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Free trip to Europe!*

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(*Via sensory memory only. Certain terms and conditions may apply.) In Europe, they like to pick one song and play it over and over and over. That song, and only that song.

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memories 1980s, Europe, memories, music, video

I didn’t got the look.

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I started 5th grade in 1979. That’s when designer jeans were “all the rage.”  An expression your grandmother would use, but really – they were the rage. All the sexy girls in my class wore them. (Yes, to ten year olds, other ten year olds are sexy.)

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middle school, wayback 1970s, 1980s, childhood, commercials, jeans, memories, video

“C” is for Child Star

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Sesame Street was my one big television appearance as a kid. Being in the show open every day for several years can go to a kid’s head. I’m lucky I didn’t end up like the Diff’rent Strokes kids, bless. Other kids around the neighborhood were regulars on the show. I was jealous of those kids. […]

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childhood, New York City, pop culture, TV, wayback 1970s, belgrays on tv, childhood, New York City, sesame street, TV, video

It’s like coming to Broad-WAY!

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Action Park was a water park in New Jersey that deservedly earned the nickname “Accident Park” or, alternately, “Class Action Park.” Having gone there once a summer to slide head-first down their uninspected concrete water slides, with some fat kid crashing into us from behind every time, it’s a miracle my sister and I are […]

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TV 1980s, action park, commercials, memories, TV, video

Never go to the mall with these guys.

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I turn 40 today. When you reach 40, you get nostalgic for things just because you remember them. At least I do. I was like, “remember Menudo?” and then I was like, “Awww, Menudo!” ABC used to show them in the Saturday morning commercial breaks during the show “Dear Alex and Annie.” I went to […]

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pop culture, wayback 1980s, Menudo, shopping, video

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