody knows, so drop by the site at http://www.thebikepatrol.net/ to find out and read the newest page and post your comments.  Oh and don’t forget to Share your own bike memories and subscribe via your newsreader. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.retroist.com/2010/03/08/the-bike-patrol-%e2%80%93-the-battle-begins/</link>
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		<title>The Atari Puzzler 003</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Atari Puzzler is back this week and hopefully a little easier.  I attempted to keep it pretty mainstream, while we all sharpen our 2600 skills.  Oh and for more retro gaming fun, make sure to drop by the Retroist Gaming Section.  Great game reviews for various systems going up there every [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.retroist.com/2010/03/08/the-atari-puzzler-003/</link>
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		<title>Retroist Access Monday (RAM) – The IBM 704</title>
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Introduced in 1954, the principal advanced feature of the 704 was its high-speed magnetic core storage or memory. This replaced the electrostatic or cathode ray tube storage used in the earlier machine systems, the 701 and 702. An individual magnetic core was about the size of a pinhead and was shaped like a doughnut &#8212; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.retroist.com/2010/03/08/retroist-access-monday-ram-%e2%80%93-the-ibm-704/</link>
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		<title>Amazin&#8217; Fruit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Look at the delicious bears go, toting their fruit as they go to their bag of death, where they will eventually be devoured. Lemmings.






		
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		<title>Get Miami Vice: The Complete Series Box Set for $39.99 at Woot</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For one day only pick up Miami Vice: The Complete Series Box Set for $39.99 at Woot.  This is a great opportunity to own one the most quintessential 80s television shows for a great price (~36 cents an episode).

Miami Vice: The Complete Series Box Set [@] Woot





		
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		<title>The Buzz on the Retroist Forum for March 8, 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Taco Bell. Atari 2600 games
&#8220;Ah, ha!
Bravo, martyg, bravo! Well, I can&#8217;t wait to get my hands on some of them&#8230;maybe I could bribe one of the workers at Taco Bell?
&#8220;Hey kid, I&#8217;ve got a mint copy of Micronauts #1 that I will give you if you hand me those game discs.&#8221;
&#8220;Micro what?&#8221;
&#8220;Never mind.&#8221;"
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		<link>http://www.retroist.com/2010/03/08/the-buzz-on-the-retroist-forum-for-march-8-2010/</link>
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		<title>Poseable &#8220;Dune Sandworm&#8221; from LJN</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was never really impressed with the &#8220;Dune&#8221; movie that came out in the 1980s.  It&#8217;s a real bummer that I wasn&#8217;t because some of the toys for the movie from LJN looked great.  They are definitely a niche collectible right now, with a lot of opportunity for full collection completion.  Why [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.retroist.com/2010/03/08/poseable-dune-sandworm-from-ljn/</link>
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		<title>DEVO&#8217;s New Song &#8220;Fresh&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Friendly reminder, DEVO&#8217;s new album is going to happen soon and they recently let one of their new songs out onto the web for free.  The song is called &#8220;Fresh&#8221; and it is all sorts of great.  Give it a listen:






		
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		<link>http://www.retroist.com/2010/03/07/devos-new-song-fresh/</link>
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		<title>Retroist Podcast &#8211; Episode 048 &#8211; Thundarr the Barbarian</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week we talk all about the sword and sorcery cartoon Thundarr the Barbarian.  We talk about the making of the show, its cast, plot, characters and its legacy.   Join in and discuss Thundarr the Barbarian at the Retroist Forum @ http://www.retroist.com/forum/. 
The above art was done by Artist/Illustrator Christopher Tupa.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.retroist.com/2010/03/05/retroist-podcast-episode-048-thundarr-the-barbarian/</link>
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		<title>G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero Season Season 2.0 on DVD on April 27, 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ARISE, SERPENTOR, ARISE!  GENERAL HAWK, FLINT, SNAKE-EYES and the rest of the G.I. JOE team are ready for action in the explosive second season of G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero.  When the members of the G.I. JOE team are caught off guard after a vamped-up COBRA makes a surprise attack, they turn [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.retroist.com/2010/03/05/g-i-joe-a-real-american-hero-season-season-2-0-on-dvd-on-april-27-2010/</link>
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		<title>Remember Roundhouse on SNICK?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Who needed friends on a Saturday night? I had the satirical comedy stylings and hip-hop dancing of Roundhouse. (Followed by Ren and Stimpy.) Ah, SNICK. Good times&#8230;if I could manage the TV away from my sister, who wanted to watch The Golden Girls.






		
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		<title>Weekend Getaway to World War 2 Japan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Time to get into the time machine for our getaway this weekend. We are heading to Hyogo, Japan for the Nation Defense Science Exposition in the year 1941.






		
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		<title>Let&#8217;s Liven This Friday Up with Mr. Microphone</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am convinced that the people at the beginning of this ad thought the guy was going to whip out a bag of cocaine to really get that party started.  Good thing they had a conveniently placed radio nearby or his Mr. Microphone shtick would have fallen flatter than a pancake.

Hey good looking, we&#8217;ll [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.retroist.com/2010/03/05/lets-liven-this-friday-up-with-mr-microphone/</link>
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		<title>Sectaurs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sectaurs was released by Coleco in 1985.  The figures and insects  were packaged together and included a weapons, a mini comic book and instructions. The really cool Sectaurs were the ones where the character could actually ride them.  If you might remember, those were the ones that you could put your hand [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.retroist.com/2010/03/04/sectaurs/</link>
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		<title>Cheerios Will Make You as Fast as the &#8220;Bullet Train&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cheerios wants me to believe that after eating Cheerios I can run faster than the &#8220;New Tokaido&#8221; train?  I  have spent many days sitting on the couch eating nothing but Cheerios and I can hardly run to the bathroom.






		
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		<title>Matchbox &#8220;Superfast&#8221; Ad</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This style of ads, were used by Matchbox right before they switched to cartoon-style ads.  I have been stating at this ad all morning and seriously thinking of collecting some Matchbox cars because of it.  I like the symmetry and the color.  I like the whole thing. 






		
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		<title>One Day at a Time &#8211; Visit From Dad Minisode</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The kids love it when Grandpa visits. To show their respect, Barbara nearly gets arrested and Julie flaunts her multiple romances in the old-timer&#8217;s face. Needless to say, Grandpa isn&#8217;t happy with Ann&#8217;s parenting work.






		
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		<title>The World&#8217;s First Web Server</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This NeXT cube is on display in a glass case at CERN.  What is so special about it?  It is the machine of Tim Berners Lee that was used to run the first &#8220;modern&#8221; web server.  While this computer does not represent the birth of the internet, it is the granddaddy of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Break me off a piece of that Kit Kat Bar&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The American version of the &#8220;Gimme a Break&#8221; Kit Kat jingle (1986) was written by Ken Shuldman and Michael A. Levinefor the DDB Advertising Agency.  A classic jingle.
Enjoy.






		
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		<title>Taco Bell to Offer Classic Atari Games for Mac and PC</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Retroist site member VicSage2005 pointed out in the forum that Taco Bell is offering a new special offer that might appeal to retro gaming fans.  Buy a kid&#8217;s meal at the Bell and you can get one for free or you can buy each of them individually for ~$1.50 each.  Each will work [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.retroist.com/2010/03/03/taco-bell-to-offer-atari-games-for-mac-and-pc/</link>
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		<title>The Incredible Hulk Cartoon (1982) &#8211; &#8220;Prisoner of the Monster&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Incredible Hulk Cartoon (1982) &#8211; &#8220;Prisoner of the Monster&#8221; Part 1 of 3

The Incredible Hulk Cartoon (1982) &#8211; &#8220;Prisoner of the Monster&#8221; Part 2 of 3

The Incredible Hulk Cartoon (1982) &#8211; &#8220;Prisoner of the Monster&#8221; Part 3 of 3






		
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		<title>Greatest Candy Giveaway Offer? The Whoppers Camp Cook Kit?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I could just see the pitch meeting
Marketing
We were thinking toys?  
Thomas J. Whopper
Nah.  
Marketing
Oh how about a t-shirt? 
Thomas J. Whopper
Are you kidding me?   
Marketing
Well we have this one other idea, but you don&#8217;t want to hear it.
Thomas J. Whopper
It better be good.
Marketing
&#8230;a frying pan?
Thomas J. Whopper
SOLD!!






		
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		<title>Back to the Future Outatime License Plate Replica</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am not sure of the legality of putting a fake license plate on your car, but would it not be awesome to be able to cruise down the street with this Back to the Future Outatime License Plate Replica on your automobile?  I see people with airbrushed novelty plates all the time in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One Day at a Time &#8211; The New Car Minisode</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ed Cooper has divorced parent&#8217;s syndrome, a condition characterized by guilt-driven desires to purchase wildly expensive gifts for one&#8217;s children. In this case, it&#8217;s a new car for the girls. Ann wishes he would give them some attention instead.






		
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		<title>Classic Video Game Store Displays</title>
		<description><![CDATA[During the 1980s and 1990s if you wanted to try a new console video game, you had to either purchase it, wait for a friend to get it or stand in line to try it out at a video game kiosk.  While these kiosks still exist in gaming stores, you have nowhere near the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mr. Spock as the Mascot for Kellogg&#8217;s Sugar Smacks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sadly being the mascot for Kellogg&#8217;s Sugar Smacks was only a temporary gig for Mr. Spock in the late 1960s.  But most fans who saw his logical face staring at them, phaser drawn, on the cereal aisle that year will tell you that it was an unforgettable experience.  Eating any other cereal would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Muppets in Advertising and Delbert the LaChoy Dragon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Delbert the La Choy Dragon appeared in TV commercials for La Choy from 1965 to 1967. He was played by Frank Oz in one of his rare full body Muppet performances.  Oz was not a fan of the full body suit. A hand controlled version would be used in later spots and a new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weird Al Gets Freaky with Some Bubble Wrap</title>
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		<title>Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo on DVD</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last night I watched Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo, the new original Scooby-Doo movie and I was more then pleasantly surprised.  In this magical adventure, Scooby and the gang visit Velma&#8217;s younger sister, Madelyn, who&#8217;s studying magic at the Whirlen Merlin Magic Academy for magicians. Naturally that is where the mystery starts.  It seems the school [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Casio Boxing Calculator</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I remember going to school with a kid who has the Casio BG-15 &#8220;Boxing Calculator.  It was a huge hit in our classroom and it was the only portable video game out teacher never seemed to ban.
I read that  The Datsun car company gave these out at dealerships as a promotional items.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Super Powers Collection Videos</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Super Powers Collection was a line of action figures from the 1980s based on DC Comics superheroes and supervillains that was created by Kenner Toys.  Warner Home Video would use their release as an  opportunity to issue episodes of the Superman, Batman, Superboy, and Aquaman produced by Filmation in 1966 on home [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One Day at a Time &#8211; Julie&#8217;s Operation Minisode</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Doctors in tight jeans and joke t-shirts don&#8217;t instill confidence. Unfortunately, that&#8217;s all Ann can find when Julie starts showing signs of appendicitis in the middle of the night. Where did this guy go to med school? The Catskills?






		
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		<title>The Breakfast Club Musical</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Anyone who lives in or near Chicago, loves John Hughes films and thinks they might work better as musicals should point their GPS units to the Studio Be Performance Space at the corner of Barry and Sheffield.   Why you ask?  Because starting this Thursday and running every Thursday till April 29, 2010, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Retro DVD and Blu-Ray Releases for March 2, 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Designing Women AND Clash of the Titans on Blu-Ray?  What a week!
Designing Women: Season Three
Clash of the Titans (Blu-ray Book)
Elvis
Matlock: The Complete Fourth Season
The Neverending Story [Blu-ray]
Have Gun Will Travel: Season Four, Vol. 1
Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland
Rifftrax Double Feature: The Best of Rifftrax Shorts, Vol. 1 / Night of the Living Dead





		
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