These are the ones buried way down in the decade—the shows that actually aired, had real casts, real time slots, and in some cases even lasted more than one season...yet somehow seem to have disappeared almost completely.
Director Rob Reiner has given us some of Hollywood’s greatest hits, but his movie North was so bad, it earned one of Roger Ebert’s most infamous reviews.
Jack Lemmon was a jack of all trades. He could do it all: comedy—slapstick and romantic—and hard-hitting dramas. Then there were his eyes, which showed a vulnerability that made audiences want him to succeed—no matter what craziness he was up to. And speaking of craziness, there was a LOT of it.
The 90s gave us some of the biggest sitcoms ever. Everybody remembers Friends, Seinfeld, and Frasier right? But for every mega-hit, there were dozens of shows that pulled decent ratings, made people laugh, and then somehow vanished into the television Bermuda Triangle.
Phoebe Cates became an ’80s movie icon after Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Gremlins, then surprised fans by stepping away from Hollywood for family and a quieter life.
Before streaming let people skip the intro, TV theme songs had to do real work. The best 1980s themes did it all in under a minute, which is why so many viewers can still hear them instantly.
AJ Croce was only days away from his second birthday when his father, Jim Croce, passed in a plane crash—but that was only the beginning of AJ’s difficult story.
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