To give us a break from the high bun and low ponytail, we may be seeing more banana hair clips soon on Zoom and at the grocery store. The double combs that were big in the 80s are making a comeback.
If you spent a lot of time watching stupid sitcoms in the 80's like I did, you might appreciate what some fancy editing and a classic theme song can do.
If you're around 40, there is a good chance you saw this movie in the 80's and it scared you shitless. I think the original still holds up. I think if my seven year old watched the original, she wouldn't notice the cheesiness of the "peeling off the face" scene...
A lot of my favorite music came out of the 60s and 70s. Then the 80s came around. The airwaves were filled with synthesized music and horribly bright and self indulgent images poured from our televisions as people chanted "I WANT MY MTV...
Children of the '80s and '90s pretty much learned everything they need to know from TV. (It was basically like a third parent.) Besides "very special" sitcom episodes, one of the major ways we learned about how to say no to drugs and avoid "stranger danger" was from public service announcements.
When one thinks of ‘Say Anything...,’ John Cusak, holding a boom box above his head and serenading Ione Skye with the Peter Gabriel song ’In Your Eyes' likely comes to mind.
But beyond that iconic scene, Cameron Crowe’s directorial debut is perhaps one of the most well-crafted and nuanced teen romantic comedies of all time.
Like most children of the 80's, I tend to get nostalgic about the good ole days. I'm proud to say I grew up in the last generation before cell phones. Don't get me wrong, I love modern technology. It's made our lives so much easier...