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Gentlemen Prefer Hanes

In the 1970s and ’80s, Hane used the slogan “gentlemen prefer Hanes” in a catchy song. Yes, I know, you…

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Remember Morris The Cat?

Before there was Grumpy Cat or cat memes we only had Nine Live Morris The Cat commercials to look forward…

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Ever Eat A Pine Tree? Euell Gibbons Remembered

If you grew up in the 70’s you have to remember ole Euell Gibbons on the Grape Nuts cereal commercials…

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McAshtrays

Not all memories are happy ones. I remember as a kid thinking to myself that if McDonald’s was mostly for…

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Will Hart of the Delfonics Passes at 77

According to TMZ, the Grammy Award-winning lead singer of The Delfonics Will Heart  passed away on Thursday, July 15, 2002 after complications…

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Midnight At The Oasis by Maria Muldar

I remember when the song came out in 1973, the lyrics were quite controversial. I was fifteen at the time…

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Kodak Instant Camera Commercial

In 1976 Kodak introduced their instant camera that turned out to violate a number of Polaroid patents. A lawsuit was…

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Classical Music Commercial

If you grew up in the 70’s and 80’s you probably have all these songs committed to memory. The 120…

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True Story of Dan Fogelberg’s “Same Old Lang Syne”

One of my “fondest” songs to end the year with is Same Old Lang Syne by Dan Fogelberg released in…

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Skittle Everything!

Aurora Toys had big success with Skittle Bowl when it launched in 1969. It seems their company started making EVERYTHING…