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🍪 Old-school cookie brands, MCM living rooms, Gee shampoo, Harry Houdini, Flintstones vitamins, hottest teen stars of the 80s, Max Headroom, 70s van life & more!

🍪 Old-school cookie brands, MCM living rooms, Gee shampoo, Harry Houdini, Flintstones vitamins, hottest teen stars of the 80s, Max Headroom, 70s van life & more!

January 22, 2026

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Hi, and thanks for joining the newsletter list on the Click Americana website! Here’s a quick look at some of the new and updated vintage & retro articles and pictures we have for you. 😎

Gee, Your Hair Smells Terrific was the shampoo everyone remembered in the 1970s & 80s

The old-school packaged cookies we grew up with: Hydrox, Fig Newtons & forgotten favorites (1940s-90s)

About Max Headroom, the 1980s sci-fi TV show that starred a wisecracking digital talking head

Mid century modern living room decor: 50+ vintage photos of bold 60s style

The mysterious & mischievous Houdini made a career out of escaping — and keeping everyone guessing

Harry Houdini's underwater box escape: See how he did his famous trick

Houdini's underwater box escape was one of his most famous tricks - he was was shackled, chained and nailed into a box before being thrown overboard.

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One Simple Scoop For Better Health

The best healthy habits aren't complicated. AG1 Next Gen helps support gut health and fill common nutrient gaps with one daily scoop. It's one easy routine that fits into real life and keeps your health on track all day long. Start your mornings with AG1 and keep momentum on your side.

Build The Habit

Who were the hottest teen stars of the 80s? These teen idols got the most votes in 1984

16 Magazine in the 1980s tracked the most popular teen heartthrobs - Click Americana

Take a trip down memory lane and browse this virtual newsstand of 16 Magazine covers to remember who was hot (at least in the hearts of teen girls) during the eighties!

clickamericana.com/topics/celebrities-famous-people/16-magazine-covers-of-80s

Inside the 1970s vanning craze: Custom paint, crazy shag carpet & a whole lot of mirrors

Flintstones vitamins were marketing genius, and changed the children’s vitamin game in the 1960s

Old Arizona and the fight for statehood: How the 48th star earned its place

Try this easy cream cheese frittata with potatoes, zucchini & tomato from 1982

Seasonal fun: 47 cool snowman coloring pages, plus snowman word search & mazes to chill out with

Looking back: Popular product samples from 1974

ALSO SEE: How Columbia House & other mail-order record clubs sold vinyl albums & tapes for a penny

See 30+ vintage freebies & mail-in offers for branded stuff you used to be able to get - Click Americana

Years ago, companies promoted all kinds of vintage freebies and low-cost mail-in offers, usually requiring some boxtops or proof of purchase. Look back at some of the premiums from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s!

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Thank you for visiting, and we look forward to seeing you again soon for some old-fashioned fun!

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