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Take off eh? Bob and Doug McKenzie to return in cartoon form

Posted by ChuckyG, April 29, 2008
Fans of the movie Strange Brew and SCTV will be happy to hear the duo have reunited and are going to be animated for an upcoming cartoon version of their characters. Dave Thomas and Rick Moranis are going to be doing the voices as well, no lame imitations!

The Bob and Doug characters launched as a two-minute skit on the Canadian Broadcasting Corp's sketch-comedy series SCTV in 1980, in part to mock federal government rules that require the public broadcaster to air identifiably "Canadian content" in its homegrown TV shows.

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Latest Additions to Fads and Fashions of the Eighties Pages
I was born in 1981. I had a sister who was 7 years older and one that was 4 years older. I loved watching Facts of Life, Growing Pains, Who's the Boss etc with them. I love 80s music. I have some 80s CDs that I have made in my car. I hardly ever listen to anything else. My husband makes fun of me. I was the hugest New Kids on the Block Fan. I thought that since my sister was only like 2 years younger then Joey that they should date. To this day if there is an 80s sitcom on TV, I will choose to watch it. My husband says that if someone looked at our DVR they would think that it was from the 80s. My all time favorite movie is Adventures in Babysitting. I went to middle school in the 90s and I used to make my best friend watch it at least every other Friday night. I know people say that Grease 2 is a bad movie, but I don't agree at all. I LOVE that movie. My sisters and I had the tape of the songs. We'd sing and dance to them. I remember making up a dance to Cool Rider with my sister. WE would point at my dad so I guess he was the cool rider. When my dad got his new Jeep Cherokee my sister and I said he was a cool rider.I love the old 80's toys too. I had Baby Alive in the 80's. Now my neice has a creepy looking new version. A 4 year old at church had on a My Melody shirt the other day. I told her I used to like My Melody about 20 years ago. She looked at me like I was crazy. I can't describe it there is just a feeling I get when I watch an old 80's tv show or movie. I could entertain myself all day watching You Tube videos of 80s things. I can't really get into the leggings crazz or the ballet flats. I wore them almost everyday in kindergarten and first grade.
Submitted by Brooke Wilson. Added to the site on August 13, 2008
flower fairies
i loved this big eared winged little beauties
Submitted by flowerfairies1.shtml. Added to the site on August 13, 2008
Mrs. Morning Mouth
Oh, God!! This was the grossest toy ever on the market. She was like a urine yellow color with shades of green, droopy bloodshot eyes, and when you squeezed her, the most putrid air would come out of her mouth. She stunk so bad, we ended up burying her. Anyone remember this foul toy?
Submitted by mrsmorningmouth0.shtml. Added to the site on August 13, 2008
Interesting stories here. I'm 29, and I remember the good old days of the '80s quite well ('He-Man', 'Go-Bots', 'Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n Wrestling', old school Nickelodeon), though it's actually the '90s I look most fondly on (which was when I became a teen). I feel old whenever I come across popular teenage activities and entertainment of today -- probably because I remember having the most fun as a teenager myself.
Submitted by James. Added to the site on August 13, 2008
Wire Bracelets
I remember making and trading these bracelets with friends. They were made of thin, multicolored wire used for telephone installation. You'd need at least two pieces of wire to wrap together to make them. The more wire you used, the thicker they were. The "bad" kids would steal it out the service trucks while they were on a call; they became our dealers. God I miss the '80's.
Added to the site on August 13, 2008
Sassoon tight jeans in various colors
these were high waisted, butt hugger, tight ankles jeans, that I'm sure would be the rage right now as well. I loved them, I would wear them now if I could fit in em!
Added to the site on August 13, 2008
I was Born in 1976 I am 32 years old. I loved the 80s because you got to wake up on a Saturday morning and watch TMT or even Transformers or go to the USA channel and watch Cartoon Express featuring the Hair Bear bunch - and didn't have to worry about work.
Submitted by Greg Minholz. Added to the site on August 12, 2008
Crispy Critters
LOVED this cereal! It was not even sugar loaded but soooo tasty (like animal crackers). Remember the song? "Crispy Critters, a good wholesome bunch. A low sugar cereal with lots of CRrrrunch! It's andoobidly, andoobidly, andoobidly DELICOUS!!"
Added to the site on August 12, 2008
Monster Bites
Cookies with bites taking out of them (from monsters!) I remember loving eating these after school watching scooby-doo.
Added to the site on August 12, 2008
Creamy Burger
Ice cream sandwich. Neopolitan ice cream between two oatmeal cookies and then dipped in chocolate. Came in a box back in the early 80's.
Added to the site on August 12, 2008