Were most of the cartoons just long-form advertisements for toys at the time? Sure, but they also had some episodes that would stay with us for years to come. Quite a few of our favorite '80s cartoons ...

On Phil's first day of work in Hollywood, Steven Spielberg asked him for a donut. Not bad for a kid from Erie, PA who went on to have over 10 years experience managing and writing for high-profile ...

In 1980, everything changed for animation in America. President Jimmy Carter signed the FTC Improvements Act of 1980, limiting the Federal Trade Commission’s ability to regulate children’s programming ...

There was something almost ritualistic about Saturday mornings in the 1970s, 80s, and 90s. Kids would drag themselves out of ...

Hawkins High’s most famous students are finally ready to graduate after 20 years. Well, it only feels like they’ve been in school that long because of the interminable wait for Stranger Things‘ final ...

The lesson of MythForce, if Beamdog’s zany roguelite has one, is that parody is easy; homage is hard. It’s simple enough to snicker at the 12-frames-per-second animation of the 1980s, and the cynical ...

An Ode to... is a weekly column where we share the stuff we're really into in hopes that you'll be really into it, too. Forget cultural signifiers like "millennial ...