Congratulations, Forest! We are so proud and excited for you!

By the way, did you see all the 80’s looking dresses on the red carpet? From the big bows, to the metallic brightly colored dresses, to the short in front/long in back gowns, the 80’s seemed alive and well tonight.

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I asked my friend Jackie (who happens to have been my friend since the mid-80’s) what her favorite 80’s video is. Without hesitation, she says:

Wake Me Up Before You Go Go. It is the epitome of the 80’s videos. Big hair, flourescent clothing, fingerless gloves, the big white t-shirts with the big black letters, the blacklight with the neon colors, all of it. It’s awesome….so radical (that last bit was just for me, I think. ).

So, consider this our entry into the 80’s video time capsule. Anything anyone would ever need to know about 80’s fashion, including the bandana headband, can be found in this video. Enjoy.

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Here’s a commercial of that TRS-80. Ours didn’t have to plug into the TV, it actually had a monitor and everything….except a mouse….and the interenet……and color…..and sound….

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I remember when the Rubik’s Cube came out and how unexcited I was to get and solve one. Seriously, it looked like absolutely no fun at all to me. My brother got one, and I think he was able to solve it, without even taking the stickers off and just replacing them. I tried it, I couldn’t get it, I didn’t care.

Now a new generation of kids, and an old generation of middle-aged people who still think they’re kids, can try to solve a new version of their favorite old game. Head on over to Hsien’s post to find out how you can try to win a yet-to-be released Rubik’s Revolution. Can you guess how anxious I am to get my hands on one of these?

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Mommie Dearest is one of those that I do remember seeing at what was probably a pretty young age. I remember the boy being strapped in his bed, the crazy eyes of Mommie Dearest, and the classic “NO WIRE HANGERS” line.

Here are Kelley’s thoughts on that infamous flick:

I still can’t use wire coat hangers. We watched Mommie Dearest a few times and was tramatized ever since. My mom let us stay with the sweet school secretary that lived across the street, Mrs. Helweg. She was wonderful. But for some reason, she let us try to watch Mommie Dearest. My sister and I would start it when we got to her house after school and would get to the same spot every time before our mom would pick us up. I was scarred for life.

Thanks for participating, Kelley!

What about you? Any wire hanger issues that you’re still holding onto? Any fears of being strapped in the bed? Hmm….maybe that’s why I have to keep a foot out of the covers at night. I need to have an escape!

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Roseanne entered the sitcom arena with a bang, at least in our house. We watched this show together and laughed every week. By the end of it’s run, though, it just seemed to have overstayed it’s welcome. However, in reruns it can still get a good chuckle out of me. That’s never a bad thing, right?

Without further ado, the theme to Roseanne. I do actually really like their theme song. And please, please, please, if you ever catch me sporting the ‘do on Jackie (Laurie Metcalf, who was born in Illinois and attended ISU with Joan Allen, Gary Sinise, and John Malokovich. Weird.) here, tie me down and shave my head.

“Wait a minute…what are you all doing here? And why do you have clippers? AAAAAHHHHH…………….”

/me runs from fashion police

Oh, and go Bears!

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Anyway, as most of you probably don’t know, Bald Man loves to sing. As you probably also don’t know, he’s aurally challenged (read as: doesn’t really know whether or not he’s in tune when he’s singing). It is a fact that he’s well aware of, so I’m not outing him here or anything. Or maybe I am, but he can take it.

Anyway (wow, I say that a lot)…..we were stopping for coffee before our lunch date was over, and he was singing kinda. He made some comment about how he could still get on American Idol and we made a little joke about the girl this season who auditioned KNOWING that she couldn’t sing. Did you see her audition? It was her grand idea to be the first American Idol who couldn’t sing, and who they taught to sing.

I said something to the effect of, “Yeah, an American Idol who can’t sing.”

Bald Man’s reply, “Two words for you…..Milli Vanilli.”

Heh, yeah…I’m sure Simon Cowell would have had a field day with them. But I did love that Girl You Know It’s True album. I have it on cassette. I think I even did a karaoke bit to it in high school. I seem to remember singing it at a pool party. Now, I just get Blame it on the Rain stuck in my head when it’s, well, raining.

And now, for your 80’s flashback pleasure, Blame it on the Rain by Milli Vanilli. Thanks, YouTube.

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Enjoy the theme song, and watch for Fergie (Stacey Ferguson) of the Black Eyed Peas. She’s the first one to be credited. Crazy, huh?

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It was up at YouTube for a while, but has been pulled down. I’m guessing it has something to do with those pesky copyright laws, but it was fun to see it while it was up, though a bit bittersweet when “Sweetness” Walter Payton appears.

So, I’m rootin’ for Da Bears, how ’bout you?

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As for me? Most definitely Hardy Jenns (played by Craig Sheffer) from Some Kind of Wonderful. He had a way of telling you that you were nothing, and making you believe it was true. Fortunately, Duncan had his own unique way of putting Hardy in his place.

via: PopCandy

ht: Arieanna

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