Outrageous!

Yes, I'm a little late on this Grammy's post since the Grammy's were a couple of weeks ago.  Anyway, from 1985, with Lionel Richie as host, here are three awards that Prince took home that night.  There is much to love about this clip.  The first two awards - "Favorite Black Single" and "Favorite Black Album" seem to indicate this should have been 1955 instead of 1985.  The Beach Boys completely butchered the reading of the nominations somehow, and I just love the big bodyguard Prince has.  Just classic Prince.  I wish the big  guy had strolled down the runway with Prince at the Grammy's on Sunday night when Prince presented...

80's Super Bowl Weekend

It's Super Bowl weekend!  Ravens v. 49ers.  Harbaugh v. Harbaugh.  I don't particularly care for either team, so I'm just hoping for a good game, and some funny commercials.  Thirty years ago we had the Redskins against the Dolphins in Super Bowl XVII.  Check out the highlights and I hope your team wins on Sunday...

80's Television New Year's Eve

We lost Dick Clark earlier this year at the age of 82, and of course New Year's Rockin' Eve just won't be the same tonight without him. Let's take a look back at the New Year's Eves from the 80's which feature Dick Clark in some of the countdowns...

80's Classic TV Weekend

Those ears!  Those ears!  Who can forget about Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer helping Baby New Year?  New Year's Eve is just a few days away, and so I thought I'd bring you those big ol' Baby New Year ears for you so you could start practicing to have a happy, have a happy, have a happy New Year!

80's Yuletide Special Weekend

Surely you'd love to see the Magic Kingdom's Yuletide Special from the 1980's.  All three parts right here for you in The Excellent 80's...

Part 1...



Part 2...



Part 3...

80's Claymation Celebration Weekend

It's December 1st and time to start getting into that Christmas spirit if you haven't already.  I think the Excellent 80's has just the medicine to help you out today.  Who didn't love them some California Raisins back in the day!  Check out the Raisins singing "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" from the 1984 Claymation Christmas Celebration...



Here's some awesome camels doing their rendition of "We Three Kings"...

Will Vinton's Claymation Christmas Celebration
Directed by	Will Vinton
Produced by	David Altschul Will Vinton
Written by	Ralph Liddle
Starring	Tim Conner Johnny Counterfit
Music by	Patric Miller
Release date(s)	December 21, 1987
Running time	24 min.
Country	United States
Language	English

Happy Turkey Day

Happy Thanksgiving!  Hope you enjoy some turkey and some football, and most of all the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade!  Check out the beginning of the parade from 30 years ago in 1982!  Yes, 30 years ago!

To the Hoop Ya'll

Tonight is game four of the NBA finals between the Miami Heat and the OKC Thunder. Neither one of these teams even existed (in current form of course) 30 years ago in 1982 when we had the L.A. Lakers and the Philly 76ers battling it out in the finals. Check out the cool high-tech graphics in the intro from Game 6 of that series...

MTV Basement Tapes

Remember The Blases, Spot the Dog, Lopez Beatles, or Bombay? No? Don't worry, because unless you watched the MTV Basement Tapes competition then you probably never heard or saw any of these bands. Hosted by MTV's Martha Quinn with help from her co-host, a young Billy Crystal, the fifth installment of the MTV Basement Tapes winner in this 1985 clip was...

R.I.P. Dick Clark

"America's Oldest Teenager," Richard Wagstaff Clark passed away at the age of 82 on Wednesday leaving a lasting legacy on pop culture. If you grew up in the 80's or before then you saw Dick Clark every week on American Bandstand. I remember that it came on around 11 am or there-abouts every Saturday morning and I'd usually check it out for a few minutes every once in a while to see who might appear on the show.

Here are a few clips of American Bandstand from the 80's.

Look at this young New Edition from 1985...



Here is Dick interviewing The Romantics in 1983...



And there was probably nothing more awkward for Dick during the mid to late 80's when he had to interview rappers on American Bandstand. Check out this one with a young 17 year old L.L. Cool J and his two man crew of "Cut Creator" and "E Love."




I also loved me some $100,000 Pyramid hosted by Dick Clark. It was easily one of my favorites growing up. Here's some bloopers and an ending that features a young Billy Crystal giving clues and winning some money for the contestant...




Of course it won't truly be a New Year's Rockin' Eve anymore without Dick Clark...





R.I.P. Dick Clark

80's Television

It's officially opening day for the 2012 Major League Baseball season. I love me some baseball, so, in honor of the kickoff of a new baseball season, here's a few baseball related videos from the 80's...

Remember Intellivision? My best friend in 5th grade had an Intellivision and had this baseball game which was awesome at the time!



An NBC sports promo for baseball...

80's NCAA Flashback

With the NCAA championship game upon us, let's take a look back 30 years ago when a youngster named Michael Jordan helped lead the North Carolina Tarheels to a national championship over Patrick Ewing and the Georgetown Hoyas. Neither team made it back to this year's final, but here is the 1982 classic condensed into about 10 minutes...

10, 9, 8, 7,...

Want to see what the New Year's Eve celebration looked like 30 years ago tonight? In lieu of an 80's movie flashback, today's short 2:40 clip takes us back to 1981 and we get to watch the ball drop to take us into 1982. There's no Dick Clark. It's actress Donna Mills and some of Mr. Donny Osmond involved. And, the ball doesn't drop quite as smooth as it does these days. If you ask me, it looks a little shaky, like it might fall at any moment crushing hundreds below! Thankfully it doesn't. Have a safe New Year's Eve, and The Excellent 80's will see you in 2012!

A Very Brady Excellent 80's Day

From 1969 through 1974, ABC aired a little family sitcom about a blended family. It consisted of a man and his three sons marrying a woman with three daughters. Maybe you've heard of it - it was called "The Brady Bunch." Sure the episodes were corny and the acting was horrible, but it was a staple of my childhood growing up. Well, much to my happiness, the Bradys reunited in 1988 to give us today's little Christmas gem. It was a made for tv movie called "A Very Brady Christmas."

The intro to the movie...



To the tune of "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," enjoy some highlights from "A Very Brady Christmas"... remember when they all had to sing "O Come All Ye Faithful" to rescue Mike from the collapsed building at the end? Totally awesome! (I wish I could find that clip... somebody send me the link if you can find it)...



A Very Brady Christmas
Directed by Peter Baldwin
Produced by Barry M. Berg
Lloyd J. Schwartz
Written by Sherwood Schwartz
Lloyd J. Schwartz
Starring Florence Henderson
Robert Reed
Ann B. Davis
Maureen McCormick
Eve Plumb
Jennifer Runyon
Barry Williams
Christopher Knight
Mike Lookinland
Music by Laurence Juber
Cinematography Isidore Mankofsky
Distributed by CBS
Release date(s) December 18, 1988
Running time 100 minutes
Country United States
Language English

80's Dating

You might have seen today's video on the Pop Candy blog if you check out Whitney Matheson's work... it was so classic I had to post it here... you can just tell from the dress and hairstyles that it is so 80's... check out this 80's dating montage...

Dating Montage
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Are You Ready For Some Football?

Well, another NFL season kicks off tonight with the Tennessee Titans and the defending Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers, and I for one will be tuning in. Here's a pretty cool clip from CBS' 1989 NFL Today show, which was in its' 15th season at the time... Go Steelers!

Treat Her Right

You're so ugly that your ears stick out to get away from your face... huh? Maybe one of the best things ever captured on video, here is Mr. T singing, sort of... Treat her right... treat your mother right...

Happy Mother's Day from Mr. T

The Ball Is Tipped. There You Are

You're running for your life... it's NCAA championship game day and twenty years ago in 1989 we had a pretty good final game that saw Rumeal Robinson and Michigan take home the title in a close one over Seton Hall... enjoy the montage from 1989...

80's Television Game Show

What would a month long of Tuesday game show clips be without one of (if not the) best game show hosts of all-time - Chuck Woolery! I'm not going all "two in two" on you today (and if you know what that means, then bonus points for you), but instead I'm directing your way to the game show "Scrabble"...


Check out 16 year old aspiring actress Heather Graham (yes, that Heather Graham) on an episode of "Scrabble"... proof that everyone loves this game! I think Heather still hates Sandy to this day resulting from this closely fought contest...



(Sorry, this video has been removed, so that sucks, but trust me, it was great)

Instead, here is some lame one with Jon and Mary or Sally or Butch or whatever you want to call her....



On host week, Chuck even shows that he's got mad Scrabble skillz...



Scrabble

Genre Game show
Created by Robert Noah
Written by Richard Janaver
Deb Dittmann
Jan Heininger
Directed by Chris Darley
Presented by Chuck Woolery
Narrated by Jay Stewart
Charlie Tuna
Theme music composer Marc Ellis
Ray Ellis
Country of origin United States
Language(s) English
No. of episodes 1,335 (Total)
1,230 (1984-1990)
105 (1993)

80's Television Game Show

It's game show Tuesday throughout the month of February, and here's another classic that only lasted about four seasons, but was good for a laugh or two... the video is horrible in this, but hey, we get a live band, Burt Reynolds, Lonnie Anderson, Linda Carter, and Jason Bateman... it's a star-studded "Win, Lose, or Draw" from Hawaii... oh, that crazy Bert Convey!



check out Vicki Lawrence hosting the show which featured Samantha Fox as one of the celebrities and a bunch of cheerleaders from Canada...


Win, Lose or Draw

Genre Game Show
Directed by Richard S. Kline
Presented by Bert Convy (1987-1989)
Robb Weller (1989-1990)
Vicki Lawrence (NBC)
Narrated by Gene Wood
Bob Hilton
Johnny Gilbert
Composer(s) Thomas Morrison
Country of origin United States
Language(s) English