Lisa Frank Video Reveals Hilarious Mila Kunis Commercial

Everybody remembers Lisa Frank. The school supplies, stickers and other novelty items that required sunglasses to see lest you be blinded by the bright colors. The Lisa Frank brand is still going strong, unleashing the spectrum on a new generation of kids each year. Last month, Urban Outfitters was granted a rare interview with Lisa herself at Lisa Frank Headquarters in Tucson, Ariz. The four-minute video gives nostalgia-hungry young adults a behind-the-scenes look at the brand that helped shape their childhood. It also reveals a long-forgotten 1993 commercial featuring Mila Kunis as a Lisa Frank-obsessed tween. Check out the awesome...  read more

Nine Rejected Movie Pitches Based on Toys and Boardgames

To test the limits Hollywood would go to ruin our childhoods, we took nine beloved games and toys and pitched our own movie ideas. Move over, Michael Bay. You’ve got competition.  read more

TeenNick Plans to Shake Up Their '90s Nostalgia Block

When TeenNick announced they were going to play shows from the 1990s two hours a night a few months ago, fans in their mid-twenties were beyond ecstatic. Shows like _ The Adventures of Pete & Pete_, _All That_, _Rugrats_, and _The Amanda Show_ made their way onto the airwaves and gave TeenNick a double digit boost in ratings. Generation Y was happy; good television returned to the world.  read more

Start Press: Pining is Evergreen

My most vivid childhood memory of my dad involves his obsession with classic rock. The '80s were winding down and our family had relocated from Ireland to Southern California. If there was music on his car radio, you better believe a DJ at K-Earth 101 FM was serving it up. My dad lost his mind every time they spun “Crystal Blue Persuasion,” a psychedelic slow-jam from 1969 by Tommy James and The Shondells. Singing along wasn’t enough; he compulsively slapped his fingers, tabla-style, on the steering wheel of his ’78 Toyota Celica. The loose fit of the horn buttons in...  read more