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‘The Shining’ made King one unhappy camper.

King has nursed a grudge against Stanley Kubrick’s film for decades. In 1980, he explained to David Letterman why it left him so cold.

Shag carpet: the flooring choice of swingers.

Shag was once synonymous with ’70s cool. Now we loathe it. How did that happen?

Discover the evolution of ‘The Sims’ video game, including how it shot to popularity in the early 2000s and become one of the most successful PC game franchises of all time.

Kellogg's Pop Tarts Commercial (1993) (So cool they're hot)

Even though these Pop-Tart flavors are discontinued now, we still can't help but wish they’d bring back Frosted Grape and a few of these other classic picks.

The boogying baby animation from ‘Ally McBeal’ was one of the internet's first viral memes, and was alternately charming and horrifying.

Just try not to get the bottoms all wet.

When were JNCO jeans popular and how did they come to be? Discover more about the history of these ultra wide-legged pants and why they were created in the first place.

Love Jason Voorhees? Now you can celebrate his special day all season long with this delightfully spooky ‘Friday the 13th’ collection from Fun.com.

‘National Lampoon’ began as an offshoot of a college humor magazine and developed into one of the most influential voices in American comedy.

You might think of Neopets as nothing more than an internet-based Tamagotchi—but they helped pave the way for Web 2.0.

Kids couldn't get enough of the Garbage Pail Kids—no matter how gross the cards were.

Garbage Pail Kids were a smash hit, but they also drew intense criticism from concerned parents—and renowned ocean diver Jacques Cousteau.

Pizza Hut found a way to get kids reading with two words: free pizza.

Pizza Hut's president had an idea to get kids flocking to libraries and book fairs: Give them some free pizza.

Nintendo wasn't always about video games.

Before Nintendo burrowed its way into millions of homes, it had to win over retailers in New York City—and the difficulty level was set to 'almost impossible.'

Mad magazine gave us Alfred E. Neuman and Spy vs. Spy and made irreverent, anti-establishment humor a thing. Here's what you need to know about 'Mad.'

Robert Stack hosts the original Unsolved Mysteries.

Join us. Perhaps you can help solve a mystery—or at least dive into the mysteries behind 'Unsolved Mysteries.'

It’s a story involving the Supreme Court, Mr. Rogers, Tom Cruise, and E.T., and we’re about to rewind it all.

In the first edition of "Throwback," our all-new YouTube series, we take a deep dive into the bizarre history of Sea-Monkeys and Harold von Braunhut, the man who created them—then funneled the millions he made into illegal activities.

THROWBACK

Fuzzy Memory: Why Shag Carpeting Fell Out of Fashion

A Brief History of ‘The Sims’

8 Unforgettable Pop-Tart Flavors That We Wish Weren’t Discontinued

‘Ooga Chaka’: How Dancing ‘Baby Cha’ (Briefly) Took Over the ’90s

A Brief History of JNCO Jeans

This ‘Friday the 13th’ Collection Is Here to Make Your Halloween Even More Fun

A Brief History of ‘National Lampoon’

A Brief History of Neopets

The Snot-Soaked History of the Garbage Pail Kids

New on Throwback Video: How Pizza Hut's BOOK IT! Program Taught Millions of Kids to Love Reading

How Nintendo Conquered the Gaming World

A Brief History of Mad Magazine

A Brief History of Unsolved Mysteries

A Brief History of the VCR

The Unbelievable History of Sea-Monkeys