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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This week in 1977, Debby Boone enjoyed her tenth week at the top of Casey Kasem’s countdown, parents searched in vain for Kenner Star Wars toys, and C-3PO was just a ‘droid, not a cereal. Join shazbazzar and JediShua for 77 minutes of Star Wars hype as the 'Dads get ready to watch The Last Jedi in theaters this Thursday.
Bob Hope specials were known for one-liners, musical guests, a bit of Vaudeville, and (in 1977) a Star Wars parody. Mark Hamill shows up for The Bob Hope All Star Christmas Comedy Special in 1977.
TechnoRetro Dads (shazbazzar and JediShua) watch Close Encounters of the Third Kind and discover some Aftershocks of 1977 from Spielberg's science-fiction classic as well as ripples through time from the Rankin/Bass TV special The Hobbit.
Thanksgiving with Star Wars news is always special for the holidays. JediShua and shazbazzar share tales of their younger days, some 1977 Thanksgiving specials, and a first person shooter arcade game from 1984 that will have you talkin' turkey all week!
After watching The Star Wars Holiday Special for the first time, many people come away, scratching their heads and asking themselves, "How did that even get made?" Well wonder no more, EarBuds. The answer is here in a 45 minute special Holiday Special from TechnoRetro Dads.
The Muppet Show introduces a space “soap” opera with “Pigs in Space” as the success of Star Wars continues to grip the nation while Disney draws families to see Pete’s Dragon.
JediShua and shazbazzar finally get some superpowers of their own, but the accident that gave them their powers caused a rift in time and space, opening a gateway to an evil dimension from whence arrive their callous counterparts. With lots of musical clips from the past fifty years.
From the 1972 TV movie to the mid-nineties Disney cartoon, Gargoyles grab our attention this week on TechnoRetro Dads.
JediShua and shazbazzar check out a 1977 NBC Halloween special they've never seen before -- and likely never will again. But there are always some redeeming characteristics in a TV show, so they search for them in Halloween with the New Addams Family. PLUS: Feedback from EarBuds.
From a demonic pinball game to a trans dimensional being to a pumpkin-headed Jonathan Winters, Steve Glosson joins shazbazzar and JediShua to talk The Watcher in the Woods after the 'Dads scare up some '70s retrotastic scare-fare with Disney's Halloween Hall O' Fame and Gorgar, the talking pinball machine.
From not-so-spooky jokes to cereal to Star Wars costumes to the Grinch in a prequel from 1977, TechnoRetro Dads continues time-traveling for more than 40 years of glory days in 77 minutes of not-entirely-commercial-free fun.
Halloween season begins with Bugs Bunny's Howl-oween Special from 1977 along with a culturally impactful celebratory gesture that originated in October of the same year. PLUS: news, cereal, jokes, and games.
Art Director and Concept Artist Paul Bateman joins shazbazzar and JediShua to investigate one of the earliest Star Wars Aftershocks that hit after Star Wars shook the world with the Force of a galaxy far, far away. Battlestar Galactica was the perfect scratch for our space fantasy itch as we waited for the inevitable sequel to Star Wars in the late 1970s.
JediShua and shazbazzar revisit Chuck E Cheese and remember their experiences at the place "Where a kid can be a kid" since 1977.
From Making Star Wars in 1977 and Simon in 1978 to the TechnoRetro-styled Goldbergs this September, the 'Dads travel through time and topics equipped with a bowl of cereal and a few corny jokes as Hurricane Irma makes landfall in the Southeast.
