Tag Archives: 1980

Everything is Better Than Star Wars

Posted on June 16, 2022 by Joe

Olivia Newton John in Xanadu (1980)

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Two Nominees and Her Name Was Lisa

Posted on March 15, 2022 by Joe

Old ads for long gone movie theaters in Philadelphia circa 1980

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Because it was on…

Posted on February 8, 2022 by Joe

Back when I attended The Philadelphia College of Art, the city of Philadelphia was not wired for cable television while the surrounding suburbs had enjoyed the benefits of basic cable and perhaps a pay station like HBO or PRISM for … Continue reading →

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Out of Context Comics

Posted on January 26, 2022 by Joe

A panel from The Phantom from March 22, 1980. I’m not sure what’s going on here. I never really got into daily newspaper comic strips preferring comic books instead. I would get a chuckle from the humor strips, but wasn’t … Continue reading →

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Pink Zeppelin – The Vector Version

Posted on May 23, 2018 by Joe_Williams

IN THE FUTURE… is how these things usually start, but this terrible tale takes place IN THE PAST… A nuclear conflagration ended the world as we knew it in 1980. Hellfire rained from the sky leaving pitiful few to battle it out … Continue reading →

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Your Very Own Vampire Bat

Posted on March 5, 2014 by Joe_Williams

He’s BIG! He’s FEARSOME! But best of all — he’s fun?

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BJ – Like BJ Thomas, Right?

Posted on July 1, 2013 by Joe_Williams

As I wrote last week, we had cable television in Southern New Jersey in the late 1970s so we did not have to suffer the garbage that the broadcast networks were airing in lieu of genuine entertainment. We were probably … Continue reading →

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