80s

The top 10 TV sitcom theme songs from the 1980s

The top 10 TV sitcom theme songs from the 1980s

What happens inside your brain when you read the following words? Making your way in the world today Takes everything you've got Taking a break from all your worries Sure would help a lot It’s time to get a drink with Norm and the gang, that’s what. That...

Who won the main event at the first Wrestlemania?

Who won the main event at the first Wrestlemania?

The first Wrestlemania marked a turning point, not just in the realm of professional wrestling, but for society as a whole. Ushering in the era of the Rock N' Wrestling Connection in earnest (aka, the crossover of pro wrestling and pop culture), Wrestlemania remains a cultural force to this day....

Movies That Time Forgot: Explorers (1985)

Movies That Time Forgot: Explorers (1985)

Would you believe me if I told you that I’m just learning, right now as I clack-clack-clack away at the keyboard, as I sit down to write an article about the 1985 movie Explorers, right now, this instant, I just learned that both Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix are...

Is the original NES Punch-Out!! worth playing again?

Is the original NES Punch-Out!! worth playing again?

Punch-Out!! was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), in 1987—originally dubbed Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!! The exclamation points were always there, turns out. While Tyson was later replaced with the generic Mr. Dream, the game itself proved to be immensely popular. Does it stand the test of time?...

The top 10 WWF wrestlers of the 1980s

The top 10 WWF wrestlers of the 1980s

I knew it was fake. I mean, my parents straight-up told me. But I still begged for the pay-per-views, lived and died with every moment as my favorite wrestler seemed to be finished, then back, then finished again and finally winning with a surprise reversal that went into their finishing...

The top 10 live-action fantasy movies from the ’80s

The top 10 live-action fantasy movies from the ’80s

With new advancements in special effects and the success of Star Wars in particular, studios and filmmakers turned their attention as they headed into the 1980s towards a genre of storytelling that has been entertaining audiences since time immemorial: fantasy. With special effects wizards who could now build life-sized dragons...

5 toys from the 1980s that still give us nightmares

5 toys from the 1980s that still give us nightmares

The more I remember the decade of my young childhood, the more I understand why my doctor gave me that seemingly large prescription for Xanax. It was like all the marketers of the world got together sometime in 1981 and just said, “What if we did our best to ruin...