Recurrent Events 5/28/16: 'Full House' House For Sale, Lost 'Return of the Jedi' Trailer Surfaces, Go-Go's Reunite

Welcome to your weekly source for retro pop culture news, the Recurrent Events! It's hard to believe that May is almost over, but there are some fun things I'm looking forward to in June (and pretty much all the summer months!) The new Voltron series on Netflix is inching closer. I'm excited to watch Ghostbusters and TMNT 2 in theaters. And we are just 2 days away from potentially getting more Ecto Cooler in our house!!

Next week, look for a new Streaming the 80s wrapup of new movie/TV titles coming to Netflix and Amazon in June. I'm also working on a new giveaway for the summer but in the meantime, check out this fun retro-themed Summer Giveaway at the Midnight Post!

Here are the articles posted this week on RD80s:

• 'X-Men: Apocalypse' Promos Include Two VHS-Style Throwback Videos
• Comic Review: Madballs #2
• The Incredible Journey of The Hulk Through TV, Movies, & Video Games
• Game Review: Pac-Man Puzzle Tour
• Album of the Week: "The Final Countdown" By Europe
• Review: The First Family of RD80s Samples Ecto Cooler

I'm very excited to watch a new documentary on the Garbage Pail Kids. The new trailer was introduced to me this week thanks to Strange Kids Club and it looks like the producers have really done their homework. Check it out...

Video of the Week

Here are your Recurrent Events links for May 28, 2016!

MOVIES

Rare ‘Revenge of the Jedi’ Trailer Unearthed After More Than 30 Years - Mental Floss
TMNT: Out of the Shadows - Movie Review - The Sewer Den
Bebop And Rocksteady Stampede Into Their Very Own ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2’ Trailer - UPROXX
How Editing May Have Hurt the 'Ghostbusters' U.S. Trailer - Yahoo! Movies
Why 'Top Gun' is one of the '80s best movies - NY Post
Dwayne Johnson Says 'Big Trouble in Little China' Remake Definitely Happening - Yahoo! Movies
'A Whisper of Vomit': The Ghostbusters Cast Describes the First Time They Got Slimed - io9
'80s heroes: Daryl Hannah - Empire
‘The Boxcar Children’ Series Of Books To Be Produced As Family Films - Deadline
'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' Themed Lair Gets Listed on Airbnb - Yahoo! Movies
13 Fast Facts About 'Smokey and the Bandit' - Mental Floss
John Belushi Documentary in the Works - Yahoo! Movies
Alcon Collars Garfield Rights, Plans Fully CG-Animated Features - Deadline
After ‘Angry Birds,’ Watch These Shameless Toy-Based Movies From the 1980s - Yahoo! Movies
Save Jeanie: A Tribute To The Misunderstood, Mistreated Jeanie Bueller - UPROXX
River Phoenix's Classic '80s Movie 'Explorers': 11 Things You Didn't Know - The Wrap
John Carpenter Returns for 10th HALLOWEEN Film - Nerdist
Cobra at 30: saluting a Stallone 80s action treat - Den of Geek
Mark Hamill gives the lowdown on how they filmed that creepy Empire Strikes Back scene - Polygon

TV

The Iconic House From ‘Full House’ Is Up For Sale - UPROXX

How the Needle-Through-the-Arm Trick Works (ft. Harry Anderson) - Mental Floss

Children Were Used in Commercials in the 1980s and it Changed the Advertising Game - The Wire

Why Roots Is the Single Most Important Piece of Scripted Television in Broadcast History - Vulture

Mega Man gets a new, not-quite-improved look in upcoming animated series - Polygon

Beth Howland, star of 'Alice' and other '70s and '80s TV sitcoms, dead at 74 - Mashable

An oral history of Cop Rock, TV’s first and last musical police drama - A.V. Club

Wendy’s Training Video From 1989 - The Midnight Post

MUSIC
Watch Go-Go's Reunite for Freewheeling Billboard Music Awards Performance - Rolling Stone
Kick Asphalt: Remembering 'Heavy Metal Parking Lot,' 30 Years Later - Yahoo! Movies
THE FORCE AWAKENS on Vinyl Has Spinning 3-D Holograms - Nerdist
Top 10 One-Hit Wonders of the 1980s - PJ Media
Do You Know What the First 10 Videos Played on MTV Were? - The Midnight Post


VIDEO GAMES

Guy achieves next level of love with Super Mario Bros. proposal - Mashable
These Guys Built a Mechanical Version of Pong - Neatorama
Atari ST Classic 'Xenon 2 Megablast' Now Available For Atari Jaguar - RetroCollect
Here’s What Happens When You Buy An Atari 2600 After One Too Many Cocktails - UPROXX
Nintendo Revives StarTropics On Virtual Console - Kotaku
That Time A Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Game Was Literally Unbeatable - Kotaku
The ‘TMNT: Mutants In Manhattan’ Launch Trailer Unleashes The Fury Of Mega Krang - UPROXX
Japanese Famicom Disk System Game ‘Kaettekita Mario Bros.’ Receives English Fan Translation - RetroCollect

POP CULTURE

Hi-C Ecto Cooler is back and it’s…. - Branded in the 80s
NECA: SDCC Exclusive TMNT Arcade Turtles and Foot Clan Box Sets - The Fwoosh
Enter to win a FREE exclusive Skeletor statue from Sideshow! - He-Man.Org
ALERT! THE DARK CRYSTAL Funko Pop! Figures Are Coming Soon! - Nerdist
Did you own any Pac-Man Collectible Arcade Figures? - Retroist
It was finally time to up my watch game… - Branded in the 80s

Don't forget to follow RD80s' sister site Rad Retro Stuff for new giveaways, deals, and news on retro collectibles.

Got a link or know an active retro pop culture blog/website? Leave a comment so I can add it to the mix. If you missed last week's wrapup, visit the Recurrent Events archive!