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Showing posts with label 80's. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 80's. Show all posts

DINOSAURS! A Fun-Filled Trip Back in Time!



Featuring Fred Savage and the animation of Will Vinton!

Never did see this tape back then, but I can see how it impressed plenty.

When Cable TV was AWESOME!

Things your parents might actually tell you about what they watched on cable TV 30 years ago...


More...

Nickelodeon in it's infancy...





The Disney Channel when it wasn't just obnoxious teenage crap!














The Nashville Network (before it adopted it's "Spike" status)



CBN Cable Network (now ABC Family)

Check at 6:30 for a promo featuring SuperBook and Honey Honey!




When Soviet TV had a break on The Discovery Channel




THE USA CARTOON EXPRESS!!!

















When it used to stood for "Music Television"



When bands like Manowar and REM played on Nick's Livewire!






When HBO took all the DAMN time they needed...

and yet they still went off the air!




When all you had on else on the dial was text-based channels of limited appeal!









And probably one of the best kept achievements for it's time, a look at the QUBE system that was initiated in Columbus, OH






And... your odds & ends...


















There, that outta hold them little SOB's!

Halloween Safety: The Second Edition! (1985)

A jack-o-lantern terrifies children with blue-filtered horrors of cheap Ben Cooper masks, light-reflective tape, rotten eggs and pumpkin scissors--eh, I mean knives!

1980's mall arcade training film


Because I've been on an 80's vibe today (and will never get a job at one of these places no more)....