The '80s

Nobody puts these facts about ‘Dirty Dancing’ in a corner—especially on the classic movie's 30th anniversary.

A magazine writer coined the phrase, which had roots in the 1960s, and Judd Nelson wanted to punch him for it.

We asked a physics professor to explain how the loaded duck can swim in a pile of gold. After he was done laughing, he enlightened us.

For nearly 10 years, TV viewers got to experience a journey aboard a cruise ship nearly every Saturday night as The Love Boat brought the misadventures and romantic escapades of the luxury liner life right into their living rooms.

You'd better start practicing those crane kicks again! More than 30 years after Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence faced off in one of cinema's most iconic showdowns, The Karate Kid has officially made a comeback.

The studio was so optimistic about their adaptation of the Mattel toy line that they started pre-production on a sequel. Then the movie came out ...

Actor and pop culture icon David Hasselhoff is beloved in Germany—and everywhere else in the world.

Before Nirvana hit it big, the band gave a rousing performance at their local Radio Shack. In 1988, the band played a set at the electronics store's Aberdeen, Washington outpost, shredding in front of the audio/video section.

The hit ‘80s show blended classic TV staples and sci-fi future tech to create an unforgettable package.

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Mel Brooks hadn’t directed a movie in six years when he committed to 1987’s 'Spaceballs,' a joke-saturated spoof of 'Star Wars' and other popular genre films of the era.

'Family Ties' star—and '80s heartthrob—Michael J. Fox was almost fired because his face wasn’t fit for a lunchbox.

If it weren’t for Crockett and Tubbs, no one would have thought to pair a pink T-shirt with an Armani jacket.

In the face of a looming mid-1980s writers strike, John Hughes presented Paramount executive Ned Tanen with a one-sentence pitch: "I want to do this movie about a kid who takes a day off from school and ... that's all I know so far."

Readers who participated in Pizza Hut's Book It! program sometimes got lenticular buttons like this one.

Bill Clinton declared an official "BOOK IT! Day" in Arkansas. Here are some other facts about Pizza Hut's BOOK IT! program.

Former 'Laverne & Shirley' and 'Diff’rent Strokes' writers Michael G. Moye and Ron Leavitt were tired of the saccharine family sitcoms of the '80s. Clearly!

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The 1980s were a magical time that gave birth to so many things that have become commonplace in our lives, including personal computers, 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' movies, and two-pound cell phones.

Just a few of the Sweet Valley High books featuring wild plots.

Many of the Wakefield twins' adventures are typical teenage stuff. Sometimes, though, the plotlines of the Sweet Valley High books were, in a word, bizarre.

A staple of 1990s pop culture, the billowy, harem-style pants have roots in Switzerland sanitariums.

In one of Die Hard's most memorable scenes, John McClane stumbles upon criminal mastermind Hans Gruber, who puts on a pretty good American accent and pretends to be a hostage. McClane realizes Gruber is up to no good, though—but how?

On the surface, it seemed like an impossible task. Take an $8800, NASA-approved interface glove running on $250,000 worth of computer hardware, then replicate the performance in a consumer-grade toy with parts costing less than $26.

It's hard to imagine that a movie as well known and dissected as 'Ghostbusters' can show us anything new, but according to the film's production company, some previously unreleased footage from the original 1984 film has just been found.