Random Shit from 1989

I was thinking about it, and the first year I remember stuff on TV was 1989. My most vivid memory was watching the Giants lose to the LA Rams in the playoffs, 19-13 in OT (Flipper Anderson caught the game-winning TD and ran directly through the tunnel into the locker room). All the older kids on the school bus made fun of me the next day, as I was somehow an insane Giants fan even at the age of six.

On a more positive note, I was a big Nickelodeon buff, and my sister & cousins were all into HBO and MTV. Here are my personal highlights from 1989 in the world of movies & television:

Weird Al - UHF

This music video is from the movie of the same name. Good song and video. The movie was sort of cheesy yet entertaining; I particularly liked the Spatula City and Town Talk bits.

 

Beetlejuice

For some reason I was obsessed with this movie. I think I would like anyone that does stuff when you say their name three times in a row. Two late-eighties “that guy”s make an early apperance in this clip: the principal from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and the mom from Home Alone. I borrowed the phrase “that guy” from Bill Simmons; he’s just going to have to deal with it. 

Incidentally, both Beetlejuice and UHF got two thumbs down from Siskel & Ebert. Shows how much I know.