Retrovision

Ahhh - the good old days of game shows.  Everyone remembers this show at some point.  What's even more fun are the clothing, the hairstyles and the music of the time.  Take a trip back in time and enjoy, but some other info about this show you may not know, and why you'll never see these on TV again.

That one of the greatest TV shows in history began. On September 17, 1972, M*A*S*H began it's 11 year run on CBS. A book first, then a movie, by 1972 a cheap TV show version of the movie. By the end of it's first season, it ranked 46 and was close to being cancelled. In steps Babe Paley, wife of William S, Paley, owner of CBS in the 70's. She loved the show. and voila! It made it to a second seaso

I drive past this place all the time, with this cool old sign.  Anyone ever remember going here? From what I can gather, there were more than one Red Lion in town, but can't seem to find much else out.  Does anyone use the term "Red Hots" anymore...

If you grew up in West Michigan, you of course remember Whitmark!   In fact, I still own a stereo I bought at Whitmark back in the day. The whole "Catalog" showroom idea was kind of cool, allowing more space on the showroom floor and then you'd take you're little ticket up and get your item. I remember these places sold a lot of Jewelry too.

At least once a week I get a request for Jerry Reed's "East Bound and Down" so for today's WFGR RETROVISION trip let's visit the good ol days when music artist would visit the shows of the day.

It's another WFGR Retrovision video! The year was 1986, Mr. Mister was on top of the pop charts with the haunting "Kyrie", The New York Mets beat the Boston Red Sox to win the World Series and keep the Beantowners down, and Dairy Queen was selling the farm!

WFGR's Retrovision takes a blast to the past with classic videos, pictures, music and stories. We're always hunting down cool classics from the 1960's-1980's from Hollywood to Hudsonville. Check back often for the next edition of WFGR's Retrovision.