Question: Which Tony Award-winning musical started out in 1980 as a French language musical before it was adapted to English and became a smash hit in England in 1985 then did the same in the US in 1987?
Last Question: What is the name of the princess who is kidnapped by the evil Bowser in multiple Mario video games?
Answer: Princess Peach
Can you name the artist and song:
Well, everybody’s talking and no one says a word
Everybody’s making love and no one really cares
Last Song: “My Brave Face” by Paul McCartney from Flowers in the Dirt (1989)
Great job David (@daviddwwalker)!!!
Now that I’m alone again
I can’t stop breaking down again
The simplest things set me off again
And take me to that place
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Question: What is the name of the princess who is kidnapped by the evil Bowser in multiple Mario video games?
Last Question: What Product Had A Major Moment In The 1980s, But They’ve Been Around Since 3000 BCE—When Chinese Emperor Wong Ti Used To Kick Around A Leather Ball Filled With Hair?
Answer: Hacky Sack
Can you name the artist and song:
Now that I’m alone again
I can’t stop breaking down again
The simplest things set me off again
And take me to that place
Last Song: “Don’t Rush Me” by Taylor Dayne from Tell It To My Heart (1988)
Great job Craig (@cdennis0130)!!!
Red roses, temptation
You make the most of an iffy situation
I’m weighing my decision
Who’s to say if it’s love, or if it isn’t?
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Question: What Product Had A Major Moment In The 1980s, But They’ve Been Around Since 3000 BCE—When Chinese Emperor Wong Ti Used To Kick Around A Leather Ball Filled With Hair?
Last Question: In which game do you get to play the role of a knight perched on top of a flying ostrich?
Answer: Joust
Great job Craig (@cdennis0130)
Can you name the artist and song:
Red roses, temptation
You make the most of an iffy situation
I’m weighing my decision
Who’s to say if it’s love, or if it isn’t?
Last Song: “Everytime You Go Away” by Paul Young from The Secret of Association (1985) and by Hall & Oates from Voices (1980)
Great job Craig (@cdennis0130) and Heather (@janmcdon52)!!!
If we can solve any problem
Then why do we lose so many tears?
Oh, so you go again
When the leading man appears
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Question: In which game do you get to play the role of a knight perched on top of a flying ostrich?
Last Question: Who sang the theme song for the sitcom ‘Square Pegs’?
Answer: Waitresses
Great job Pauline (@Dopey62)!!!
Can you name the artist and song:
If we can solve any problem
Then why do we lose so many tears?
Oh, so you go again
When the leading man appears
Last Song: “Blue Jean” by David Bowie from Tonight (1984)
Great job J.V. (@JVfromOhio)!!!
Look out world you know I’ve got mine
She got Latin roots
She got everything
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How can we celebrate ’80s Thanksgiving any other way than to watch Planes, Trains and Automobiles?! This John Hughes classic stars two legends – Steve Martin and John Candy, and features many awesome cameos.
This year, the Return to the ’80s family has grown as Del and I sit around the Thanksgiving episode table with Claire and Caroline!
Obviously we cover this awesomely hilarious movie. We also talk about each of our Thanksgivings, as well as Caroline and Claire’s real life Planes, Trains and Automobiles ordeal.
So get your hand out from between those pillows, throw on your best Del Griffith shower curtain earrings, beat Kevin Bacon to the cab this time, and come join us as we dig in to Planes, Trains and Automobiles!
You can follow ’80s Radical Sabbatical at https://80sradsab.com/ as well as on the following social media accounts:
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Del can be found on the show 80s at 8 on 91.1 WEDM FM as well the 80s at 8 Facebook page where he posts 80s news.
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Question: Who sang the theme song for the sitcom ‘Square Pegs’?
Last Question: What star makes a non speaking cameo at the beginning of the movie Planes, Trains and Automobiles?
Answer: Kevin Bacon
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