Category: 1980s

Retro Fitness Babes: 20 Minute Workout

It’s 1983 or ‘84, and you’re sitting down to watch your favorite Saturday morning cartoons. First though, you catch the final few minutes of a decidedly different form of entertainment, one consisting of leotard-clad babes bouncing rhythmically to pulsating synthesizer beats. You’ve just discovered a new continent, and its name is 20 Minute Workout. Retro … Continue reading Retro Fitness Babes: 20 Minute Workout →

The Fabulous Tilly

Whenever I revisit The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989), which is often, I’m always tickled by the small but memorable role of waitress Blanche, AKA Monica Moran, played by the vivacious Jennifer Tilly. Although she’d been acting for several years at that point, the ditzy Blanche was Tilly’s breakout film role. Blanche is one of the … Continue reading The Fabulous Tilly →

Hot Shots of the Week: The Body Principal

In which the former Dallas star and health and fitness author shows us the true meaning of “The Body Principal.” Victoria Principal shot to stardom in the late seventies as Pamela Barnes Ewing on the primetime smash hit soap Dallas. The drop-dead gorgeous brunette still makes our blood pressure jump just looking at her. Who … Continue reading Hot Shots of the Week: The Body Principal →

Random Image Dump #33

We’re back in the random groove for the thirty-third time! That “Zoom Movie Camera” will come in handy with this model around. Special effects legend Rob Bottin and The Thing. Actress Cynthia Gibb rocking the most ‘80s outfit imaginable. Totally tubular! Hopefully you didn’t lose your shirt (or the rest of your clothes) to Uncle … Continue reading Random Image Dump #33 →

The Devil Made Me Do It: Part I

Part one of recollections and remembrances of walking the skeptic’s path. Picture it: the early 1980s, somewhere deep in the leafy suburbs of the northeastern United States. I was a kid going to church semi-regularly with my Catholic parents. This also happened to be the peak years of what became known as the “Satanic Panic.” … Continue reading The Devil Made Me Do It: Part I →

Hot Shots of the Week: A Ray of Sunshine

Kicking off Michelle Pfeiffer’s birthday week with some Sunshine—and legs for days. We’ve shared this publicity shot before and we’ll share it again, because it’s as hot as Death Valley National Park in mid-July. It’s a truly jaw-dropping display of a body that simply won’t quit, and not only won’t it quit, it won’t let … Continue reading Hot Shots of the Week: A Ray of Sunshine →