by Shawn Robare | Jul 23, 2009 | Branded in the 80s, Read
I’ve talked in the past about the function of pop culture as a sort of Rosetta Stone for deciphering the past. How a picture of an Otter Pop can help unlock very specific memories of times and places, and eventually, when you string enough of these...
by Shawn Robare | Jul 22, 2009 | Branded in the 80s, Read
One of the things that I find endlessly fascinating about cartoons in the 80s is the tonal shift that a lot of the shows took. Throughout the 70s child advocacy groups like A.C.T. (Action for Children’s Television) were having a huge impact on the...
by Shawn Robare | Jul 21, 2009 | Branded in the 80s, Read
…and now for something slightly different though still G.I. Joe related (and heaps shorter than my long winded Cartoon Commentary! posts…) I remember when I was in the middle of a vintage sticker buying frenzy a couple years ago, I was always looking for a copy...
by Shawn Robare | Jul 20, 2009 | Branded in the 80s, Read
I don’t know how obvious it is, but I’m really excited to be podcasting again. As some of the long time readers might remember, this site started at a platform for a podcast I was doing on my nostalgia memories, but what I discovered pretty quickly...
by Shawn Robare | Jul 18, 2009 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Continuing the discussion of the 1st G.I. Joe mini, A Real American Hero, this new episode of the Saturday Supercast delves into the final three episodes of the series which debuted on network TV back in September 1983. Again, joining Jerzy Drozd in this episode...
