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Fedoras, Cringey Bands, and the Dawn of Music Television

This Episode’s PULLS...D-Day / The Beatles / Ed Sullivan / Elvis / Challenger Disaster / Soviet Union / Iranian Hostages / John Lennon / U.S. Olympic Hockey Team / MTV / HBO’s Video Jukebox / Friday Night Videos / Martha Quinn / JJ Jackson / Nina Blackwood / Mark Goodman / Alan Hunter / Welcome Back Kotter / Kurt Loder / Walter Cronkite / Billy Idol / Scritti Politti / A-Ha / David Fincher / David Bowie / Run DMC / Mick Jagger / VH-1 / Bonnie Raitt / Miami Vice / Huey Lewis / M / Herbie Hancock / Art of Noise / Wall of Voodoo / The Talking Heads / J Geils Band / Ratt / Quiet Riot / Cinderella / Warrant / Motley Crue / Poison / Devo / Terry Jacks / Blondie / The Sex Pistols / The Ramones / The Damned / Sweet / Journey / Steve Perry / The Red Hot Chilli Peppers / Anthony Keidis / Flea / Point Break / Mmm Bop / Hanson / The Archies / Marky and the Funky Bunch / Loleatta Holloway / Knock On Wood / Amii Stewart / Solid Gold / Heart / Barracuda / Juice Newton / Lorraine Newman / Johnny Cash / Willie Nelson / The Eagles / Yacht Rock / Loggins and Messina / The Border Tones / The Beat Farmers / Sammy Haggar / Billy Squire / Ted Nugent / Kid Rock / Kanye West

Evel Knieval, Lynda Carter, and the Battle of the Network Stars

This Episode’s PULLS...Evel Knievel and the toy Stunt Cycle / The Fonz (again) / Demolition Derby’s / Snake River Canyon / John Denver / Drag Racing / The Wide World of Sports / Stock Cars / Funny Cars / Dick Dastardly / Wacky Races / The Malachi Brothers / Pinky Tuscadero / Leather Tuscadero / Suzie Quatro / Grease (again) / The T Birds / Joan Jett / Battle of the Network Stars / Heather Thomas / Charlie’s Angels / Lynda Carter / Robert Conrad / Adrienne Barbeau / Ed Asner / Abe Vigoda / Grandpa Munster (again) / Gabe Kaplan / Joyce Dewitt / Dan Haggerty / Grizzly Adams / Scott Baio (again) / David Hasselhoff / Tom Selleck / Leif Garrett / Mrs. Garrett / Ann B. Davis / Jacqueline Smith / Roddy McDowall / Planet of the Apes / Fright Night / Mark Mothersbaugh / Devo / Deborah Harry / Blondie / Steve Martin / Elon Musk / Howie Long (again) / Sammy Hagar (again) / Ryan Seacrest (again) 

Retro Marijuana, Vicks VapoRub, and ABC After School Specials

This Episode’s PULLS...Camp Lejeune / Vicks VapoRub /  Mandela Effect / Triamenic / Linear D / Corinthian Leather / Bactine Spray / Solarcaine / General Hospital / Guiding Light / The Days of Our Lives / Dinah Shore / Mike Douglas / Jack LaLanne (again) / Hot Wheels / Frisbees / Slip ‘n  Slides / Doan’s Pills / Ex-Lax / Hamburger Helper / Barbizon School of Modeling / Bartending School / Moe’s Tavern / The Navaho Inn / The Brady Bunch (again) / Coleman College / ITT Tech / James at 15 / Lance Kerwin / Kristy McNichol / Scott Baio / Happy Days (again) / Stoned / Afterschool Specials / Reefer Madness / My Mom is Having a Baby / The Mod Squad / Scared Straight

Crappy Cars, Count Chocula, and the Lost Art of Eating a Pine Tree.

This Episode’s PULLS...Old School Car Alarms and Car Stereos / Mad Jacks / DOW Stereo / Circuit City / Blaupunkt / Audiovox / Alpine / Michael Schenker Group / George Martin / The Beatles / VW Jetta / VW Rabbit / VW Scirocco / VW Bug / Triumph TR8 / Sheepskin Seat Covers / Steering Wheel Wraps / Louvres / Car Bra / Pop-up Headlights / T-Tops / Styrofoam Antennae Balls / TV Dinners / SpaghettiOs / Hunt’s Snack Packs / Hawaiian Punch / Dolly Madison / Hostess / Zingers / Family Recipes / Julia Child / M-80s / Count Chocula / Franken Berry / Boo Berry / Freakies / Boris Karloff / Bela Lagosi / Peter Lorre / Casa Blanca / Humphrey Bogart / Lauren Bacall / Montgomery Burns / Kif / Futurama / The Simpsons / Corn Flakes / Frosted Flakes / Fruit Loops / Cap’n Crunch / Product 19 / Wheaties / Kellog’s / Post / General Mills / Raisin Bran / Calvin and Hobbes / Sugar Pops / Peanut Butter Cap’n Crunch / Grape Nuts / Euell Gibbons / Tony the Tiger / Pete Rose / Billy Jean King / Groucho Marx / George Burns / Life Cereal / Shredded Wheat / Frosted Wheat / O.J. Simpson / Bruce Jenner / Pep Boys / Kragen Auto / Sears / Track Auto / Old School Window Tinting
 

Talky Tina, Supernatural Women, and the Show that Jumped the Shark.

This Episode's PULLS...Jumping the Shark / Bewitched / I Dream of Jeanie / My Favorite Martian / Hogan’s Heroes / Elizabeth Montgomery / Barbara Eden / Bill Bixby (again) / Ray Walston / Jeff Spicoli /  Happy Days (again) / CCD / James Dean / Animal House / The Brady Bunch / The Partridge Family / The Love Boat / Bernie Kopell / Charo / Adrienne Barbeau / Heather Thomas / Morgan Fairchild / Charlie’s Angels / Siegfried / Get Smart / Maxwell Smart / Agent 86 / The Cone of Silence / Mel Brooks / Buck Henry / The Remote Control / H.R. Pufnstuf / Barnaby Jones / The Twilight Zone (again) / Rod Serling /  Black Mirror / Talky Tina / Richard Matheson / Harlan Ellison / Robert Redford / Edward G. Robinson / William Shatner / George Takei / Leonard Nemoy / Charles Bronson / Dick York / Ross Martin / Family Affair / Sebastian Cabot / Bob Crane / Ivan Dixon / Peter Falk (again) / Ron Howard (again) / Billy Mummy / Monty Python / Benny Hill / Sonny and Cher / Donnie and Marie / Captain and Tenille / Tony Orlando and Dawn / Nanny and The Professor / One Day at a Time / Bonnie Franklin / Ryan Seacrest (again) / Sammy Hagar / David Copperfield (again) / Howie Long / My Three Sons / Cousin Oliver / Adam Rich / Eight is Enough / Dick Van Patten / Mike and Carol Brady / Alice / Sam the butcher / Family Ties / Sopranos / Andor / The Death Star / Swingers

Magicians, Candy Cigarettes, and the Shrouded Mysteries of Farrell’s Old Fashioned Ice Cream Parlor.

This Episode's PULLS...Willie Tyler and Lester / Wayland Flowers and Madame / Jay Johnson / Soap / Doug Henning / Magic (the movie) / David Copperfield /  Mark Wilson / The Wonderful World of Alakazam / Trilogy of Terror / Zuni Warrior / Peter Frampton / Saturday Night Fever / Vanilla Fudge / Bob Ross / Mr. Magico / Marshall Brodien / Lawn Darts / Playground deathtraps / Gemco / Fedmart / TG&Y / Whitefront / Farrell’s Old Fashioned Ice Cream Parlor / Abba Zabba / Pixie Sticks / Rock Candy / Candy Cigarettes / Lik a Stik / Taffy / Happy Days / The Fonz / Howdy Doody / Willy Talk / Gi Joe / Kung Fu grip / Police Academy

Comic Books, Schoolhouse Rock, and Sea Monkeys.

This Episode's PULLS...Comic books / Comic Conventions / Freshen Up Gum (yes, again) / MAD Magazine / Cracked Magazine / Dynamite Magazine / Sweat Hogs / Welcome Back Kotter / Sea Monkeys / School book clubs / Chico and the Man / Happy Days / TV catch phrases / Encyclopedia Brown / The Phantom Tollbooth / Sit on it / It’s not my job / Dy-no-mite! / Reading is Fundamental / The More Know / Huckleberry Hound / Schoolhouse Rock / I’m Just a Bill / Conjunction Junction / Lolly Lolly Lolly Get Your Adverbs Here / Freakies Cereal / Ryan Seacrest / The Zipper (yes, again) / Charles Atlas / Jack LaLanne 

Polaroids, The Exorcist, and Long Duk Dong.

This Episode's PULLS...Fotomat / Polaroid / Sav-On / Robin Williams / Ford Pinto / Ghostbusters / Builder’s Emporium / Escape to Witch Mountain / Animal House / double features / Tony and Tia / Eddie Albert / Green Acres / Sixteen Candles / Molly Ringwald / Anthony Michael Hall / John Cusack / Long Duk Dong / The Breakfast Club / Judd Nelson / The Omen / The Exorcist / Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark / Fondue 

Gym Showers, Girl Fights, and the Gum that goes Squirt.

This Episode's PULLS...Freshen up / “not so fresh” / when things got softer / Keebler Elves / school fights / gym class / Barbara Eden / Daisy Duke / school bungalows / Zips / Thom MCan / Kinney shoes / film projectors / Johnny Tremain / substitute teachers / the weird kids / Yard Duties / pencil fights!

The Poseidon Adventure, Husky Kids, and One-Eyed Celebrities.

This Episode's PULLS...Poseidon Adventure / Jaws / Ernest Borgnine / Barney Miller / Sandy Duncan / Jake and the Fat Man / Fatty Arbuckle / Chubby Checker / Fats Domino / Minnesota Fats /  Ironside / Raymond Burr / Toughskins / Sears / Kurt Russell / Dennis the Menace / The Streets of San Francisco / A Quinn Martin Production / Karl Maldin / The Music Man / Robert Preston / Shirley Jones / Singing in the Rain / The Munster’s / Al Lewis / Three’s Company / Mr. Roper / Grease / Mary Tyler Moore / Ruth Buzzi / Joanne Worely / Phyllis Diller / Match Game / Gene Rayburn / Richard Dawson / Hogan’s Heroes / Family Feud / Sammy Davis Jr. / Peter Falk