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ShowBiz Pizza Place??was a pizza restaurant and video game arcade chain??in the '80s and early '90s.??It was founded by Robert L. Brock, a Holiday Inn franchisee, who had ended his partnership with the owners of Chuck E. Cheese. In addition to pizza, ShowBiz featured...

ShowBiz Pizza Place was a pizza restaurant and video game arcade chain??in the '80s and early '90s. It was founded by Robert L. Brock, a Holiday Inn franchisee, who had ended his partnership with the owners of Chuck E. Cheese. In addition to pizza, ShowBiz featured...

Encouraged by the initial success of his American Basketball Association (ABA), which challenged the National Basketball Association (NBA), Gary Davidson and his cohorts turned their attention to hockey. On November 1, 1971, Davidson announced the formation of the World Hockey Association (WHA) to challenge...

Encouraged by the initial success of his American Basketball Association (ABA), which challenged the National Basketball Association (NBA), Gary Davidson and his cohorts turned their attention to hockey. On November 1, 1971, Davidson announced the formation of the World Hockey Association (WHA) to challenge...

After debuting with the rest of the World Hockey Association (WHA) in 1972, the financially struggling New York Raiders became the New York Golden Blades in 1973 under new ownership. That lasted just 20 games before the league took over the team and moved...

Did you visit "New Yawk" in the 80s? OS9780

The Providence Steam Rollers played in the NFL from 1925 to 1931. In 1928, they became the first football team from New England to win a league title. They remain the last defunct team to win an NFL championship.

Laurel & Hardy were one of the most famous comedy duos in history. Stan Laurel, born Arthur Stanley Jefferson in England, came to the U.S. in 1912 with a comedy troupe in which he performed. After the tour, he decided to stay and later...

Do-Go-Round was a small chain of doughnut shops in the Eastern U.S., mostly in Pennsylvania and Maryland. In the 1950s, they ran an ad campaign using the famous comedy duo Laurel & Hardy. *Names and likenesses of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy used under...

Laurel & Hardy were one of the most famous comedy duos in history. Stan Laurel, born Arthur Stanley Jefferson in England, came to the U.S. in 1912 with a comedy troupe in which he performed. After the tour, he decided to stay and later...

Laurel & Hardy were one of the most famous comedy duos in history. Stan Laurel, born Arthur Stanley Jefferson in England, came to the U.S. in 1912 with a comedy troupe in which he performed. After the tour, he decided to stay and later...

Stan Laurel, born Arthur Stanley Jefferson in England, came to the U.S. in 1912 with a comedy troupe in which he performed. A Harlem, GA native Oliver Hardy began his career as a singer. He and his wife moved to Los Angeles. He too...

Laurel & Hardy were one of the most famous comedy duos in history. Stan Laurel, born Arthur Stanley Jefferson in England, came to the U.S. in 1912 with a comedy troupe in which he performed. After the tour, he decided to stay and later...

Laurel & Hardy were one of the most famous comedy duos in history. Stan Laurel, born Arthur Stanley Jefferson in England, came to the U.S. in 1912 with a comedy troupe in which he performed. After the tour, he decided to stay and later...

Laurel & Hardy were one of the most famous comedy duos in history. Stan Laurel, born Arthur Stanley Jefferson in England, came to the U.S. in 1912 with a comedy troupe in which he performed. After the tour, he decided to stay and later...

Jungle Habitat was a wildlife theme park located in West Milford, New Jersey. It opened in July 1972 and closed at the end of October 1976.??The park hosted over 1,500 animals. It featured both drive-through and walk-through sections. The drive-through section was an animal...

"The World's Most Famous Clown," as he is sometimes called, got his start in 1946. He made is TV debut in 1949, just as that medium was getting started. He??was the creation of created by??Alan W. Livingston??and first played by Pinto Colvig. He was played...

"The World's Most Famous Clown," as he is sometimes called, got his start in 1946. He made is TV debut in 1949, just as that medium was getting started. He??was the creation of created by??Alan W. Livingston??and first played by??Pinto Colvig. He was played...

"The World's Most Famous Clown," as he is sometimes called, got his start in 1946. He made is TV debut in 1949, just as that medium was getting started. He??was the creation of created by Alan W. Livingston and first played by Pinto Colvig. He was played...

The New Jersey Meadowlands, also known as the Hackensack Meadowlands after the primary river flowing through it, is the general name for the large ecosystem of wetlands in northeastern New Jersey,?? a few miles west of New York City. Sports fans are familiar with...

The Pittsburgh Rens were members of the American Basketball League, a short-lived circuit that operated for a season and a half starting in 1961. Rens was short for??Renaissance,??a clean air and civic revitalization project launched by city leaders in the late 1940s.??The Rens were...

Fantasy Island amusement parked opened in 1961 on Grand Island. It originally sat on 12 acres and was divided into five themed areas:??Action Town, Animal Kingdom, Garden of Fables, Indian Village, and Western Town. It grew to 85 acres. A waterpark was added in...

Remember kids, Electricity is your friend, but he can kill you. Even at Christmas!

Are you "reddy" for an electrifying Christmas?

Reddy is ready for Christmas! Are you....?

In 1976, Philadelphia celebrated America's Bicentennial!

Gimbel Brothers, better known as Gimbels, was an American department store chain from 1887 until 1987. Though it stared in Indiana it is widely known for creating the Gimbels Thanksgiving Day Parade in Philadelphia, the oldest such parade in the country.

WBUF-TV hit the airwaves on August 17, 1953. Using the then new UHF ban, the station was an affiliate for all for major networks of the day: ABC, NBC, CBS, and DuMont. Unfortunately, most TV sets sold during that time did not have the...

Waxie Maxie's was a chain of record stores in the DC area founded in 1938 by Max Silverman. At its peak in the 90s, it had nearly 40 stores. The end came at the turn of the century as the end of the CD...