Retro Sleepover

In this episode of the podcast, we take a look at Monsters Attack! magazine  - a short run horror magazine from 1989/1990. Monsters Attack! was a spinoff of Cracked magazine and an homage to the popular monster magazines and horror comics of the 1950s and 60s. In this episode we discuss the inspirations from Monsters Attack!, horror hosts, the quick downfall of Monsters Attack!, what the magazine...

From 1989 to 1999 the Disney company experience a measure of growth unlike any other time in its history.   Executives Michael Eisner and Frank Wells dubbed the time period The Disney Decade and layed out their plans for the entire decade as far as theme park expansion, animated films, Disney experiences for the masses and other creative endeavors. Unforseen challenges followed and its long been q...

In this episode of the podcast, we are going to travel back in time to a an era where McDonald's did not have the appearance of a place you could go in order to purchase a new iPhone. An era where there were employees standing at cash registers and apple pies were fried to a point that the top of your mouth would be shredded if you ate it.  In the late 70s/early 80s a birthday party at McDonalds w...

In the 1989-1990 television season, roller derby returned to our TV set. Six rollergames teams )T-Birds, Violators, Bad Attitude, Rockers, Maniacs and Hot Flash) took to the raised track to try and win the Commisioner's Cup...and our hearts!  This flashback to the late 80s syndicated television show will deep dive into the teams, the players, the merchandise and the syndicated run of Rollergames. ...

In this introductory episode of the podcast, Ron Martin discusses the format of the podcast, the release schedule, how retro pop culture will be covered, his credentials for covering such topics as well as the type of topic that will be discussed.  In the second half of the introductory episode, Ron discusses five things from the late 1980s that listeners probably don't remember.