by Shawn Robare | Apr 14, 2020 | Branded in the 80s, Read
In my quest to organize and clear out some of the accumulated clutter in my home office I been stumbling on a lot of fun stuff that I bought years ago but then tucked away and completely forgot I owned. There were a lot of stickers in that to-sort pile, so I spent...
by Shawn Robare | Apr 13, 2020 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Of all the fast food places one could eat, far and away my favorite has always been Long John Silver’s. I’ve had a tumultuous love/hate relationship with the chain during my 42 years on this Earth, but I’d wager that there was more love than hate...
by Shawn Robare | Apr 12, 2020 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Though I love a ton of 80s era films, by far my favorite film of all time is the 1987 Fred Dekker creature feature classic, The Monster Squad. Not only do I have one of the largest collections of Monster Squad memorabilia in the world (though no where near as...
by Shawn Robare | Apr 9, 2020 | Branded in the 80s, Read
When I was a kid I had some really weird interests. For instance, whenever my mother would get a survey to fill out, I was always right there tugging on her arm with a pencil in hand, begging her to let me fill it out. I’m not sure what it was about them, the...
by Shawn Robare | Apr 7, 2020 | Branded in the 80s, Read
One of my absolute favorite pastimes, specifically when it comes to working on this site, is to dig into the history of brands that were launched during the decade, and to research a bunch of imagery from my collection of mom-magazines (like Working Mother or...
by Shawn Robare | Apr 6, 2020 | Branded in the 80s, Listen
On this latest episode of the Branded in the 80s podcast I take a minute and give a little appreciation to one of my favorite animation writers, the great Michael Reaves. Though he may not be a household name, he worked on a ton of the cartoons of the 70s, 80s, and...
