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When
Circus of the Stars
Ruled Primetime
When
Circus of the Stars
Ruled Primetime
Penciling in the History of A-ha's 'Take on Me'
Penciling in the History of A-ha's 'Take on Me'
Fudge Fever: The Bizarre Chocolate Soda Craze of the 1980s
Fudge Fever: The Bizarre Chocolate Soda Craze of the 1980s
Remembering Clara Peller, the Cranky Wendy's Spokesperson Who Asked, "Where's the Beef?"
Remembering Clara Peller, the Cranky Wendy's Spokesperson Who Asked, "Where's the Beef?"
When America Was Besotted With the Bedazzler
Missing: When Red M&Ms Disappeared for More Than a Decade
I Pity the Yule: Remembering
A Christmas Dream
, Mr. T and Emmanuel Lewis's Lost Holiday Special
Band Aid: The Charitable—and Controversial—History of 'Do They Know It's Christmas?'
Baby Boom: Remembering the Baby Alive Toy Fad of the 1980s
A Hair-Raising History of the Flowbee
A Wide Difference: When Shoulder Pads Reshaped the 1980s
Blubber Boom: Reliving the Disastrous Tale of Oregon's Exploding Whale—50 Years Later
'All the Sugar and Twice the Caffeine': The Electrifying History of Jolt Cola
Dollymania: When Dolly the Sheep Created a '90s Media Sensation
The Garbage Pail Kids's Snot-Soaked History
From Ear to Eternity: When Mike Tyson Bit Evander Holyfield
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