retro

Revisit a charming segment in which Ernie can't keep his mouth shut. (Shh!)

The strange story of how a cookie empire nearly came crumbling down over racy, violent model kits.

It was a musical starring Gene Wilder and Bob Fosse.

Whatever happened to the guy who invented the Slinky?

If these don't take you back, nothing will.

While there are few unbreakable rules in advertising, most agencies would advise against using images of Adolf Hitler in association with your clothing brand.

Before they invaded Pizza Hut and Walmart, FBI agents were busy smashing them to bits.

Just like the decade it came to represent, the beehive was revolutionary.

A nine-year-old Anderson Cooper appeared on the classic game show, pretending to be the world’s youngest professional bear trainer.

Hey, hey, they’re back.

Perfection Salad via @ladanzarabi on Instagram

If it combines Jell-O and mayo, let's just forget it ever happened.

In 1984, Barnum and Bailey bought four unicorns from a wizard. They weren't lying. Technically.

When 'Dallas' debuted in 1978, the world wasn’t quite ready for the nighttime soap opera. The first season consisted of a five-hour mini-series, and the second season expanded into 24 episodes; both seasons had low ratings.

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It took Eva Gabor and Johnny Carson only a few minutes to sell 3 million boxes of the game.

The Apple Collection: Proof that innovative product design and a keen fashion sense don't always go hand-in-hand.

Still airing in syndication more than a quarter-century later, the once-critically panned teen sitcom has become a cultural phenomenon.

The ad Frank B. Robinson placed in Psychology magazine claimed he could teach people how to “literally and actually” speak to God.

For nearly as long as there have been movies, there have been food and snack brands appearing in movies, either as intentional product placements or unintentional props of the times.