Question: If you punch one open, what are you drinking?
Last Question: Which one of these stars from the 80s did NOT have an aerobic workout video?
A. Jane Fonda
B. Angela Lansbury
C. Arnold Schwarzenegger
D. Betty White
Answer: D. Betty White
Question: What medical alarm company featured am ad with a senior citizen saying, “I’ve fallen, and I can’t get up!”?
Last Question: Put these Mike Tyson’s Punch Out!! opponents in the order that you fight them on the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES):
A. Soda Popinski
B. King Hippo
C. Glass Joe
D. Mike Tyson
Answer:
C. Glass Joe
B. King Hippo
A. Soda Popinski
D. Mike Tyson
Jesse Ventura commenting on Uncle Elmer kissing his wife: “They look like two carp in the Mississippi River going after the same piece of corn.”
“Dusty Rhodes wouldn’t win a body building contest for best abs, MacMahon, he’d win for MOST abs.”
“The pleasure was all yours”
“Win if you can, lose is you must, but ALWAYS cheat!”
Happy 68th birthday to Jesse “The Body” Ventura!!!
Welcome to the “Box Office Jocks” Blog-A-Thon this fine Super Bowl weekend! A special thank you goes out to Dubsism for host his first blog-a-thon. If you aren’t familiar with Dubsism, it’s a combination of two things which usually don’t go together; rabid enthusiasm for all things sport, and an infatuation with classic cinema. I highly recommend checking out and subscribe to his blog.
This blog-a-thon is all about movies featuring actors who used to be athletes at the college, Olympic, or professional level, OR movies in which a famous athlete appears. It is NOT about movies which have a sports-related theme. This is about actors who once were jocks, or big-time jocks who make cameos.
This is fun topic. Thank you for everyone who participated. Please check out all these awesome articles, and share the love.
The Wonderful World of Cinema:
In The Good Old Days Of Classic Hollywood:
Love Letters To Old Hollywood:
Here’s to some solid reading about Box Office Jocks!
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The “I’m going to Disney World!” and “I’m going to Disneyland!” slogan was first used on this day 32 years ago (January 25, 1987) after the New York Giants defeated the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XXI (39-20).
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On this episode of Return to the ’80s, Robert and Paul welcome Ty Ray, from the Beats and Eats podcast, to the show. The guys Return to 1981, and count down the year’s top songs, movies, and television shows. Also, find out what the biggest selling toys were in 1981, and reminisce on the big news stories of the year.
As this current decade comes to a close, come join us to Return to the greatest decade ever, and check out the awesome year of 1981!
10. “Keep On Loving You” by REO Speedwagon
10. Time Bandits
5. Stripes
4. Arthur
3. Superman II
8. “I Love a Rainy Night” by Eddie Rabbit
7. “Kiss On My List” by Hall & Oates
Hall & Oates March Madness
10. One Day At a Time
9. M*A*S*H
8. ABC Monday Night Movie
7/6 tie Too Close for Comfort and The Dukes of Hazzard
5. Alice
4. Three’s Company
3. The Jeffersons
2. 60 Minutes
1. Dallas
6. “Celebration” by Kool & the Gang
5. “Jessie’s Girl” by Rick Springfield
4. “(Just Like) Starting Over” by John Lennon
NFL
Oakland Raiders beat the Philadelphia Eagles 27-10 – January 25, 1981 at the Louisiana Superdome
NBA
Boston Celtics beat the Houston Rockets 4-2
NHL
New York Islanders defeat the Minnesota North Stars 4-1
MLB
LA Dodgers beat the New York Yankees 4-1
January 20 52 Americans held hostage in Iran for 444 days freed
March 6 Walter Cronkite signs off of CBS Evening News
March 30 Reagan Assassination attempt
April 18 The Longest Game – Pawtucket Red Sox tie Rochester Red Wings 2-2 in 32 innings (game resumed 23rd June)
May 11 Cats premieres in London
May 13 Assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II
Jun 2 Barbara Walters asks Katharine Hepburn what kind of tree she would be
Jun 5 AIDS Epidemic officially begins when US Centers for Disease Control reports on pneumonia affecting five homosexual men in Los Angeles
Jun 12 Baseball players begin a 50 day strike, their 3rd strike
July 29 Royal Wedding
Aug 1 MTV premieres at 12:01 AM
Aug 3 13,000 Air Traffic Controllers (PATCO) begin their strike; US President Ronald Reagan offers an ultimatum to workers: ‘if they do not report for work within 48 hours, they have forfeited their jobs and will be terminated’
Sep 12 “The Smurfs” animated cartoon series by Hanna-Barbera first broadcasts in North America
Sep 25 Sandra Day O’Connor sworn in as 1st female supreme court justice
Dec 11 Muhammad Ali’s 61st & last fight, losing to Trevor Berbick
Dec 28 1st American test-tube baby, Elizabeth Jordan Carr is born in Norfolk, Virginia
Dec 31 CNN Headline News debuts
2. “Endless Love” by Diana Ross and Lionel Richie
1. “Bette Davis Eyes” by Kim Carnes
Ty Ray
Twitter – @BeatnEats
Check out Ty Ray and Nick Gelso’s awesome Beats and Eats podcast on:
iTunes (aka Apple Podcasts)
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Return to the ’80s
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