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  • RetroStrange Update: April 2026

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    Howdy Strangers, It’s been awhile since we posted an update here for Reasons, but not for lack of labor! We’ve got a big backlog of new content coming to the channel on a slow drip, and this post is our sneaky peek of what’s coming next week to RetroStrange TV this month. But first we want to thank our newest paid Patrons: David Millar, Coraline Ada Ehmke, Matt Witkowski, Kenn Messman, Matte Edens and the ominously named It. Thanks a ton for your monthly support, it helps more than I can say. Thanks to you our channel is officially paying all its server…

  • Happy Public Domain Day

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    RetroStrange depends on a strong corpus of works in the public domain. Over on Station Manager Phil’s blog he covered some of the very good stuff that is now public domain in the USA as of January 1st 2026. Give it a read and spend some time with PD material today.

  • The Veil & One Step Beyond on RetroStrange Movie Night #56

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    Movie Night returns for our first outing of 2026 with One Step Beyond and The Veil (hosted by Boris Karloff!), two of the many supernatural-focused anthology shows of the 50s and 60s. Join us in our Discord server for wise-cracks and camaraderie, or just watch along on RetroStrange TV on January 22nd starting at 5:30pm Pacific / 8:30pm Eastern. New programs added to RetroStrange TV: We’ll also have some vintage pro wrestling and shorts in between. See you there!

  • Watch The Indie Beat TV

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    The ranks of fediverse streaming just got a lot stronger today, with the launch of The Indie Beat TV. RetroStrange community member Lime Bar has helped bring this new 24/7 streaming music channel to life. It’s like a much better version of classic MTV, with actual music videos from independent artists and creators who opted-in to having their stuff streamed. We consider The Indie Beat to be a sister channel to RetroStrange TV- we share a lot of the same goals, methods, and even code. Today is launch day! Go watch!

  • RetroStrange GIF Gallery Updates

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    We made some small but important changes to the RetroStrange GIF Gallery pages, which are now MUCH more usable on phones and tablets, as well as being easier to read and navigate anywhere you use it. We also added some new Holiday content to the GIF library, such as A Charles Dickens Christmas (1956) and A Christmas Fantasy (1962). These are watermark-free, high quality GIFs you can use anywhere you like. Enjoy!

  • Join Us For 24 Hours of “The Doughnuts” This Festivus and All-Xmas Content All Xmas Week

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    RetroStrange Holiday Content will start on December 15th and run all the way through Xmas on December 25th, after which we’ll return to our regularly scheduled programming. Tune in Xmas week for all-holiday content, such as Santa Claus .vs. The Devil, A Charles Dickens Christmas, and more. Of course, as we have each of the last 4 years, this December 22 and 23 RetroStrange celebrates Festivus with a 24 hour screening of our favorite short feature, The Doughnuts. Watch our old pals Homer Price, Uncle Ulysses, Aunt Aggie, and Kabuki Lady for a whole day as you compete in feats…

  • Leftoverfest 2025 Dates & List of Shorts

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    RetroStrange Leftoverfest, our yearly streaming salute to short form non-TV non-feature-length content, is nearly upon us! The RSTV Library currently has a little over 200 items in Leftoverfest this year, including the 10 NEW shorts we’re adding to the rotation as part of our programming. Here are the new ones: Shorts subject to change and we may add a few more shorts not listed here just for fun.

  • RetroStrange TV Halloween 2025

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    RetroStrange TV1 is now switched over to 100% Halloween-only public domain movies, shorts, and more for the rest of October. We even threw in some vintage ads for toys and food. The perfect background to your Halloween party, free, no logins, no BS. New content is now in the Rotation: Halloween-Only Random Occurrences: Halloween Movie Night 

  • RetroStrange Movie Night #56: We Salute The Star Man Movies (aka Super Giant)

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    Movie Night returns this July 25th as part of the Radio Free Fedi Fest with a super marathon of our favorite tokusatsu hero, Star Man. Join us July 25th starting at 2000 UTC (that’s 1pm Pacific time) and running through the entire Star Man English dub catalog: We’ll see you there, live on RetroStrange TV.

  • RetroStrange Movie Night #55 is February 1st 2025

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    On our next movie night, streaming live only on RetroStrange TV, we’ll be screening some new-to-the-channel Science shorts from the of Science and Scientists series, and then a 1940s British comedy-thriller titled Saloon Bar. Join for the free media, stay for the witty banter in the chatroom, starting at 4:30pm Pacific at RetroStrange.TV.