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Happy 2016! We're kicking off the new year with a post about this pretty sweet new arrival, a promo t-shirt from the 1984 theatrical release of The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension. Banzai is a cult classic starring Peter Weller, John Lithgow, Ellen Barkin, Jeff Goldblum and Christopher Lloyd. I haven't had the pleasure of watching it yet (I know, I know), but seen it...

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After more than 20 years, I still have the Reality Bites soundtrack in rotation - the album that catapulted the Knack's '79 Billboard Hot 100 number 1 hit "My Sharona" back into the pop charts. Let's just say I've done my share of dancing in convenience stores over the years, à la Winona and Janeane, to the catchy song. But, until today, my appreciation for the Knack ended there. I'm...

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This new arrival's got us thinking about Mr. Belvedere. On the front of this vintage t-shirt is a wonderful caricature of Bob Uecker, retired American Major League Baseball player, sportscaster, comedian and, most importantly, actor. You see, from 1985 to 1990, Uecker starred on the classic ABC show about a fussy butler ("Mr. Belvedere", Christopher Hewett) for the family of a Pittsburgh-area sportswriter (Uecker). 

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