THE '80S

Almost thirty years ago, Axel Foley made his way to Beverly Hills. He almost drove a Lamborghini and looked like Sylvester Stallone.

It’s doubtful that the dark comedy 'Heathers,' with its shocking violence and politically incorrect teen-speak, would likely ever be made today.

It's no wonder 'The Princess Bride' is such a beloved film: It's action-packed but still lighthearted, sweet but not saccharine, silly but still smart—and, of course, endlessly quotable.

Over the course of roughly 500 episodes of the 1986-93 original series and its many spin-offs, the crew got to do pretty much everything else involving replica mucus.

I know I’m not the only one mesmerized by this phenomenally random photo of the retired 37th President of the United States palling around with The Future Of Law Enforcement.

In August of 1985, Pee-wee Herman lost his beloved bike. Spoiler alert: It wasn't in the basement of the Alamo.

'The Dark Crystal' received a lukewarm response when it was released in 1982—in large part because Jim Henson fans, who were used to seeing lovable Muppets, were instead witnessing something truly unique.

Jim Henson's deeply personal tale of a teenage girl losing her baby brother to a Goblin King wasn't a hit when it was first released.

Shot on a budget of $3.5 million, David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker wrote and directed 'Airplane!', a movie intended to parody all of the disaster movies that graced movie theaters throughout the recently concluded 1970s.

Brooke Shields was just 14 when she filmed 'The Blue Lagoon,' the slightly salacious island-set romance that capitalized on burgeoning hormones in a big way. The film was shocking when it debuted in 1980—but even more than 40 years later, it can still mak

In the early 1980s, psychologist William Cain asked a bunch of people to sniff lighter fluid—for science. Working with students at Yale University, Cain and his cohorts took 80 common scents and asked participants if they could identify them.

Nearly 35 years after its debut, Vicki the Robot and 'Small Wonder' are simultaneously remembered with fondness and outright scorn.