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We showcase the movies, music & memories of that awesome decade. Remember "This Week in the 80s" with 4x Emmy winner LeGrande Green & let's bring back the fun!

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Tom Hanks finds "The Money Pit", Coke changes its formula, Rue McClanahan is "Crazy Like a Fox", while the "Simpsons" makes its 1st US Debut. Find out what happened when Geraldo opened Al Capone's vault and a cheating winner is exposed at the Boston Masrathon!

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Did you know the Statue of Liberty disappeared in 1983? ... James Brown got arrested ... and Michael Jackson made it clear who is NOT his girl?! All this and more surprises are waiting in this weekly video episode of THIS WEEK IN THE 80s!

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The song was originally released on the duo's second album, Make It Big. A true (and rare) international crossover smash that went #1 in several countries, "Careless Whisper" was a massive hit that still packs a sonic punch today.

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Did you know the Statue of Liberty disappeared in 1983? ... James Brown got arrested ... and Michael Jackson made it clear who is NOT his girl?! All this and more surprises are waiting in this weekly video episode of THIS WEEK IN THE 80s!

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MARRIED ... WiTH CHILDREN: On Sunday, April 5, 1987, Fox made its primetime debut at 7 p.m. EST with the pilot episode of "Married ... with Children," Raw, racy and risqué, the bellicose Bundys pushed the boundaries of what was then acceptable for family sitcoms!

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This Week in the 80s | March 28 - April 3, 2021
From Blondie's big hit to the Oscars big flop, this episode is packed: Reagan meets an assassin ... Spock and Captain Kirk find a new way to fly ... sex ed on "Facts of Life" and much more!

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THIS WEEK IN THE 80s | March 21-27, 2021
Phil Donahue is riled up! ... Zany cops on the loose in "Police Academy"... Jack Tripper's caught red-handed on "Three's Company" ... remember the Hacky Sack? ... "Ketchup" with a young Matt LeBlanc and much more on this weekly episode!

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TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART | Bonnie Tyler
"The term “power ballad” doesn’t adequately describe “Total Eclipse Of The Heart,” if only because the word “power” just doesn’t have enough power. It's a Number One song that spent four weeks at the top in fall 1983.

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Tony (Tony Danza) and Angela (Judith Light) were supposed to get married in the very last episode of "Who's the Boss?" But the producers changed their minds. They believed that new viewers finding the show would watch more if the sexual tension was ongoing.

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DIDJA KNOW ... Leonardo DiCaprio
Born November 11, 1974 in Los Angeles, Leonard Wilhelm DiCaprio’s acting career started taking shape in two episodes of the TV series “The New Lassie” which aired from (1989 – 1992).

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INSIDE PRINCE'S GORGEOUS "PURPLE" HEART: LoveMy80s contributor Chris Clews shares with me how Prince's 1987 handwritten note to Suzanne Vega went viral. He wrote: "Luka is the most compelling piece of music I've heard in a long time ... Thank God 4 U." @80spopculture

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LOOK WHO'S TALKING: The chemistry between Kirstie Alley and John Travolta was palpable. The actress recently claimed "it took all the power I had" to not run off with her co-star, whom she called the love of her life. Alley was married at the time; Travolta was single.

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THIS WEEK IN THE 80s | March 21-27, 2021
Phil Donahue is riled up! ... Zany cops on the loose in "Police Academy"... Jack Tripper's caught red-handed on "Three's Company" ... remember the Hacky Sack? ... "Ketchup" with a young Matt LeBlanc and much more on this weekly episode!

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Robert Guillaume's polished portrayal of the imperious family butler Benson DuBois endured for nine years, first in three seasons on "Soap" (1977-80) and then on the spinoff "Benson", which ran until April 1986.