by Shawn Robare | Jul 2, 2010 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Can you hear the theme music? I can. And now I’m going to try and stop an out-of-control Winnebago that has an illegal poker game inside. Or do I tackle that out-of-control go-cart with the wind-surfing sail attached? Damnit,...
by Shawn Robare | Jul 1, 2010 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Something that I don’t talk about a lot here at Branded are some of the insane food products that were big back in the 80s, so today I thought I’d remedy that the best way I know how, by talking about pork. In the 80s I learned two things about...
by Shawn Robare | Jun 29, 2010 | Branded in the 80s, Read
This past weekend, right out of the blue, Amazon.com sent me a free $4 credit towards any of their VOD (video on demand) products, so I finally picked up a couple of episodes from a cartoon series that I’ve been dying to watch again, the Dinosaucers. Originally...
by Shawn Robare | Jun 25, 2010 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Today’s waxy pop art comes from the 1985 Topps Pro Wrestling card set (which I’ve yet to procure any stickers for sadly.)
by Shawn Robare | Jun 23, 2010 | Branded in the 80s, Read
The wife and I were browsing one of our local antique malls recently when I stumbled on a new booth with a couple bins of ephemera. I usually strike out when I find stacks of magazines and paper as the stuff I’m interested in, kids stuff mostly, just...