Inspector Gadget: 86 Episodes Were Not Enough For 80s
The 80s Inspector Gadget show that first captivated fans in 1983 went on for a total of 86 episodes. Some how, 86 episodes just doesn’t seem to be enough. Remember that classic opening on a Saturday morning? Yeah, we remember it too and it was absolutely awesome. So to were the entire episodes that featured Inspector Gadget, Penny, Brain and the evil Dr. Claw. These were brilliant, well-thought-out episodes that were pretty...
Reading Rainbow Had One of the Catchiest Theme Songs
In 1983 an educational television show by the name of Reading Rainbow hit the scene and would continue to educate children all the way up to 2015. What’s most memorable about the show was the theme song that ran from 1983-1999. Reading Rainbow truly had one of the catchiest theme songs ever. The song was performed by Tina Fabrique and written by Steve Horelick and Dennis Neil Kleinman. Those guys knew exactly what they were...
Netflix Introduces ‘Stranger Things’ Show Set in the 80s
Not only will 80s actress Winona Ryder be one of the main characters in the new Netflix original Stranger Things, the show will also be set in the 80s giving us a little taste of our past. “It’s been seven years since Winona Ryder played Spock’s ill-fated mom in theStar Trek reboot, but I somehow still can’t get over the idea of the Beetlejuice star playing somebody’s parent,” commented...
5 80s Summer Blockbuster Fails
One thing that the 80s films and films today have in common is the uncertainty when it comes to popularity. Some films are hits and some are just flat out misses. We created a list of 5 80s Summer Blockbuster Fails that shows some films just don’t cut it. Films like The Big Red One were hyped up to be hits but made a list of The Greatest Box-Office Flops of the 80s list. The list features some pretty notable films that could be...
Netflix Adds The Entire Back to the Future Series
Back to the Future is making it’s return, well, kind of. Netflix has just made all of the Back to the Future films available for streaming. “A young man is accidentally sent thirty years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his friend, Dr. Emmett Brown, and must make sure his high-school-age parents unite in order to save his own existence,” that is the plot of the film according to IMDB. We all...
5 Awesome Films From 1987
Let’s be real there are plenty of films that were released in 1987 that simply changed the way we thought about films. There were films that touched your heart and others meant for the action junkie. We decided to take on the hard task of sharing 5 Awesome Films From 1987 in our slide show below. These films defined their particular genres. We were introduced to the robotic cop who still faced his own challenges with the public...
Mahaly ‘Michu’ Meszaros Of ‘ALF’ Dead At 76
The beloved actor who played ALF in the popular 80s show Mahaly ‘Michu’ Meszaros, had reportedly fallen into a coma according to recent reports, however, new reports claim that the actor has died at the age of 76. “Michu’s manager, Dennis Varga, tells us the 2’9″ actor had been dealing with health issues after suffering a stroke 8 years ago,” according to TMZ. “Dennis says late last week...
What were the top 5 movies this week in 1982?
If you went to the movies 34 years ago this week, your hard-earned babysitting money or allowance very likely helped contribute to a mammoth weekend that included the debut of the decade’s biggest blockbuster, an iconic horror movie and two iconic sequels. Oh and a third sequel that history doesn’t view nearly as kindly. Without further ado: Top 5 Movies This Week In 1982 1.) E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial: Steven Spielberg’s magical...
The original Transformers movie is coming back to DVD
There’s an entire generation of moviegoers who believe “The Transformers” movie franchise sprung from the ADD-addled mind of Michael Bay. We, of course, know the truth, and the proof will hit stores Sept. 13, when Shout! Factory releases a 30th anniversary DVD of “Transformers: The Movie.” As a child of the ‘80s, you know Transformers originated as a Saturday morning cartoon. After a successful debut season in 1984, the Transformers...
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off turns 30
Heading to the theatre to see “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” would seem to be the textbook definition of redundant. After all, why leave the house and spend $12.50 a ticket to see a movie that has aired on television on a seemingly daily basis for the past three decades and has been packaged and repackaged into at least half a dozen editions aimed at the home video market? But few movies from the 1980s are more deserving of the big screen...
What blockbusters opened this week in 1984?
Most weekends only have room for the opening of one blockbuster film. But the second weekend of June 1984 greeted two of the biggest movies of the decade. “Ghostbusters” and “Gremlins” were immediate smashes upon hitting theaters on June 8, 1984.“Ghostbusters” topped the box office charts with more than $23 million in tickets its first weekend, followed by “Gremlins,” which took in a little more than $20 million. (This was back when...
Happy Birthday, Michael J. Fox
One of the most beloved actors of the ‘80s, Michael J. Fox, turns 55 today. (Here we will pause so that the realization that Alex P. Keaton is now 55 years old can properly sink in) We’d probably be noting Fox’s birthday even if his career peaked with “Family Ties,” the sitcom that flipped the script by casting Fox as the proudly Republican teenaged son of former hippies played by Michael Gross and Meredith Baxter (who, by the way,...
Is There A Goonies Remake On The Way?
Well it looks like the buzz about a possible Goonies remake is going to be pretty heavy after actor and director, Sean Astin made a statement that could point to a future remake. “Over the weekend at Phoenix’s ComicCon, Astin was a bit more specific in his answer, sending Goonies fans into a frenzy of speculation that the sequel is actually going to happen,” according to GlobalNews. “In the original Goonies, it’s not...
Five things you may not have known about Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
The greatest movie ever made about truancy turns 30 years old this weekend. Most of us have seen “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” at least 30 times, but do you know everything there is to know about the classic film? Test your“Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” IQ with these five facts: 1.) John Hughes wrote the movie in less than a week. He had no time for our angst about writer’s block. 2.) The film generated two romances. Matthew Broderick...
What Were the Top 5 Movies This Week In 1987?
If you went to the movies 29 years ago this week, odds are you used your hard-earned paper route or lawn-mowing bucks to see the sequel to one of the ‘80s most iconic movies, or one of the decade’s best gangster movies. You might also have seen a pair of family-friendly films, or one of Michael J. Fox’s first post-Back To The Future vehicles. Without further ado: 1.) Beverly Hills Cop II: The sequel to the movie that cemented Eddie...
