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McDonald's orange drink
Can we talk about McDonald's orange drink please?
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Scratch-n-sniff stickers
Who didn't love scratch-n-sniff stickers? They were huge in the 1970s-1980s, and my favorite brand was Trend.
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BetaMaXmas
Want to sit in a wood-paneled basement on a comfy if frumpy couch and watch endless 80s and 90s holiday specials, complete with commercials?
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Funky Food Friday: Discontinued Hostess products
Hostess Cupcakes, Ho-Hos, Twinkies, Ding Dongs, SnoBalls and Fruit Pies
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Break-in songs (Mr. Jaws!)
If a schoolkid turned in an assignment that borrowed lines from other people’s writing, the teacher would call him a cheater
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Lemon twist
I don't even remember if we knew that Lemon Twist was the official name of the thing (scroll down in this link for more).
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Funky Food Friday: Planters Cheez Balls
Who didn't love Planters Cheez Balls? (The "z" reminds us these were about as close to real cheese as Funyuns are to real onions.)
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Classic Clip Monday: The New Scooby Doo Movies
Ever have one of those world-mixing dreams, where people you knew from grade school suddenly show up at your workplace
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Darby O'Gill and the Little People
So we should have saved our Shamrock Shake post for today. St. Patrick's Day, but we didn't....so here's another randomly Irish post.
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Ferris Bueller turns 25
Actually, 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off" turned 25 in June, but the 25th anniversary DVD is out today.
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B. Kliban cat art
I never knew if B. Kliban was a man or a woman, but damn if I didn't know the name, and associate it with his oh-so-distinctive cat art that was everywhere in the 1980s.
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Funky Food Friday: Tato Skins!
Remember when suddenly eating potato skins no longer seemed like something a goat does? And TGI Friday's started serving them
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Funky Food Friday: Push-Ups
Push-Ups! No, not that exercise you had to do to get your Presidential Physical Fitness award, but the frozen treat.
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You can call me Ray, you can call me Jay...
There are commercials you can’t get out of your head, and then there’s Ray J. Johnson, who took earworms to a whole new level
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Classic Clip Monday: Osmonds 1978 Christmas Special
Perusing my sister's DVD shelf, I almost fell over when I saw she had
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Bangles vs. Go-Gos
Everybody knows who they'd pick when it comes to Beatles vs. Stones, but there's an equally important musical question to ponder
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Funky Food Friday: Ayds
Look, no jokes, here. Obviously, AIDS is serious business.
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Scented Swatch watches
Swatch watches symbolized the switch from the 1970s to the 1980s for me. My 1970s watch was a clunky black digital
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Dunkaroos
Judy, who wrote in about Sodalicious and Whip N Chill, also asked about Dunkaroos.
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Scholastic Book Club
Aw, who doesn't fondly remember Scholastic Book Club? Well, maybe those kids who hated reading
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Let's do the time warp again
Pudding Pops? Marathon candy bars? Koogle? Lip Lickers? Schoolhouse Rock? Time for Timer?
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Crazy Foam
We were discussing Mr. Bubble turning 50 and it made me think of Crazy Foam!
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Fotomat
Fotomat! Come on, I know you can picture a spot in your neighborhood where one of them used to stand.
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