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Find your jelly shoes and tease your hair into a monstrous cascading wonder! The eighties are back, with THE 1980S' MOST WANTED™: THE TOP 10 BOOK OF HARD-ROCKING HAIR BANDS, SHOCKING SCANDALS, AND TOTALLY AWESOME ODDITIES. It's the decade that taught us that bad means good and greed is good; asked, "Where's the beef?" and "Who's the boss?"; and introduced us to something called Reaganomics (or voodoo economics, if you lean that way). THE 1980S' MOST WANTED™ recalls the rad decade with dozens of top-ten lists on movies, television, sports, politics, slang, fashions, and all of its eclectic music.
Brooke Shields and Calvin Klein became household names together with the simple seductive phrase "Nothing comes between me and my Calvins." Who didn't try calling 867-5309 and asking for Jenny after Tommy Tutone came out with his one-hit wonder? Even today the song still resonates enough to be put in a cellphone commercial. Glasnost and perestroika spread, the Wall fell, and America's president "did not recall" trading arms for hostages. People drove DeLoreans, were inspired by Hulkamania to say their prayers and eat their vitamins, fell asleep at night under posters of Patrick Swayze dirty dancing or Nastassja Kinski getting cozy with a snake, and fell in love with a little alien who just wanted to go home. All the fads and fun of the eighties are relived and revealed in THE 1980S' MOST WANTED™.
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Revists the larger-than-life decade's people and events, both famous and infamous; Brings the 1980s' pop culture back to life with facts and anecdotes from TV, movies, and more; Explores politics, sports, fads, fashion, and more.
The 1980s' Most Wanted: The Top 10 Book of Hard-rocking Hair Bands, Shocking Scandals, And Totally Awesome Oddities (Most Wanted (Sagebrush))
The 1980s' Most Wanted: The Top 10 Book of Hard-rocking Hair Bands, Shocking Scandals, And Totally Awesome Oddities (Most Wanted (Sagebrush)),Marguerite Barrett,Chris Kahrl,Potomac Books,1574888986,General,Humor,Trivia
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