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Feature Article: 10 Greatest Forgotten TV Shows of the (Mostly) 1980s!

Join Karl Stern and When It Was Cool for a look back at some hidden gems from the late 1970s and 1980s. Crazy TV cops, superheroes without instruction manuals, dudes that turn into cars or something, Bigfoot (of course), and other whacked out ideas made the 1980s a wild and weird time for retro pop culture television! Read More

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