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I host the Retroist Podcast and write the Retroist which focuses on nostalgia. I like slightly old stuff and I typo too much. You can find me at https://www.retroist.com & https://patreon.com/retroist.

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Yes! A Sherlock Holmes themed episode of the TV show, Fame.

submitted 10 hours ago • 1 comment

Do you ever find yourself staring at a photo of a restaurant from the seventies and getting lost in the dark wood and soft lighting? Can you hear a bar piano playing softly in the distance? Can you feel the dim glow of golden light? Maybe that could be LeisureWave? www.retroist.com/p/the-leisur...

submitted 15 hours ago • 1 comment

Got caught up in some Saturday morning retro gaming and spent a few hours of high adventure in the Caribbean. Even after all these years Sid Meier's Pirates! is able to carry me away.

submitted 19 hours ago • 5 comments

I am pretty sure the top reason I like to pick up movies in higher definition formats is so that I can get a better look at what is going on in the background.

submitted 1 day ago • 9 comments

Long way to Chimney Rock...

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

If you reach my voicemail, prepare for hilarity.

submitted 2 days ago • 4 comments

The gaming setup I want vs. the gaming setup I have.

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Quality afternoon snacks.

submitted 4 days ago • 4 comments

This is EXACTLY what playing video games in the 1980s looked like.

submitted 4 days ago • 5 comments

Reading this made me feel a lot better about using my day off to put together a vintage-commercial compilation. (Gift link)

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

Buy all your favorite films on VHS at Fotomat (1980)

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

The Video Store Podcast is back with @commodork.bsky.social behind the counter recommending four films that feature unlikely or unusual relationships. www.videostorepodcast.com/p/opposites-...

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Are you a Vidiot or a Video Ace?

submitted 6 days ago • 5 comments

DEVO!

submitted 7 days ago • 3 comments

When stereos were starting to disappear from people's living rooms, Radio Shack took a wild swing by releasing a rotating stereo in the shape of a pyramid, The Nova Rotating Pyramid Stereo. www.retroist.com/p/nova-rotat...

submitted 7 days ago • 6 comments

What collector glass or cup series did you collect all of?

submitted 8 days ago • 12 comments

Castle Park Arcade (1982)

submitted 9 days ago • 3 comments

If you grew up watching Snoopy in holiday specials and cartoons, you know the lovable beagle doesn't talk in cartoons, but in 1985 he actually did. www.retroist.com/p/does-snoop...

submitted 10 days ago • 2 comments

After years of exhaustive genealogical research, I can sadly say with certainty that I am not related to Donald Duck. To see if you are related, just check the Donald Duck family tree by Don Rosa.

submitted 11 days ago • 5 comments

In 1983, Pizza Hut launched a promotion that lived in people's home, often frequently used for decades, a red-branded duffel bag, “The Bag Bag.” www.retroist.com/p/the-pizza-...

submitted 12 days ago • 2 comments