HBO and Cinemax were a late night treasure trove for us 80s kids. Let mom and dad fall asleep, sneak out to the living room, turn the volume as low as possible, turn the dimmer knob down, and look for dirty movies.
Hahaa Yes!!! Genius moves, we kids knew every lil thing we had to do to not being noticed! Ya had to be quick to turn the volume down as soon as the screen flashed on.. and a lot of TVs back then made a distinct pop sound when they turned on, so ya sorta had to sit right in front of it and shield the sound from travelling all the way into your parents bedroom! 😂😂🤣 Thanks for commenting, a reminder to all the sneaky tricks!
There's a really great "making of" short that's worth a watch if you've never seen it. I remember seeing it as a kid and, being almost 50 now, I'm still amazed that the HBO logo was actual chrome plated letters, and how they made the spinning rainbow effect. So clean like it's CGI but it was all practical with a computerized camera! The 80's were truly a magical era of filmmaking. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-cexcxxY56NM.htmlsi=AttaMZcEFCWCnF9P
Born in 73 and the movies I remember being on HBO and Cinemax in heavy rotation were "Zoro - The Gay Blade", "Saturday the 14th" and "Modern Problems." Oh and of course Fraggle Rock.
Yes it was!! Also such a good movie for us kids. The giant scorpions, fighting skeletons and of course Medusa and the robot owl!! Thanks for your comment!! 👍👍
yep. born in 'seventy. had me a tv glass tit, babysitter, best friend and secret lover/guru on h.b.o.. folks don't know. it sounds corny af but it WAS special. once a movie left the second run, cheapie theaters, for all we knew there was a chance we'd never see it again. maybe a cloudy, shadowy, shitty copy run second on a double feature at the drive-in five years later or horrendously edited and butchered for 'movie of the week' in eight or more years. or rege cordic's 'at the movies' on saturdays. maybe. people seeing films eight, nine, ten times or more? unheard of outside n.y. or l.a. or rocky horror. i remember h.b.o. first broadcasting star wars. they had it scheduled to broadcast at eight p.m.- prime time- on a teusday night i think... huge tv audience. they realized their broadcasting contract said that date, not that time. so, unannounced, they decided to show a true 'sneak preview' and drop it at twelve oh-one a.m. for whomsoever caught it. it went pre-internet viral. word of mouth exploded and phone lines coast to coast exploded then overloaded and collapsed. my parents, despite it being a school night, woke me and my sister as though the pope were coming over. i hit the couch just as r2-d2 is getting bought from the jawas. it was incredible. my old man whipped up popcorn. every house on every block was lit up til two a.m.- quite rare for my neighborhood and truly sorry were the kids who, next day in class, had not been reached or who had dickhead parents who scoffed at the idea. i do carry on, yes, but you said it, 'what a huge deal it was.' absolutely immense. glad as hell this popped up for us. in another thirty-ish years i'll be eighty-five. this'll probably kill me then.
✨🤣1 of my favs as a kid, and I too would act out scenes...specifically where Flash falls into the swampy stuff. I called it 💚"The Mushie-Gushie"💚 and my parents had a shag rug in the den/tv room that had various shades of green, so naturally that was the ideal place for that reenactment.🤣✨
Yes! It stood the test of time, unfortunately the city to country fly-thru didn’t last quite as long.. maybe something to do w/ attention span shortening Ha! Thanks 👍👍
I remember the April Fools Day variant, where silly stuff kept popping up on the screen. By 1987, HBO also started using an alternate computer graphics type intro that got used to.
Groove Tube… never even heard of it, was slightly before my time when I was aware of movies. Well Thank you for bringing that to my attention; I’m gonna have to find and watch it now! Thanks for your comment! 👍👍
Yes.. HBO really was family night at the movies but in your own living room.. and ya didn’t have to overpay for unlimited popcorn soda and candy Ha! Thanks for bringing the memories 👌🤩👍
These are great! Caveman and Beastmaster really take me back, man. I'd add: - History of the World Part 1 - The Outsiders - DC Cab - Porky's - Flash Gordon - Risky Business - Xanadu - Honorable Mention (since it came out in '79): The Warriors
Movie night is called "80's cheese" in our house... when bad guys weren't scary and sarcasm was the universal language we all spoke so well. 🤗 We will always be a Goonie.
God Damn, It's Irene Cara.....Mr. T, Gary Bussey and the Barbarian Twins.........recipe for a classic. I won't work on January 8th because that's Elvis's Birthday.
Got cable in ‘83. Nonstop showings of Grease 2, Swamp Thing, Creepshow, Jekyll and Hide Together Again, Rocky III, Secret of NIMH, Kiss Me Goodbye, Visiting Hours. Some of my earliest memories of cable films.
@@FrithonaHrududu02127 OMG....Wtf....how in hell ....Grease 2 has been voted to be one of the Worst Films in history and I truly believe that ... But Olivia was a Fantastic HoTT Sandy...Please for the LOVE OF GOD WATCH GREASE . Let me know what you think....Hurry up
@@gatormclusky55 so many people have told me that over the years. Grease 2 was on every 20 minutes on cable in like 85, but never Grease. Have you ever seen Stayin' Alive, Saturday Night Fever part 2....yeah, maybe don't.
@@1walicki the first time I saw anything resembling sex on TV, I watched Sharky's Machine on Cinemax at 3 am when parents were sleeping. Loved Burt Reynolds.
HBO stands for Home Box Office if you have it, if you don’t it’s Human Body Odor Ha! Ya Beastmaster with the 2 ferrets: Codo & Podo. Thanks for commenting!!
OMG I watched that movie Sooo many times. I was absolutely ENTHRALLED by see a Charlies Angels breasts. By the fact that the actors name was Rip Torn(Seven Year Old Kevin that that was awesome) by Koto and Poto the ferrets. And devastated when Koto (or maybe Poto, I forget)Dies. I LOVED that movie.
@@FrithonaHrududu02127 The BREASTmaster Ha! Yeah.. that was a really young Rip Torn hey?! I can’t remember which ferret died either, was so sad a moment, how did they get the other ferret to act sad?!! 😂 Thanks so much for commenting!!👍👍
Repo Man was so damn good. The best was that guy in the jumpsuit who worked in the yard for the Helping Hand Acceptance Company who would ruminate on UFOs and make oddball philosophical statements. The other best guy was that black repo dude. Another best thing were the punks doing "criiimes", but the best part was the guy with the eye patch. And Otto's parents...
Sunday nights about 11 pm on MTV was “The Young Ones”, I had to place my hand firmly on my mouth to prevent my parents from hearing the laughing! Watched “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” EVERY day after school for months, still know most of the movie well enough to perform them (without the movie playing, family refuses to watch it with me anymore).
Back when HBO was HBO. Movies ,just movies and it was AWESOME... That intro let you know that something good and exciting was about to start so get some junk food and a soda and get ready for it.. 😁😎 those that didn't live through the 80s will never truly know the joys we had. Best of times. Awesome video keep up the good work my friend.. ❤️
I couldn’t agree more with your words!! Was the best time in our lives regardless of how the world was! Keep on the lookout for part 2 coming soon! Thanks for your comment!! 👍👍
I agree also. I was an only child and man did I love to stay up watching all these. Later on I would come in drunk, plop down at one or two and pass out watching these movies. I don't care what anyone says, it was awesome.
Elephant Man. Yellowbeard. Gregory's girl. Cherry 2000. Rodney Dangerfield Comedy Specials. Red Skelton's Christmas Special. Rich Little's: Robin Hood & A Christmas Carol. HBO Guides. HBO Preview Specials. American Werewolf in London. Silent Night Deadly Night. Heartbeeps. Hawmps. Every which way you can. Any which way but loose. Dot the Kangaroo. Watership Down. I actually tried to write everything I remember watching on HBO on a notebook, a few years ago. I never finished it. Also thanks for this vid, and everyone contributing in the comment section, filling in the blanks.
My mother subscribed to HBO in the spring of 1981. At that time HBO's daily broadcast was from 4pm-5pm until 12am-1am. I left for school in 1987, but the memories of getting the bill envelope with the new HBO guide for the upcoming month are cherished! Just a few months ago I completed my collection of vintage HBO guides from April 81' to December 86'. SO many great memories contained in those flimsy little pamphlets!
I just rewatched Hollywood Knights a few months ago. Such a classic. And I bought my own copy of Night Of The Comet. I must've watched it a hundred times. Great video!
I remember HBO would play rated R movies in the middle of the day. Got to see a lady get butchered in Welcome to Arrow Beach, eyes gouged out in Five Fingers of Death, and a dude's head get blown clean off in Tom Horn. All at 10am, it was great! Oh, and would never had been introduced to Without Warning...thanks HBO!
I still remember watching Midnight Madness, Beastmaster, BMX Bandits, Night Of The Comet, Moving Violations, My Science Project, and The Night Before on HBO back in the '80👍
I still try to watch a few of those every once in a while here on YT.. although sum are in sections and with a few blocked sections.. oh well. I wanna email HBO CEO and emplore them to bring back all the old stuff from their video archive.. play it again for us GenX’ers who miss it!! Thanks for commenting!!!👍👍
Surprising I've never heard of "The Night Before." It looks interesting. In my day, they played the heck out of "Looker," "Super Fuzz," "Flash Gordon" and some others....but, never caught that one. The quiz show "Brain Games" is another period curiosity.
@@the_gilded_age_phoenix8717 yeah you mentioned a few of my favs.. really good favs. Omg Ya gotta see Night Before, it’s so very run all night till the break of dawn with so many twists and turns Keanu’s character goes thru and ya see how he sorta grows up and matures thru out the movie.. not a spoiler, but ya gotta see it!!! Thanks for your comment!!! 👌🤩👍
My Science Project is definitely one of those obscure 80's classics. I read once that Dennis Hopper said he literally didn't remember making that movie.
@@markminter6312 BaHahaa😂😂🤣 I can imagine Dennis saying that about a few movies from his career lol Him & Fisher Steven’s made that movie an instant cult classic.. idk why I doesn’t get more airplay today.. the main character was the guy who played Cougar and dropped out of 1st position so that Maverick could go to Top Gun Ha! Thanks for you awesome comment!! 👍👍👍
I hadn't watched an HBO intro since I was a kid in the 80's, wow, got me right in the feels, teared up thinking of all the good times. Thank you for uploading this.
There wasn't a much better feeling than the late night intro of HBOs thru the 'model' neighborhood, down the street and upward to the stars as the music swelled ... and that anticipation of The Feature Presentation about to begin---at least when I was in 8th grade and watching cable for the first time in 1981: A 24 hour movie channel? How could it get any better? (MTV just came to mind too ...) My first vivid 'find' HBO movie watch was (like many it seems) The Hollywood Knights when I became instantly crazy smitten for Michelle Pfeiffer. 'Newbomb Turk' became famous in my neighborhood. The other clear first 'big' movie I saw on HBO was 9 to 5 with Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton and Dabney Coleman as the original Horrible Boss. Seeing Foxes with Jodie Foster and Cherie Curry of The Runaways was a never forget the ending moment. The summer of 82 watching History of the World Pt 1 with 9th grade girlfriend was a learning experience: 'Don't talk about a pack of Trojans ... Mom's in the kitchen'! Oh, man, sorry ... I feel like I could write a book about 80s nostalgia highlighted by Home Box Office. Whoever said childhood is dead never had ... HBO?! The Hitchhiker Series became a must see. Horror AND Nudity!? Hey! I was 15! Shit, I almost forgot to mention Inside The NFL (first aired on HBO) with Len Dawson and Nick Buoniconti: If I missed the Thursday night show--recapping Sundays games--I would actually be pissed at myself. But, it was replayed on fridays and saturdays so I rarely missed the week's football highlights. Long Live HBO. I still have it as part of (almost outdated with streaming?) my cable package.
What can I say.. you eloquently highlight so many excellent features and memories! Perhaps you should write a book!! I would agree with you that outside of HBO, MTV was the second next best thing another 24 hr channel based strictly around music videos.. for however long that lasted lol.. but if anything, the thing that has remained completely the same about HBO now vs HBO then .. Still no commercials!!! It sounds like you really understood the value of such an entertainment channel, in content as well as presentation and even still to this day, original programming. Please stay tuned to an upgraded Part 2 as well as upcoming ‘thing’ I’m working on to do something not necessarily revolutionary, but if not a return to the past at least a likely return of the past.. again please stay tuned.. I may definitely require everyone’s help here! Thank you so very much for your most excellent comment!!! 🫵🤩🤘
This video delivers a lot of feels. It was amazing growing up in the 80’s. Another show that was on constant rotation on HBO was the Animalympics. It’s available to watch on RU-vid in its entirety. An animated classic! Can’t forget Emmet Otters Jugband Christmas either.
You are the 1st to mention Emmit Otters Jug Band Christmas… “Ain’t not hole in the washtub..” 🎶 How about the River Bottom Nightmare Band too?!! Thanks so much for your awesome comment!!! 🫵🤩🤘
I just want to say that your curation is impeccable. This is really what it felt like to watch HBO in the mid-'80s. One after another, I said "YES." Super Fuzz, YES. Ice Pirates, YES. Space Hunter, YES. So good.
@@rustydelorean6405I never asserted that it caused trauma. Upon my arrival in America as a child, I was in the process of adapting to my new home. My older siblings acquired a new cable box for the TV, broadening our channel selection beyond the local ones. That evening, we chose to watch a movie, and it turned out to be Poltergeist. It marked my initial encounter with the HBO Feature Presentation intro, becoming a cherished part of my childhood memories.
@@rustydelorean6405 Hahaa No, no trauma at all.. even knowing most the cast except Coach died after making the film lol Nice name btw.. how does a stainless steel car rust BaHahaa 😂😂😂 Thanks for commenting 👍👍👍
My wife and i sing the Looker theme song all the time!! On HBO i discovered Time Bandits, Ruckus (with Dirk Benedict), Saturday the 14th, Attack Force Z, Search and Destroy, The Exterminator, Up the Creek, Crimewave, I could go on and on....
Yes!!! “She’s a looker, that’s what they say.. she’s got it all yeah she’s got it made” 🎶 Ooo Sat the 14th great horror parody!! Ya, feel free to add anytime you can remember another movie(s).. I’m putting together a short list for part 2.. maybe will need to do part 3 as well! Thanks for your comment!!! 👍👍
Attack Force Z ... great call ... Seemed like a good 'small' action flick. Back then. Early Mel Gibson role. Had to look up to see/reminded Sam Neill and John Phillip Law were also in it. DVD available per Amazon. hmm. You, also, reminded me of a rather gory Lions on the loose (because of a drought) movie starring Tom Skerritt as the dad who has his family in a modern day plantation in Africa: Savage Harvest. Hard to find now, anywhere.
I remember as a young kid back in 1981 I got up really late to watch ALIEN on HBO when my parents were asleep. That scared me so much which is why it's one of my all time favorite movies. When ALIENS came out the summer of 1986 I had to wait until summer of 87' to see it on HBO since I wasn't old enough and couldn't drive yet.
Both classics.. yes 1 was really scary due to surprise factors yet 2 was a bit more of a sci fi thriller and mainly exciting as there were “Marines” ready for battle. Loved the tech but also the characters.. Bill Paxton was so memorable! Thanks for your comment 👍👍👍
I still sing it too, and I haven't watched this in decades! I remember watching this anytime it came on. I haven't seen it in so long that I Hope I wouldn't be disappointed if I watched it again. I was a kid when I watched it. But I tell people about it and they have no clue what i'm talking about lol
@@GR-bn3xj Find the link to the full movie, there are a few actually.. “Uh where am I callin from?.. Hawiah hoong kakaa .. that’s right hoong kakaa” 🤣🤣🤣 Thanks for your comment 👍👍👍
At the time, I didn't realize that Terence Hill was an Italian actor that had his lines dubbed in English. Today, this film is rather obscure, but they played it on HBO all the time in the early '80s. Funny thing is...most sites I see reference this film now call it "Super Snooper."
Born in 73. Haven’t seen most of this in over 40 years yet remember it all. Super Fuzz blowing the gigantic bubble gum blimp so he and Ernie Borgnine could escape on. Shown during the day, the raunchy Smokey and the Bandit 3 was an amazing movie to view for a 10 year old
Omg remember when Dave Speed was talkin to the fish under water lol That movie had such classic shtick so very funny and memorable!! Here’s to you fellow X’r from ‘73 🫵🤩🤘
Soopa-soopaaaa.... I was shocked to learn that it was also called Super Snooper. In what context? And why was the ENTIRE thing dubbed? Yeah, it was an Italian production but it was made for a U.S. audience. I was pleased to learn that Terrence Hill was an accomplished comedic film actor in Italy.
@@gregchavez1534 if you like Terence Hill, check out Trinity Is My Name. It's a slapstick western with not a lot of dialogue. It's sequel was called Trinity Is Still My Name. Kinda gives an idea of what it's humor is like.
I watched Caveman, Looker, and Night of the Comet probably 50 times each. I also still use several Sniglets from NNTN, including flarpswitch because I have one in my garage.
Nice!!! Yah I bought 1 of the books long time ago.. I still use Esso-Asso when ppl drive thru gas stations just to avoid the red light!! Thanks for brining that up!! 👍👍
@@1walicki yea, Rich Hall had a segment on NNTN that was all Singlets. I just remembered 2 more I still use. Lub is a piece of spinach stuck between someone's teeth (I've just always used it for any visible piece of food someone has between their teeth), and Musquirt is the liquid that comes out if you don't shake the mustard bottle before using it. Oh, memories. Lol
My favorite Sniglets were: Zippijig: the dance one performs when a rubber band is pointed at them. Alfred Hitchcooking: the act of stabbing frozen vegetables to break them up in water.
I think I've seen almost all of these... It's wild seeing something you experienced 35-40 years ago & remembering the experience. Those old HBO segways are crazy.
OMG...this is incredible. Ive been kind of obsessed with Twice Upon a Time since taping it off HBO as a child. The fact that you have this included is beyond impressive. Well done!!!!!!!
@@fanofallmetalIt was IMPOSSIBLE to find for like 20 years. Since then its showed up on youtube now and again and had a kinda/sorta dvd release. I dont think any of the streaming options ever got it. Its a silly, funny, quirky, VERY 80s kids movie. HOWEVER there were two versions of it and one of them had more adult-ish jokes and language...mostly inuendo but more than normal kids cartoons ever have
*At **1:51**, is where I would get quietly excited as it was 2 AM and about to watch **_Heavy Metal The Movie._* Though I think my parents knew I was up watching smut.
Yeah I own looker on DVD 📀 too it always stuck with me and once in a while I'll watch,it's so different and good.the expression on the guys face with the flash gun was funny like his eyes 👀 were popping out of his face funny.
I eagerly awaited the new HBO guide. I grabbed it as soon as it arrived in the mail and went through it with a fine toothcomb and marked the programs of interest. I came to realize early that the best stuff aired late at night. Even having to keep the volume low was a minor inconvenience if it meant watching Death Race 2000, Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia, Zardoz, and other cinematic oddities. Watching a movie uncensored and without commercial interruption was a revelation. I used to have quite a collection of those little guides but stupidly threw most of them away. I still have a few. The first movies I recall watching when we started subscribing to HBO was Empire of the Ants and Future World. I tried to catch the newest George Carlin special or any comedy program. I still remember those early days the broadcast day didn't start u til late in the afternoon and didn't go late into the night, at least on the weekdays and was slightly extended on the weekends. I miss those days (and nights) of discovery.
You should make a video showing the HBO guides you still have.. pretty sure some people would like to see them.. i know i would!! Thanks very much for your comment 🫵🤩👍
@@1walicki Oddly enough, I literally just finished my collection of vintage HBO guides. March of 1981 thru December 1986. Talk about a blast from the past!
I was right there with you! I used to take them from hotel rooms when I traveled with my parents. I'd look through every page and movie listing on the ride home...
I had no business watching HBO as a kid! I am 48 now and can remember Super Fuzz, Caveman, Beastmaster, Space Hunter, Ice Pirates, NNTN and Spitting Image as a six year old!
I grew up too poor to have HBO or any paid channels. My dads brother moved into the same town as us and while he was over with the wife and kids, we told him that. He was also fairly poor. He went out back to the telephone pole and did something inside. Came back in the house and we had HBO, Cinemax and MTV and everything else. We would have it for a few months then it would get shut off and we wouldnt get any bills. This happened a few times until us kids grew up and moved out. Great times.
the box on the pole outside out house had "fake" inputs you had to pop off and hook the coaxial to ..
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There were rampant piracy back then and forward until the digital boxes, later it was done with cable employees selling the access cards to customers which yielded around three months of piracy.
Just One of the Guys, Losin' It, Amazon Women on the Moon, Deathrow Game Show, Spring Break...Yeah, those were the days. I stayed up late on weekends and watched all these movies on HBO.
Born in 71. Got cable in 82. MTV, WWF on WOR. NWA on TBS. Night Flight on USA. We had HBO & Cinemax aka Skinemax. Lady Chatterly, anything Emmanuelle. Silvia Kristel. Escapades was the name of the pre-Playboy channel it was scrambled but you still got audio. I can still sing the theme song to Electric Blue. Didn’t have a remote control so I had to sit at the end of the coffee table within arms reach of the cable box buttons to change the channel if mom or dad popped out of their bedroom at 11:30 PM.
Nice memories Hey?! Yeah Emmanuel’s was so enthralling as a pre-teen!!! I don’t believe Playboy channel was ever available on our cable company.. took a long time till it was on demand too. Oh well, that’s what climbing the magazine stand at the Book&Record was for lol Thanks for your awesome comment 🫵🤩🤘
Is that the one where the kidnapper ends up dying at the end and the teacher/students keep one of his organs in a jar or something like that? If yes, that movie stuck with me for years but I could never remember the actual name
@@michaelvandeginste3497 Damn.. You learned how to be a Hacker young!! I was too busy hackin phone lines Ha!! Nice work, Thanks for sharing your method!! 👌🤩👍
That was a good one. I have it on DVD, but haven't seen it in a long time. Took place in the outback, Rachel Ward was a teacher and her students escaped from some bandits by swimming out of a cave that they were kept in.
This is amazing! I remember all these. Some are still my favorites to this day. A few more I remember: • The Sword and the Sorcerer • Phantasm • The Last American Virgin • They Call Me Bruce? • Losin' It • National Lampoon's Disco Beaver from Outer Space (edited for a typo)
Every time a movie would come on I would think yes this is the ultimate 80's hbo movie, and then the next one would pop up. Some of these that haven't seen it so long, but had such an impact on me as a child. I even had to look some of them up before because I couldn't remember the name of them.. Thank you for posting this because this was an amazing trip down memory lane
Growing up as a kid in the 80s with obligatory nudity in almost every movie, movie's about run smock high school kids, and zero political correctness...... These are sorely missed days.
When we first got cable my mom shot the installer 50 bux for the HBO splitter... my life changed that day. I became completely obsessed with movies and comedy shows and late night "real sex" shows. It contributed to my now persistent insomnia and exposed a young mind to some trully awesome un-cut movie experiences. This was pure nostaglia. Thank you!
The standup comedians Live shows pretty much started with Robert Klein; and then George Carlin and the 'swear words' routine. Carlin at his best. Richard Pryor. Eddie Murphy 'Delirious' was hilarious. All early 80's viewing.
@@BruceWalther-s2l Yes.. the comedy specials have not been mentioned enough in all these comments here.. you mentioned a few of the greats.. there were so many more and I would watch them constantly especially (despite how you feel about him now) Bill Cosby Himself… was constantly on that I even got my mom quoting bits of it🤣🤣🤣🤣
Thanks for the memories! I think I saw almost all of those but hadn’t thought of them in decades. I’ll also add Hysterical, C.H.U.D., Jack And The Beanstalk, The Incredible Shrinking Woman, Arthur, 9 To 5, The Stuff, The Last Dragon, Ninja III The Domination and Zapped!
Esso Asshole - Someone who cuts through a gas station parking lot to avoid a traffic light. Tremblamemblamation - The act of opening the door on a mailbox to make sure that your mail actually went in.
Premblememblemation - opening the mailbox door a second time to be sure your letter dropped in. Spurrets - the criss-cross patterns on the ends of hot dogs.
Oh yeah! This is gonna kill me! We had HBO before it was 24 hours. Came on at 5pm. I was nine in '79 when we got a hulking VCR. The two defined my childhood, esp since - go GenX! - the parents split in '80 and I was alone from after school until 6-7pm. HBO was a godsend. Then Cinemax for the teen years...but we won't talk about that....😂
I have vague memories of HBO in the '73-'76 range. Not only did it not start broadcasting until early evening, if I remember correctly, they only broadcast a handful of different movies each month. I remember we could watch the same movie at the same time multiple nights each week. The one I remember is a spaghetti western called "My Name Is Nobody" starring the same actor from "Super Fuzz".
You must've been my neighbor because I grew up watching all of these on cable tv. Fun fact: BMX Bandits was Nicole Kidman's first feature film that aired in the U.S. My dad caught me watching Hardbodies, which started a discussion about the "birds and bees." I feel extremely blessed to grow up in the 80s! Good stuf!
Hardbodies was actually a pretty likable movie. Silly and ogling the girls, sure, but it had its heart in the right place. The whole bit about being pickup artists was surprisingly well-done.
Omg Moving Violations was one of my fave movies when I was kid. Seen it so many times I can quote it from start to finish. Nedra Volz steals the show and I always had a soft spot for Wendie Jo Sperber. This movie is so underrated and it's rarely talked about these days but it deserves way more credit than it ever gets. It's chaotic af and that's why I love it!
Yes!!! Plus it had a young Don Cheadle working the Juicy Burger drive thru and a sweet cameo by Clara Pellar.. the “Where’s the Beef?” lady for Wendy’s🤣🤣🤣 probably the most underrated comedy movie ever.. and that song at the end, I keep signin it. Btw speaking of songs, what the hell version of ‘I feel nice’ was John Murray signin at the beginning?! 🤣🤣🤣 Thanks for bring me back and making me laugh and smile, such good dialogue!!! 👌🤩👍
Wendie Jo Sperber was a cutie. She always got cast as the comedic friend of the romantic lead actress because of her zaftig figure, but there was something about her. She seemed amiable.
That had to be one of the best intros there ever was! I remember being so excited to watch movies on HBO. We had box TV with antennae and would get a free trial of HBO every so often. My dad hated it. He caught me and my sister watching Scarface with Al Pacino and almost went ballistic. Good memories.
That HBO intro STILL gives me chills. I thought it was one of the coolest things I'd ever seen when I was a kid. Even watched the "Making of..." documentary for it.
72’ cat here. I want to agree with ALL the flicks EVERYONE mentioned as well as a couple I want to add that was on rotation , 1 of the most underrated movies, Vice Squad, the Dead and Buried, the Gumball Rally, Silent Rage, Night Hawks, etc. The 80’s were a mix of good and bad times(personally and in general). Crime was high(murders, kidnappings/abductions, int rates were off the hook(auto loan rates were in double digits!!!) yet at the same time there was a type of optimism and creativeness and ideas present. 1984 specifically(imo!) was literally packed in greatness from movies, music, and sports!!!
You mentioned some good titles!! I agree the 80s (esp 84) was both good and bad.. perhaps it was that not only were we a test generation but ‘they’ were establishing the precedence of the dualistic mindset that would only become more apparent as time went on.. the confusion of 2 polar opposite things occurring at the same time. Thank you very much for your comment!!! 🫵😎🤘
Man alive! This brings back childhood memories. I remember most of these shows simply because my parents watched them. I was around 10 in the mid eighties. It's funny the stuff that you forget about until you see it in a video like this. And seeing the quality of the video/audio, it's hard to believe we could enjoy it or actually understand what was going on. But, we did.
✨🥚🗝️😢"Brain Games...is now...over." Loved that show, funny enough I was speaking to a friend a few weeks ago who hipped me to the fact that they made a new series....(?) I haven't looked into it yet, but doubt it can hold a candle to the original...like most reboots/remakes. ✨🥺🕯️✨
@@XI_Daisy_XI never know.. with AI.. might be even better than the original, but I know what ya mean. I’ll look into the reboot; Thanks for your comment and the heads up! 👍👍👍
@@mysocalledgenxlife watch and listen Hey?! Somewhere I have all my mix tapes.. I’m talkin MTV & VH1 on VHS, too bad my VCR died yrs ago, oh well that’s what YT is for now!
I literally just watched midnight madness this past weekend. when I was picking a movie it was choice between night shift, up the academy, midnight madness, and up the creek. Movies me and my buddies would watch over and over again. Good memories.
