You thought it was a giant toy commercial, and it was. But there was more than meets the eye…especially if you were in the target audience. Continue reading ‘The Transformers’ (Season 1): More, in ’84, than meets the eye
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‘Mission: Magic!’: Rick Springfield’s trippy animated ’70s toon rocks on
Tripped-out Saturday morning cartoon groove. Continue reading ‘Mission: Magic!’: Rick Springfield’s trippy animated ’70s toon rocks on
‘It’s a SpongeBob Christmas!’ (2012): Modern holiday special is a hit!
Classic stop-motion Christmas fun, SpongeBob-style!
Continue reading ‘It’s a SpongeBob Christmas!’ (2012): Modern holiday special is a hit!
‘A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving’ (1973): A fun warm-up to better Peanuts specials
In the Midwest, the chilly arrival of Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas creates the perfect environment to draw the drapes and hunker down to watch some television. To TV lovers in my age bracket (the Punic Wars) who are rooting around for something nostalgic, triggered memories of annual CBS airings of Charlie Brown animated specials, such as A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, are inevitable.
Continue reading ‘A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving’ (1973): A fun warm-up to better Peanuts specials
‘The Thanksgiving That Almost Wasn’t’ (1972): The forgotten tradition of holiday specials
Since you’re not watching the NFL this Thanksgiving…how about some vintage Hanna-Barbera holiday fun?
Feel that sense tingling? It’s ‘Marvel’s Spider Man’
He’s friendly! And he’s coming to your neighborhood! (Once again.)
Continue reading Feel that sense tingling? It’s ‘Marvel’s Spider Man’
‘Lost in Oz’: We’re still not in Kansas anymore
It took a couple years to arrive, but Wizard of Oz fans are getting another take on the classic book that spawned a media behemoth.
Continue reading ‘Lost in Oz’: We’re still not in Kansas anymore
