If you wanted to be scared shitless about unsolved crimes and murderers running free (and probably hiding under your bed), Unsolved Mysteries was the TV show for you. The show's original run was from 1987 to 1997 on NBC and was hosted by Robert Stack, also known as the voice that narrated your nightmares. Unexplained Mysteries was … Continue reading Throwback Thursday: U is for “Unsolved Mysteries”

Teen Witch is, for me at least, a little difficult to categorize. On the one hand, it's a fantasy movie because it's about a teen witch (hence the name--see what they did there?), it's partly a love story, and it's partly a musical. I mean, all the songs technically have context so it's not like … Continue reading Throwback Thursday: T is for Teen Witch

Stick Stickly (and his empty red eyes) was the host of Nick in the Afternoon, a block of afternoon programming on Nickelodeon from 1995 to 1998. I feel like every cartoon I've ever watched has warned me that red eyes are bad but sure, let's just go with it. To try and make a popsicle stick … Continue reading Throwback Thursday: S is for Stick Stickly

Never has there been a movie that captures the post-college experience quite as perfectly as Reality Bites. This 1994 cult classic film has often been referred to as one of the films that captured the zeitgeist of the experience of young adults in their 20s in the early 1990s. However, upon re-watching this movie, I find … Continue reading Throwback Thursday: R is for “Reality Bites”

YAAAAAAS, QUEEN! Queen is one of the most influential bands in rock and roll's history and a personal favorite of mine so I'm extremely excited to be able to write about them this week. If you don't know who they are, then you're either a dirty liar or you've been in a doomsday bunker since … Continue reading Q is for Queen