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The Essential TV Guide Fall Previews of the 80s, Part 2: 1980!
I guess if I’m going to do a 10+ week series of these TV Guide Fall Preview issues from the 80s, I’m gonna have to slap together some sort of banner. Feels weird staring off a post all wordy like...
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The Essential TV Guide Fall Previews of the 80s, Part 3: 1977! Yeah, I know...
Well, I finally got around to throwing a banner together for these TV Guide posts. Makes it seem more official I guess. Anyway, I was planning on getting to the 1982 Fall Preview issue, but I...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Essential TV Guide Fall Previews of the 80s, Part 4: 1978! Yeah, I know...
I’m back this week with the fourth installment of this series on vintage TV Guide fall Preview issues. As I’ve explained in the previous posts, though I generally talk mostly about the 80s, I have a...
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The Essential TV Guide Fall Previews of the 80s, Part 5: 1982!
Apparently I really started perking up and paying attention to the new fall schedule sometime in 1982 because this is the first issue of TV Guide that I’ve flipped through where I recognize and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Essential TV Guide Fall Preview Issues of the 80s, Part 6: 1979!
I think winter is finally passing in my area and the theme for Spring here at Branded in the 80s is certainly spring cleaning. Along with diving into my mostly un-read collection of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Essential TV Guide Fall Preview Issues of the 80s, Part 7: 1983!
When looking through the TV Guide Fall Preview issues that came out between 1977-1990, I find all sorts of little nostalgic gems, not to mention a parade of stars that I know and love. Even when a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Essential TV Guide Fall Preview Issues of the 80s, Part 8: 1984!
1984? It was a crazy year. We saw the first Apple Mac computer (with mouse driven graphical interface.) Michael Jackson claimed the crown as the king of pop winning all sorts of Grammys for...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Essential TV Guide Fall Preview Issues of the 80s, Part 9: 1985!
While 1984 was an insanely banner year for television, where almost every single new series was a hit that would run throughout the rest of the decade, 1985 was more about trying to capitalize on the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sifting through mountains of old magazines pays off…
I’ve spent an inordinate amount of time in my life combing through paper. Aside from the thousands of hours of flipping through comics that I’ve logged since I was a kid, sorting and folding paper was...
View ArticleClik here to view.
You Can’t Do That on iTunes!
I have to admit that I’m pretty horribly about embracing modern technology and junk. Honestly, when it comes to paying attention to nostalgia television and film releases I’m still stuck in the days...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Essential TV Guide Fall Previews of the 80s, Part 2: 1980!
I guess if I’m going to do a 10+ week series of these TV Guide Fall Preview issues from the 80s, I’m gonna have to slap together some sort of banner. Feels weird staring off a post all wordy like...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Essential TV Guide Fall Previews of the 80s, Part 3: 1977! Yeah, I know...
Well, I finally got around to throwing a banner together for these TV Guide posts. Makes it seem more official I guess. Anyway, I was planning on getting to the 1982 Fall Preview issue, but I...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Essential TV Guide Fall Previews of the 80s, Part 4: 1978! Yeah, I know...
I’m back this week with the fourth installment of this series on vintage TV Guide fall Preview issues. As I’ve explained in the previous posts, though I generally talk mostly about the 80s, I have a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Essential TV Guide Fall Previews of the 80s, Part 5: 1982!
Apparently I really started perking up and paying attention to the new fall schedule sometime in 1982 because this is the first issue of TV Guide that I’ve flipped through where I recognize and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Essential TV Guide Fall Preview Issues of the 80s, Part 6: 1979!
I think winter is finally passing in my area and the theme for Spring here at Branded in the 80s is certainly spring cleaning. Along with diving into my mostly un-read collection of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Essential TV Guide Fall Preview Issues of the 80s, Part 7: 1983!
When looking through the TV Guide Fall Preview issues that came out between 1977-1990, I find all sorts of little nostalgic gems, not to mention a parade of stars that I know and love. Even when a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Essential TV Guide Fall Preview Issues of the 80s, Part 8: 1984!
1984? It was a crazy year. We saw the first Apple Mac computer (with mouse driven graphical interface.) Michael Jackson claimed the crown as the king of pop winning all sorts of Grammys for...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Essential TV Guide Fall Preview Issues of the 80s, Part 9: 1985!
While 1984 was an insanely banner year for television, where almost every single new series was a hit that would run throughout the rest of the decade, 1985 was more about trying to capitalize on the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sifting through mountains of old magazines pays off…
I’ve spent an inordinate amount of time in my life combing through paper. Aside from the thousands of hours of flipping through comics that I’ve logged since I was a kid, sorting and folding paper was...
View ArticleClik here to view.
You Can’t Do That on iTunes!
I have to admit that I’m pretty horribly about embracing modern technology and junk. Honestly, when it comes to paying attention to nostalgia television and film releases I’m still stuck in the days...
View Article
