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December 6, 2025
It's hard to blame the hero of this 1980 Chevrolet Camaro commercial for being super un-cool. Not much was cool in 1979/1980. But the Camaro did sort of look cool, even if this guy did not.
December 2, 2025
Hormel meats weren't good, except that they were delicious. But sometimes ... there's just a line nobody should ever cross, not even Hormel. I have found that line.
September 8, 2025
Remember The California Raisins? Charming if more than a little creepy claymation figures pitching dried grapes with a Motown soundtrack? They were everywhere in the 80s - spawned a veritable cultural movement with toys, I think their own album, maybe a TV show … they were just everywhere.
September 6, 2025
So much hotness here. Never mind the clunky ad copy -“Jeep makes history again with the biggest sale in Jeep history” - the fine folks at American Motors had the goods in the early 80s. The CJ, the big Cherokee, the actual Wagoneer, the normal pickup and the Scrambler; these were real machines.
August 25, 2025
So much hotness here. Never mind the clunky ad copy -“Jeep makes history again with the biggest sale in Jeep history” - the fine folks at American Motors had the goods in the early 80s. The CJ, the big Cherokee, the actual Wagoneer, the normal pickup and the Scrambler; these were real machines.
August 21, 2025
It's a little past 4 a.m. in the summer of 1980. You come to on the back deck of a Malibu beach house and stumble into the living room. Last thing you remember is downing a stash of Paul Masson Chablis at a party up in the hills with some guy you met who said he's about to break big in the business.
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