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Three Stooges Quotes Revisited: What Are Your Favorites?

The Three Stooges

I wrote a blog a while back asking for what you think are the best Three Stooges lines ever. With the movie coming out soon I thought maybe I would feature the blog again and ask you to chime in, so let ‘em rip. So, if you missed this post way back when, here is [...]

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Whoopee Pie Memories: Stoddard Twins

Black Moons Tin Sign

Black Moons Today Whoopee Pies are all the rage. I think Martha or Oprah recently blessed them, and now it seems everywhere I go I see pumpkin, peanut butter, gingerbread, red velvet and jumbo versions of whoopee pies. When I was a kid they where called “black moons” and the black moons I remember most [...]

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Retroplanet Celebrates One Millionth Visitor For 2009

Thanks to all who have visited and helped to make this our best year ever.

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Retro Ramblings: Cole Land Transportation Museum

If you ever find yourself in Bangor, Maine check out the Cole Land Transportation Museum.

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Retro Ramblings: Vendo Cup Vending Soda Machines

Here are a couple of photos of a Pepsi and a Coca-Cola cup vending soda machine. At one time, machines that could vend soda into a cup were a huge trend.

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Retro Ramblings: The Beat at The Hampton Casino Hampton Beach, NH

The Beat backed up Reel Big Fish at The Hampton Beach Casino. What a show! The Beat were on fire and the young crowd really got into it.

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Retro Ramblings: First Moon Landing: July 20th 1969

“That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”

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Retro Ramblings: Our Cool Company Break Room

It is fun, comfortable and easy to take care of.

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Retro Ramblings: Paul McCartney To Play Fenway Park in Boston

The very first concert I ever went to was “Wings Over America” on May 22, 1976.

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Retro Ramblings: Vintage Burger King Menu

Here is an interesting menu that was published in an April 1959 edition of “Diner Drive-In Magazine”. Back then Burger King had about 30 stores in 6 states in the South.

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Collecting Retro Kitsch: Brass Submarine Collection

Trench Art Brass Submarine Collection

Here is photo of a small collection of brass submarines I have on display at the Retro Planet offices. You can find these statues in a variety of shapes and styles, but the WWII era subs seem to be the most desirable. I was always under the impression that these would have been handmade by [...]

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New England Memories: Larry’s Cedar Crest Restaurant

“Larry’s”, as the old-timers still call it, is just one of those great old-time restaurants that serve basic comfort food—everything from club sandwiches to veal parmesan (I still think it is pork, but it is great just the same), open face roast beef sandwiches, franks and beans, fried haddock, pot roast—you name it.

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Retro Ramblimgs: The Stray Cats 50th Birthday Bash

Stray Cats on Stage

The Stray Cats In Minneapolis at The Fine Line Cafe   I was online a couple of months back looking for a guitar case on the Gretsch Guitar website. While I was there I noticed a link to Brian Setzer’s site. I clicked over to check it out and, as luck would have it, I [...]

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Retro Images of The Week: The Beatles Lunchbox

This week we bring you the 1965 Aladdin Manufacturing Beatles Lunchbox, featuring great embossed graphics of the Fab Four on the front and back.

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