Question: What kids’ show earned Jim Varney his only Emmy?
Last Question: What retail giant was the only suitable place to buy Raymond Babbitt’s boxer shorts, in Rain Man?
Answer: K-Mart
Great job sweetpurplejune!!!
Monthly Archives: May 2021
Remember That Song – 5/21/21
Can you name the artist and song:
Zappin’ it to you, the pressure’s everywhere
Goin’ right through you, the fever’s in the air
Last Song: “Ebony and Ivory” by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder from Tug of War (1982)
Great job sweetpurplejune and Brent (@jonbrent13)!!!
We all know that people are the same wherever you go
There is good and bad in ev’ryone
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Return to the ’80s Trivia – 5/20/21
Question: What retail giant was the only suitable place to buy Raymond Babbitt’s boxer shorts, in Rain Man?
Last Question: What erupted on May 18, 1980, becoming the deadliest eruption in U.S. History?
Answer: Mount St. Helen’s
On the morning of May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted, blowing away the top of the mountain and triggering landslides, mud flows and floods that killed 57 people, destroyed 200 homes and flattened 230 square miles of forest.
Remember That Song – 5/20/21
Can you name the artist and song:
We all know that people are the same wherever you go
There is good and bad in ev’ryone
Last Song: “Wait” by White Lion from Pride (1988)
Great job sweetpurplejune and David (@daviddwwalker)!!!
So if you go away, I know that I will follow
‘Cause there’s a place inside my heart that tells me
Hold out, hold out, hold out
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Special Podcast: Twitter Hacks (and Recovery), Shout-Outs, and Patreon
Today was an unexpected podcast. Back in February, my @Returntothe80s Twitter account of 17,000 followers was hacked and stolen. I tried to get it back, but to no avail. So I started over. Then I just got an email today from Twitter saying that it has been rectified. I now have my old account (and most followers) back!
While I was in a good mood, I wanted to give a special shout out to my close friends and followers that I could think of, as well as promote some newer retro podcasts I’ve been loving.
Finally, I have started a Patreon page. It was started for my Rhode Runner side of things. But, there is ’80s extras in there as well.
You can visit https://www.patreon.com/TheRhodeRunner to check it out, and see if you’d like to donate $3. Currently, there is a podcast episode about The Romantics self-titled debut album, as well as a short story I wrote about my boot camp experience in 1989.
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Return to the ’80s Trivia – 5/18/21
Question: What erupted on May 18, 1980, becoming the deadliest eruption in U.S. History?
Last Question: What superhero costume did Dan Goodwin don before scaling Chicago’s John Hancock Center and Sears Tower in 1981?
Answer: Spider-Man
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REMEMBER THAT SONG – 5/18/21
Can you name the artist and song:
So if you go away, I know that I will follow
‘Cause there’s a place inside my heart that tells me
Hold out, hold out, hold out
Last Song: “Time (Clock of the Heart)” by Culture Club from Kissing to Be Clever (1983)
Great job Erwin (@erwin_green) and Pauline (@Dopey62)!!!
Touch was the heat too much
I felt I lost you from the start
If you’d like to get the song from Amazon, you can click on the album cover below:
Return to the ’80s Trivia – 5/14/21
Question: What superhero costume did Dan Goodwin don before scaling Chicago’s John Hancock Center and Sears Tower in 1981?
Last Question: What movie featured the line, “Cops and women don’t mix. It’s like eating a spoonful of Drano. Sure, it’ll clean you out, but it’ll leave you hollow inside.”?
Answer: The Naked Gun (or The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!)
Remember That Song – 5/14/21
Can you name the artist and song:
Touch was the heat too much
I felt I lost you from the start
Last Song: “If She Would Have Been Faithful” by Chicago from Chicago 18 (1987)
Great job David (@daviddwwalker) and This Angel Loves Simon (@AngelLovesSimon)!!!
I was thinking about her, visiting the past
Reconstructing details with old photographs
I was studying the faces with an objective point of view
Suddenly remembering doesn’t haunt me
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Return to the ’80s Trivia – 5/12/21
Question: What movie featured the line, “Cops and women don’t mix. It’s like eating a spoonful of Drano. Sure, it’ll clean you out, but it’ll leave you hollow inside.”?
Last Question: After 23 years as host, who left The Newlywed Game in 1988 for a bigger paycheck as host of the Celebrity Secrets game show?
Answer: Bob Eubanks
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