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RetroblogArchive for November, 2009Live Video Conference With Retroland!By MattPosted Nov 20, 2009 – 3:01 pm | No Comments » Join us on Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 12:00 PM Pacific Time for a live video chat with Retroland.com founders Russell Scott and Pat Young, right here! They'll be talking about Retroland.com, giving a sneak peek at the next version of the site, and answering your questions via the ... More » Happy Birthday M. MouseBy MattPosted Nov 18, 2009 – 2:07 pm | 5 Comments » Today is the observed birthday of Mickey Mouse! Eighty one years ago on November 18, 1928, "Steamboat Willie" premiered at the 79th Street Theater in New York, New York as a short feature in advance of "Gang War," a mostly forgotten film starring Mary Pickford's brother Jack. While Mickey ... More » Two FarewellsBy MattPosted Nov 17, 2009 – 1:36 pm | 1 Comment » Part and parcel with celebrating retro pop culture comes the occasional unhappy necessity of saying goodbye. Not long ago, we observed the passing of Soupy Sales. Today, we pay our respects to two personalities from the eighties. Edward Woodward British actor Edward Woodward died on Monday, November 16, 2009. ... More » A Conversation With the Founders of Retroland.comBy MattPosted Nov 14, 2009 – 11:50 am | 4 Comments » At the beginning of October, 2009, Retroland.com founders Russell Scott and Patrick Young sat down to talk about the origins of Retroland.com, the shared passions that inspire them both, the appeal and unifying power of pop culture and how to build a time machine! Check it out! More » Your Veterans Day StoriesBy MattPosted Nov 11, 2009 – 2:10 pm | 4 Comments » Retroland.com is all about celebrating the formative experiences that made us into the people we became. Today, in particular, we celebrate the formative experiences of veterans, and we do so through the story of one particular World War I veteran... told to us by Tiki Lounge Conversations' own ... More » Happy Birthday Carl Sagan!By MattPosted Nov 9, 2009 – 1:14 pm | 1 Comment » Today would have been astronomer and astrochemist Carl Sagan's seventy fifth birthday. Sagan was perhaps the most influential popularizer of science since Einstein. We're going to take this opportunity to celebrate his life by recognizing the pure retro awesomeness that was his landmark public television series, "Cosmos." "Cosmos: ... More » Hey Boo-Boo! We’re In the Movies!By MattPosted Nov 6, 2009 – 2:05 pm | 5 Comments » Variety reports that the Hanna-Barbera classic character Yogi Bear is headed to the big screen, with some big names in talks to be attached! Anna Faris (every "Scary Movie" installment to date), may play a documentary filmmaker visiting Jellystone Park, where apparently the bears wear neckties and only eat from ... More » Happy Anniversary, Sesame Street!By MattPosted Nov 4, 2009 – 12:05 pm | No Comments » "Sesame Street" celebrates forty years of educational fun and wonder when their new season debuts on November 10, 2009! The series, which began as a proposal to the Carnegie Institute by educator Joan Ganz Cooney in 1966, essentially created the children's educational television genre. "Sesame Street" has become a truly ... More » Red Cape Versus White Hood – Guess Who Won?By MattPosted Nov 2, 2009 – 4:16 pm | No Comments » From the quirky and wonderful Mental Floss comes this story full of everything we love: retro, old time radio serials, the triumph of good versus evil, and Superman! Check out the remarkable story of how a young writer took his hard-fought inside information about the Ku Klux Klan to the ... More » |