Flopcast 581: Compliments of Radio Shack, It's 1981

<p>Continuing our ten week celebration of the 1980s, we have some silly artifacts to examine from 1981. First Kornflake brings us a couple of Dr Pepper commercials featuring David Naughton (from "Makin' It"), Mickey Rooney (from "One of the Boys"), and the classic two-person horse costume (from our dreams). Kevin's 1981 pick is a Superman comic book produced by Radio Shack to introduce the children to the wonders of the TRS-80 computer. (We're convinced. Here at Chickentown Studios, we're ditching our Commodore VIC-20 and upgrading to a TRS-80.) Also: A surprise concert from Boston 90s alt-rock heroes Kay Hanley and Juliana Hatfield; Eclectic Lee lists a few more TV and movie maids, concluding five weeks of nonstop Flopcast maid and butler action; Kevin is on Earth Station DCU talking about Shazam; and Happy Birthday to Men at Work's Colin Hay! Time to blow out all the candles on your vegemite sandwich.</p> <p><a href="https://youtu.be/dWQsFx1AFPQ" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Mickey Rooney whistling about Dr Pepper!</a></p> <p><a href="https://youtu.be/wBIuXzEpq5c" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Sugar Free Dr Pepper: Back of Horse-approved!</a></p> <p><a href= "https://esonetwork.com/the-earth-station-dcu-episode-336-the-captain/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Shazam! On Earth Station DCU!</a></p> <p>And our regular links...</p> <p><a href="https://flopcast.net/index.html" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">The Flopcast website!</a></p> <p><a href="https://esonetwork.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">The ESO Network!</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Flopcast" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">The Flopcast on Facebook!</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/the_flopcast/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">The Flopcast on Instagram!</a></p> <p><a href="https://universeodon.com/@flopcast" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Flopcast on Mastadon!</a></p> <p><a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-flopcast/id526877428" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Please rate and review The Flopcast