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Audi 5000 all over again!

12. February 2010

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The article below draws parallels between Toyota’s current recall problem and the disaster that was the Audi 5000.
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-02-04/audi-1980s-scare-may-mean-lost-generation-for-toyota-sales.html
If you’re not into reading. Check out this great commercial for the Audi 5000!

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Rare NES Game Brings in Over $13,000 on Ebay

12. February 2010

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An old Nintendo NES system and five games sold for $13,105 on eBay. It wasn’t the console that was wanted but a rare game and even more rare that game’s box. Stadium Events is the name of the rare game. Read about it here. It was the first to utilize what would later be called [...]

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USA’s Cartoon Express

10. February 2010

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Upon checking out the wiki page for USA Network’s Cartoon Express, I discovered a really odd factoid…Keith Olbermann, of MSNBC and who some consider one of the last real journalists, was the narrator of Cartoon Express during the mid 1980’s! Hearing of this I headed straight to youtube to locate any videos that might demonstrate [...]

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Best Of All….It’s a Cadillac

30. January 2010

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Nothing says 1985 like a Polo tournament at the country club and a crisp white Cadillac Seville. Except maybe if you add in a blond trophy wife carrying your Polo trophy!

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