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ShowBiz Pizza Characters
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... -
USA Hockey
There have been some exciting games, moments, and triumphs in the history of USA hockey. -
Smoking Stinks
Who knows better than a skunk that smoking stinks? -
Woodsy Owl Give a Hoot Don't Pollute
Woodsy Owl first appeared in 1971 and asked Americans to take better care of the environment by disposing of trash properly. This updated version debuted in the early 1990s and helped inspire a new generation to give a hoot. -
MicroMagic French Fries
Crispy golden fries in two minutes was the promise made by MicroMagic, a line of frozen foods that appeared in the late '80s. "Give 'em MicroMagic now," went the jingle. -
Electricity Kills
Remember kids, Electricity is your friend, but he can kill you. Check out the sticker! -
I.R.S. Records Presents The Cutting Edge
The International Record Syndicate, or I.R.S. Records, was a label founded by Miles Copeland (brother of The Police's Stewart Copeland) and Jay Boberg. A division of A&M Records, its roster included some of the most important new wave acts of the '80s including R.E.M.,... -
Christmas Will Kill You - Reddy Kilowatt
Remember kids, Electricity is your friend, but he can kill you. Even at Christmas! -
Merry Christmas - Reddy Kilowatt
Are you "reddy" for an electrifying Christmas? -
Reddy For Christmas - Reddy Kilowatt
Reddy is ready for Christmas! Are you....? -
Hot Sam Pretzels Color Logo
Hot Sam Pretzels was a fast food??franchise that first opened in Detroit's Livonia Mall in 1966. With franchised locations also found mostly in shopping malls, it was bought by Mrs. Fields, off of cookies, in 1995 and merged with Pretzel Time. Hot Sam is... -
The Chanukah Song T-shirt
Have a happy, happy, happy, Hanukkah! -
The Hanson Brothers Like it Rough
The Hanson Bothers, Jack, Steve, and Jeff, were fictional characters from the 1977 movie Slapshot. Though the film starred one of the biggest stars of the day, Paul Newman, the brothers portrayed by Steve Carlson, Jeff Carlson, and David Hanson, went onto develop quite a... -
The Beast of I.R.S. Video Volume 1 T-shirt
The International Record Syndicate, or I.R.S. Records, was a label founded by Miles Copeland (brother of The Police's Stewart Copeland) and Jay Boberg. A division of A&M Records, its roster included some of the most important new wave acts of the '80s including R.E.M.,... -
Sandy's Hamburgers Thrift & Swift
Sandy's was a hamburger chain founded in Peoria, Illinois in 1956 by four businessmen who originally planned to open a McDonald's franchise. After a disagreement with McDonald's head Ray Kroc, the four men struck out on their own, naming their burger joint Sandy's. The... -
Big 8 Conference
The Big 8 Conference was a college athletic conference formed in 1907 as the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association and included the University of Kansas, University of Missouri, University of Nebraska, Washington University in St. Louis. Additionally, and University of Iowa. Membership grew to 10, but in 1928, it... -
The Bell System
The Bell System was a network of telecommunication companies, led by the Bell Telephone Company and later by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T), that dominated telephone service in North America for over a century. It was formed in 1877 and broken up on anti-trust grounds in 1983. Colloquially, the system...

