Category: 1980’s
The Bic Banana
The Bic Banana pen was a writing instrument introduced by Bic Corporation in the 1970s. The pen was distinctive for…
How Can You Forget Chicken Tonight?
Ragu’s Chicken Tonight was a popular line of cooking sauces that first hit the shelves in the late 1980s. The…
The Fast Talking Guy FedEx Commercial
John “Motormouth” Moschitta Jr., also known as “The Fast Talking Guy became most popular from the FedEx commercials starting in…
Video Heads Need Cleaning
Oh, the kids today don’t know the struggles. Everything in our day was physical media and subject to all sorts…
Forgotten Hit: Holdin’ On
I have over 5,000 songs on my mp3 player from the ’60s through the ’90s. I like putting it on…
Mini NFL Helmets
Oh, the money I spent on collecting these mini helmets, twenty-five cents at a time. Of course, you would get…
Gentlemen Prefer Hanes
In the 1970s and ’80s, Hane used the slogan “gentlemen prefer Hanes” in a catchy song. Yes, I know, you…
Max Headroom To Return
The co-creater of Halt and Catch Fire (great series!) Christopher Cantwell recently tweeted “I’m writing a new Max Headroom series for…
Remember Morris The Cat?
Before there was Grumpy Cat or cat memes we only had Nine Live Morris The Cat commercials to look forward…
