Cyndi Lauper screws up the 9/11 National Anthem

This guy is so PISSED that Cyndi Lauper screwed up on her 9/11 National Anthem debut!

Philadelphia Eagles Rap

The 2011 NFL season has begun so we wanted to show you our favorite rap video made by our favorite football team the Philadelphia Eagles. This 1988 gem would have probably been lost in time if it weren't for the internet. Thank you internet!!!!!!

MIDNIGHT MAYHEM: Super Mario Brothers Frustration

Please take 20 minutes out of your lives and watch this. We've all felt this way at one point while playing Mario......

ALF is a radical dude

Where were you the first day you met ALF?

Blind Date and Roger Lodge prepared us for the new millenium

As you may have noticed, we haven't posted many videos from the end of the 90s, particularly '97, '98, and '99. There is, however, a show that deserves recognition from the sunset years of the 90s. That show is Blind Date, hosted by the one and only Roger Lodge (aka Rodge Lodge and Rodger Lodger).

In the show, cameras follow around couples on blind dates while commentary in the form of funny subtitles, wacky animations, and cooky "thought bubbles" was added by the show's producers.

2 extremely annoying people

Poor guy couldn't work his magic

This guy gets trashed, makes a fool of himself, and goes home alone

NOTE: We know that the majority of the show didn't even take place in the 90s. BUT one year DID take place in the 90s and that was the year 1999. Who knows? Maybe Blind Date prepared us for the craziness of the post-9/11 2000s (or at least the annoying pop-up ads that you witness in some of the videos above)

MIDNIGHT MAYHEM: Good morning, Pee-wee!

We're sure some of you are probably eating breakfast right now?

Brown & blond-haired duos from the 80s & 90s

Growing up in the 1980's and 1990's, we always noticed a common theme in many of the movies and tv shows we watched back then: That the one main dude would have brown hair, and the other main dude would have blond hair. Well, we're gonna get right to it so if you don't believe us then you best take a look below!!!

Gilbert Lowell / Lewis Skolnick

Lewis & Gilbert

"Revenge of the Nerds" (1984)

Bill S. Preston, Esq. / Ted Logan

Bill & Ted

"Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure" (1989)

Wayne Campbell / Garth Algar

Wayne & Garth

"Wayne's World" (1992)

Butt-Head / Beavis

Beavis & Butt-Head

"Beavis and Butt-Head" (1993)

Lloyd Christmas / Harry Dunne

Lloyd & Harry

"Dumb & Dumber" (1994)

We know that there are a bunch more brown and blond-headed dudez from the 80's and 90's but can't think of any more right now. So everyone out there...be sure to let us know which ones we forgot so we can add them to the list!!

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Classic Nickelodeon: Kids Court

 

Nickelodeon was definitely our most watched TV channel when we were kids. There were so many amazing shows that there are just too many to name! One show that comes to mind is Kids Court. 

Kids Court is a show where a studio audience filled with kids watches two kids discuss real life grievances that were mailed in by real life kids. When the two sides are done representing their cases, the studio audience then yells and screams like wild animals trying to be the loudest. The "Judge-o-meter" would measure the decibels of the screaming and whichever side was loudest wins the case! The show ends with host Paul Provenza going around the child audience asking the kids to say what is unfair. If something was unfair they'd yell "UNFAIR!!!!!!!!". The show even had two courtroom sketch artists. We always thought they had the coolest job in the world!!!

Kids Court ran for four years from 1985 to 1989. Below is a full episode, which is in 2 parts. Enjoy the stroll down memory lane and the extremely funny looking 80s kids!

A Message from 2RadicalDudez: Don't Worry Be Happy!

DON'T WORRY BE HAPPY NOW!

Rambo Kill Count Revealed!

This week, back in 1985, People Magazine had a story that attempted to count how many people Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) killed in the movie "Rambo: First Blood Part II", which came out a month earlier in May 1985. For those of you who don't know, there are a total of four Rambo movies:

"First Blood" (1982)
"Rambo: First Blood Part II" (1985)
"Rambo III" (1988)
"Rambo" (2008)

People Magazine say that 44 people were killed by Rambo (including 70 explosions that killed an undetermined number of people). That equals one person dying every 2.1 minutes in the second Rambo movie!!!

We are having problems finding this story on the web, but we did find a video that shows ALL of Rambo's kills from ALL four Rambo movies*.

*Note: For some reason, embedding is disabled so you will have to do with the video above that shows all of his kills from Rambo's 1-3. If you want to see Rambo 4 included in the death count, please watch the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sFDUcIttos

Ross on "You Can't Do That On Television" being watered & slimed many times

Do you know this guy? He's Ross - the "You Can't Do That On Television" guy with headphones who was always kinda bitchy towards the kids..

I love it how whenever someone would get slimed, instead of moving over several inches to avoid getting slimed, they'd lift their face up towards the direction of the slime and just take it in. I love that. I'm positive that I'd do the same thing. Wouldn't you? It's an honor to get slimed. I don't think sliming happens much anymore.

I don't know...

Like I always say: If you can't beat the slime....join the slime.

Radical Recipe: How to make Nickelodeon's green slime

Today we are putting our Julia Child chef hats on and will teach you how to make the famous green slime from the amazing Nickelodeon show called "You Can't Do That on Television". It aired from February 3, 1979 to May 25, 1990 and was pretty damn amazing! The show featured Canadian teen actors acting out sketch comedy skits. We still remember being little and laughing at the way they said "sooory" (sorry) and "aboot" (about). Those crazy Canadians!

The way it worked in the show was if you said "I don't know", you would get slimed. It was that simple! Didn't you always wonder what was in the slime? Well, we did and we got info from our inside sources and they told us exactly what was in this slimy green mess. This is top secret information and only Bobby Budnick, Mr. Earnst, and Sam from "Today's Special" know the ingredients! OK, actually we got these recipes from YCDTOTV.com but it's still the official recipes!

SLIME #1 (OFFICIAL)

INGREDIENTS: water, jello powder, flour, baby shampoo 

DIRECTIONS: Mix em up and chill slightly. 

SLIME #2 (OFFICIAL)

INGREDIENTS: cream of wheat, cold water, shampoo, green coloring 

DIRECTIONS: Mix em up!

SLIME #3 (OFFICIAL)

INGREDIENTS: cream of wheat, cold water, shampoo, green coloring, liquid latex

 DIRECTIONS: Mix em up! (just don't put too much latex)

SLIME #4 (from Double Dare's "Slime Canal")

INGREDIENTS: clear corn syrup, water, green coloring DIRECTIONS: Mix water and syrup. Add coloring and dive in!

 SLIME #5 (from Nickelodeon Studios circa 1992)

INGREDIENTS: apple sauce, green coloring 

DIRECTIONS: Mix em up!

We're not sure why they had so many versions but we guess the scientists at Nickelodeon Studios had to take many, many years to come up with the perfect recipe! Below is the slime in action...

For those of you who already know the show, they would also have water poured on their heads if they said "water". The secret water recipe is a WHOLE different recipe that we promised to never reveal so our lips are sealed!

Hairdressa! Hairdressa! Whoa Ohhhhh!

We love this video. Everything about it. It is pretty damn radical if you ask us! Here we have the lovely Lucille Cataldo performing live for you her original song, "Hairdresser". We must place a warning on this video. So here it is!

WARNING: WATCHING THIS VIDEO WILL LEAD TO MANY HOURS OF THIS SONG BEING STUCK IN YOUR HEAD. YOU WILL ALSO HAVE MANY YEARS OF POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER AND YOU WILL NEVER BE THE SAME. EVER.

WEIRD: E.T. boxing E.T. with Queen's "We Will Rock You" as the soundtrack

Here is some random weirdness for you. We have E.T. boxing E.T. and the music they are boxing to is Queen's "We Will Rock You". I bet you never thought you'd see two E.T.'s boxing each other while doing a synchronized dance to a Queen song!!!

Bust a move 80s and 90s style!

Here are some classic dance moves from the 80s and 90s. This guy definitely has some talent and his skills should be recognized. I don't know about you but I was dancing the Humpty Dance as I was typing this!

Meet the Nu Thang Kid

By now, everyone probably already knows the Nu Thang Kid. It went viral pretty quickly. This video fits in pretty nicely with the radical things that this blog strives for, so we thought we'd share it!

After watching this video, we wondered who this kid is and what he's doing nowadays. Well, his name is Michael Clancy and he's a 29-year-old lawyer living in Phoenix, AZ. 

You are about the same age as us, Michael, so we think you did a pretty good job for yourself considering we are born around the same glorious years of the best decades ever and all we do with our lives is blog about cool people from the 80s and 90s. You are way ahead in the game. You have a lawyer job in the big city! And you probably have a hot wife too!! We are 2 radical idiots, we are tubular, and we worked many, many jobs but never became lawyers.  Good job, dude!

Below is "Nu Thang" by the original artist, DC Talk, for educational purposes of course!

Hmmmm which version is better? Hmmmmmmm...............

Handi-Snacks Cheez'n Crackers are FantaSTICK!!!

Here is an old Kraft Handi-Snacks Cheez'n Crackers commercial from 1995. It features "Stick Figure" who is the famous plastic red stick you use to spread the cheese with. He's a pretty funny guy! Was he in any other commercials or did Kraft fire him since they thought he was too cheesy? HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

Stick Figure has some great lines such as:

          "My rooms got a sunroof...I can eat crackers in bed...AND I get to splash around in a tub full of cheese!!"

          (Acts like he's JAWS) "Pretty scary huh? Oooh! I'm shakin' in my cheese!!"

          "Give me all your cheese! This is a STICK up!!"

          "It's great being me. Only one small problem. NO ROOM FOR A BRAIN!!!"

          "Enough with the yackin'...it's time for snackin'!!"

          "Handi-Snacks. FantaSTICK!!"

I used to love eating these during lunchtime when I was a kid. My mom didn't buy them too often so whenever I'd open my lunch bag and see the cheez'n crackers goodness, I'd be so happy. I haven't tried them in sooooo long. Are they any good anymore???


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Video Title: (1995) Kraft Handi-Snacks Cheez'n Crackers "Stick Figure" - 90's TV commercial
Product: Kraft Handi-Snacks Cheez'n Crackers
Original Air Date: 1995
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Black guy approves the white boy dance of Brian Austin Green (aka David Silver)

In this video, Brian Austin Green (otherwise known as David Silver from "Beverly Hills, 90210") sings creepily and dances like the early 90s white boy that he is. And the black guy seems to approve!

Props to the person who edited this video. David Silver would be proud of your editing skillz!

Dave Grohl drunk? YOU be the judge!

Dave Grohl Drunk And Pissed - Watch the best video clips here

Maybe he's just being good ol' funny Dave!!!!

Dave Grohl is DEFINITELY drunk AND stoned in this clip from "1991: The Year Punk Broke". And so is Krist Novoselic. And you can bet that Kurt Cobain is right around the corner, equally fucked up...

A message from David Allen Grier in 1992: "Can't we all just get along?!?"

 

"In Living Color" was a great show.  We have many radical memories of this show from being youth of the 90's, including this one where David Allen Grier and Jim Carrey play Rodney King and Reginald Denny (in case you don't know... one was a black guy beaten by white guys and the other was a white guy beaten by black guys!). We don't know about you, but we remember saying "Can't we all just get along?!?!!?" all the time as kids after this episode aired!!!!

It originally aired on September 27, 1992, which was five months after the LA Riots.  Enjoy!