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Flashback: '80s Nerds Had Style

GiggleSugar — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 10:05:00 -0800

Or maybe this is just some hipster from my neighborhood, snapped last week. It's hard to say.

Head Over Heels: The Literal Version

GiggleSugar — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:00:00 -0700

I'm so glad my hunch was right, and literal music videos are the next big thing! And I love this song. I bet back in the '80s they were all, "Let's make a video about a freaky library, it's gonna be awesome!" Little did they know the video would achieve never-before-seen levels of awesome 20 years later. Any guesses what '80s video will get literalized next?

Flashback: Move Your Boogie Body

GiggleSugar — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:00:00 -0700

So many things from the high '80s have made a resurgence: skinny jeans, Members Only jackets, and Fresh Prince of Bel-Air cocked and oversized baseball caps. The one thing I don't see returning is the use of the word "boogie" in any unironic way. "Hey, wanna boogie?" Or, as it's used in this vid, "Move your boogie body." This aerobics video is even funnier than Heidi Montag's sendup of exercise videos from the past. Turn the volume up, folks; this one's a winner. "Find it. Feel it. Do it. Oom chicka oom chicka oom chicka oom chicka oom!"

Thanks, eBaum's World!

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

GiggleSugar — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:00:00 -0700

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 Duffy's debut proved to be the coolest moment in all of television history anyway. You'll see why.

Who Doesn't Love a Damn Ugly Dress?

GiggleSugar — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:00:00 -0700

Whether the bride made us do it or there was a lapse in our own judgment, we've all been caught ~~dead~~ in an ugly dress. Unfortunately, there's usually evidence to remind us in the form of a prominently displayed picture hanging on mom and dad's living room wall. UglyDress.com is an archive of fugly frocks and, chances are, you'll find someone wearing something 10 times uglier than that geometric eyesore you donned for your sister's wedding. (Feeling brave? Visit the site and enter its ugly dress competition!)

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How Stephen Colbert "Rocked" the '80s

GiggleSugar — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:15:00 -0700

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 are long gone and, thankfully, his heavy eyeliner and tight-ass jeans are too.

Flashback: The NKOTB Fan Club

GiggleSugar — Wed, 21 May 2008 03:00:00 -0700

The New Kids on the Block were a hit boy band back in the late '80s and early '90s. Who would've thunk that they could reunite over a decade later and still have fans traveling far, lining up, and sleeping in tents on NYC street corners to see them perform live on the Today Show? If NKOTB's middle-aged female fans of today are anything like the teenage zombies who adored them back in the day, then I'm officially scared. The teenyboppers in the commercial below were out of control.

Flashback: Low-Budget '80s Advertising

GiggleSugar — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:00:00 -0700

Don't let the awkward dancing and forced hype fool you. This is not an infomercial for another lame-ass "greatest hits" album. It's a low-budget ad for another lame-ass local restaurant posing as a lame-ass "greatest hits" album - natch. What would compel an eating establishment to advertise its low prices and menu options as an album that isn't available in stores because nobody wants it in the first place? The '80s.

Flashback: The California Raisins Promote Reading

GiggleSugar — Mon, 05 May 2008 07:00:00 -0700

Let me get this straight: Someone thought the best way to get kids excited about reading was to have a handful of rapping raisins promote it? "Nature's candy" is more likely to send kids running for the local restroom, not the library. The PSA folks should have employed a handful of break dancing fingers instead. Not only are they more entertaining, I hear they're really good page turners too.

Flashback: Sitcoms Get a Bad Rap

GiggleSugar — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:00:00 -0700

Perfect Strangers and Head of the Class celebrated geeks in all their glory, from Balki the dancin' fool to Arvid the computer nerd. So why, oh why, would ABC promote this pair of shows with a hopelessly awkward rap? Because it was the '80s, that's why. Funky as we can be, indeed.