Time for Timer!
By Julie Anderson Saturday mornings – ahhhhh! Back in the 80s, we didn’t have, like, entire television channels devoted to cartoons, much less Netflix and Hulu to give us cartoons on demand. Puh-leeze. We had a few precious hours of cartoon time once a week on network TV, and, man, did we love them. With a captive audience of roughly a bazillion-and-a-half American kids, health minded network execs decided to impart some useful...
Slim Goodbody
By Julie Anderson Recognize the guy in the flesh-colored, internal-organ-decorated unitard? Yup, that’s Slim Goodbody, all right. Confession: He totally creeped me out. I think it was all about the visible intestines, to tell you the truth. He reminded me of my brother’s Pulsar, which ALSO creeped me out. Organs, blood flow, view-beneath-the-skin? Totally grody. A little background info about Slim: The “Superhero of Health” was...
80s Games Shows
Ah, game shows. What better way is there to while away a sick day at home than with a marathon of “The Price is Right” or “Family Feud”? We were crazy about TPIR’s Bob Barker and “Family Feud’s” Richard Dawson in the 80s, fer sure, but let’s focus on those shows we loved back then that are no longer in production today. Thanks to YouTube and Game Show Network, these eighties game show gems are neither gone nor forgotten. Here’s a...
Partnering up to Fight Crime, 80s Style
By Julie Anderson Like Jell-o pudding and Cool Whip. Hairspray and perms. Rainbows and ponies. Some things were MADE to go together. Check out these fabulous crime fighting TV duos from the 80s. Some were all business, some were romantic, some kept us guessing, but they were ALL awesome teams. What’s that? Punks making trouble in Malibu? Shoplifting gang on Sunset Strip? Quick, send Ponch and Jon! CHiPs chronicled the adventures that...
Miami Vice (1984 – 1990)
Have you seen an episode of Miami Vice lately? Watch out—it will probably make you groan and, if you grew up in the 80s, definitely make you squirm a little. Why? Because it is sooo 80s. There’s no other way to say it. And by sooo 80s I mean, of course, the light-weight sport coat with a T underneath; the pastel colors; the Patrick-Nagel-inspired lettering of the title (he’s the artist who did Duran Duran’s Rio cover); the early...
