The History of the Fotomat Booth
Photo from TheFotomat.com If you grew up in an American suburb in the '70s or '80s you probably remember Fotomat booths. Looking lik...
Showing posts with label 1980s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1980s. Show all posts
We'll Always Be Together: A Look Back at the 1984 Movie Electric Dreams (Spoilers!)
Image from Electric Dreams fan site Do you remember your first personal computer? If you're a fellow Gen X-er and you were lucky enough...
Hi, Big Fella: How Mary Tyler Moore's Racy Green Dress Predicted Future Fashion
Images via IMDB It was 50 years ago this month that Mary Tyler Moore appeared on her sitcom wearing what was a very risqué and revealing dre...
A Look at the Wham!: Last Christmas Unwrapped Documentary (Spoilers!)
Image via IMDB.com If I'm being brutally honest, I never would have predicted at the time of its release that "Last Christmas"...
When Larry David and Michael Richards Starred Together on a Live Sketch Comedy Show: A Look Back at ABC's Fridays
It was April 1980 and the future of Saturday Night Live, which was nearing the end of its fifth season , seemed to be up in the air. Two o...
A Song's Story #9: Self Control
Image via Discogs Laura Branigan's hit single "Self Control" was one of the defining songs of the 1980s. The lyrics' theme...
Five Reasons Why the American Mall is Dying
The Esplanade Mall in Kenner, Louisiana as photographed in 1988 (and which is now closed.) Photo via @ the_80s_interior on Instagram . For s...
The Weird and Wonderful Teleconference For Elton John's The Fox You Didn't Know Existed
It's the year 1981, the internet hasn't been invented yet, and you need to get the word out to your record company's employees a...
A Personal Ode to the Sony Walkman
In the early '80s my parents added a few of the latest technological wonders to our household that were meant to make our lives easier o...
The Big, Brash, Bold Fashion of the 1980s
Most images from the Tumblr site Periodicult 1980-1989 A few years back I wrote a post that poked fun at '80s fashion titled Dear Eighti...
Angela Lansbury's Positive Moves Workout Video
Image via Kelly Robinson on Medium Dame Angela Lansbury passed away at the age of 96 earlier this week, and while she's going to be rem...
10 Underrated Elton John Songs
Ever since I saw Rocketman earlier this summer, I haven't stopped thinking about the movie. It truly hit my heart like no other film...
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