These are troubling financial times, my friends. Jobs are being cut, houses foreclosed on, and now the dreaded "R" word is being tossed around. In these dark days, who can show us the way toward fiduciary responsibility? If you answered "a fictional cowboy who looks eerily like Ernest Borgnine", give yourself a gold star. That's right boys and girls, our old pal Hopalong Cassidy will show us the way to fiscal solvency! So break open that piggy bank, look under ... Read on, Daddy-O

Back in the day (1935 to be precise), President Franklin D. Roosevelt created the Works Progress Administration (WPA), an enormous government program aimed at providing employment for millions of Americans affected by the Great Depression. The WPA produced many public works (bridges, roads, etc.) and cultural projects. And while that is great, what I really care about are the cool posters designed to promote many of the WPA's programs. All of these images and hundreds more are available as part of ... Read on, Daddy-O

Each of us has strong ties to movies, shows or music from our youth. All it takes is one scene or one chord to send you back to the days when life seemed simpler and shelves were higher. Growing up in New Jersey, many of these movies were seen in regular rotation on WPIX Channel 11 (before it became one of those crappy WB/UPN/CW networks). Because of this, it was years before I saw the unedited versions of these ... Read on, Daddy-O

You kids don't know how good you have it now, what with your PlayStations and your Xboxes. Back in my day, you had type stuff to play games! I speak of course about the ol' Commodore 64, one of the funnest computers ever. Oh sure, it did other things like home finances and such, but it basically became one of the early gaming systems. Well it seems the magic is back baby! A little outfit called Commodore ... Read on, Daddy-O

I never pass up an opportunity to purchase a reminder of my childhood. Toys, books, music, you name it. I got just such an opportunity a few years ago at a flea market in Dover, New Jersey. I was just about to leave this one particularly interesting booth empty-handed when I spotted a bag of these beauties: Read on, Daddy-O

A few years ago I stumbled across a product I never thought I’d see – A two-DVD set of nothing but old TV commercials. Now, to most people this probably sounds like the dumbest concept in the history of ever. But to me, finding this was better than finding 10 bucks behind the sofa. In a testament to my bizarre notion of what is entertaining, I think I’ve watched it at least 5 or 6 times already. I don’t know if this ... Read on, Daddy-O