Flashback: Welcome to My Home


Updated 08/23/08 9:28 AM · Posted by · 1 comment

Former Soap Star Brenda Dickson Welcomes You to Her Home

If you want to know how Brenda Dickson looks so damn good still, she tells us, this video is for you. If you want to know about diet and exercise tips, this video is also for you. But if, like me, you want to watch an '80s soap star in gold lamé and weird headbands speak to the camera in a strangely blank and robotic way. . .good news! This video is still for you! Read more

Flashback: Child of the '80s Jams to Phil Collins


Updated 07/03/08 10:06 PM · Posted by · 9 comments

Duffy Lucas Performs "Sussudio" on Puttin' on the Kids

If you're in need of a midweek pick-me-up, then look no further and feast your eyes on Duffy Lucas. For one night back in the '80s, he donned his best Miami Vice-inspired sports coat, put on a pair of snazzy white dancing shoes, and gave his best lip-sync performance to his favorite song. By Phil Collins. Titled "Sussudio." I don't think anyone ever knew what the hell this song was about, but Read more

How Stephen Colbert "Rocked" the '80s


Updated 06/12/08 5:15 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

Music Vid Starring Stephen and the Colberts

Hard to believe, but Stephen Colbert was the lead in a band back in the '80s. It was a time when love songs and power ballads dominated the airwaves and young Stephen had no problem playing the part of a hard-core rocker stalker. (He had a problem obeying that pesky restraining order, but a "special hidden message" had to be delivered to a "special hidden lady." It just had to.) But those days Read more

Flashback: '80s Music Vest


Updated 06/24/08 7:42 PM · Posted by · 3 comments

'80s Music Vest Commercial

Watch out iPod. There's an audio player back in town and it's bigger, dorkier, and louder than ever. It's a music playing garment with built-in shoulder speakers, so the wearer can listen to her funked up '80s music and share it with everyone who doesn't want to hear it too! And she is looking damn good to boot. Read more

Flashback: Charles in Charge


Updated 04/23/08 8:44 PM · Posted by · 8 comments

Charles in Charge Theme Song

Before Scott Baio was 45 . . and Single, he was "Charles," a college student who lived in a basement and babysat the kids of the house to earn his keep. The plot sounds normal until you hear the show's theme song: "Charles in charge of our days and our nights. Charles in charge of our wrongs and our rights . . . I want Charles in charge of me." What the hell kind of underground cult was this Read more

The Napoleon Dynamite of the '80s


Updated 04/05/08 6:12 AM · Posted by · 11 comments

Lola Perazzo Performs to "Thriller" on Public Access TV

Remember when Napoleon calmly took the stage in his unfashionable duds and moved awkwardly to the music for all his classmates to see? This chick does exactly that, but in the dark and on public access television. She thrusts, bounces, and masquerades around like some sort of monster out of the "Thriller" vid — but she's got no costume. Just head-to-toe spandex. Which is a far cry from Read more

Flashback: The Rocky Horror Hair Scare Show


Updated 04/04/08 7:16 AM · Posted by · 2 comments

Flashback: The Rocky Horror Hair Scare Show

The clothing fads and neon color craze of the '80s may be making a comeback, but let's keep our fingers crossed that the hairstyles of the day remain a distant crimp in history. As the pics reveal, the hair may have been teased, but these fools weren't teasing — they took their locks seriously. It's just too bad the fumes from those big ol' bottles of Aqua-Net effed up their sense of 'do and Read more

Flashback: '80s Chipmunk Punk


Updated 04/01/08 3:25 PM · Posted by · 5 comments

Flashback: '80s Chipmunk Punk

You know you're in for a doozie when the commercial samples a song from the album and assures you that there's nothing wrong with your TV set — the song just sounds that way. Someone in a studio fast-forwarded through a bunch of hit tunes and — voila! — produced an inaudibly high-pitched, cracked-out '80s punk pop music album by Alvin and the Chipmunks. The album made the Billboard 200 and Read more