In 1978 Mark Hamill went on a publicity trip to Japan to promote Star Wars. YouTuber “btm0815ma” has posted a 23-minute video of behind-the-scenes footage of the visit. The footage is unedited and only fanatics, like myself, will want to … Continue reading
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Mego 2-XL Robot commercial 1978 I’ve gathered up a few seventies-related stories from the past week for you to peruse. I hope you find them retro-actively enlightening. Is that a thing? LET’S TALK MEGO’S 2-XL TALKING ROBOT Boing Boing has … Continue reading
“The ultimate futuristic fantasy epic.” Ralph Bakshi’s Wizards, an animated post-apocalyptic fantasy tale, zapped into theaters in February of 1977. The film tells the story of two brothers, a kindly wizard named Avatar and an evil sorcerer, Blackwolf, who battle … Continue reading
The Texas Wheelers originally ran on ABC from September, 1974 to July, 1975. The show featured a family of four young folks, ages 10 through 24, trying to make their way in the world without a mother. Their father wasn’t … Continue reading
Hanna-Barbera’s Jeannie cartoon was an animated re-imagining of the live-action hit, I Dream of Jeannie. The series originally ran on CBS from September through December, 1973. Later, in 1977, the show was re-packaged and included in episodes of Fred Flintstone … Continue reading
Today marks 35 years since the release of Star Wars on May 25th, 1977. In celebration, here’s a link to a Time Magazine article on the anniversary and the original, decades-old Star Wars trailer. Was it really that long ago … Continue reading