You Tube Vids Galore: TV Fights

I spend a lot of time on You Tube, in my opinion it’s best place besides the social networking places, mainly due to the stuff you find on there. Despite selling out to Google and getting greedy it’s a great place to find useful videos but also has a lot of random bull crap on  there as well. That’s what I am talking about in this piece and maybe a few others, the random bull crap you can find on here. 
 

Due to limited time I am simplifying the template a little bit for this topic. 

When most people think of TV, they think of general stuff.  But in the last few years it seems a whole genre has been made about shows that have fighting in it, Jerry Springer is the best known example of this, but I like the unintentional fights the best, not the staged stuff like on Springer (Yes it’s staged, they admitted it. The people and issues are real but the rest not so much.) So I picked just a few of these unintentional fights that I have just found to entertaining, crazy, or just stupidly awesome.

 

No list or anything, but just a few to wet the appetites of the ladies, and to get the guy’s… Oh wait this is a general audience blog, I forgot about that…

Random TV FIGHTS From You Tube:

Jerry "The King" Lawler vs. Andy Kaufman

Most wrestling fans today know Jerry Lawler from Monday Night Raw as he has been the TV announcer on the show for almost 20 years. But not many know his wrestling career, as he was the King of Southern Wrestling as well as the head wrestler in Memphis, he was pretty accomplished. This was when wrestling was just about wrestling and no characters, music, fireworks, and soap opera stuff.

                                                         (This is Serious Stuff compared to nowadays..)

Then came Andy Kaufman, who was a popular comedian of the late 70’s/early 80’s. He was discovered on Saturday Night Live by doing random as hell comedy and eventually got on the TV Show “Taxi” where he is best known for playing some Foreign guy. He alos loved wrestling and made a gimmick of going around wrestling, and doing rather well against woman. However he eventually challenged Lawler and of course, he lost. Lawler made a fool out of him and he “broke his neck.” 

                                 (Just no simple words could do this justice. He looks like a preppy beaver!)

They eventually went on Letterman to make up, but however it did not go very well at all. Lawler acted his usual self and Kaufman ran his mouth, and eventually The King had enough and owned the ever loving crap out of him.

Watch 9:00 and on, as the shit hits the fan.

I don’t know what was funnier: The Slap or the randomly placed funk music, both are pretty damn funny.

The fun keeps on after the slap, as Kaufman gets the curse bug and goes all out, which was a major no-no for TV at the time. He got in trouble for it and was one of the many things that downed his career before he died in 1984.  A biography was later made about him “Man on The Moon” in 1999 with Jim Carrey playing him, it was really good. It showed how much of a Troll he really was.

                                                              (Probably my favorite Jim Carrey drama)

Do you want to know what the best part was? This all was fake and the two were friends!

Screech vs. Drill Sargent

Saved By The Bell is the standard kids show for many years, and Screech was the annoying guy on most of every show. But yet he was popular somehow, and managed to stay on through it’s run. However he hit his 15 minute when the final show was aired, and he fell deservingly into obscurity.

                    (I feel horrible even wasting time with this caption. What a waste of space)

At least that was until he joined the VH1 reality show “Celebrity Fit Club” where he made an ass out of himself on a weekly basis. He thought he was “in-demand” because he had a sex tape, and very crappy one at that (I mean, who would want to watch that?)  He made everyone mad at him, and proceeded to not lose any weight, in fact he gained a good deal.  The show had 3 judges including a drill sergeant as the main judge, and he particularly didn’t admire Screech’s laziness.

 

(Yeah, I wouldn't want to mess with this guy unless I wanted a broke neck)

About halfway through the show, Screech pretty much aliented everybody due to threatening to “fight everyone” because he was such trying to be a BA. Supposidly people like "tough but washed up celbs"
But of course it didn’t work and he managed to piss off the Drill Seargant, which resulted in some classic stuff.  The Drill Sargent was out for blood and it almost was it for Mr. Nerd..

Boy that was fun to watch. Sadly the longer and better clip's not able to be choose apparently. That sucks..

Jim Rome Gets Owned:

Jim Rome has a rep of being the one guy who likes to talk and sometimes back it up, most of the time not so much. He had a show on ESPN for a which was good but he ran to CBS and has not been seen on standard TV since. My feeling to that was meh. He was okay I guess.

His best known moment was perhaps the incident where he was dominated by ex NFL QB Jim Everett of the Saints and Rams. Everett had a rep of not liking to get hit and took slides where for example he could have ran and got a first down. This pretty much ruined his career and Rome took advantage of that giving Everett the nickname “Chris Everett” after the mega babe tennis player. While she was not that bad, Jim hated being called an effeminate player.

                    (Not hot in Modern terms, but in 1978 she was the Danica Patrick esque Sports Babe of her day)

This all came to a head when Everett went on a ESPN 2 show where Rome was the host, and he could not avoid calling Everett  “Chris”. It was supposed to be a nice little interview but that went out the window when Rome said “Check that Chris Everett!” The guy was asking for it, and boy was it wonderful.

Russian Crazyness:

And last but not least is this little gem. Very rarely do I watch something so bat-crapping insane but yet do I love it. And why should I? There is a ton of violence here from random superkicks to shoving and random Russian yelling, but to be honest, what else is there to love here?!

It all started with a dating show (that’s what this was) some guy was fixing to get laid and eventually married, but he was not too happy to find out that the woman he liked was really once a guy, and  he was so mad that he decided to give his kick reflex some action. Classic Madness follows and is in my opinion the best TV fight I have ever seen. This is amazing.

And as a result this craziness occurred and a You Tube legend was born. My words can’t do this justice so please watch!

 Kind of slack, but this is meant to be a quick and just random feature. I figured this would be best to do after being gone for two days.

The Biggest Babes of The 1980's List: 10-6

The 1980’s needs no introduction or definition. It was that good of a decade to live in, and oddly enough the negatives were nowhere near as bad as they are today.  The 80’s was a fun time to be alive, people were making more money than ever, and it was more common to live it up. The 80’s were truly a decade of excess and society’s definitions were rapidly changing.

The most common form of this was when dealing with looks and beauty. What used to be more plain janes were falling out of style, and sexuality was preferred.  Women considered the hottest of the hot at the time needed to have a sense of their beauty and they needed to flaunt it.  However at the same time there was a split as innocence was also growing popular. These “teen idols” like that are seen today developed in both the guys and girls camps.  Just like the 1970’s posters of women were very popular and guys were not considered right in the head if they did not have one.

So in that way I am counting down the ladies who I consider to be the 10 Sexiest of the 80’s decade. It could be any babe from the years 1980-1989, and their career needs to be most connected with the 1980’s so there will be some women not on the list who others would include.  The whole gimmick factor will include as well.

This decade is not easy to choose from, so I had some hard choices, and I ended up with two ties. The first one starts the list and the other one ends it, I figured it would only be fair.

10. Debbie Gibson/Tiffany

I start the list with quite possibly the ultimate pop music feud of all times. In the 1990’s you had Brittney Spears vs. Christina Agulara, and in the 2000’s you had Katy Perry vs. Lady Gaga. But this is the Godmother of all these feuds as it was a way of life from 1987-1989 in most pop culture fields.

                                        (Those hats were stupid and just laughably bad)

First you had Debbie Gibson, who was from a rich family. She was the blonde haired virginal teen pop singer, whose gimmick was that she wrote her own stuff and sang it. She was beautiful but she never used it like she should have, instead focusing on her uptight image and her musical skills. For her age that musical ability was actually quite an accomplishment, which is something most singers today lack very badly.

                                          (Both of these two's 80's looks were very cheesy)

Then there was Tiffany, who came from a poorer background and had natural singing talent. She is unusual from most teen idols because she had red hair, but she managed it well when it came to makeup and wardrobe. She was far more likeable to the guys than Debbie, mainly because she seemed more common, plus she had a hidden edge.  She in some ways is comparable to Brittany Spears due to her style and persona, but more lighter than Brittany became. Her gimmick was her mall tour, where teenage girls flipped out while watching her sing and she gave autographs.

Comparing the two is like Appels/Oranges. Both are very different than each other but they were in at the same time.  Debbie was the more solid musician while Tiffany was more into looks but yet had a voice. Both had hits in a short period and both's careers died out after a few years.

 

Both did Playboy in the 2000’s with mixed results. Debbie (of course out of her virgin gimmick) did a very classy styled shoot, while Tiffany’s was very gimmicky of the 2000’s.  Debbie won in this case, as it felt the tone fit her well, while Tiffany's was just blah

In the end both were very beautiful and hard to pick, so I did them in one time.

                                        (Both Look Great, not easy to choose now)

Neither's music is my cup of tea, so that explains for now music clips, sorry! There's plenty of their vids around.

9.Kim Bassinger

This list had some hard picks, and this was one of them. In the end I choose Kim over Heather Locklear mainly because I find Kim more enjoyable, plus she’s been in more things I like to watch. Kim’s best known for being in the 1989 Batman with Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson, and while she was not the best lead actress in the series she was very beautiful in the role and made it her own. 

                                       (Now that's how you do a Dark Batman right)

She also was in the Bond movie “Never Say Never Again” with a Sean Connery playing Bond as an old fart (he was 53) trying to save the world. The movie was so/so but it made her famous so it was not a loss. She also did Playboy the same year, but it was very forgettable. That was a trend with all the Bond girls from 1983-1989.

           (The Whole Movie is filled with jokes about old age, to Bond, but this is the biggest one, it's unintentional)

 

She had a few other hit movies over the next couple of decades but her biggest impact was from 1983-1989, so that’s why she made the list.  To be honest the only time I ever found her a mega babe was when she was in Wayne’s World 2, and that was in 1993.

                                               (She looked like this the whole movie)

Looks wise she is comparable to Jessica Simpson, but they are two different women. Kim had smaller boobs but looks better as a blonde, she actually managed to bring the popularity of Blondes up before Jessica brought it down. Both are southern and had periods where they really big but acting wise Kim takes the cake.

She eventually married Alec Baldwin but had an epic divorce for the ages, she now does some movies but not as much as she used too. She still looks great when compared to some other women of the period (Meg Ryan cough,cough.)

8.Christie Brinkley

The age of the Supermodel began in earnest in 1980. There had been several women who got fame for posing but it never reached the level that it had before. Two of these women are on this list, and here is quite possibly the biggest of the 80’s Supermodels Christie Brinkley.

                                                   ( Talk about a Very Bright Bikini)

She is probably the best of the Sports Illustrated models as she dominated the Swimsuit issues for years and boosted sales at a time where they needed it. She only did three covers I believe but they were pretty memorable and she helped to save the issue from going under.  She also did the first SI Calendar and sold millions of copies.She later started modeling for Cover Girl and still does eyeshadow ads, as well as ads for the Total Gym with Chuck Norris.

Her most famous acting role was in the original “Vacation” movie with Chevy Chase, as the babe in the red Ferrari who runs into him throughout the country. She basically flirted with everyone the whole movie then near the end, had a moment with Chase, ending up with him dumping her for his babe of a wife in Beverley D’Angelo (Who barely missed this list btw.) However she had the last laugh in “Vegas Vacation” as she again runs into Chase who she remembers but brushes her off.

                                        (She helped to sale more Ferrari's than anything else)

She also had 4 marriages and her most notable husband was Billy Joel, who she married for 9 years. Her last one was pretty messy as it went all out in court, which sucked for her. 

She is in my opinion the hottest Blonde supermodel and had one of the better smiles. Her only downside was her personality, she comes off to me as kind of boring, she never had any edge or mystery to her, she was the stereotypical blonde, which is not bad because that’s great in its own way, but in a field so packed she somehow managed to standout.  And those reasons why I mentioned earlier, plus she’s pretty damn rich, so that’s a plus.

7. Tanya Roberts

Most kids today know her as Donna’s mom from “That 70’s Show” but she was quite accomplished in the sexual roles of the 1980’s. Such roles as “The Beastmaster” and “Sheena” comes to mind, as she wore very little and ran around the jungle almost naked but yet was the memorable parts of those movies. She was also on “Charlie’s Angels” but that show was almost done anyways, so most people don’t remember her that well from there.

Her biggest role was in the Bond movie “A View to A Kill” in which she acts the worse out of all the Bond girls (Both her and Denise Richards are the two worst in most people’s opinions.) Some actresses are just bad, but she managed to be laughably bad, and that’s not easy. Her biggest gimmick was acting like an dot and running around begging for Bond’s help. She claimed to be smart but yet made stupid decisions and got herself caught too easy. Plus instead of asking for help like a normal person “James help me!” she loved to go “JAAAAAAAMMMMMESSSS!”  That might not sound bad in words, but if you ever watch the movie it would get graining after a while. She managed to ruin a otherwise decent Bond flick with one of the better Villains.

                             (It was very hard to find any decent non nude pics for her, seriously)

Forgive me here I de-railed this part.

So in a nutshell she was a bad actress but she is a gorgeous woman.  She had a killer bob in her day, and a nice face. Overall a total package, plus she did a ton of Playboy shoots. So much in fact if you type her name in on Google some of her naked stuff’s on there amoung her basic pics. Not very classy sure, but she knew her talents and used them, some people are not that bright. 

On a normal day she would have made the Top 5, but I just find 6 women better than her. Her lack of acting ability helped, plus that Bond movie’s one of my favorite ones besides her, so I may have some Ill will, but she comes in at #7.

6. Jennifer Jason Leigh

In my opinion one of the more underrated 80’s babes, Jennifer also managed to become a respectable actress. Her most memorable role was “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” as she was the female lead actress and had the more emotional role in the movie. She played the classy and likeable girl at the high school who wanted to get laid. Sure we all been there before haven’t we?  That’s a common thing in high school, and while the movie’s over 39 years old it’s still the best High School flick in my opinion because of it’s realism.

She eventually managed to do it with the movie’s mega-douchebag and the results are rather heartbreaking. I’m not giving it away but it’s a very hard part to watch but yet it’s very realistic. Just a well done movie and I can’t quit giving it praise as it was that good.

 

She did some more movies in the 1980’s but that role was her career role until 1992 when made “Single White Female” one of the better crazy woman movies. She was actually very freighting but yet oddly enjoyable as the loon of the movie. AMC showed it during “FearFest” and I appreciated it being included because it manages to be a decent horror flick.

                              (She was Surprisingly hard to find pics for too, she did not model much)

She managed to switch from playing innocent teens to crazy women but yet managed to stay a total babe the whole time, that’s not very easy to do. In fact her Fast Times role was my model for my future wife when I was a teen, and it’s not hard to see why, She’s very traditionally beautiful but she had that edge in her, and I want that for my wife.

 A great actress (The best on the list) and very a underrated beauty.

So that's it for part 1, and please remember this piece of info: Rank is just Rank, all of these women are beautiful, I'm just being technical. All these young girls today hate these lists but for this topic I thought it was a good idea.

Part 2 will come in a few days and will feature more babes, and names that are often known for being from the 1980's, so stay tuned for that.

Pop Culture Time: The Best 1980's Horror Film Soundtracks

Well today’s going to be Part 2 of the series, and it’s going to be all the kid’s favorite style of movie: Horror.  That’s right, I’m talking about scary movies and particular the slasher films of the 1980’s, the best period for the cut ‘em up movie. I can do a whole post about these kind of movies in particular but I’ll save it as we don’t have time for it.

But since I am being nice, a Slasher film in a nutshell is one that has a main character who isn’t very nice, in fact he/she loves to kill random people for purpose. It can be because they are homicidal maniacs, their place of residence/family are in danger, or they love the thrill of killing. While the set up of these movies may be the same, not one killer is as they all have their strengths and weaknesses.  Each movie was hit because of the cheap budgets and made a ton of money. Such series as: Halloween, Friday the 13^th, Nightmare on Elm Street, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Hellraiser, and Child’s Play were the most popular faces of this movement.   

It was truly an art form in it’s own nasty yet lovable way. And often they take an enjoyment out of making it extremely gruesome, as gore is the staple of genre. In their heyday these movies were called “Utter Crap” but there are millions of fans who love to different, including your author. These are great sources of anger and fun to watch how un-realistic they are, it’s pure entertainment.  And the artists of the 80’s could not get enough, they even made theme songs for them.

 

Today I’m choosing the 3 best of these songs to talk about in the same format as yesterday. Let’s all crank up our chainsaws, oil our machetes, and find a big knife, because this is liable to get messy…

BEST 80’s HORROR/SLASHER FILM THEME SONGS

Friday The 13^th Part 6: Jason Lives

Singer/Group: Alice Cooper

Song/Songs:  “He’s Back (The Man Behind The Mask)”

Movie Plot:  Jason Voorhees died in 1984 on Sunday the 15^{th 1984}  after he was killed by a young bald headed special effects freak named Tommy Jarvis. Jarvis in turn lost his shit and was put in the crazy house, and after an incident a few years after his death, Tommy and buddy wants to end Jason for good. However due to bad luck, Jason’s alive again, and is a Zombie! It’s up to the mental patient to save the day and town of Forrest Green (No Longer Crystal Lake) before Jason takes control for good.

 Stars:  TJ Graham as Jason

1984 was supposed to be the end of Friday The 13^th.  Paramounrt Pictures had enough of the series, and especially after the utter piece of crap of F13th Part 3-D, Jason had to be sliced and diced for good.  They in return hired a great action director, one of the best effects men in the business in Tom Zavini, and a great cast (especially Crispen Glover and Corey Feldman) and they made in my opinion the best of the series in Part 4: The Final Chapter. However there was a snag: The movie goers loved the film and it made a ton of money.  A sequel had to be made, so instead of quality they went for in a utter WTF? Direction.

For Part 5 they hired a porno director and a shitty cast and out came “The New Beginning” which while it made a good deal of money and has some underground fans (including myself, it’s a guilty pleasure,) but the movie was hated for it’s sleaziness and most of all it lacked Jason, instead an imposter dressed up like him.  A change had to be made, so they made Jason into a zombie! Yeah, and the movie became a horror comedy. Part 6 was a hit but was forgot about for the most part, which is a shame because it’s quality for a slasher film.

To bring attention, Paramount decided to have a big name do a rock song. Several people passed stupidly until Punk legend Alice Cooper said yes, mainly due to his gimmick of horror based stage shows. He needed a boost as he was attempting a comeback, and he decided this movie would be a good place to do it. He even had the song as the starter on his new album in 1986/87, so it had to be good and worth buying, and it truly was.

 

Compared to his early works it’s a departure, mainly due to the song’s new wave style. Cooper had a punkish sound in his early stuff but yet this turned out very well. He and the song writer’s worked hard to not only have a Cooper-esqe song, but to capture the tone of the movie and series at the same time. While some people hate this song, claiming it does not fit, I think it does perfectly. Compared to the songs made for the series before and after it’s not even close, and I even consider this one of Cooper’s best songs. His career took off after this again, and it’s no wonder to see why.

Movie: See it if you like horror comedies, especially if you’re a fan of the series

Song: Classic Alice all the way

A Nightmare On Elm Street Part 3: Dream Warriors

Singer/Group: Dokken

Song/Songs:  Dream Warriors

Movie Plot:  Freddy’s back again, this time haunting a spoiled brat named Kristen who is into self mutilation. He forces her to attempt suicde so she is forced into a crazy house, where she finds friends who are having the same problem as her: Freddy wants to off them one by one. They find an unexpected ally in Nancy Thompson the hero of the Original. The group then teams up in Dream Land where they discover they have inner powers to fight Freddy once and for All.

 Stars:  Robert Englund, Patricia Arquette, Heather Langenkamp, Lawerence Fishburne, and John Saxon

The orginal NOES is one of the better films of the 1980’s period due to it’s innovation of effects while on a small and shitty budget.  Plus it was well directed, acted, and just a well done horror film, and it helped slasher films gain new popularity. It was a hit and made New Line films survive and expand.  Then came Part 2 with it’s not very hidden Undertones, horrendous acting, and just unlikeable characters.  Despite  being very dark and having good background music, the movie was laughable but somehow managed to make money. Then came Part 3 to fix the mess for good.

The Director Chuck Russell (Who made The Mask with Jim Carrey 7 years later,)  had his hands full but managed to do well under pressure and made a very unique and wonderfully fun movie.  Along with the cast of actors who could actually act and this created a great sequel, and I beg to differ the best of the series, even better than the first movie and that’s not easy.  The movie was a mega hit and I mean MEGA. It made 30 Million in it’s first week (Low for now but huge for 1987) and was the first independent film to be #1 nationwide in the modern era (which started in 1982). The series then kept going until 1991, when Freddy was killed off for only three years.

The producers wanted a memorable theme song, as the original’s was very forgettable. So they decided to skip pop and head down the heavy metal route and choose a popular band.  Many of them laughed at the idea of recording the theme, so it took a while to find the right choice, and then came in Dokken. They were a middle of the road band that had a decent hit album in 1984  but were mostly into touring. They said yes so the song was recorded in 1987.

The song itself is a typical heavy metal song, but yet it’s unique for the type of film it was in.  While a horror film theme, the song is great and is surprisingly motivating to a point, I used to have it as a weight lifting song and it worked very well.  The lyrics reflect the struggles of the movie’s characters as they struggle to manage their dreams and overcome the main evil, Kruger before they are slashed and diced.  The tagline of the song is great too: “Maybe tonight you’ll be gone!” It’s repeated several times and each time the pace picks up and gets heavier.

Without knowing what the song was about it could mistake for a rather inspiring metal tune but when watched before or after the movie the music video helps to clear it up.  The music video itself was a major hit on MTV in 1987 and is played a good deal still on VH1 Classic and is one of the more well known vids of the 80’s period. The ending is also classic, as Freddy gets a dose of his own medicine. It’s rather hilarious and classic, great stuff.

Movie: Defiantly See, a very creative horror film.  I’m just scratching the surface there.

Song: Classic 80’s Metal song, music video’s great as well.

Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2:

Song/Songs:  Stewart Copeland

Movie Plot:  10 years after the original, Leatherface and his screwed up family survived, and they love to tramatize the countryside.  After killing two douchebags while on the air of a radio station, it get’s the ear of a cop who wants to put an end to the killing, and with the help of a Radio DJ they try to do just that.

Stars:  Dennis Hopper

Ten years after the original TCM came out in 1974, the sequel finally came. Thanks to the mob who ripped the original crew out money they deserved , a lawsuit took forever and there could not be a proper sequel.  Finally in 1984 the movie was given a green-light, and the orginal director/ some of the cast returned. However the movie was completely different than the orginal. Instead of relying on gore and psychological mind fucking, the sequel switches that in for dark horror/grossout comedy and it surprisingly works. 

This movie is way too bizarre and crazy to write about but that’s what makes it so good and I am going to give it a shot.  For a horror film it’s very hilarious and has a good amount of gore to top it off. Plus the fact that the main “hero’s” even crazier than Leatherface makes for some good stuff all through the movie. They have a chainsaw duel in the style of Star Wars LightSaber fights , and despite sounding like I am making it up it’s true.  It’s not for the faint of heart and is tough to watch for those who hate gore and extreme violence. But to us true horror fans it’s one of the best horror comedies ever made. Hell even the poster’s hilarious, it’s a parody of the breakfast club.

 

The movie’s soundtrack is a mix of popular 80’s bands and one hit wonders but the song I choose was unusual.  Most average person has never heard of Stewart Copeland but to make it short, he was the drummer in the band “The Police” with Sting. His dad was the manager and he and Sting did not get along, which caused them to break up. Sting went on to be a major solo star while Stewart stayed in the back and did background music for movies and games like Spyro The Dragon, which I love.

This is the first country song on the list, and is not really a pure country song. It’s very unqiue and is far from the traditional American country mild.  I love the guitars in it, and the singing by Copeland fits very well. There may be even some banjos in it, but I can’t find an instrumental anywhere so I don’t know for sure. He’s not the best singer in the world but he works well here as it’s a good fit for the movie it was in.  The lyrics reflect how bizarre and strange the rural parts of the country are, especially the southeast. This movie fits well with the series and when I watch either this, the orginal, or the remakes I always listen to this right quick beforehand because I love it and it helps psyche me up for the backwoods setting of the movie. 

This song was never released sadly so I had to rip this from the DVD, so that’s why it’s so good quality. It was placed in the end credits and is a good closer to the end of the movie after the craziness you have just witnessed. The beginning of the video shows just that.

Film:  If you can handle Gore, watch it, if not then skip it. If you’re a major horror fan then you should be thrilled.

Song: Under-appreciated 80’s Country Hybrid Classic.

Well with a ton of films to choose from, I choose three and it was not easy. But these are three I best enjoy so there you go.  Be on the lookout for the next part soon.