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...
The 6 Weirdest Commercials Featuring 80s Icon Mr. T
The fact that Mr. T, a relic of the 80s, is still a part of pop culture in 2016 in amazing. Nothing against T, he seems like an incredibly nice guy but nostalgia for one person or era comes and goes. Mr. T has been consistently working for over three decades. The place Mr. T pops up most frequently is in commercials. In fact, he’s in a new campaign for Fairfield Inn. Mr. T the pitchman might never fade away, even if the gold on...
Best of the 80s TV Poll Gets It Mostly Right
Last Year Rolling Stone conducted a readers’ poll where it asked people to rate the top ten shows of the 1980s. That’s a click-bait type of piece if ever there was one, but the results were actually pretty reasonable. That said, the voters got the order a bit wrong and remember one lovable alien from the planet Melmac a little more fondly than he deserves to be. Here’s a breakdown of the RS list with our thoughts and...
What 1980s Remakes Are Coming To Theaters and TVs?
In Hollywood, everything old is new again. That may not apply to Pamela Anderson, though some parts of her are newer than others, but it does apply to her star-making vehicle Baywatch. Though most think of the show as a 1990s phenomenon it actually debuted in 1989 on network television where it met a quick death. It was only after star David Hasselhoff brought the series into syndication that it became the global phenomenon that...
