Howie Decker @HowardTheDeck

Where do the Masters of the Universe spend their childhood? Castle Grade School of course! [ART]

by Howie Decker @HowardTheDeck

Friend of the site Patrick Ballesteros will be at SDCC this weekend, and he’ll be debuting his latest childen-of-the-80s-friendly piece, Castle Grade School.

LEGO Sharknado because of course LEGO Sharknado

by Howie Decker @HowardTheDeck

The LEGO lovin’ bros over at The Brothers Brick shared the latest Sharknado-inspired creation, the sculpture below built by Iain Heath.

What’s Trending | The 10 Funniest #LessPopularWrestlers Tweets

by Howie Decker @HowardTheDeck

It appears the trend was started by @Wrestlefolks, and man has it taken off. Here are the 10 funniest tweets (so far).

Will Ferrell’s Harry Caray should provide the “heys” in every song ever

by Howie Decker @HowardTheDeck

This video is 4 months old, but  our good buddy Tank just brought it to my attention. Too funny not to share, sorry if it’s old news to you:  

Memorygasm | New York Seltzer, New York Deli

by Howie Decker @HowardTheDeck

What was with 80s marketing and product development firms deciding that the whole nation wanted everything they ate and drank to be from New York City?

Beautiful ‘Doctor Who’ art by Patrick Ballesteros

by Howie Decker @HowardTheDeck

It’s been a while since we last heard from our favorite pop culture-inspired artist.

‘The Pursuit of Cool’ by Robb Skidmore: A Crash Course in 80s Punk Rock [EXCERPT]

by Howie Decker @HowardTheDeck

Robb Skidmore’s The Pursuit of Cool is a critically acclaimed novel about a ragingly ambitious, pop culture obsessed, tragically romantic young man who tries to find “cool” while attending college during the 1980s. The novel is full of the music, movies and television of that era. The main character, Lance Rally, in search of the […]

Nerd Lunch Podcast – Vintage Hasbro G.I. Joe discussion

by Howie Decker @HowardTheDeck

This episode follows the Nerd Lunch “Drill Down” format, and covers vintage Hasbro G.I. Joe action figures, vehicles and playsets. Once we uncovered and exploited some of my more embarrassing pop culture blind spots, we talked a whole mess of G.I. Joe!

Unaired Bill Hader Sketch Could’ve Been the Funniest of the SNL Season

by Howie Decker @HowardTheDeck
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This unaired SNL Justin Bieber sketch is quickly becoming the stuff of legend.

Kick Cobra’s tail in 4 easy steps with the G.I. Joe Hand-To-Hand Combat Manual

by Howie Decker @HowardTheDeck

Learn all of G.I. Joe’s most valuable moves with this Hand-To-Hand Combat Manual by Rob Osborne.

Memorygasm – The Haunted Toys R Us on That’s Incredible!

by Howie Decker @HowardTheDeck

In 1980 Time Magazine named That’s Incredible “The Most Sadistic” show on television, perhaps due to stories like the one below.

10 People Who Clearly Don’t Care Today is the First Day of Summer

by Howie Decker @HowardTheDeck

Here are 10 people who clearly don’t care that today is the first day of summer.

Arrested Development Season 4 – Five Questions Left Unanswered

by Howie Decker @HowardTheDeck

Arrested Development rewards the patient fan- not that we have a choice. We’ll all have to be patient as we wait to see when or if we’ll ever get answers to these open-ended season 4 plot points.

Memorygasm – Poochie Girls Say What’s On Their Mind

by Howie Decker @HowardTheDeck

Luckily, in 1982 Mattel launched the ‘burning bra’ of 80s toys – Poochie! Poochie came with pencils, paper, stamps and other adolescent communication stimulators, encouraging school girls across America to further alienate their confused future suitors.

Anna Kendrick and 10 Other People We Wish There Were Two Of

by Howie Decker @HowardTheDeck

Last week Anna Perez at Buzzfeed (understandably) lost her shit when she stumbled upon Anna Kendrick’s “secret twin”. Here are 10 more people we wish there were two of.