THE '80S

'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."

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

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.

For those of you who were too young to watch the show when it first aired, many of the topical references might be ancient history.

In 1983, a producer's "bootleg Bond" promised mechanical sharks, Orson Welles, and the return of Sean Connery.

'Ghostbusters' is a perfect idea for a movie, but what about its viability as a business? Are Venkman and Ray able to make ends meet by catching ghosts in New York City, or is the whole operation just one slow month away from closing up shop?

The show that set the standard for Nickelodeon's kid-friendly comedies has some fascinating behind-the-scenes stories.