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.
"Reverend" Jim Ignatowski: If you find yourself in a confusing situation, simply laugh knowingly and walk away.
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!
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.
"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.
"The old Professor Peter Peckinpah all purpose anti-personnel Peckinpah pocket pistol under the toupee trick." - Maxwell Smart
This episode features special guest host: Dave Brodbeck who podcasts at Tangential Convergence and can be found on Twitter @dbrobeck.
Fish: [depressed over his age] When Wilson and I were chasing that kid... Do you know what it feels like to be running down 43rd Street, and your partner is cornering a guy on 52nd? Do you how I found out what happened? I asked a reporter! Four radio stations beat me to the scene of the crime!
The Pink Panther Show was an incredible memory that ran for over a decade, had some of the grooviest music going, a great cast of spin-off shorts, and one of the most laid-back central characters this side of a butchered Steve Martin remake.
Perhaps one of the cheesiest concepts ever for a television show, but they undeniably drew an incredible amount of star power. And as silly as it was Battle of the Network Stars was around for over a decade. Travel down memory lane to dunk tanks, tug-o-war, and Simon Says.