Andrew Koenig may have only inhabited a very small corner of ’80s pop culture, as the recurring yet notable Richard “Boner” Stabone on Growing Pains, one of the decade’s most popular television programs. But that doesn’t make his loss any more insignificant, especially given the sad circumstances and ongoing mystery behind how he lost his [...]
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Eighties Eulogy: Andrew Koenig
Posted in Television, Uncategorized on February 26, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Eighties Eulogy: Michael Jackson
Posted in Film & Video, Musicology, Television, Travel on June 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Certainly when you look back at the 1980s and the icons of the era, you won’t ever get far on that list without thinking of Michael Jackson. So his death comes at perhaps one of Eightiesology’s greatest tragedies. Obituaries and speculation and contemporary invocation are best left for other websites. They’re going to bring up [...]
Twenty-Five is Alive
Posted in Film & Video, Musicology, Television, Toy Box on January 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
It really hits you hard as a thirtysomething when you start to see the celebrations of 25th anniversaries of things that you were wholly conscious for in your youth. As it is, I’m witnessing the birth and growth of friends’ children and reconnecting with long lost friends on Facebook, many not talked to in 10-15 [...]
Eighties Eulogy: Michael Crichton
Posted in Film & Video, Ninetiesology, Television on November 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Michael Crichton, who passed away yesterday at the age of 66, was not someone who had an impact on my interests until the ’90s but I felt compelled to offer my condolences in these quarters anyway, perhaps because he exemplified interests of mine that defined the next phase of my life after the ’80s and [...]
They Took My Idea!
Posted in Film & Video, Television on September 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »
NBC is getting “Lost in the ’80s.” The network has handed a director-contingent pilot order to an hourlong project from “The Wonder Years” writer-producer Bob Brush. The project, produced by Sony Pictures TV and stuido-based Tantamount, is described as “Fast Timeas at Ridgemont High” meets “The Ice Storm.” It is considered an [...]
Eightiesologo, Vol II
Posted in Television on August 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This is the second in a series of posts analyzing the different souvenirs that make up the Eightiesology image. This time around we focus on the now seemingly-archaic TV Guide, just in time for the upcoming television season. Mapping out your television viewing is pretty easy these days. One need only click the [...]
