Monthly Archives: August 2008

Top 16 80s Kids’ Cartoon Villains

Posted on August 10, 2008 by The Great 80s

 The folks over at HecklerSpray have put together another great 80s list… Did you know that the voice of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles baddie Shredder was actually voiced by Uncle Phil from The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air? No? Neither … Continue reading →

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’80s band Poison keeps it together despite the thorns

Posted on August 8, 2008 by The Great 80s

  Drummer Rikki Rockett doesn’t even try to sugarcoat it. “We are one of the most hated bands … by other bands,” he says. And that’s not even getting into what the critics think of Poison, who came along in … Continue reading →

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Are ’80s Movies About to Replace ’70s TV As The Go-To Lazy Remake?

Posted on August 5, 2008 by The Great 80s

  After Charlie’s Angels, The Dukes of Hazzard, and The Brady Bunch (and Starsky & Hutch, and S.W.A.T., and Bewitched, and Mission Impossible), the tide pool of ’70s television shows to remake is finally drying up. There are still a … Continue reading →

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Rick Springfield: It’s good to be singing

Posted on August 2, 2008 by The Great 80s

  Rick Springfield has a new album coming out Tuesday, the same day he will perform his single “Victoria’s Secret” on an episode of “General Hospital.” No, it isn’t 1982, when he was playing Dr. Noah Drake on the ABC … Continue reading →

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