TechnoRetro Dads
Summary: Join shazbazzar and JediShua each week for a look back at the 70s and 80s as they share the fun and fandom of their youth with their friends and families. Topics include TV, film, music, and games of the 70s and 80s as well as franchises which have continued into the 21st Century, like Star Wars and TRON. TechnoRetro Dads are a blend of new and old as stories are passed down from one generation to the next.
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Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous. Gremlins and Ghostbusters both turn 35 this week, but shazbazzar and JediShua spend more time this week on the former than the latter. These two “G” movies may have gotten an entirely different rating if they had released just a few months later.
Before the events of Raiders of the Last Ark, was Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (35 years ago). After Raiders, there was the Last Crusade (30 years ago). JediShua and shazbazzar talk Indy movies and more as we look back to 1989 and 1984.
Tim Conway lit up screens and lifted spirits as he played the lovable fool for audiences and co-stars alike on television (The Carol Burnett Show, The Tonight Show), at the theater (The Apple Dumpling Gang), and even in cartoons (The New Scooby-Doo Movies). Although he's no longer with us, his antics will keep us laughing for many years to come.
In this bonus length (and late, we know) episode, shazbazzar and JediShua share their memories about Peter Mayhew and his alter ego Chewbacca in this tribute to the big man with a bigger heart.
FLASHBACK to earlier episodes of TechnoRetro Dads as shazbazzar and JediShua spend 77 minutes talking Dungeons & Dragons with references to the game, Michael Witwer's Empire of Imagination, and the Dungeons & Dragons cartoon from the '80s.
Blondie finally reached the top on American Top 40 this week in 1979 with "Heart of Glass". Ten years later, we were all scared out of our wits when the blonde zombie toddler Gage etched his visage in our mind's eye in Pet Sematary.
Star Wars Celebration Chicago 2019 highlights with Jeremiah "JediKermmit" Shipman, Sheldon "The Cereal Connoisseur" Norton, and Chase "Gaming Aficionado" Norton.
From fairy tales to Middle Earth, from a galaxy far, far away to The Black Hole, read-along books were a staple for kids growing up in the '70s and '80s. The TechnoRetro Dads fondly recall the excitement of the reading/listening experience.
As we draw nearer to Star Wars Celebration and the forty-second anniversary of the film that started the mania, shazbazzar and JediShua bring a special presentation of the Star Wars Read-Along.
Batman, the Caped Crusader, the Dark Knight, isn’t simply a guy dressed up in a bat costume with cool gadgets and wonderful toys who catches criminals in Gotham City. Batman epitomizes the concept of Law and Justice in different generations since March 1939.
Terry Gilliam sets the stage for The Adventures of Baron Munchausen with a stage show during the Age of Reason while spring fever is catching as the 'Dads crave chocolate bunnies, Energizer bunnies, egg-laying bunnies, and the Gilliam trilogy: Bandits, Brazil, and Baron Munchausen. News, jokes, and Star Wars scrapbook included at no extra cost!
Video Game Cartoons and Ron Howard's 1984 film Splash are the main throwbacks in this episode. Cereal, jokes, feedback, and Star Wars Scrapbook round out the 77 minutes this week.
High Adventure is on the horizon and in your ear buds, EarBuds as shazbazzar and JediShua roll up great characters on Game Master Day with The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles.
In 1986 a Klingon Bird of Prey brought the crew of the Starship Enterprise from the future to 1986 for a whale of a tale in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home!
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