I’ve said it many times before: I was born in the wrong decade.
One of the things I’m most bummed about missing is Soul Train.
If I said to you "What cable channel is NatGeo?," would you know it's the National Geographic Channel?
The network I used to equate with shows about giraffes has a new multi-part series debuting Fourth of July weekend. And it's all about the '90s and Simpson.
There was a "WKRP in Cincinnati" reunion Wednesday at The Paley Center for Media in Los Angeles.
And Loni Anderson was there. So were a few of the others from the cast, but I can't really remember their names at this point.
Her character, Jennifer Marlowe, however, was front and center.
I grew up in Kalamazoo. I remember the day a tornado barreled through downtown Kalamazoo: May 13, 1980.
For about 20 minutes, the landscape of the downtown area changed forever; 150-year-old trees in Bronson Park were ripped up; and the back of Gilmore's Department store was ripped off. The new Kalamazoo Center had shattered windows.
It's always cool to find videos online that predict the future. Like this one from 1958. The Walt Disney Company would produce movies like this back in the day, when people cared about the future.
The brain. The athlete. The basket case. The princess. The criminal. All held prisoner by Mr. Vernon.
It was 30 years ago today that the Saturday detention of "The Breakfast Club" was held at Shermer High School.
Unlike the fakes of the time machine in "Back to the Future," this is straight from the movie: March 24, 1984.
I was born in 1987. Around this time in video gaming, the Nintendo Entertainment System was dominating the video game market and everyone at the time already forgot about that wood paneled console named Atari 2600. Bleeps and Boops on the screen, and squares battling squares. It was primitive, but for it's time, it was groundbreaking.
Nipplegate. It happened 10 years ago during the Super Bowl.
Need I say more.
It was the unexpected television event that really never killed either Janet Jackson's or Justin Timberlake's careers.
Wow. And I thought time flied because it's already February.
Even back then, Ted Nugent was a kook. Or at least outspoken. I have interviewed the "Motor City Madman" before. He claimed Mao created Communism, and the Obama was a fascist. Good old Uncle Teddly.
It was 30 years ago today that we first learned the phrase "where's the beef?"
Clara Peller brought fame to the phrase as well as helping Wendy's grow into a more predominant burger chain up against Burger King and McDonalds.
Here's a couple more memorable spots just for your pleasure...