Notices by retroist (retroist@mastodon.social)

Taste the rainbow.

In 1984, soda bottles suddenly got a lot bigger with new three liter bottles towering over the two liters on store shelves. For a few years it felt like the ultimate party bottle. I went back to trace where it came from and why it eventually mostly disappeared.

https://www.retroist.com/p/history-of-the-three-liter-soda-bottle

Adopt-a-Nerds (1985)

Soon it will be time to make the Fruit Cocktail Eggnog Pie.

ALF is getting into the Christmas spirit.

Buy an Atari in 1982 and they would throw in a cool Atari Jacket.

Watch Planes, Trains & Automobiles as it was meant to be watched…

Projection Televisions of 1976. Which one would you choose?

Cosmos premiered 45 years ago. Its groundbreaking mix of science and storytelling made astronomy and physics feel accessible, and Carl Sagan’s calm presence gave it lasting impact.

https://www.retroist.com/p/retroist-cosmos-podcast

The Atari 2600 is 47 years old. For the first few years it was sold as the Atari Video Computer System or Atari VCS, but it will always be the 2600 to me. My first console, I spent maybe thousand of wonderful hours playing games on it.

https://www.retroist.com/p/retroist-atari-2600-podcast

32 years ago today, The X-Files, one of the best shows of the 1990s, premiered. It was a Friday night and there was no place I would rather be than in front of the tv that evening.

https://www.retroist.com/p/retroist-x-files-podcast

Bill & Ted's Excellent Cereal Telephone Booth Cassette Tape Case. I used to put D&D dice in it.

I am back behind the counter at the Video Store Podcast, this week recommending four movies about movies. Films from the 80s and 90s that can be about making films and the obsessions around them.

https://www.videostorepodcast.com/p/movies-about-movies

Just a "typical" kid's room.

Blocked.

Working from home in 1982.

I miss Alpha-Bits.