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14 Facts About Pretty in Pink On Its 35th Anniversary

Molly Ringwald, Andrew McCarthy, and Jon Cryer in Pretty in Pink (1986).

14 Facts About Pretty in Pink On Its 35th Anniversary

Penciling in the History of A-ha's 'Take on Me'

'Take on Me' by a-ha helped redefine music videos for MTV.

Penciling in the History of A-ha's 'Take on Me'

A Bedeviled History of Satanic Panic

Nothing was spared from Satanic Panic in the 1980s. Not even Papa Smurf.

A Bedeviled History of Satanic Panic

Thank The Golden Girls Fan in Your Life for Being a Friend With a Dozen Red 'Roses'

Pairs best with cheesecake.

The Most Popular Movie the Year You Were Born

Moviegoers watch Back to the Future at The Blue Starlite Mini Urban Drive-In in Miami, Florida.

The Golden Girls 101: Rose Nylund’s Rules to Live By, in 25 Quotes

“I’m not one to blow my own vertubenflugen.” —Betty White stars as The Golden Girls's Rose Nylund.

When America Was Besotted With the Bedazzler

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20 Surprising Facts About Heathers

Shannen Doherty, Lisanne Falk, Kim Walker, and Winona Ryder star in Heathers (1989).

14 Facts About 9 to 5 for Its 40th Anniversary

Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton, and Jane Fonda star in 9 to 5 (1980).

10 Great Gifts for Golden Girls Fans

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I Pity the Yule: Remembering A Christmas Dream, Mr. T and Emmanuel Lewis's Lost Holiday Special

Emmanuel Lewis and Mr. T star in Christmas Dream (1984).

15 Facts About the First Episode of The Simpsons

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Band Aid: The Charitable—and Controversial—History of 'Do They Know It's Christmas?'

Bob Geldof (L) and Midge Ure (R) outside a London recording studio while working on "Do They Know It's Christmas?" on November 25, 1984.

Baby Boom: Remembering the Baby Alive Toy Fad of the 1980s

Baby Alive became a number-one toy seller by going number two.

Incredible Light Display Synced to A-ha’s ‘Take on Me’ Will Get You Into the Holiday Spirit

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