retro

Before they invaded Pizza Hut and Walmart, FBI agents were busy smashing them to bits.

Just like the decade it came to represent, the beehive was revolutionary.

Mary Brady was in the aisle of a Toys "R" Us near Miramar, Florida when she felt a sharp, stabbing pain in her leg.

A nine-year-old Anderson Cooper appeared on the classic game show, pretending to be the world’s youngest professional bear trainer.

Hey, hey, they’re back.

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If it combines Jell-O and mayo, let's just forget it ever happened.

In 1984, Barnum and Bailey bought four unicorns from a wizard. They weren't lying. Technically.

When 'Dallas' debuted in 1978, the world wasn’t quite ready for the nighttime soap opera. The first season consisted of a five-hour mini-series, and the second season expanded into 24 episodes; both seasons had low ratings.

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It took Eva Gabor and Johnny Carson only a few minutes to sell 3 million boxes of the game.

The Apple Collection: Proof that innovative product design and a keen fashion sense don't always go hand-in-hand.

Still airing in syndication more than a quarter-century later, the once-critically panned teen sitcom has become a cultural phenomenon.

The ad Frank B. Robinson placed in Psychology magazine claimed he could teach people how to “literally and actually” speak to God.

For nearly as long as there have been movies, there have been food and snack brands appearing in movies, either as intentional product placements or unintentional props of the times.

Deborah Foreman and Nicolas Cage are, like, totally bitchin' in Valley Girl (1983).

Here are 13 fascinating facts about the movie that gave Nicolas Cage his first starring role.

If Bronson Pinchot had listened to Tom Cruise, Balki would never have existed.

How Valerie Vomit, Julius Sneezer, and the rest of the gang enraged parents, offended everyone, and made more money off of boogers than Kleenex.

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In 1999, Hot Wheels released a desktop computer that zoomed into obscurity almost as soon as it appeared.

Here are 16 facts you probably didn't know about the celebrated 70s sitcom, like Gene Hackman was considered for the role of Mike Brady, and more.

The surprisingly successful Coke knock-off advertised itself as "delicious" and "dopeless." One of those things was true.

While many filmmakers have attempted to capture what it was like to be a high school student in the ‘80s and ’90s, few have managed to do so as realistically as Josh Burdick.