Recurrent Events Update: 'Golden Girls' Coming To Hulu, New Game Boy Inspired Handheld, Corey Hart Inducted To Canada Walk of Fame

Welcome to the Recurrent Events weekly news update for retro pop culture headlines, links, videos, and more! Happy New Year! A great first week to 2017 with no high profile celebrity deaths and plenty of news to spread. A new Memory Jogger podcast was just released on our old VHS recordings that I hope you'll listen to soon. I'm also glad I just became a Hulu subscriber as you can tell from the headlines this week.

Here are some recent RD80s articles posted in cased you missed them:

• 'Voltron: Legendary Defender' Season 2 Debuts Jan 20 On Netflix
• Knight Rider, Ghostbusters, And More '80s Properties Featured in New AT&T TV Commercial
• Memory Jogger Podcast Episode 5: VHS Recordings

Every wonder how the Nintendo Zapper works? Wonder know more with this video that I found courtesy io9 from The 8-Bit Guy. What further blew my mind was that player 2 on the NES could control the ducks on Duck Hunt...never knew that!

Video of the Week

Here are your Recurrent Events links for Jan 7, 2017!

MOVIES

Gremlins 2: rare behind the scenes pictures - Den of Geek
Optimus Prime Breaks Bad in Transformers: The Last Knight TV Spot - CBR
Infamous ‘Caddyshack’ boat is up for sale - Stuck in the 80s
24 Facts You Didn't Know About The Movie "La Bamba" - BuzzFeed Rewind
Cult of Chucky Will Bring Back the Campy Killer Doll for a Seventh Time - io9
6 Best '80s Teen Comedies Not Written by John Hughes - PJ Media
Michael Keaton Has A Sensible Reason For Why He Stayed Away From ‘Batman Forever’ - UPROXX
What If Tim Burton Had Directed 'Batman & Robin'? - THR
Blade Runner 2049 May Feature A Replicant from the Original Film - CBR

TV

‘The Golden Girls’ To Make Streaming Debut On Hulu - Deadline

5 Things We Know About 'Stranger Things' Season 2 - Mental Floss

Check out Norman Lear talk about reimagining 'One Day at a Time' - Mashable

Kevin Smith Directing Batman ’89-Themed Episode Of The Goldbergs - CBR

30 years ago, ‘Mac Tonight’ made our stomachs rumble - Stuck in the 80s

Death Waltz Presents TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME Soundtrack on Vinyl - Mondo

THE MAGIC SCHOOL BUS Is Making A Comeback, Thanks To Netflix - Nerdist

‘One Day At A Time’ Review: Netflix’s Norman Lear Reboot Is A Poignant Winner - Deadline

TV Review: Netflix and Norman Lear’s Rebooted ‘One Day at a Time’ - Variety

Retroist Rubik the Amazing Cube Podcast - Retroist

Remembering Magic Vs. Bird, The Most Important Rivalry In NBA History - UPROXX

MUSIC

Corey Hart Celebrated by His Peers & Fans for Canada's Walk of Fame Induction - Billboard
POSTMODERN JUKEBOX Covers “Ice Ice Baby” and It’s Incredible - Nerdist
Book Review: Not Dead Yet – The Autobiography of Phil Collins - Return to the 80s
Genesis Albums Ranked Worst to Best - Ultimate Classic Rock
Aerosmith Featured in New Pinball Machine - Ultimate Classic Rock
Rick Astley Is About To Rickroll The Whole Beer Industry - UPROXX
30 Years Ago: Aretha Franklin Becomes First Woman Inducted Into Rock and Roll HOF - Ultimate Classic Rock
Tom Wopat And John Schneider Sing “Good Ol’ Boys”! - Retroist

VIDEO GAMES

The Game Boy's Being Brought Back From the Dead With Some Awesome Upgrades - Gizmodo
This Hack Might Unlock Your NES Classic or Brick It - Gizmodo
Outrun the Demogorgon with Netflix's New Video Game - io9
Someone built the original Game Boy Mario game in 'Mario Maker' - Mashable
Sam’s Journey Receives A New Trailer - RetroGamer
Nintendo Memories: Defender of the Crown - Retro Ramblings
Six 8-bit Mega Man games come to mobile, and they’re terrible - Polygon
This Impractically Tiny Arcade Cabinet Fits In Your Hand and Will Totally Play DONKEY KONG - Nerdist
Nintendo Memories: Castlevania 2 Simon’s Quest - Retro Ramblings
The Man Who Worked On The Original Game Boy Explains Why Nintendo Created The DS - Kotaku

POP CULTURE

Masters of the Universe: Ownership in Question? - Battlegrip
Episode 8: Year in Review – 1980 - Return to the 80s
Voltron Legendary Defender 18" Voltron Figure Video Review & Images - Toy News International
Freddy Krueger Premium Format Figure Is Up! - Cool Toy Review
Prime 1 Studio: G.I. JOE Snake Eye & Timber Statue Is Up! - Cool Toy Review
Did You Play 1979’s Alien Board Game? - Retroist
Super7 Releases Masters Of The Universe Classic Q&A - Toy News International
Brilliant Space Invaders Pack Straps a Miniature Arcade Cabinet to Your Back - Gizmodo
How to Make a Mario Question Block Surprise Cake Filled With Edible Gold Coins - Laughing Squid
Remembering Micro Machines - Retro Ramblings

Got a link or know any active retro pop culture blogs/websites that are worth including with the Recurrent Events? Leave a comment so I can add it to the mix! If you missed last week's news update, visit the Recurrent Events archive.