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RetroblogArchive for the ‘Our Shared Experience’ CategoryMade Himself A Legend, ForevermoreBy MattPosted Mar 18, 2010 – 4:54 pm | 1 Comment » Fess Parker, the actor who was the iconic Davy Crockett for a generation of youngsters in the 1950s, died today at the age of 85. Discovered by Walt Disney acting in a minor part in the giant ants b-movie "Them," the six and a half foot tall Parker ... More » Looking Back At Street FighterBy EricPosted Feb 27, 2010 – 7:00 am | No Comments » With today’s theatrical release of Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Lee, a sequel to 1994’s Street Fighter, we thought that we would take a walk to a virtual video arcade of yesteryear and remember the popular series of games that started it all. Street Fighter originally came out in 1987, a ... More » Rainy DaysBy EricPosted Jan 20, 2010 – 7:00 am | No Comments » Almost 38 years ago, a singer named Albert Hammond explained to us through our radios that “It Never Rains in Southern California,” a song that reached #5 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 1972. This week, however, those of us residing in the Southern California region are reminded that ... More » Remembering Pillow Fights!By EricPosted Jan 2, 2010 – 7:00 am | 2 Comments » For anyone who has ever stealthily approached a loved one from behind, pillow in hand, and proceeded to give him or her a hearty wallop, Retroland takes a moment to celebrate the time-honored ritual known as the pillow fight. Recently, we were amused to find that some ambitious adults have taken ... More » What Were Your Eighties Like?By MattPosted Dec 17, 2009 – 11:11 am | 1 Comment » Over at Archie McFee's Monkey Goggles, blogger Geoff Carter writes about what the eighties were like for the benefit of today's youngsters. For example: On Movies: "The circumstances under which I first saw “The Empire Strikes Back,” “Blade Runner,” and “E.T.” were actually less ideal than those sparkling cinematic conditions ... More » Celebrating The Snowman!By MattPosted Dec 15, 2009 – 9:00 am | 1 Comment » "A snowman is an anthropomorphic snow sculpture of a human." Wow. Not much magic in the old silk hat that particular editor at Wikipedia put on, eh? I mean, that description might be accurate (if a little redundant) but, c'mon! There's so much more to a snowman than that! ... More » Epic Snowball Fights!By MattPosted Dec 6, 2009 – 9:00 am | No Comments » Whether you have snow on your front yard or you have to travel to find it, winter means snowball fights! You reach a gloved hand firmly into the freshly-fallen snow, checking to see how well it packs together. You squeeze it into the shape of a baseball and scan your surroundings ... More » This Makes Us Want To Ask Our Mom To Take Us Record ShoppingBy MattPosted Dec 1, 2009 – 12:05 pm | 9 Comments » Thanks to BoingBoing.net's Mark Frauenfelder and YouTube member Surfstyley3 for this great piece of proto-Black-Friday retro advertising: This makes us think of going to Woolworth's (or Gemco, or Best, or Clark's, or...) with our parents and immediately splitting for the records aisle. Whether or not we had enough allowance money ... More » Summer CampBy MattPosted Nov 25, 2009 – 9:00 am | 5 Comments » This guest blog post by RangerFreund originally appeared in a slightly different form on his site, The Trials of Korbin. Ernest went there. Bill Murray went there. Jason still haunts the last one he attended. Americans have the three foundations necessary for a society of summer camps: millions of square miles ... 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 » |