1980s
The short-lived Law & Harry McGraw (1987-1988)
The Law & Harry McGraw She’s champagne. He’s beer. She’s polo. He’s racetrack. Opposites attract. Justice keeps them together. Starring Jerry Orbach and Barbara Babcock
The Law & Harry McGraw She’s champagne. He’s beer. She’s polo. He’s racetrack. Opposites attract. Justice keeps them together. Starring Jerry Orbach and Barbara Babcock
Fisher-Price lets you be in two places at once. Discover the Nursery Monitor, an easy-to-work, one-way intercom that lets you hear what your baby is
Introducing Joan’s Cuervo Solid Gold Collins A casual evening with Joan Collins means bringing out the caviar and Cuervo. Clearly, a Collins Collins must be
Nestle Toll House morsels We make the world’s warmest memories “We’ve been through a lot together. Little League tryouts. Fractions. And the day he ate
“Oh, these spots! They’re driving Bud away!” “My only hope is new liquid Sunlight!” Now Sunlight for dishwashers comes in a liquid. No liquid gets
1) 16 Magazine: January 1980 Gene Simmons of Kiss, Rex Smith, Peter Barton, Greg Evigan, Andy Gibb 2) 16 Magazine: March 1980 Kiss, Leif Garrett, Styx,
Great meals with an Italian accent Breaded pork chops recipe & Recipe for stuffed tomatoes
Nobody does it better… the 1988 Ford Aerostar America’s best-selling mini-van Your first look tells you Aerostar is a superbly versatile mini-van, with a style
Fisher-Price makes toys you can trust with a baby (1980) We know that curious babies are a lot stronger than they look. That’s why we
As it moves through the air it clings to the ground. Mercury Cougar’s shape serves a very useful purpose: It controls the air passing over
What makes Madden mad #21 “Late calls. Okay, you check into a hotel. The big meeting is tomorrow. All you want is a simple 6:30
Truth/Rumor: When the topic is the Pill, they’re hard to separate. It’s good for you. It’s bad for you. It causes cancer. It prevents cancer. It
There’s no guessing with Met Life. (1987) Peppermint Patty: Met Life representatives make a point of spelling things out in clear language before you sign
21 Jump Street’s shooting star goes undercover There are two reasons why 21 Jump Street is a hit series on the Fox Network. One, it’s
Moonlighting print ad from February 1986 Bruce Willis as David Addison, and Cybill Shepherd as Madeleine “Maddie” Hayes Moonlighting intro music Here is Moonlighting’s
Getting NASA back on track Astronaut Sally Ride proposed a return to the moon When the shuttle Challenger exploded off Florida 19 months ago, US
Roll out the barrel Microbreweries tout flavor and freshness To judge by many of the offerings on supermarket shelves, dependable mediocrity and the illusion of
Any company can take the IBM PS/2 apart. Only one can put it all together. The moment IBM introduced the Personal System/2 family, the race
Revving up for new voyages NASA announces plans for a Jupiter probe and a space station The explosion of the shuttle Challenger nearly two years
River’s on a roll River Phoenix — the 17-year-old heartthrob many call the most exciting teenage actor of the ’80s — is finally on the rise with
Project X Matthew Broderick’s been grounded — literally. In Project X, now available on home videocassette, Matthew plays Jimmy Garrett, a young air force pilot
The store that runs on a wrench An invader from Scandinavia creates a build-it-yourself empire At a cavernous store in the Washington suburb of Dale
Run-DMC & The Beastie Boys Here’s a card announcing that Run-DMC & The Beastie Boys would be playing on June 15, 1987, at the Memorial
The Next Generation Their mission will still be “to boldly go where no man has gone before,” but when the Paramount TV series Star Trek:
Macintosh makes the financial page It also changes the weather. Pinpoints trouble spots. Displays baseball scores. And just generally covers the planet daily. For publications
Hot Splice: Faces to watch “I’m not going to be a Dustin Hoffman or a Warren Beatty,” 21-year-old Patrick Dempsey tells Splice. “We already have
We gave ‘King Kong’ Bundy a Headstart computer …and he learned to use it in 23 minutes! (With no instruction book, previous computer training, or
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