Lost movies of the 1980's- the HBO years
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One of the most memorable HBO things I remember were the Faerie Tale Theatre shows, some of them were pretty weird.
The Three Little Pigs episode was one of my favorites. Jeff Goldblum as The Big Bad Wolf and the three little pigs played by Billy Crystal, Fred Williard, and Stephen Furst. The casts that they got for each show was amazing.

One of the most memorable HBO things I remember were the Faerie Tale Theatre shows, some of them were pretty weird.
The Three Little Pigs episode was one of my favorites. Jeff Goldblum as The Big Bad Wolf and the three little pigs played by Billy Crystal, Fred Williard, and Stephen Furst. The casts that they got for each show was amazing.
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@fallfan : I so remember that movie!! I watched it at least 20 times. How about Savannah Smiles. Anyone remember that gem?
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Who was the comedian that had an HBO comedy special with the jokes like "This is my helmet (hands on his shoulders) and this is my shouldermapads (hands on his head)" and he also did the whole bit about the farmer and the duck?
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You are the best!!! I've got all kinds of old Howie Mandel and Rodney Dangerfield VHS recorded from those days, but couldn't find this one. Thank you Thank you Thank you!
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Let's see if any of these spark your memories: Slapstick of Another Kind (Madeline Kahn & Jerry Lewis), Spitting Image (puppets), Hanky Panky, Haunted Honeymoon, Gilda (Radner) Live, Little Monsters, Like Father Like Son, It Came From Hollywood, Who's Harry Crumb and The Peanut Butter Solution (really freaked me out because of my Peladophobia).
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I used to love the Red Skelton Christmas special Freddie the Freeloader's Christmas Dinner.
Someone earlier mentioned Harry Hamlin and Helen Hunt in a baseball movie but I believe it was Harry Hamlin and Mimi Rogers in Blue Skies Again. Loved this one too.
havent seen either of these in probably 20+ years
Someone earlier mentioned Harry Hamlin and Helen Hunt in a baseball movie but I believe it was Harry Hamlin and Mimi Rogers in Blue Skies Again. Loved this one too.
havent seen either of these in probably 20+ years
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'Cannery Row' finally got a DVD release, last year IIRC.
Love that film. John Huston's narration makes it really special.
I'm such a fan of both books.
Love that film. John Huston's narration makes it really special.
I'm such a fan of both books.
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http://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Mar...1202047&sr=1-1
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I remember Roller Boogie (starring Linda Blair) being on pretty constant rotation in the early 80's.
Also, Xanadu.
Also, Xanadu.
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Kidco -- the one with the kid from The Toy (who eventually did porn) who started a fertilizer/manure business.
Remember Private School with Matthew Modine and Phoebe Cates? Wow she looked great in that... of course she looked great in everything... spooge demon...
Remember Private School with Matthew Modine and Phoebe Cates? Wow she looked great in that... of course she looked great in everything... spooge demon...
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The Adventures of Mark Twain got a release, but now it's OOP.
http://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Mar...1202047&sr=1-1
http://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Mar...1202047&sr=1-1
I caught part of Body Slam on This TV the other day. Just terrible, but I was never a wrestling fan.
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I just saw Millennium which I had remembered fondly from watching it as a kid but it wasn't as good. On the flipside, I enjoyed Cherry 2000 more than I did when I saw it on HBO.
Does anyone remember a movie with Miguel Ferrer as some criminal on the run with a girl and there's some big gun fight in a hole-in-the-wall bar?
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Loved that "movie". A one-off oddity, obviously made for about five bucks, with Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Cheech and Chong, and other comedians of the day ridiculing old, bad B-movies like Plan 9 and Mars Needs Women. Kind of a precursor to Mystery Science Theater 3000.