The 80s Club

Do you remember the first computer you ever worked on? My friend Jackie is sitting here with me and we’re reminiscing over our elementary days of learning BASIC on the TRS-80s that were in the library. Yeah….we were awesome because we could make a picture of a clown (comprised of different keyboard symbols) appear on the screen by entering a short list of, oh, 50 commands in that high tech computer language. Can you imagine how cool we felt? Only almost as cool as we’ll feel when we have our retro-80’s night while she’s visiting this …read more

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Because she was just so darn cute, right? And absolutely the epitome of 80’s fashion.
The only other thing I remember seeing Soleil Moon Frye in was Sabrina, The Teenage Witch (I don’t have cable, it was on, that’s my excuse) with Melissa Joan Hart, though wiki does list a few other things that I should have remembered. The Friends thing does ring a bell.
Did you remember that there was a Punky Brewster cartoon as well? I’d forgotten about that. It appears that Frye was the voice for Punky there, too.

That intro …read more

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I usually don’t catch Medium, for some reason I always forget when it’s on. It’s a pretty good show, but my main motivation for watching it is so that I know what the heck’s going on when I head over to read Sheila’s b5 blog, Medium Dreams, which is about the show. She cracks me up, and it’s a good reason to check her out over there. And I did happen to catch it tonight.
What the heck does this have to do with The 80’s Club, you ask? Well, this episode featured one of …read more

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And we’re now to our last installment of the Best of the Worst of the 80’s Movies. This submission comes to us from Taxgirl. She picks two movies, starting with Dream a Little Dream.

Dream a Little Dream. It had both Coreys in it so you know it’s bad.
And her thoughts on Rambo:

And you must include Rambo and the sequels. At the time it was filmed, Rambo III was said to be the most violent movie ever. I especially loved how it tried to mirror our political stature at the time (the “save the world from Communism” post …read more

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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 …read more

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By far, one of my favorite sitcoms ever was Night Court. It happens to be one of Bald Man’s, too, and this was his pick for this week’s sitcom theme. We should actually watch it together sometime, now that we’re both old enough to finally get all of the jokes.
Enjoy.

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Looking to bring a little 80’s into your Valentine’s Day? Well, you can start with this Pure 80’s Love collection. I actually own this one, and it is fantastic. (Did I really just admit that?) And now it is streaming through the house, because there are just too many good songs on it not to listen to it RIGHT NOW.
So far, it’s Simply Red with Holding Back the Years (love it), with I Want to Know What Love Is (Foreigner), When I See You Smile (Bad English), When I’m with You (Sheriff) and tons of others …read more

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Have you seen this 80’s lyrics quiz yet? I’d taken it once before, but, as with most things these days, I don’t think I remembered anymore on it this time than I did the first time!

My final score was 96. I blame a few on spelling errors, a few on those “Dang it, I know it but I can’t come up with it!” moments, and a few that I never would have gotten. Go ahead and take it and head to the comments to let me know how you did!

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We’ve got Ingrid Diaz on tap for this week’s Best of the Worst movie(s). Do you know Ingrid? She blogs personally at A Puerto Rican in France, and professionally for b5media at Play Girlz, Top Model Gossip, Ladies’ Court, Grey’s Anatomy News, and Offbeat Homes. Dang, girl! Did I mention she also happens to be the channel editor for the Video Games and Personal Development b5 channels? Whew.
Ingrid cracks me up. Seriously, I don’t know that anyone else I’ve read on-line has actually made me laugh out loud more times than …read more

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