My husband Robert is pretty much ready to call it a night every night at 9 p.m. So, the fact he kept me up three nights in a row binge-watching Cobra Kai, is an indication of just how much Gen-Xers — particularly Gen-X men — love this show. Originally released as a web series on […]
Mork Suspenders
This week Robin Williams passed away. I will always remember him best for his role on Mork and Mindy. He inspired a big fashion trend that dominated my junior high years — rainbow suspenders. My friend Shona had a pair! The following is an exchange from a Mork and Mindy episode on loneliness and earthlings. […]
Groovy Bicentennial Video | 1976
For America’s Bicentennial celebration in 1976, the United States Information Agency created a very trippy video. Trippy as in some have suggested the people who made it were dropping acid. It is very psychedelic. At one point, cars, hamburgers, hot dogs, baseballs and TVs fly out of a cornucopia. The flashing kaleidoscope of images is […]
Saturday Morning Cartoons | Art For Sale
Animation Cels from 1960s and 1970s Saturday morning cartoons will hit the auction block on July 1. Heritage Auction based in Dallas will manage the sell, which features animation cels of Scooby, Cavey, Hong Kong Fooey and other favorites from the Generation X childhood. According to Jim Lentz, Director of Animation Art Auction at Heritage, […]
Schoolhouse Rock Turns 40
Schoolhouse Rock Turns 40 Conjunction Junction. What’s your function? Schoolhouse Rock, the cultural common denominator for Generation X, turns 40 On January 13, 2013. The Saturday morning shorts aired between cartoons from 1973 to 1985. They explained grammar, science, history, and math to Gen Xers. Here is the transcript from I’m Just A Bill. Boy: […]
Flame Retardant Bozo the Clown
When my kids tell me they want to go on a TV show I know exactly how they feel. I wanted to go on Bozo the Clown when I was a kid and ride in the Bozo-mobile! I would have probably loved nothing more than to wear a store-bought, Bozo the Clown costume for Halloween. […]
Hey Mikey! 1985 Los Altos High School Yeabook
[Saturday Cartoons] I was born in Los Angeles and attended kindergarten and 1st Grade at Bixby Elementary in the suburb of Hacienda Heights. I moved away in 1974, but some of my classmates from those days went on to graduate from nearby Los Altos High School. Their yearbook from our senior year, 1985, is […]