Audiences loved the cult teen comedy. John Cusack? Not so much. Here are some facts about 'Better Off Dead.'

THE '80S
Michael Hoban designed costumes for Elvis, but it was a trip to the bowling alley that really refined his style.
For more than 40 years, "Weird Al" Yankovic has been putting his own, spoofy twist on chart-toppers to come up with tunes like “Eat It,” “Like a Surgeon,” “White & Nerdy,” and “Amish Paradise.”
"Everybody wanted to know about what kind of makeup I was taking up," Sally Ride said about the questions she was asked ahead of her historic flight into space. "They didn’t care about how well-prepared I was to operate the arm or deploy communications sa
The story behind how an adorable orphan and a rusty old appliance conspired to traumatize a nation.
David Bowie will always be remembered as a seminal figure in the worlds of music, fashion, and film. But he was also a voracious reader who often read a book a day.
David Beckerman decided he was done peddling plaid golf pants. The 1966 University of New Haven graduate had been a salesman at a Duckster sporting goods store when he realized that the bland clothing on the racks held little interest for casual sports fa
With his newfound success following the back-to-back smash hits of 'Jaws' in 1975 and 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' in 1977, director Steven Spielberg wanted to tell a smaller, more personal story for his next film: 'E.T.'
Based on the British sitcom 'Man About the House,' 'Three's Company' starred physical comedy champion John Ritter in his breakout role as Jack Tripper, a culinary student who crashes a party and wakes up in Janet Wood (Joyce DeWitt) and Chrissy Snow’s (Su
No scene in late 1980s cinema is more iconic than Lloyd Dobler (John Cusack) holding a boombox over his head with the song “In Your Eyes” blasting in an attempt to win his girlfriend back.
Just over a year ago, Macworld magazine stopped printing new issues. Its run was epic, starting in 1984 with the launch of the Mac and running for more than 30 years.
Whether you think of it as a statement on female empowerment or simply a fun workplace comedy, the 1980 hit '9 to 5'—which featured Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, and Dolly Parton as a trio of secretaries who turn the tables on their "sexist, egotistical, lying
When Terry Gilliam released his latest film, 2013’s 'The Zero Theorem', critics saw a resemblance to Brazil.
Kindred spirits the world over are celebrating the 30th anniversary of the beloved 'Anne of Green Gables' miniseries.
After his career-changing performance in 'Airplane!,' Leslie Nielsen teamed up with Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and David Zucker again for the ABC parody show 'Police Squad!' in 1982.
To hear Sylvester Stallone tell it, failing to get a job as an extra in 1972’s 'The Godfather' may have been the best thing to ever happen to him.
How some disturbing real-life news reports about child welfare forced Big Bird to reveal his "imaginary" friend to the residents of Sesame Street—and the world.
In this video from the Computer History Museum, Steve Jobs gives an early presentation about Apple.
Think Chewbacca’s luxurious brown mane is wash-and-go? Guess again. 'Allure' beauty writer Jenna Rosenstein recently interviewed Maria Cork, the Jedi Master—ahem, supervisor—of the hair department in creature effects on 'The Force Awakens.'
In the 1980s, the lure of cheap commercial time led to many legendary mail order offers. There was the Ginsu knife, the 'Sports Illustrated' football phone, and a laundry list of compilation records that assembled hit songs without the pain of B-side clun
Sean Connery helped guide Terry Gilliam through the beginning—and the ending—of the children's (sort of) classic.
"I realize it’s impossible to have any sympathy, I mean, true sympathy, for people that are famous." -Bill Murray