February 14, 2011

Name the 80's references

New movie - Take Me Home Tonight - has a decent bar-band-esque remake of "Don't You Want Me" and an accompanying video. In the vid the cast - Topher Grace et al - does quick reenactings of lots of 80's flicks & television shows.

Can you name 'em all?

Check after the jump to see my list...





  • 0:38 -Alien
  • 1:08 - Say Anything   
  • 1:15 - Dirty Dancing
  • 1:31 - Ghostbusters 
  • 1:37 - Weird Science
  • 1:45 - Ghost 
  • 1:55 - Sixteen Candles 
  • 1:56 - Pee Wee's Big Adventure 
  • 1:59 - Karate Kid 
  • 2:01 - ET & ALF
  • 2:02 - Fatal Attraction (great wig)
  • 2:06 - Empire Strikes Back
  • 2:10 - When Harry Met Sally 
  • 2:17 - Poltergeist   
  • 2:18 - Top Gun 
  • 2:20 - Splash 
  • 2:22 - Teen Wolf 
  • 2:30 - Back to the Future 
  • 2:39 - Risky Business 
  • 2:44 - Raiders of the Lost Ark 
  • 2:46 - Ferris Buehler's Day Off
  • 2:49 - The Shining (barely the 80s)
  • 2:51 - Weekend at Bernie's 
  • 2:53 - Fast Times at Ridgemont High 
  • 2:57 - First Blood (not Rambo, that was the sequel)
  • 3:00 - Big 
  • 3:01 - Cocktail 
  • 3:04 - Fletch 
  • 3:08 - Flashdance 
  • 3:11 - Nightmare on Elm Street 
  • 3:12 - Freddy vs Jason (I know that wasn't the 80s, was it?)
  • 3:14 - Can't Buy Me Love (a classic)
  • 3:15 - Twins 
  • 3:16 - Caddyshack (I don't think of it as 80s)
  • 3:19 - Terminator (who is that at 3:20?)
  • 3:21 - ???? (the Union sign?)
  • 3:23 - Little Shop of Horrors
  • 3:25 - Risky Business (repeat)
  • 3:27 - Blues Brothers (80s? - great dancing)
  • 3:29 - Top Gun (repeat)
  • 3:31 - Teen Wolf (repeat)
  • 3:32 - Dirty Dancing (repeat)
  • 3:33 - Weekend at Bernie's (repeat)
  • 3:34 - Ghostbusters (repeat)
  • 3:51 - Breakfast Club (outstanding closer)
Other than the Union sign and the guy at 3:20 (is that John Connor?), I think I'm good.

Did I miss any?

2 comments:

Katydid said...

The union sign is from "Norma Rae," and the dude right before it is Michael Biehn, who is Kyle Reese and John Connor's dad in "The Terminator." And "Ghost" is from 1990, fail.

I had tickets to see this with Topher Grace in person last week, but didn't get in. Looked moderately entertaining.

PHSChemGuy said...

Ghost would have been filmed in the 1980's, though. It's a crappy technicality.

Nice call on John Connor's dad. I knew he looked familiar.

Norma Rae isn't one I've seen. Any good?