This Week in 80’s History!

Posted on December 23, 2022

It’s time to take a look back at Christmas week in the 80’s! It was this week in:

1984 – “Like a Virgin” by Madonna would take over the #1 spot on the Billboard charts 

1987 – Good Morning Vietnam premiered in theaters. Starring Robin Williams to film would become the highest grossing movie of 87, bringing in $123.9 million at the box office!

​​1988 – Young and the Restless Passed General Hospital as the #1 Daytime Soap. A spot the show still claims to this day! 

1988 – “Every Rose Has Its Thorn” by Poison would become your number 1 song on the Billboard charts and would hold onto that spot for 3 weeks. 

Hairball Video of the Week

Posted on December 23, 2022

This week being Christmas, I wanted to give you guys a special treat and not go with a traditional music video put together by some tv producer. Instead I am giving you the gift of live music with a live performance of that song from their DVD Live from the Mirror Ball! Here’s your Hairball Video of the Week, Def Leppard with “Rock Rock (Till You Drop)”!

Tom Petty took back song written for Stevie Nicks

Posted on December 21, 2022

We all know and love the Tom Petty and Stevie Nicks classic, “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around.” But what I didn’t know, is that song only came to be because Tom felt “terrible guilt” after promising Stevie a different song he wrote for her, then decided to keep for himself. Read the full story below.

*photo credit Getty Images.

Fail of the Week

Posted on December 17, 2022

Throwing a “Dirty Santa” holiday party complete with elf strippers seems like a fun idea…just maybe not for your highschool students. It’s time for your Fail of the Week.

Hairball Video of the Week

Posted on December 17, 2022

It’s that time of your Saturday! Time for your Hairball Video of the Week! This week I’m taking you back to ’89 with a song believed  to be written about actress and Playboy Playmate, sex symbol of the 50’s and 60’s, Jayne Mansfield. Here is your Hairball Video of the Week, LA Guns with “The Ballad of Jayne”.

This Week in 80’s History!

Posted on December 17, 2022

It’s time to take a look back at what this week in the 1980’s had to offer! It was on this week in:

1983 – The Iron Sheik would end one of the longest WWE Championship reigns of all time by defeating Bob Backlund, breaking his back and making him humble.

1988 – Rain Man starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise premiered in theaters. Despite Hoffman wanting to leave the set because he thought he was doing a terrible job, the movie would win an Academy Award for best picture and Hoffman would take home the Oscar for best actor that year.

1989 – The Simpsons premiered on Fox, and the rest…is television history!

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