Posts tagged with ‘1980s’

IHC After Dark: T&C Surf Designs level music

Yes, the T&C Surf Designs game for the NES. If you’re not old enough and you don’t remember, don’t worry about it.

If you only watch one video today, make it this trailer for ‘Miami Connection’

The year is 1987. Motorcycle ninjas tighten their grip on Florida’s narcotics trade, viciously annihilating anyone who dares move in on their turf. Multi-national martial arts rock band Dragon Sound have had enough, and embark on a roundhouse wreck-wave of crime-crushing justice. When not chasing beach bunnies or performing their hit song “Against the Ninja,” Mark (kung-fu master/inspirational speaker Y.K. Kim) and the boys are kicking and chopping at the drug world’s smelliest underbelly. It’ll take every ounce of their blood and courage, but Dragon Sound can’t stop until they’ve completely destroyed the dealers, the drunk bikers, the kill-crazy ninjas, the middle-aged thugs, the “stupid cocaine”…and the entire MIAMI CONNECTION!!!

And now, here’s Tom Hanks doing stand up in 1987

Way back before Tom Hanks was one of the biggest award winning actors in history, and he was just that guy from Bosom Buddies, he was out working the stand-up circuit like everybody else. 

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In 1983, Mark Hamill spills the beans on Star Wars Episode VII

In this interview with Maria Shriver from 1983, Mark Hamill talks about Return of the Jedi, and then about three minutes in, he spills the beans about George Lucas’s possible plan for a trilogy of trilogies and what would have been in store for an Episode VII.

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IHC After Dark: The complete DTV Monster Hits from 1987

Back in the 1980s, the Disney Channel was pretty much nothing but old short cartoons from the previous fifty years of Disney magic. And on Halloween for a couple years, they did this DTV Halloween special, which is just 45 minutes of old cartoons set to spooky music.

IHC After Dark music: Mr. Mister “Take These Broken Wings”

You know you wanted to listen to this before bed. Thank Delsyd.

IHC After Dark: Heavy metal parking lot

FUCK YEAH 1986

Morning music videos: “Safety Dance - Literal Version”

Got quite a few chuckles from me.  Well done, and better than the original.  Plus, for an additional dose of nostalgia, 240p!

A treasure trove of animation from the early days of computer animation

From the 1970s into the 1980s, the YouTube channel VintageCG has over 100 videos showcasing the quick progress through the early days of computer animation, when just having a vector shape show up on screen and a shiny metal ball on a flat plane was a mind-blowing achievement.

More here

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Rocky Horror spoof from the 1980s has Ronald Reagan as Dr. Frank-N-Furter

The 80s were a weird and wonderful time, where there were things like this going on… a spoof of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, in which an innocent young couple are seduced through song and dance and sequins to become conservatives.

This is only part one of two, click through the video for more.

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IHC After Dark: Awkward interview with Divine on British TV from 1983

“Or to be more precise, here’s a very awkward interview with an out-of-drag Glenn Harris Milstead on the British music television show The Tube, from 1983, which is followed by an excellent performance by Divine of her club hit “Shake It Up.”

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IHC After Dark: Berlin at the US Festival, 1983

I want my MTV (and a rash).

Sybil Danning goes on a heavy caliber adventure in awesome

Oh, the 80s…