Strawberry Shortcake was having an identity crisis. The “it” doll and cartoon star of the 1980s was just not connecting with modern girls. Too candy-obsessed. Too ditzy. Too fond of wearing bloomers. So her owner, American Greetings Properties, worked for a year on what it calls a “fruit-forward” makeover. Strawberry Shortcake, part of a [...]

 Hecklerspray has put together their list of the top 18 Cartoons from the 80s: Remember when your parents used to tell that your childhood are the best days of your life?  First of all, why did they do that? Were they just jealous? What did they think you would do with that information? What are [...]

  They have been examined in minute detail on VH1 Classic, spoofed in pop culture, and hailed as influences on a wide swath of the current generation of music-makers. Some even made it all the way to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. And like the ghouls from “Poltergeist II,” they’re back. Of course, [...]

In the 1980s, Night Ranger burst onto the rock-music scene as one of only a handful of bands that boasted a pair of guitarists who both had blistering playing that was lead-guitar caliber. But what set the San Francisco quintet apart from all the others was that the band not only had the dual guitar [...]

 Singer Simon LeBon led Duran Duran through an energetic and classy selection of the band’s songs at the Agganis Arena in Boston, MA on May 28th. At one point during the high-octane Duran Duran show at the Agganis Arena, Simon LeBon mused about the group’s unlikely recent collaborator. “Who would’ve thought eight years ago that [...]

Comedian Bill Cosby’s sweaters from “The Cosby Show,” garments beloved by some as an icon of 1980s television and derided by others as a hideous fashion statement, will be put up for auction next month on the EBay Web site. Three pullover sweaters, which were kept in storage after “The Cosby Show” went off the [...]