movies Watch this 1985 trailer for fabulous upcoming movies on Night Flight Mark Frauenfelder

1980s Kyle MacLachlan is on Tik Tok and he lip-synced his famous Agent Cooper scene Mark Frauenfelder

the eighties This 1980s TV spot for GE cassette players is like an epic fantasy sci-fi flick Mark Frauenfelder

cars 40 years ago, this TV commercial introduced the DeLorean to stunned viewers Mark Frauenfelder

Games Atari unveils gaming hotel in Phoenix that sounds like hell on earth Grant St. Clair

mistakes The truth about Lt. Columbo Rob Beschizza

History Bad ideas: Remembering Cleveland's 1986 "Balloonfest" Jason Weisberger

documentary Andrew McCarthy reunites with the Brat Pack for "Brats" doc Rusty Blazenhoff

Games Romhacks of the original Donkey Kong arcade game Rob Beschizza

Rest in Peace Psychobilly rocker Mojo Nixon has died at the age of 66 Jennifer Sandlin

science fiction Get the free online edition of the classic 1986 cyberpunk anthology Mirrorshades Mark Frauenfelder

music Joan Baez, 82, talks about drawing, panic attacks, and America's backward spiral David Pescovitz

Games Right, Down + Circle is a new book about the classic video game Tony Hawk's Pro Skater Elías Villoro

retro If Duolingo came out in the eighties Rusty Blazenhoff

child abuse 'Pretty Baby' docuseries looks at Brooke Shields' controversial young fame Rusty Blazenhoff

documentaries "The Pez Outlaw" tells an exciting story about the world of Pez collecting Jennifer Sandlin

germany This 1987 avant-garde carnival had a Keith Haring carousel, a Basquiat Ferris wheel, and it's coming back Rusty Blazenhoff

Comic Books Listen to Alan Moore sing "The March of the Sinister Ducks" Thom Dunn

Food The real inventor of the fast food drive-through David Pescovitz

boston Remembering WCVB TV personality Chuck Kraemer's tongue-twisting odes to Christmas Rusty Blazenhoff