Nerdy Trivia: December 16, 2024

Remember those jelly bracelets that somehow morphed into shapes but mostly just collected lint? Or those water tube things that always slipped out of your hands like a buttered fish? Pretty sure half our childhood toys were just future landfill items masquerading as entertainment, but damn if we didn't love every ridiculous minute with them!

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→ 5 toys from the 1980s that still give us nightmares

The 1980s kicked off with a movie that made violence beautiful and boxing ugly. In "Raging Bull," a boxer's ego tears his life apart while the camera catches every brutal moment in gorgeous black and white. Some maniac had to be behind these contradictions. Which director was able to bring this story to life?

• Lesley Stahl (1941)
• Benny Andersson (1946)
• Billy Gibbons (1949)
• Benjamin Bratt (1963)
• J. B. Smoove (1965)
• Miranda Otto (1967)
• Krysten Ritter (1981)