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5 80s Literary Adaptations Worse Than THE INFORMERS view story
40 votes- Submitted by seelowitz
- 2 months ago
- (http://blog.spout.com/2009/04/24/...)
- Became popular 2 months ago
I doubt I’ll ever get to see the early version of Gregor Jordan’s adaptation of The Informers that Ellis referred to as “an outstanding movie floating out there somewhere”. It’s by no means however, quite as gut wrenchingly unwatchable as some
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The Studio 54 of Sex: Plato's Retreat, American Swing view story
3 votes- Submitted by VioletPlanet
- 2 months ago
- (http://www.thedailybeast.com/blog...)
- Became popular 2 months ago
From its nude Jacuzzi to the orgy-filled mat room, at Plato's Retreat you could have sex next to Sammy Davis Jr., a porn star, or even a bus driver, writes Jon Hart, the director of American Swing.
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YouTube - Vanilla Ice says 'Sorry' view story
3 votes- Submitted by angrykeyboarder
- 3 months ago
- (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ab...)
- Became popular 3 months ago
From the WTF dept..
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Jobless? What Now? view story
1 vote- Submitted by goodReader
- 4 months ago
- (http://www.good.is/?p=15573)
- Became popular 4 months ago
So it’s a recession and you’ve lost your job. First things first: You’re not alone. Hundreds of thousands of people have already found themselves out of work in 2009, and some are estimating that the unemployment rate could reach 10 percent or more
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Sci-Fi Trailers through the years (over 440) view story
2 votes- Submitted by scificomet
- 4 months ago
- (http://scificomet.com/2009/02/22/...)
- Became popular 4 months ago
I have added alot of Sci-Fi Trailers to the site (Over 440 of them and growing) The Eras included are: 1950’s Sci-Fi trailers 1960’s Sci_Fi trailers 1970’s Sci-Fi trailers 1980’s Sci-Fi trailers 1990’s Sci-Fi trailers
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A Thirtysomething's Nostalgia: Retro Movies view story
1 vote- Submitted by latham820
- 4 months ago
- (http://hubpages.com/hub/Retro-Movies)
- Became popular 4 months ago
This is my second hub in the Nostalgia series. Instead of filling this hub with a bunch of obvious movie picks of a thirtysomething's nostalgia like Star Wars, Indiana Jones, E.T......etc; I thought I would...
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The Biography of Pac-Man: Connecting the Dots view story
4 votes- Submitted by buzznot1012
- 4 months ago
- (http://www.helium.com/items/13352...)
- Became popular 4 months ago
Pac-Man was in rehab to kick the dots. He lay on his cot, restless and writhing, sweat pouring from his round, jaundiced body. Id sell my ..., Matt St. Amand
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A Thirtysomething's Nostalgia: Retro Television Shows view story
1 vote- Submitted by latham820
- 4 months ago
- (http://hubpages.com/hub/Retro-Ent...)
- Became popular 4 months ago
Being an adult sucks sometimes. Recently I have been longing for the simpler days of my childhood...a time where I could do and say silly things and nobody would think I am nuts. So I am led to writing...
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Tom Robinson, New Wave Poet view story
5 votes- Submitted by UninvitedWriter
- 4 months ago
- (http://hubpages.com/hub/Tom-Robin...)
- Became popular 4 months ago
Tom Robinson is an accomplished singer/songwriter
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Lucy's Top Five Fleetwood Mac Songs | megasizzle.com view story
2 votes- Submitted by slappywhyte
- 7 months ago
- (http://megasizzle.com/megasizzle/...)
- Became popular 7 months ago
The Top Five Fleetwood Mac Songs, From Go Your Own Way to You Make Loving Fun.
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Bernanke's 1980s Computer Model Predicts Crisis : The Financial Accelerator view story
3 votes- Submitted by VioletPlanet
- 7 months ago
- (http://www.npr.org/templates/stor...)
- Became popular 7 months ago
A set of equations drawn up in the 1980s by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke considered the effects of shocks to the financial system. A co-creator says that the model predicts disaster if there's not a quick intervention, and it guided Bernanke to t
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10 funny Choose Your Own Adventure books- circa 2005 | megasizzle.com view story
1 vote- Submitted by slappywhyte
- 8 months ago
- (http://megasizzle.com/1980s/10-fu...)
- Became popular 8 months ago
OK, remember these books? They were great! (except for the fact you died about 67% of the time, nice for little kids to read...)
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Battle of 1980s Icons vs 2000s Stars view story
1 vote- Submitted by slappywhyte
- 9 months ago
- (http://megasizzle.com/1980s/1980s...)
- Became popular 9 months ago
5 Stars of Today battle their 1980s Counterparts - Kimbo Slice vs Mr. T, etc
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The Transformers: Revisit the Legacy! view story
1 vote- Submitted by retro
- 9 months ago
- (http://www.squidoo.com/the-transf...)
- Became popular 9 months ago
The Transformers: an animated saga released in 1984, became more than a popular television series as it inducted itself as an important part of retro pop-culture history.
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MySpace Cofounder Tom Anderson Was A Real Life “WarGames” Hacker in 1980s view story
17 votes- Submitted by steaprok
- 10 months ago
- (http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08...)
- Became popular 10 months ago
In 1985, when he was fourteen and in high school in Escondido, California, Anderson was subject to one of the largest FBI raids in California history after hacking into a Chase Manhattan Bank computer system and subsequently showing his friends how to do.
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The 10 Most Delicious Extinct Candies from the '80s view story
27 votes- Submitted by cGt2099
- 10 months ago
- (http://www.toplessrobot.com/2008/...)
- Became popular 10 months ago
From drink-flavored gum like GatorGum to the amazing BarNone.
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No Game for Old Men view story
30 votes- Submitted by VioletPlanet
- 11 months ago
- (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/02...)
- Became popular 11 months ago
Anyone who lived in New York at the time knows the Mets ruled the city in the 1980s
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My 80s Dream Toy Chest : Nostalgiaholic.com view story
1 vote- Submitted by toni42
- 12 months ago
- (http://www.nostalgiaholic.com/wp/...)
- Became popular 12 months ago
A collection of my favorite long lost childhood toys.
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Rubik's Cube set to top the Christmas best-sellers list again view story
1 vote- Submitted by oysterbox
- about 1 year ago
- (http://www.thelondonpaper.com/cs/...)
- Became popular about 1 year ago
Rubik's Cube set to top the Christmas best-sellers list again, more than 25 years after its launch
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Carburetors: Water injection view story
1 vote- Submitted by rbnstr08
- about 1 year ago
- (http://www.helium.com/items/73612...)
- Became popular about 1 year ago
Water injection in cars has been done before but was not promoted. In early 1980 order catalogs, I have been reading about different water inject...

