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National Nostalgia

Ghosts of Pan Am: chasing the legacy of America's flag carrier

A lot of attention has been paid to Pan American World Airways lately. Although the iconic airline ceased operations in 1991, renewed interest in...
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Crawling inside the TV set with an old movie

From the time I was tiny, old-movie-watching was a disease in our household. My father, a lover of television and communication technology in any...
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Futuristic cyber-comedy moments

“Hey listen to this! The entire work force of the state of Virginia had to have ‘solitaire’ removed from their computersbecause...
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Why nostalgic thoughts are almost always positive

“The good old days”, “golden age”, “simpler times” , and so on. Phrases like these often get used whenever...
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Thank God we've come a long way, Baby ...

For those of you who yearn for the good old days,Madmencan be a weak imitation when compared to a single romantic comedy made in the 1950s. I...
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Rare Elvis/David Keith promo at Big Mikes store on boocoo.com

Big Mike’s Records & Collectibles is small but don't let that stop you from giving the online nostalgia shop a visit.Big Mike...
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DFW marks 25 years since Delta 191 crash

DFW airport officials, survivors and first responders unveiled a granite marker at Founder's Plaza in Grapevine, Texas Monday, in memoriam to...
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Retro TV: Revisiting a more innocent time

In the movie, Pleasantville, the main character, played by Tobey McGuire, became obsessed with old TV shows that depicted family life in the &lsquo...
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The one and only Alfred Hitchcock: 'And now a word from our sponsor . . .'

Eloquent, suspenseful, quirky, and eminently entertaining; these are the words I would use to describe Alfred Hitchcock, one of the elder statesmen...
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Just how spoiled are we?

Once in a while it dawns on me how much of the average gross family income (at least in many neighborhoods) gets spent on things our parents might...
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