80’s Film And TV

The pull of The Wonder Years started with the first beat of the opening credits. As soon as Joe Cocker’s distinct and powerful voice sang out, you knew exactly what you were in for. Try with a little help from my friends… Those famous lyrics combined with the grainy, home-movie-style video montage of living in suburban America in the 1960s, made it…

Can you imagine what our childhood would be like if we had no access to the most popular TV game shows of the 1980s? There was nothing like the family time we spent in front of vintage television. The game shows of the 1980s were cheesy and filled with terrible jokes. Yet, if you come across any of those today,…

Did you ever ponder about the number of soap operas during the 1980s? If you were a teen from that generation, you’d know that millions preferred watching soap operas over other types of shows. And in fact, you might have been one of them too. The 1980s was a time when soap operas ruled TV, and some of the most…

Transformers was very iconic and popular back in the 1980’s. Fans of the show refer to the series as Generation 1 due to being the first installment in the Generation 1 era. If you grew up in the 1980’s, you no doubt were aware of this epic cartoon, and here is a little bit of history about how it came…

One of the best things about being a kid in the 80s was the cartoons. Waking up early, grabbing a bowl of cereal, and plopping in front of the television for some high-quality animated entertainment was the perfect way to spend your time. And if you happened to be a kid in the 80s, chances are you watched Disney’s Adventures of…

Danger Mouse was a British animated series. The show was a parody of the James Bond films and British spy stories. For those of us that grew up in the 1980’s, Danger Mouse was a standard staple of our cartoon viewing diet that we will soon not forget. The History Of Danger Mouse The creation of Danger Mouse came from…

Jem and the Holograms was a popular animated show during the 1980’s. The series ran for three seasons, and was hugely popular and changed the way we viewed female cartoon heroes. If you were around in the 1980s, you no doubt at least watched a few episodes of this iconic cartoon. It was heavily marketed at the time, and really…

Mel Gibson is an Oscar-winning actor with his fair share of achievements and failures due to his scandals. Scandals or not, it does not discount his talent or his pre-existing work. Arguably one of the most successful actors of a generation, Mel Gibson is also a director and producer as well. Interestingly enough one of his biggest successes was not…

Meryl Streep is a legend when it comes to cinema. Since her first role in the 1977 drama Julia, she has only improved. She has appeared opposite Robert De Niro, Jeremy Irons, Anne Hathaway, Clint Eastwood, and many others. The legendary actress is still working today, and no one would dare argue that she isn’t Hollywood royalty, and possibly the…

Sigourney Weaver has been the face of science fiction movies since 1986. She has three Oscar nominations and one of the most diverse portfolio of any actress out there. The actress still continues to act today, and many of her older films are classics that we still continue to watch in present day. The Best 80s Sigourney Weaver Movies Sigourney…