Rubik’s Cube Costume
Unlike the actual puzzle, this costume is the essence of simplicity. I owned several Rubik’s cubes in the 80s, and now my son owns one, and neither of us has made any headway on solving the thing. Oh well. Happily, that skill is not required to create this great 80s-inspired costume. What you need is a little DIY ambition and some basic supplies. Needed supplies: Square cardboard box Black duct tape Poster board in red, blue, green,...
What do Quarterbacks & Molly Ringwald Have to do with Your Love Life?
By Bill Torgerson Twitter, Facebook, WordPress Author of the novel, Love on the Big Screen Assistant Professor Institute For Writing Studies St. John’s University New York There’s an old question that goes something like this: does art imitate life or does life imitate art? In other words, did John Hughes notice that women often sat in the bleachers pining for the high school quarterback, and so he wrote his film Sixteen Candles, or...
10 Things You Might Not Know About Olivia Newton-John
We need very little prompting to write about Olivia Newton-John. Her place at the top (tied with Debbie Harry and Joan Jett) of the Like Totally 80s list of Most Awesome Ladies of the 80s is secure. My hopeless devotion to all things Olivia started in 1978 with the release of Grease. I received the double LP soundtrack for my 6th birthday. That was it; I was hooked. All homemade dance routines and subsequent hairstyles in my life...
Thirtysomething
Before there was How I Met Your Mother, before there was Friends, there was Thirtysomething. The hour-long show ran on ABC from 1987 until 1991. It centered around Hope and Michael Steadman (Mel Harris and Ken Olin, respectively) and their circle of friends. If you’re a TV buff, all you really need to know about the quality of this show is that its creators, Edward Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz, went on to executive-produce My...
Chat with Author of Totally Tubular 80s Toys
We recently had the good fortune to review a copy of Mark Bellomo’s newest book, “Totally Tubular ‘80s Toys” and ask the author a few questions. If you haven’t seen this book, it is a veritable treasure trove of information on the toys of the 80s. With great photography of the toys and a year-by-year structure, this is as much a reference work as it is a fun trip down memory lane. For each year, he leads off the chapter with all the...
