What Was Up With The 80's?
A journey into the media that came out of the decade that was the 80's.
Episodes
When eccentric man-child Pee-wee Herman gets his beloved bike stolen in broad daylight, he sets out across the U.S. on the adventure of his life.
As if being the most pathetic player on his school's perpetually overshadowed basketball team weren't enough, average 17-year-old high school student Scott Howard is about to discover that his problems are far from over. And as the first signs of unwanted change destroy what's left of his meager chances of falling in love, Scott accidentally discovers his family's hereditary condition. Now Scott sp...
Overboard - 1987
Joanna Stayton is a wealthy, spoiled socialite who lives a life of luxury aboard her yacht. She hires carpenter Dean Proffitt to remodel her closet but refuses to pay him after he completes the job, claiming his work is substandard. One night, Joanna falls overboard and is found by a garbage scow, suffering from amnesia. Dean, seeking revenge for her refusal to pay him, convinces her that she is his wi...
Disorderlies - 1987
Winslow needs money now to pay off gambling debts. If only his rich uncle Albert would die. But his orderlies are very good. Maybe by hiring three of the worst orderlies around, he can speed things up. Fortunately for him, he finds Markie, Buffy, and Kool, who have just been fired from their last job. With them around, he should have the money real soon.
On one of his bratty son Eric's annual visits, the plutocrat U.S. Bates takes him to his department store and offers him anything in it as a gift. Eric chooses a black janitor who has made him laugh with his antics. At first the man suffers many indignities as Eric's "toy", but gradually teaches the lonely boy what it is like to have and to be a friend.
A scientific experiment unknowingly brings extraterrestrial life forms to the Earth through a laser beam. First is the cigar smoking drake Howard from the duck's planet. A few kids try to keep him from the greedy scientists and help him back to his planet. But then a much less friendly being arrives through the beam...
Mac and Me - 1988
An alien trying to escape from NASA is befriended by a wheelchair-bound boy.
Short Circuit - 1986
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