The assignment came in for this week’s League of Extraordinary Bloggers. Being the non-sports types that we are, we totally have this covered… “If _____ was an Olympic sport, I’d have a gold medal around my neck. What’s something you are really, really good at doing?” Linz: I’ve written before on Pop Rewind on how I wasn’t a Nintendo kid...
I’m sorry. Truly, I am. I’m sorry that for eight years, there was a running Gremlins ride hosted by ALF and I never told you about it. A Gremlins ride showed up at Warner Bros. theme parks in both Australia and Germany. The German version, however, received an upgrade in the form of one Gordon Shumway. Photo by: Screammachine.net ALF...
Remember when Saturday mornings were worth getting up for? While we can’t provide a four-hour block of programming, here’s some retro news you may have missed (or simply want to revisit) from the past week. Saturday Morning Programming: In celebration of the Funko Pop figures Linz decided she wasn’t going to hoard because she’s running out of room, but went...
Many of you may remember the League of Extraordinary Bloggers, ran by Brian over at Cool & Collected. The League retired a while back, but was rebooted Monday! The League has gone through some changes, including a name change to Cool & Collected’s Pop Culture League. Which means we can still call it the League and get away with it....
A lot of your favorite bloggers were quick to comment on the new Ghostbusters film. Not us! We’ve given it a lot of though since opening weekend and dive deep into what we got out of it. Poll: Tag us on Twitter @poprewindonline to participate in this episode’s poll. Who was your favorite character in the new movie? #TeamHoltzmann, am I right? Check...
All these years later, with even the hardcore fans feeling like the show has way beyond run its course, it’s hard to imagine the original hype surrounding The Simpsons. You would have thought the Sprinfield family was leading the second British Invasion. Simpsons merchandise was everywhere, video games were being cranked out, and they even had a record. Wait, a...
Remember when Saturday mornings were worth getting up for? While we can’t provide a four-hour block of programming, here’s some retro news you may have missed (or simply want to revisit) from the past week. Saturday Morning Programming: With new stills from The Tick reboot, we figured we’d watch an episode of the old cartoon! Television: TNT Reveals When Tales...
It was one of those videos I kept spotting in the discount bin at K-Mart. Every time I stopped by the electronics section, there would be four or five copies marked down, ready for someone to give a loving home to these tapes. At some point, the price dropped a dollar and I decided to take a risk on a...
Remember when Saturday mornings were worth getting up for? While we can’t provide a four-hour block of programming, here’s some retro news you may have missed (or simply want to revisit) from the past week. Saturday Morning Programming: Considering Lee’s article this week, we thought we’d hunker down and watch an episode of the Tales from the Cryptkeeper cartoon! Movies:...
No, I wouldn’t have believed it, either, but when I was on a big Tales from the Crypt binge watch fest last year, I came across a song that should’ve been piling up discount in cassingle bins across shopping malls everywhere… The “Crypt Jam”. Yeah, Crypt Keeper in the house… what?
