What could be better than a record including Muhammad Ali, Frank Sinatra, somewhat famous cartoon voices, and even narrated by Howard Cosell? One that also includes Muhammad Ali singing about and fighting Mr. Tooth Decay!! That’s right, this baby is a gold mine… a gold mine God Dammit!! This is a rather rare record to find today, and once you hear it, you’ll start to think that’s the way they wanted it to be. This is one strange trip kids. I mean, I think Muhammad Ali is one of the greatest boxers of all time, but the Ali worship that goes on in this record is borderline cult-like. (more…)

Last week we found out about, and recieved, a magazine that has had us completley captivated by it since it’s arrival. Sure, we’re easily amused, and just the other day made a game at work out of a can of compressed air, a penny and the trash can, but that’s beside the point. The magazine we speak so highly of is called Cereal:Geek, and is produced by Busta Toons Productions. Busta Toons (James Eatock), who is well known for his animated short films, his He-man and She-Ra blog, and his long time involvement in all things He-Man, (Mattel even contacted him in 2001 to write a guide that influenced the 2002 Masters of the Universe series), seems to be the mastermind behind this magazine. Based on “Animation of the 80’s”, Cereal:Geek isn’t just a trip down memory lane, it’s more like a “behind the scenes” with an updated look into all of the greatest cartoons to ever grace your TV on a saturday morning.

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 The 80’s seem to still be a pretty popular trip down nostalgia lane these days. More so for people who were kids in that era, but still popular with the curious kids of today none the less. While it’s true that we here at TFE dabble in the whole “80’s Nostalgia” theme so to speak, we did our first review of 80’s commercials for a couple of different reasons. When we fist started this site, we had a different outlook for it. We had a shitload of sample sources, and video was one of them. We figured we would throw some old videos from the 80’s up as a filler for some quick content. (more…)

Well, this week’s H.O.R. review is all about answering machine recordings, and the strange messages some people leave. What we have here folks is pure, raw, uncensored, American comedy and despair at its finest.  (more…)

 Sometimes, things just happen to work out in our favor. Not always mind you (more like never), but this time, we actually fell into some great deals, that all came together and formed like Voltron into one giant package of happiness! Hence our Famicom complete with disk system and 8 games! Now, if you don’t know, Famicom (short for Family Computer) was released in Japan in July of 1983 by Nintendo. Upon seeing the failure of Atari at the time, (think around the time they released the game E.T.), Nintendo tried to capitalize on the market (more specifically Atari’s shitty game titles) and released the Famicom. It soon became a HUGE success, and it was normal to have people waiting in line for over 5 hours on any given day to try and buy one. Fast forward two years later, and Nintendo brought the Famicom to American audiences under a new title, you guessed it, the Nintendo Entertainment System, or NES for short.  (more…)

It’s been a long time, but we’re finally back (I don’t think anyone even knew we were here), and with another Hall Of Records review none the less! We dug deep into our stash and found 3 classic old school cereal box records. What’s that you say? Well, to those who are relatively young, let me explain. Cereals such as General mills, Kellogs, etc. used to run promotions where they would have a “record” on the back of the cereal box, or sometimes inside. See kids, this is back before CD’s and MP3’s, and the only means to play these things were to slap these baby’s on your turntable. I wish they still did shit like that. Needless to say, in our search through the Hall Of Records, we found 3 perfectly preserved examples of just how cool Count Chocula and his friends were (is Frankenberry gay?). Anyways, the one we will be reviewing today is………Count Chocula Goes to Hollywood!

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 To get with the Halloween spirit of things, we decided to post an article on one of our favorite (somewhat) new toy companies out there, FlapJack Toys! “Who?” you may be asking yourself. Flapjack Toys is a company owned by Mike Becker, the same Mike Becker who used to own FunKo Wacky Wobblers (known for making wobblers of your favorite childhood buddies, like Hong Kong Phooey, or Count Chocula etc.).  (more…)

Man, we have so much crap here at TFE it’s borderline pathetic. A huge pile of junk ranging from old records we can’t stand, but can’t bring ourselves to throw out, to today’s topic….video commercials! Now these came into our possesion somehow, and we just can’t toss them in the trash. These aren’t just memories of the past, you see, what we have here, is a goldmine of the cheesiest, most ridiculously gay, funniest, and most memorable 1980’s television commercials you’ve never seen, or will soon remember!

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