Comments on: Blast From the Past

By: Tony Yuse

Tony Yuse — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:01:56 +0000

Bob,

Great thoughts. I can recall putting on the wafer thin 3D specs and squinting a lot at the posters.I remember seeing only blurred lines but hey,that was high tech gear back then. Tony

By: Monique Manna

Monique Manna — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:33:06 +0000

Hmm…let’s try this one more time!

I wrote earlier…Talk about a blast from the past. I am not sure if I like all this digital and high tech stuff. We need to bring back vinyl recors & atari with imagination. I am not sure if I am ready for the age of the “Jetsons” Thanks Bob!

By: Erika

Erika — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:02:36 +0000

Also, for anyone who is interested you can read the full text of the Variety Hour Dynamite article at http://www.bradyhour.com/dynamite.html. Thanks, Bradyhour!

By: Bob Hunt

Bob Hunt — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 23:43:21 +0000

Allen – Great point about what Dynamite would face if it were published today. There was no 24/7 entertainment coverage then, and of course the niche interests websites of today were far off in the future.
Erika – Right you are. Must have been a Brady fan on the Dynamite staff.
Kellie – Though I was a Brady fan then as well, I somehow missed that issue! (Oh, the horror!) Must have been sick the day the book club fliers were passed out.

By: Kellie

Kellie — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:58:27 +0000

I loved Dynamite…in fact, I remember this exact cover! Probably because I am a die-hard Brady fan.

By: Bob Hunt

Bob Hunt — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 01:20:42 +0000

Mike – Your eyes do not deceive you; that is Fake Jan on the cover. Eve Plumb elected not to participate in the variety show and was replaced by Geri Reischel.
Charlene – That was a great cover, especially because Jimmie “JJ” Walker is holding an issue of Dynamite featuring JJ holding an issue of Dyanamite, and so on into infinity.
Bradypalooza – Your name in Dynamite! How cool is that!

By: Erika

Erika — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:16:02 +0000

The Bunch also appeared on another cover of Dynamite in August 1980 as “TV’s Top Reruns.”

By: Bradypalooza

Bradypalooza — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:47:00 +0000

I actually won a Dynamite contest, or at least was an honorable mention. My name appeared in the November 1982 issue (Dark Crystal cover), which I still have a treasured copy of today.

By: Allen Kephart

Allen Kephart — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 05:27:05 +0000

I remember the cover with the Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman arm wrestling. I also think there was an issue with Fonzie and Pinky on the cover. Dynomite knew what was popular back then. And a lot of those old shows are still good to watch today. The Six Million Dollar Man, Bionic Woman, Wonder Woman and Incredible Hulk were all great 70s superhero shows. And soon after that Christopher Reeve flew across movie screens as Superman. We have some great sci-fi and superhero shows today. Smallville is a teriffic show. I like how they have brought other DC superheroes and Superman villians that have not been portrayed in any live action movie or TV show. Heroes is great as well. And the superhero revolution that has been happening at the movie theater is unbelieveable. If Dynamite were still in operation today, it would not have enough pages to cover everything..

By: Charlene

Charlene — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 02:19:10 +0000

Thanks for the happy memory of the Arrow Book Club fliers. That was always such an exciting day in school back then! I remember one particularly thrilling cover where JJ from Good TImes was on the cover saying DynOmite.