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The Weekly Retro Movie Rundown 39!
Tony the Frosties Tiger! let the weekend begin!
So like your the toy box of childhood dreams stuffed to the edges with bric-a-brac - little green army men, fuzzy felts and a raggedy teddy bear with one eye, let us sift through the jumble of stickle bricks, multi-coloured marbles and the wobbly dog on wheels to bring you eagle eyed retro movie action, springy masses of cinematic greatness and kaleidoscopic celluloid wonderment!
Have a happy retro weekend :-)
SATURDAY 2nd FEBRUARY
The Karate Kid (1984) 5* 6:25pm-9:00pm (2 hours 35 minutes)
A teenager at a new school befriends a pretty girl, but her ex-boyfriend is jealous and attacks him. During one particularly bad fight, a wise old caretaker intervenes and defeats the youngster's assailants using his martial art skills. He goes on to mentor the boy and teach him karate so he can face his enemies in a tournament. Drama, with Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita and Elisabeth Shue.
The World's First Barbie Restaurant!
Ok, so it's a bit far to visit but the world's first Barbierestaurant has opened in Taiwan and we love it!
With hot pink sofas, high heel-shaped tables and chairs decorated with tutus, the first Barbie-themed restaurant caters perfectly to fans of the iconic doll.
Waitresses dressed in Barbie T-Shirts, tiaras and tutus serve the pink food from the menu while bartenders create the perfect cocktails - pink of course!
xoxo
Competition! WIN £100 in our Valentines Pinterest Comp!
Just in case you haven't realised guys, Valentines day is fast approaching! That special day each year where lovers everywhere begin frantically searching, planning and ultimately struggling for many people (us included) to find the perfect gifts and Valentines day plans for their loved ones or secret crush.
Well, to help celebrate this big day and to make your life that little bit easier, we're giving one lucky winner the chance to bag themselves a whopping £100 to spend at TruffleShuffle.com!
How To Enter
Itâs easyâ¦follow TruffleShuffle on Pinterest then create you own board titled âMy TruffleShuffle Valentines Collectionâ.
Once that's all set up, simply Pin at least 5 products from TruffleShuffle.co.uk you would like to buy someone or receive for Valentines day onto your board, as well as at least one other 80s inspired photo or video. ANYTHING from the 80's :) Go wild!
Make sure you then tag each Pin with the hashtag #TSVDAYCOMP
JIMBOOOOOOOOO!
Your brain does funny things. Its amazing what it picks up, stores & reacts to. Whilst going about my daily duties I must have subconciously noticed the Jimbo T-Shirts as I spent most of the day and the majority of that evening humming the Jimbo and the Jet-Sets theme tune and mumbling 'JIMBOOOOO!!' just like the air traffic controller at the end of the opening credits.
Well, if you've ever tried to get a song out of your head you will know its easier said than done but as I've learnt with this example, trying to forget a theme tune that only contains one word (Jimbo) is nothing short of a nightmare!!!
I have no idea how to avoid this slightly annoying situation happening again but one thing I do know is that I won't take browsing through our Cartoon T-Shirts so lightly from now on.
So I suppose the point to this blog is a friendly warning that shopping with TruffleShuffle.com can cause some serious feelings of Nostalgia. To prove my point, I dare you to watch the theme tune to Jimbo and the Jet-Set below and not hum it for the rest of your day!!
10 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Home Alone
Being such huuuuge fans of retro movies, we of course love nothing more than to kick back in our very own Home Alone T-Shirts, put our feet up and watch one of our all time favourite kids films Home Alone.
Every kid wanted to be him, cheeky, lovable, and the ability to effortlessly get one over any meddling adult who put him to the test. To help spread the Home Alone love, we thought we would share some fab little facts we recently discovered out this cult kids film. Take a peek!
Kevin's classic retro toy The Talkboy was originally created as a non-working prop for use in the film. Later in 1993 it was made into a retail version, brought on by a massive letter-writing campaign by young fans of the film who wanted the real thing.
John Candy amazingly filmed his part in just 1 day, a very long 23-hour day that is! The story about having once forgotten his son at a funeral home was entirely improvised. His part is obviously inspired by the character he played in Planes, Trains & Automobiles.
Daniel Stern agreed to have the tarantula put on his face for exactly one take. He had to mime screaming because the noise would have scared the spider, and the scream was dubbed in later.
