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TheFW March Madness Brackets Round Three — Best '90s Cartoons

Christine Gritmon — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 21:03:41 +0000

It's March Madness, and we're ranking the stuff that really matters -- animals, cartoons, retro snacks and memes.

This is it – the Final Four!

10 Things You Didn't Know About 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'

Donald Deane — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 03:05:59 +0000

Any self-respecting kid who grew up during the late 1980s through the early 1990s knows 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' like the back of their hand. Origin story involving mutagenic ooze? Wise old sensei in the form of a talking bipedal rat? Arch villain bristling with a set of pointy armor? Check, check and check.

New Kimmel Holiday Special: 'It's Black Friday, Charlie Brown'

Kyle Dowling — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 19:20:52 +0000

Leave it to Jimmy Kimmel and his crew to make America’s favorite comic strip characters into greedy, dirty-mouthed misanthropes, just like the rest of us Black Friday shoppers!The Late Night talk show host’s hilarious Charlie Brown remix mocked the Black Friday shoppers of the past: the tramplers, the crazies, and the “I’ll-do-anything-to-get-what-I-want” shoppers. And as outlandish as [...]

The 10 Best Skeleton Dances Ever

Emerald Catron — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 14:30:59 +0000

Videos of old-timey skeleton dances are the best way to get a little spook-ified before Halloween without accidentally soiling yourself. That is a fact -- you can ask anybody. Oh, thanks for asking. Yes, that is a fact. From PBS to Disney and beyond, here are the best skeleton dances EVER to get you into the spirit of Halloween.

Boy, We Had Fun Back Then

T-Rav — Thu, 05 May 2011 23:51:46 +0000

Check out this blast from the past. Its a Winston Cigarette commercial from the 50s. The first print cigarette ad appeared in 1798, according to this handy article I found on Wikipedia. The last ad to appear on TV happened back in 1972 (cigarettes were banned, but ads for smokeless tobacco would continue to air until the [...]