Category: 1980’s
The Fast Talking Guy FedEx Commercial
John “Motormouth” Moschitta Jr., also known as “The Fast Talking Guy became most popular from the FedEx commercials starting in…
Video Heads Need Cleaning
Oh, the kids today don’t know the struggles. Everything in our day was physical media and subject to all sorts…
Forgotten Hit: Holdin’ On
I have over 5,000 songs on my mp3 player from the ’60s through the ’90s. I like putting it on…
Mini NFL Helmets
Oh, the money I spent on collecting these mini helmets, twenty-five cents at a time. Of course, you would get…
Gentlemen Prefer Hanes
In the 1970s and ’80s, Hane used the slogan “gentlemen prefer Hanes” in a catchy song. Yes, I know, you…
Max Headroom To Return
The co-creater of Halt and Catch Fire (great series!) Christopher Cantwell recently tweeted “I’m writing a new Max Headroom series for…
Remember Morris The Cat?
Before there was Grumpy Cat or cat memes we only had Nine Live Morris The Cat commercials to look forward…
Classical Music Commercial
If you grew up in the 70’s and 80’s you probably have all these songs committed to memory. The 120…
Cheers – Death Of Eddie Lebec
Jay Thomas, who appeared as Eddie Lebec in nine episodes of the TV sitcom Cheers, died from cancer on August…
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