Recurrent Events Update: 'The Goldbergs Renewed for 2 Seasons, 'A Christmas Story' Live Musical, Mega Man M.U.S.C.L.E.

Welcome to the Recurrent Events weekly news update for retro pop culture headlines, links, videos, and more. Well, it's been a couple weeks since I posted an update. My weekends have been a little busy and I'm also going through a job change so I've had to really schedule time for RD80s. Thanks for your patience!

Here's are some new RD80s articles posted in the past couple weeks in case you missed them:

• Retro Con 2017 Gets 100% More Insane With Dwight Schultz in the Lineup
• Watch 'History of Donkey Kong' Documentary to Celebrate its 2017 HOF Induction
• 3 British '80s Bands We Wish Would Do a Reunion Tour
• '80s Synthwave Version of the Star Wars Force Theme
• Meet the Elbow, the Next-Gen Portable Cassette Player
• 30-Year Retrospective Podcast on 'G.I. Joe: The Movie'
• '80s Themed Casino Games
• Rank 'Em: Favorite Movies Released in 1987
• '80s League Crossover: My 5 Favorite '80s Music Videos
• Memory Jogger Podcast Episode 8: Early Driving and Cars
• Your Turn Sega! 7 Exclusive Games To Put On A Sega Master System Mini Version

Geekologie helped me find the musicless video for a-ha's "Take On Me" this week. There are several points were I laughed out loud including the added "Shut up!" when the picture frame gets smashed. Check it out for yourself...

Video of the Week

Here are your Recurrent Events links for May 13, 2017!

MOVIES

‘A Christmas Story’ Live Musical Set at Fox - Variety
How to Make a Xenomorph Cryo-Stasis Tube and a Facehugger From the Alien Films - Laughing Squid
40 Years Ago in a Galaxy Far, Far Away, ‘Star Wars’ Was Born - Variety
Teenage Mutant CRINGY Turtles: 16 Cringiest Moments Of The TMNT Trilogy - CBR
There's no 'Alibi' for this movie, but Randy Newman's tune is classic - Stuck in the 80s
10 Criminally Underrated Slasher Movies From the 1980s! - Bloody Disgusting

TV

‘The Goldbergs’ Renewed for Seasons 5 and 6 at ABC - Variety

Every ‘Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood’ Episode Will Stream Free on Twitch in 18-Day Marathon - Variety

Judge Dredd Is Getting His Very Own Live-Action TV Show - io9

Villain Retrospect - Krulos - Old School Evil

Learn all about the TV show “Voyagers!” on the Retroist Video Podcast - Retroist

‘Dynasty’ Reboot Picked Up To Series At the CW - Deadline

15 Coolest Cartoon Heroes Of ALL-TIME - CBR

The Reluctant Superhero: The Guilty Walk of David Banner (Feature) - PopMatters

15 TV Stars’ Early Roles - Flavorwire

MUSIC

Listen to Unreleased Prince Songs 'Our Destiny/Roadhouse Garden From 'Purple Rain' Reissue - Spin
‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Dave Kendall eulogizes The Smiths following band’s 1987 break-up - Slicing Up Eyeballs
David Bowie Unseen: The Star At His Most 1980s - Flashbak
The Cars’ ‘Candy-O’ and ‘Panorama’ reissued with remastered audio, unreleased tracks - Slicing Up Eyeballs

VIDEO GAMES

NES Classic is dead, but there's a new way to play Nintendo in HD - Mashable
A Super Famicom Cartridge Is Being Released In 2017 - Kotaku
See Sonic the Hedgehog Modded into MARIO KART 8 - Nerdist
Zelda Return of the Hylian Enhanced Version for Vampire by ArtiGames - Vintage is the New Old
Nintendo NES Classic ‘Battletoads’ Gets 4 Player Co-Operative ROM Hack - RetroCollect
1981 Atari “Missile Commander” Newspaper Ad - BattleGrip
Top ten game wants for SNES Mini - 20 Years Before 2000

COMICS

MATT TRAKKER Explores Origin of V.E.N.O.M. in M.A.S.K. #6 Preview - Newsrama
ROBOTECH #1 Revisits the Classic Saga with All New Stories (Exclusive) - Nerdist
Kickstarter Could Revive Mantlo & Guice’s ’80s Pirate Comic - CBR
Transformers: Lost Light #5- CBR
Back to the Future #19 - CBR

COLLECTING

Mega Man M.U.S.C.L.E. Wave 1 - Plastic & Plush
G.I.Joe Collector Club Announces The Line-Up & Preview For FSS 6.0 - Toy News International

Hikari Friday: Candy Coated Frankenberry! - Funko
Video – Masters of the Universe Roleplaying Game - BattleGrip

POP CULTURE

Stanley Weston, G.I. Joe Inventor, Dies at 84 - THR
Ghostbusters Has Been Turned Into Shakespeare - io9
NO JOE: The 15 WORST G.I. Joe Action Figures - CBR
6 ’80s Toy Lines That Are Ready for a Reboot - Entertainment Earth
So Tiny: The World's Smallest Rubik's Cube - Geekologie
Scientists Just Named a Newly-Discovered Dinosaur After a Ghostbusters Character - io9
G.I. Joe, Pac-Man, and Strawberry Shortcake Lunch Boxes at Playworld in 1982 - BattleGrip
Viking VHS! Nordic Video Catalog Pages from the 1980s - Flashbak

Got a link or know any active retro pop culture blogs/websites that are worth including with the Recurrent Events? Leave a comment so I can add it to the mix! If you missed last week's news update, visit the Recurrent Events archive.