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Lace up your skates and head over to the retro rink where we remember the freewheeling fad of the 70s and 80s as it was captured on film.

Hold onto your NutraSweet, we’re taking a journey through some of the best celebrity diet soda commercials from the 1980s!

This year marks the 35th anniversary of comedy legend Elayne Boosler’s groundbreaking cable television special Party of One.

In the competition for the best toffee candy that gets permanently stuck in your teeth, Skor has been a 40-year contender. That’s “indulgence you can trust”—if you could just find it on the shelves now.

Celebrating the tacky, the subversive, the low, and the trashy—we discuss what makes something camp and how we can unlock its joys amidst a serious world.

Welcome to the world of Winnie the witch, conjured from the afterlife to cast some chaotic spells and heal a few broken family wounds in true 80s sitcom style.

We take on the ups and downs of the 50s Jane Russell and Jeff Chandler scorcher about a fast marriage, clashing cultures, and mid-century prejudice in a small Arizona mining town.

The 80s and 90s were a golden age of body switch comedy movies. See if your favorite temporary soul swap made our list of transference movie hijinks.

Revisit the best and most bizarre variety shows produced for television. Learn why many remain locked away in studio vaults and where to find the ones out there.

Revisit the lost art of the wax pack and the heyday of the collectible pop culture trading card. We surface the beautiful designs, bizarre topics, and rare treasures that were produced from the 60s, 70s, and 80s.

Join us for a minute-by-minute replay analyzing when the field was transformed into a strange wintertime stage for figure skaters, ballroom dancers, acrobats, color guard troops, and Gloria Estefan.

Once part of a balanced breakfast! Do you remember these long-gone cereals that were every day companions on morning tables?

Look back at the very special role the Queen of Soul played in past presidential inaugurations, perhaps more so than any other pop culture figure.

Publicly embarrass your sibling for prizes like VCRs and cordless phones! Relive the kid fights and the questionable fashion choices of this short-lived Saturday morning show.