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Thank you Mr. Scheimer.
I never had the opportunity to meet Lou Scheimer and I regret that I was never able, in person, to say those two little words that can’t even begin to express how I felt, “Thank you.” Like so many kids...
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The Seedy Adult Underworld of 80s Family Entertainment
I know every generation says this about the decades when they came of age, but growing up in the 80s was seriously a whole different world; like living on another planet at times. There was a lot more...
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Filling a gap in my pop culture past…
There are a million reasons why I’m thankful for being brought into this world in the late seventies, but the one that I’ve been focusing on lately is that I feel a very deep appreciation for my luck...
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Transformers & G.I. Joe, finally the shared universe I always dreamed of…
As an 80s nostalgia nerd it’s kind of hard to pick a favorite brand or property from my childhood. There are just way too many fond memories and of the thousands of things that I love from that decade...
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These Should Exist: the Jem & the Holograms edition!
With the release of the first two trailers for the new big screen, live action adaptation of Jem & the Holograms only a couple of months away it’s had me thinking a lot about the original cartoon...
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The All New Branded in the 80s Podcast is back!
Finally found some time to start working on season 2 of the All New Branded in the 80s Podcast. In this new episode I take a few minutes to talk about some of the behind the scenes talent in our...
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Essential 80s Cartoon Logos and Title Screens
Not only am I a professed lover of the 80s, and in particular 80s era cartoons and animation, but I’m also pretty damn interested in branding and design (I mean, I did kinda name my site after that.)...
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Totally Awesome: The Greatest Cartoons of the 80s is, well, Totally AWESOME
Over the past year Publisher Insight Editions has comes across my radar a lot. In addition to the super cool Ghostbusters: A Visual History that I was gifted a couple Christmas seasons ago, I suddenly...
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Going Back to Next Saturday Morning…in 1985!
I’ve written before about a personal hole in my pop culture nostalgia when it comes to certain memories of stuff that aired on TV back in the day. As much as I loved Saturday morning cartoons, cheesy...
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Of Hype and Closure…
It’s funny, having just written a piece riffing on the idea that I don’t “go in” for many modern takes on nostalgic properties, I find myself getting pulled into and won over by stuff left and right....
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The Other Ghostbusters
Looking back at the 80s, sometimes it can be difficult to rank the best or most influential movies of the decade. There’s so many factors to consider like box office numbers, sequels, was the movie...
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Branded in the 80s Podcast – Michael Reaves Appreciation
On this latest episode of the Branded in the 80s podcast I take a minute and give a little appreciation to one of my favorite animation writers, the great Michael Reaves. Though he may not be a...
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Branded in the 80s Podcast Episode 17 – The Ballad of Shuki Levy
If there’s been a bright side of the quarantine for myself, it’s been finally getting some time to record new episodes of the Branded podcast. In this episode of the show I take a minute to dive back...
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Saying Goodbye to Warduke
About five years ago I stumbled upon an item in an antique shop that took my breath away. It’s a shop that I adore over in the old Havre de Grace main street area just off of the Susquehanna river, and...
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