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Canton, Ohio - Meyers Lake Amusement Park - R.I.P. 22 May 2013 | 08:29 pm
Our retro tour of America has a special place in my heart with this stop in Canton, Ohio. I was born in Akron, Ohio, but we lived in North Canton. I have heard many stories about how great Meyers Lake...
1950's Halloween masks, costumes, and safety 17 Oct 2012 | 07:38 pm
Halloween is only two weeks away, and we all know what that means! It's time for two annual Halloween traditions: 1. Figuring out what Halloween costume to wear on Halloween. 2. Figuring out how to ...
55 Years Ago: Leave It to Beaver debuted on this night in 1957 5 Oct 2012 | 06:47 am
On this night, fifty-five years ago, Americans gathered around their T.V. sets to watch a new sitcom - Leave It to Beaver. The first episode had a different dad, and a different Wally, but viewers did...
20 Years Ago: Presidential Debate of 1992 4 Oct 2012 | 01:55 am
Planning on watching the Presidential Debate tonight? I thought you might enjoy reflecting back on what we were watching twenty years ago. The Presidential Debate of 1992 was the first debate that inc...
50 Years Ago: First Episode of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson - October 1, 1962 2 Oct 2012 | 05:26 am
Fifty years ago tonight, Americans were introduced to a show that would be with them the next thrty years - The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. Even though he retired from his show twenty years a...
Retropolis Retro Tour of America - Massachusetts - George's Coney Island Hot Dogs in Worcester, MA 18 Aug 2012 | 03:03 am
The next stop on the Retropolis retro tour of America is George's Coney Island in Worcester, Massachusetts. In about five years, it will celebrate it's 100th birthday. George's Coney Island was founde...
Norman Lear and Sherman Hemsley - When Great Minds Work Together 27 Jul 2012 | 03:44 am
Who doesn't remember All in the Family or The Jeffersons? I'm grateful to have grown up with both of those shows. I grew up in a time when I could see and hear, through the character Archie Bu...
Anna Paquin, Oscar Winner at Age 11 for Best Supporting Actress in The Piano, Turns 30 Today! 25 Jul 2012 | 03:22 am
Anna Paquin's acceptance speech at The Oscars in 1994 is still one of my favorite Academy Awards acceptance speeches of all time. She was only 11 years old, but she seemed to genuinely understand ...
Dick Clark, American Music and New Year's Eve will Never Be the Same Without You. 19 Apr 2012 | 04:18 pm
Dick Clark - what a man. As I was growing up, I noticed he never seemed to age. He had a timeless, youthful quality about him that never left. He was a go-getter who was young at heart. Therefore, he ...
Titanic's Last Full Night 14 Apr 2012 | 04:26 pm
100 years ago, on this night, passengers on the Titanic were enjoying their last full night of joy on the ship that they believed was unsinkable. They would go to bed, have a full day the following da...
