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I Want My Maypo!
This wonderfully simple 1956 commercial begins with Marky refusing to eat his breakfast while wearing his cowboy hat. Uncle Ralph…
Wacky Races
Saturday mornings became much more dangerous when Wacky Races premiered on CBS on September 14, 1968. Eleven bizarre vehicles raced…
Sea Hunt and the Shows We Watched With Dad
Sea Hunt was another show I watched with my dad. Combat!, The Rat Patrol and, heck, even Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C….
Faster Than Saturday Morning Television
Before Super Friends and decades before the live-action television series, Filmation brought the Flash racing onto Saturday-morning television. Beginning in…
Friday Nights Belonged to The Flintstones
Before The Flintstones became a childhood favorite through daytime reruns, it was a genuine prime-time television show. The series premiered…
Thanks Gumball _____________ what comes next?
My wife handed me something tonight, and I said, “Thanks for the gumball!” Before I could even finish, she immediately…
The DeLorean: A Dream Car With a Wild Story
The DeLorean DMC-12 looked like it had arrived from the future, even before Doc Brown turned one into a time…
Professionally Speaking, Meet the Ajax Man
We just told you about Madge the Manicurist. How about our favorite, or possibly only, professional dishwasher? Actor Eugene Roche…
Madge and the Palmolive Soak
Madge worked at the fictional Salon East Beauty Parlor, where nearly every manicure ended with the same surprise. After listening…