Movies inspired by films of the 30's-50's? [more inside]
posted by Ndwright on Sep 16, 2009 - 28 answers

I can't find this "adidas"-lookalike retro jacket from this Utah Saints "Something Good" music video, and I kind of want to buy one for ~$50 in Canada! [more inside]
posted by Khazk on Sep 4, 2009 - 2 answers

Pop-culture enthusiasts: I am working on a project that will incorporate 80's(ish) themes/icons. But there is a caveat. [more inside]
posted by dogmom on Aug 24, 2009 - 30 answers

Simple Mefi, simple! I just want to buy a replica of the Orin from the 80's fantasy film The Neverending Story. I'd like a nice one, but at this point.... [more inside]
posted by Bageena on Aug 12, 2009 - 5 answers

Help me identify a clip I saw randomly at a bar. [more inside]
posted by Uncle on May 29, 2009 - 1 answer

[TVMoviesFilter] Trying to remember an old, cheap-looking movie from a single rememberance: in a room full of rich people, a magician/healer slides a woman's neck tumor/lump through to her finger, at which point he cuts it off with a knife. [more inside]
posted by XiBe on May 14, 2009 - 5 answers

Idle nostalgic curiosity is driving me crazy - looking for at least the name (at best, a working version) of a late 80s/early 90s DOS (not arcade) 2-d ninja game - very simple, and the most notable characteristic is that the entire game was in uber-simple orange-red-green VGA palette colors against a black background. [more inside]
posted by ab3 on Jan 16, 2009 - 13 answers

Name that movie filter: What 80's dark comedy/horror movie did I see with the members of my falculty? [more inside]
posted by kiki_s on Sep 27, 2008 - 5 answers

Can you help me find an 80s Power Hour mix? [more inside]
posted by ASM on Sep 18, 2008 - 10 answers

What (early 80's?) Apple Computer was this nicely constructed nylon "carry-on" bag made for? [more inside]
posted by SmileyChewtrain on Sep 5, 2008 - 16 answers

where can i find an image of the fuzzy laser background that was used in school pictures in the 80's and early 90's? [more inside]
posted by binocularfight on Apr 22, 2008 - 5 answers

Sometimes I can’t find what I want at the local House o’ Used CD’s or on iTunes. What are your favorite sources for (legally) obtaining music? [more inside]
posted by pointystick on Mar 17, 2008 - 18 answers

TV FILTER: I am looking for the name of a 70s-80s home repair/gardening TV show, and the female host's name. I used to watch the show, in syndication, on local Seattle TV in the early 80s. I believe the show was made in Canada, but maybe the US. The hostess was a thin woman with light brown hair and the shows premise was that she was a housewife working on her house and garden while the husband was away. They had a dog. She would have sections on the show showing how to pot plants, change light bulbs, grout tile, etc....
posted by wylde21 on Mar 13, 2008 - 3 answers

I'm looking for a photo of a Wendy's Jazz Cap, or even just first-hand recollections of them. These were apparently some type of multicolored painter's cap sold at Wendy's establishments in the late 80's(possibly 1988ish). There seems to be no trace of their existence online. Phone calls to the Wendy's Customer Service hotline have come back with a "try eBay" response. A few good but ultimately fruitless tries to track one down can be found on the comments to my blog. Any information, photos, or recollections would be very much appreciated.
posted by extraface on Feb 28, 2008 - 13 answers

MovieFilter: Help me identify these two 80's movies that haunt my memory. [more inside]
posted by davidstith on Feb 11, 2008 - 12 answers

Forgotten book filter: Children's book, read in the early 80's. Young girl and her father have a computer they program together. [more inside]
posted by cosmicbandito on Feb 7, 2008 - 2 answers

MovieFilter: I need help identifying a late-80's or very early 90's silent movie that takes place in NY... [more inside]
posted by gofargogo on Dec 3, 2007 - 6 answers

Need a movie id. I saw it in the 80's and the plot was that the U.S.S.R. had created an "Anytown, USA" and kidnapped some americans to populate it with to study/observe. I thought it was titled "Back in the U.S.S.R." but alas the one on IMDB is not it.
posted by zap rowsdower on Sep 13, 2007 - 8 answers

What's the name of this computer game from the mid-late 1980s? [more inside]
posted by spork on Jul 4, 2007 - 6 answers

I'm trying to recall an obscure New Wave record. [more inside]
posted by davebush on Mar 1, 2007 - 26 answers

Does anyone remember a show in the 80's that had an antique store and the people who ran the store would go back in time through the antique that was connected to an incident and they would help people. I think there was a young guy and girl and one old guy.
posted by toftk on Nov 3, 2006 - 12 answers

Moviefilter: 80's movie, guy gets to design a lamborghini ... [more inside]
posted by Mark5four0 on Aug 23, 2006 - 5 answers

I found myself warm and nostalgic today for the brief period between the end of the cold war and the war on terror. Do you think history will look at it as a very good time to be alive or is this just me being a nostalgic Gen x-er?
posted by Deep Dish on Aug 20, 2006 - 22 answers

Probably the most idiotic question I've posted here, but I can't figure it out! Help me figure out the name of an 80's tune (Warning: My memory of the lyrics/theme in the song are close to nil). [more inside]
posted by Stauf on Aug 18, 2006 - 57 answers

I just found a big box of old Playboys that cover dates from the mid sixties to the early eighties. I got to reading them (clothed) and you know what? Everything I've ever heard about how good the articles are is true! I'm sure they still have hot babes, what I'm asking is are they still writing these great, edgy articles about culture and politics, or are they basically FHM now? I mean these magazines have articles from everyone from Andy Warhol to P.G Wodehouse for chrissakes. [more inside]
posted by shanevsevil on Jun 10, 2006 - 15 answers

Giant slugs with odd appendages bent on destroying all life run over kid, feel bad about it, then heal him. [more inside]
posted by hatsix on May 13, 2006 - 11 answers

Lost 80's song...I can't find this one anywhere: "400 Dragons" by Adrian John Loveridge. Not in iTunes, peer-to-peer, or ebay. (The closest I found with that name was by someone called Band of Thieves)(??) Any song with the line "...send ten thousand Venus invaders and I'd shoot them all down for one night of your love" has *got* to be a keeper! I appreciate any direction someone could point me in!
posted by g4zilla on Feb 7, 2006 - 5 answers

Obscure 80's tune--been looking for an answer for years! I used to be a DJ, and play a track by a guy who *sounded* like Springsteen. (Trust me, this wasn't Bruce) The only thing I have to go on is partial lyrics: "...what's it gonna be tonight? Red wine, maybe white. And if we're gonna fight, then we're gonna fight...(something something) down on the corner..." I *think* the name of the track was "On the Corner". (No, not CCR!) [more inside]
posted by g4zilla on Jan 30, 2006 - 8 answers

What was it ...? Forgotten movie from the 80's - a young teenager is separated from his father on a camping trip in the Pacific Northwest. If memory serves correct, he was kidnapped and held captive by some pretty backwoods kind of guys. He then learns survival and more.... inside .... [more inside]
posted by kuperman on Oct 10, 2005 - 4 answers

Moviefilter: Who is that guy in the circuit city commercial?? [more inside]
posted by Mark5four0 on Sep 19, 2005 - 5 answers

I have a question for those who were teenagers in the 1980's, I'm doing a presentation with a group and my part is generational persona of teens relating to safety (how safe did the avg teen feel?), reckless behavior (how did teens rebel, or get into trouble?) and individualism (Did teens clump themselves into cliques and groups, or did they feel the need to succumb to a particular 'look'was it accepted to be unique and individualistic?) [more inside]
posted by bluehermit on Jul 11, 2005 - 29 answers