PIONEER CHICKEN
Even though this fast food chicken joint was primarily a Southern California chain, I miss it a whole lot. It was my introduction to Los Angeles and to fried chicken pieces at fast food restaurants. I hadn’t been to McDonald’s all that much before I was 10 or so because I was always eating at Pioneer Chicken. All I remember is it was greasy, scrumptious, tasty and the price was right.
*finding the worst possible picture I could find was hard but I succeeded.
TEARS FOR FEARS
Man, I think back to the those silly, loud and ridiculous 1980′s and can’t seem to get Tears for Fears out of my skull. They had already scored some hits back in the UK until they put out “Shout”, a song that blew them up here in the states and is still going strong on radio stations today. Of course, that song was followed by the just as popular, “Everybody Wants to Rule the World”. However, these aren’t the only two tracks Tears for Fears had that are worthy of a listen. “Break It Down Again”, “Head Over Heels”, and “Woman In Chains” were also pretty big hits you may not have heard. Check them out. Oh, and if you think I’m a douche for liking this group, I’ll accept the heat. But, being dishonest about it would make me an even bigger douche.
FRAGGLE ROCK
With 96 episodes running from 1983-87, Fraggle Rock’s show filled with creatures of another world singing and dancing to their own music. That it was created by none other than Jim Henson made it simply an HBO version of the Muppets with the same happy-go-lucky style of critter but with a rock and roll edge. The show was so centered around music that the theme song hit #55 on the U.K. Billboard Chart. Yep, those furry Fraggles really got down.
MICRO MACHINES
What guy didn’t used to like Micro Machines? If you didn’t, then sit down or just turn around and walk away because there’s a screw loose in your head. These were perfect little miniature cars that you could just look at and gawk over. Kind of lame but for a little boy, it wasn’t so bad. In fact, it was awesome. The dude who talked super fast in the commercials was also a big plus to the whole Micro Machines cultures of the late 80′s and 90′s
My favorite dirty 80s joke as a kid was “Is your dick a micro machine?”
Yes- Smaller then a nut!
No- Then it’s not the real thing!