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| 30156 | Famous Duos | <img src="/images/postImages/1458341192ht_oreo_cookie_jef_120301_wmain.jpg" height="300" width="375"> | Mr Magic | Mar 18, 2016 |  |
| 30155 | Famous Duos | <blockquote rel="Vaporman87" style="font-weight: normal; font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal;"><b>Vaporman87 wrote :</b><br><i> <blockquote rel="eddstarr"><b>eddstarr wrote :</b><i><br><div>I think it's time to teach you a lesson. Behold the un-duo:</div><div><b>-end quote</b></div></i></blockquote><img src="/images/smilies/MavLaughOutLoud.gif"> What a crazy name for a candy bar. No wonder it's discontinued. Then again, Whatchamacallit's are awesome, so it's not all in the name.<br> </i><b>-end quote</b></blockquote><font face="Arial, Verdana" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Dude, you are amazing, t</span></font><span style="font-weight: normal; font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal;">hat's exactly what went wrong!</span><div style="font-weight: normal; font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br></span></div><img width="500" height="300" src="http://www.collectingcandy.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Peter-Paul-No-Jelly-screen-cap-from-TV-commercial-early-1970s-Jon-Anderson.jpg"><div><br><div style="font-weight: normal;"><font face="Arial, Verdana"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The crazy guys at Peter Paul Candies wanted a catchy name for a new chocolate/</span><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">peanut butter candy bar.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> The marketing guys thought it rather funny to say, "peanut butter and NO jelly".</span></font></div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><font face="Arial, Verdana"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br></span></font></div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><font face="Arial, Verdana"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">While I'm sure that was a real kneeslapper back in 1972, me and my friends in high school found the name sorta </span><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">off putting</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">. Just looking at the wrapper made it a hard sell to me, and I love peanut butter. I bought one as soon as it appeared at the local Seven Eleven.</span></font></div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><font face="Arial, Verdana"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br></span></font></div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><font face="Arial, Verdana"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Here's the thing about candy, it will sell if it tastes good, no matter what you call it, </span></font><span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-style: italic;">Whatchamacallit!!!</span></div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><font face="Arial, Verdana"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana"><span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 13.3333px;">Reese's</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">' Peanut Butter Cups taste Great. The <span style="font-weight: bold;">no jelly</span> bar tasted funny, like the peanut butter was real old, sorta </span><span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 13.3333px;">rancid tasting. Bought another one the same week, same funny flavor and the texture was weird - old peanut butter with mushy rice krispies for mouth-feel, LAME!</span></font></div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><font face="Arial, Verdana"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><font face="Arial, Verdana"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Peter Paul renamed it but it didn't taste any better because they couldn't just reshape peanut butter cup filling and cover it with chocolate. They insisted on making it taste different. The result was awful, imho.</span></font></div></div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><font face="Arial, Verdana"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><font face="Arial, Verdana"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">You can experience what Peter Paul was really after by eating a Peanut Butter TWIX. Case Closed.</span></font></div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><font face="Arial, Verdana"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><font face="Arial, Verdana"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><br></span></font></div> | eddstarr | Mar 18, 2016 | |
| 30154 | Saint Patricks Day Traditions | "Wear green before I summon the Dragonzord."<div><br></div><div>*Evil laugh.*<br><div><br></div><div><img src="/images/postImages/1458339076Green_Ranger.jpeg"></div></div> | Mr Magic | Mar 18, 2016 | |
| 30153 | Forgotten Cartoons | There's hardly a week that goes by where I'm not awed by the cool cartoons that aired on old fashion broadcast TV during the last two decades of the 20th century.<div style="font-weight: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-weight: normal;">Another series that may slip beneath the waves is a cartoon I swear I saw every Saturday morning at 6am on Superstation WTBS in 1991, (wikipedia says it was 1992).</div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><br></div><div>Does not matter one bit, the cartoon is "<span style="font-weight: bold;">Super Dave: Daredevil For Hire</span>" and although I don't normally fall for slapstick humor, I found this cartoon very funny in a sicko kinda way, lol.</div><div><br><iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/WPnk5q_cA8Q" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><div><br></div><div>The cartoon series was my introduction to the character Super Dave Osbourne, which most people might find funny cuz comedian Bob Einstein created the character "Super Dave" back in the 70's as a spoof of Evel Knievel the stuntman/entertainer. </div><div><br></div><div>I had No Idea that there was an actual live action Super Dave Show from the 80's because I didn't have cable. It's nice to discover something years after most folks have long forgotten it.</div><div><br></div> <iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Hjjhgp9E5W0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe> | eddstarr | Mar 18, 2016 | |
| 30152 | Forgotten Cartoons | A guy would have to be nuts to not like the intro. | Mr Magic | Mar 18, 2016 | |
| 30151 | Forgotten Cartoons | <blockquote rel="thecrow174"><b>thecrow174 wrote :</b><br><i> Heathcliff. When he teamed with Dingbat and Marmaduke. </i><b>-end quote</b></blockquote><br><div><br></div><div>But there's never been a better intro theme than the Original:</div><div><br></div> <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qrqnMBNTaCk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe> | eddstarr | Mar 18, 2016 | |
| 30150 | Forgotten Cartoons | Heathcliff. When he teamed with Dingbat and Marmaduke. | Mr Magic | Mar 18, 2016 | |
| 30149 | Forgotten Cartoons | My dad was a Navy officer so I grew up near a Navy Base with friends that were all Navy kids like me. I'm telling you this because the Navy kids in my neighborhood were unusual in the way they viewed cartoons.<div><br></div><div>Take "George of the Jungle", very popular cartoon from that awesome year, 1967. All my friends watched the show every week but not to see George. Almost every one of my friends watched for the "filler" cartoon in the middle of the show, "Super Chicken".</div><div><br></div><div>This is the part of "retro" that never gets consideration. The past is never as straightforward as it seems, especially for folks too young to have experienced it firsthand. I betcha it was Super Chicken that made George of the Jungle so popular.</div><div><br></div><div>Btw, Happy Easter!!!</div><div><br></div> <iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/OeLw-jWx3-0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe> | eddstarr | Mar 18, 2016 | |
| 30148 | The brilliance of Mr. John Hughes. | <p>Back again Retro-Dazers, I hope you are voting!</p><p>VOTING IS NOW OPEN in Round 5 of our 1986 Movie Madness <a class="_58cn" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/80s?source=feed_text&story_id=10153483826854849" data-ft="{"tn":"*N","type":104}"><span class="_58cl" aria-label="hashtag">#</span><span class="_58cm">80s</span></a> tournament! The Final 4 have been decided. Voting for this round will only be open a limited time, so be sure to get your votes in right away. Vote here> <a href="http://challonge.com/1986moviemadness" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://challonge.com/1986moviemadness</a> You can vote in Round 5 even if you missed previous rounds. A little surprisingly, all of the top seeds have advanced to the Final 4, though Stand By Me only defeated Pretty in Pink by just 3 votes. To me, Top Gun vs. Stand By Me this round is the toughest choice so far. We are almost done! Please keep spreading the word and getting more people to vote. If you want more details about the tournament, read here> <a href="http://oldschool.tblog.com/post/1971427674" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://OldSchool.tblog.com/post/1971427674</a> Thanks for participating in our #80s March Madness!</p><p><br></p><p><img width="300" height="300" src="/images/postImages/14583272921986 movie madness rd5.jpg"></p> | OldSchool80s | Mar 18, 2016 | |
| 30147 | Virtual Console Thursdays | Week of 3/17/2016:<div style="font-weight: normal;"><br></div><div><span style="font-weight: bold;">Wii U Virtual Console:</span></div><div><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br></span></div><div>Dig Dug II (NES)</div><div>$4.99</div><img src="http://img1.game-oldies.com/sites/default/files/packshots/nintendo-nes/dig-dug-ii-trouble-in-paradise-usa.png"><div><br></div><div>City Connection (NES)</div><div>$4.99</div><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2a/City_Connection_NA_NESboxart.png"><div><br></div><div>Even though the Famicom version of Dig Dug was released a few times for the Virtual Console in North America... this is Dig Dug II's North American Virtual Console debut. Kind of interesting that the Famicom Dig Dug is the game that's part of the Virtual Console Threepeat club as that game has not been released for the NES in North America. </div><div><br></div><div>City Connection is the next entry of the Virtual Console Threepeat club. It's nice having the NES version, but it's not the most ideal version of City Connection to play. The arcade version is far superior and is available for the Playstation 4 as part of Hamster's Arcade Archives.</div> | blueluigi | Mar 18, 2016 | |
