You've never seen him before today and now you hate him because he made fun of He-Man? Uhm, maybe he did so because it was funny? Geesh, of all the stuff they made fun of, i'm amazed that it took someone questioning the homoeroticism of He-Man to post a !!! Lighten up guys....it was a cartoon, and the 'ambiguously gay duo' moments they showed were hilarious. How very sad that it somehow offends and threatens your childhood in some wierd way and results in you "hating" a pretty damn funny guy and a great show....on the other hand, look at the bright side, you just won uptight post of the day!!

I didn't even know what a Member's Only jacket was until I saw this on VH1. I'd heard of them, but never actually saw one.

Great series!

Favorite moments:

"Baby on Board"
Rick Astley
Hands across America
TOP GUN commentary
Weird Al's "Then & Now"
Swatches
Lionel Richie's "Hello" video
Teddy Ruxpen
"The Superbowl Shuffle"

It was the "Rio" album. Started on the title song and lasted through "Hungry Like the Wolf". I spent most of the first song trying to figure out what goes where and how do I get it to go.

Honk!

That may have ruined the Rio album for me now

Too bad that you didn't "make it" to Last Chance on the Stairway. Or, at least, Hold Back the RAIN.

Saw Duran Duran myself in 1984 at Cobo Hall. Was wearing a really ugly, brown leather coat, huge baggy blacks pants, and a white T-shirt. I shudder at the thought. I remember looking around the arena and noticing there were very few men. It had to be close to 10-1. Then Simon and Nick got the women worked up and that night was PERFECT!

Those were the days!

Thanks for making me feel about 100.

I hear ya brotha...I hear ya......

My only complaint is that they didn't emphasize parachute pants enough in 1983....I got a frickin job just so i could buy a sweet pair of parachute pants in 10th grade ........they were IT for a year or so......

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My only complaint is that they didn't emphasize parachute pants enough in 1983....I got a frickin job just so i could buy a sweet pair of parachute pants in 10th grade ........they were IT for a year or so......

They missed a lot of stuff...which is why they should do a part II.

And part III...and part IV...

Am I the only one that wore a teal Miami Vice jacket and bolo tie for their senior photos?

I have to admit, I still have all the California Raisin albums on cassette tape...

I sat in abject horror when, a mere seconds before it was played for all, my brother recited the lyrics to the "Pound Puppies" ad campaign.

And that Teddy Ruxspin (sp?) was pure evil.

Man, this sucked about 5 hours of my life away this weekend. Between this and the Friday night 'Real World' marathon, I think I'm growing roots out my ass.

These shows have been great. Really fun to see some of this stuff again.

RE the "Ed guy". I haven't seen the show Ed, but I thought that guy was pretty funny.

The guy who really bugged me was Hal Sparks. I love him on QAF, but dude, come on. You don't have to make fun of EVERYTHING about the 80's. Seriously, I can't remember him liking one thing they showed. Every time they went to him, he was making fun of what they were showing. It just bugged me. Plus, he came off as very geeky. Way geekier than me.

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Did you wear the sleeves of the jacket rolled up to the elbows?

Honk!

Please don't combine 2 people's quotes and use them as if one person said them. I said I hated the guy, (based on him going out of his way to make "funny and sarcastic" comments) but my post had nothing to do with He-man, or any specific comment he made. Someone else posted about him making fun of He-man. If one person says he hates someone, and someone else asks why the guy was making fun of He-man, it is not valid to combine the 2 quotes and attribute it to one person. (Which you clearly implied in your first sentence: "You've never seen him before today and now you hate him because he made fun of He-Man?")

Look at the bright side, you just won the "I'll combine two separate individual's posts, and use that to make an uninformed statement about how that person needs to lighten up" post of the day.

Awww man. And I thought I was a lock for this...

I never win anything...

[Rips up acceptance speech.]

Hey, there's always tomorrow, man! Don't give up hope!

ok...so my bad....although your post coming right after the he-man quip did lead me to assume that context.....not sure how that makes me 'uninformed' though. but whatever....to each his own eh?

i refused to have a man purse tho

I loved how the made fun of the people on alf not being able to get a job, while the puppet is making a comback. classic stuff.

BTW...my parents had a "NOBODY ON BOARD" sign in your car!

The H0mo-erotic undertones of He-Man was absoulutely the funniest thing ever. "I must protect my 'special secret'!"

Also the commentary about the "Don Johnson look" after Miami Vice was hilarious. "We looked...Gay"

I was able to catch 83 and 84 last night! Funny $hit! I'm with those who want a DVD of this!

"Return of the Jedi is probably the most incestuous movie made..." or something to that effect.

And for the record, I found the Ed guy very funny. LOL

I recently read an article in the back of Entertainment Weekly, and Joel Stein said he called up the exec-producer of that series and asked if he could be in the "I Love The 90's" version...

The guy said something to the tune of "It's more likely that we will do a second hour to the 80's shows than do a 90's version."

So we might wanna watch out for the 2-hour versions (count: 20 hrs!) of this soon-to-be-played-every-holiday series!

The Ed guy, Michael Ian Black, was an original member of the comedy troop The State which had a short-lived series on MTV back in the early '90s and created the recent film Red Hot American Summer.

And IMO, he was the best thing about the I Love The 80s. I also thought Hal Sparks and the ESPN Sportscenter guy were pretty funny too. Funny considering I hated Hal Sparks when he hosted Talk Soup after John Hanson left.

I wouldn't mind if an additional ten hours for the show was created, hell I'd welcome it with open arms, but only if they bring back Michael Ian Black.