Posts for Tag: retro

Best Episode Ever 25 - The Soft Drink Soft Sell

We remember retro commericals like theme songs. Especially as the target audience for many of these ads, we were subjects to the catchy tunes and the memorable characters that were constructed solely to pitch us soft drinks as children.

From chocolate milk to "fruit" drinks to pop of all kinds, the commercials I watched while growing up are still stuck in my head.

Best Episode Ever 23 - Rocket Robin Hood

with guest host John Meadows, host of the On The Log podcast.

Come gather around me. Space travelers surround me.
Hark now to the ballad of Rocket Robin Hood.

I may well confound you, astound you, spellbound you,
with heroes and villains, the bad and the good. 

Watch now as our rockets race here from afar.
For now, with our Robin, we live on a star. 

Three. Two. One. Blast off! 

Band of brothers, marching together.
Heads held high in all kinds of weather. 

With fiery blasts, our roaring rockets rise,
beyond the Earth, beyond the skies! 

At the sight of Robin, take your stand,
with the gallant leader of our band. 

Send a joyous shout throughout the land!
For Rocket Robin Hood!

Best Episode Ever 22 - Hogan's Heroes

This episode features special guest host: Dave Brodbeck who podcasts at Tangential Convergence and can be found on Twitter @dbrobeck.

Heroes, heroes, husky men of war, sons of all the heroes, of the war before.
We're all heroes up to our ear o's,
You ask the questions, we make suggestions,
That's what we're heroes for.

All good heroes love a nifty fight,
Open up the bomb bays, brighten up the night.
We earn laurels solving your quarrels,
You throw the roses, we punch the noses,
That's what we're heroes for.

What's a hero do? We're never gonna tell ya
Cause we wish we knew.
That's why we heroes are so few.
We've got a slogan, from Colonel Hogan,
And Colonel Hogan's a hero too.

Never flinch, boys, never be afraid,
Heroes are not born, boys, heroes all are made.
Ask not why, boys, never say die, boys,
Answer the call, remember we'll all be heroes forever more.

Best Episode Ever 21 - Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

"In the year 1987, at the John F. Kennedy Space Center, NASA launched the last of America's deep space probes. The payload, perched on the nose cone of the massive rocket, was a one-man exploration vessel - Ranger 3. Aboard this compact starship, a lone astronaut - Captain William "Buck" Rogers - was to experience cosmic forces beyond all comprehension. An awesome brush with death: in the blink of an eye, his life support systems were frozen by temperatures beyond imagination. Ranger 3 was blown out of its planned trajectory into an orbit a thousand times more vast, an orbit which was to return the ship full circle to his point of origin - its mother Earth - not in 5 months, but in 500 years."

This episode features special guest host: Dave Brodbeck who podcasts at Tangential Convergence and can be found on Twitter @dbrobeck.

Best Episode Ever 17 - Scooby Doo

Scooby Dooby Doo, where are you? We got some work to do now.
Scooby Dooby Doo, where are you? We need some help from you now.

Come on, Scooby Doo, I see you pretending you got a sliver.
But you're not foolin' me, cause I can see the way you shake and shiver.

You know we got a mystery to solve and Scooby Doo be ready for your act. Don't hold back!
And Scooby Doo if you come through you're gonna have yourself a Scooby Snack!

Scooby Dooby Doo, where are you? You're ready and you're willing.
If we can count on you Scooby Doo, I know you'll catch that villian.