The Boy That Reached Retirement Age. So yeah, Allen's pick this week is the original Astro Boy TV series from 1963. That's... that's 61 years ago, so not quite retirement age (at least where I'm from), but close enough. Honestly, the 1980 series shoulda been named Astro Man. And that's that. Next week, we might go to space, but probably not. See you all there, wherever that is. -Stig Høgset.
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