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'80sSitcoms · 01-26-2018, 06:43 PM

OMG...by today's standards, this is hilarious!

From the 1st season episode, "Video Activity":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBN0lMMq_iY

Impressions · 03-25-2018, 02:45 PM

More like the future is so trippy, you gotta do LSD!

That was fun to watch. It was so late '80s and early '90s, but it was entertaining all the way through.

RetroGuy2000 · 05-18-2018, 01:17 AM

Ahahahahahaha!

This was the era of cheesy green-screen music videos... but, in retrospect, everything in this video seems so random: why are they in a hot air balloon in outer space? Why are the girls wearing fancy dresses? Why are Janice and Simone playing a cello and flute, respectively, when the music clearly has no flute or cello parts?

Also: do we really believe the principal would pose for a video he didn't know anything about?

Impressions · 06-10-2018, 02:30 PM

This episode was on Antenna TV today. It was a great watch. The principal wasn't told what they'd do with his close-ups. Funny how the teacher and students argued how this video would stand the test of time, and acclaim how innovative this video would be in the future, comparing it to The Gettysburg Address

, while the principal thought it was crazy

, which it is. He submitted it anyway after being persuaded!

RetroGuy2000 · 06-10-2018, 02:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Impressions

This episode was on Antenna TV today. It was a great watch. The principal wasn't told what they'd do with his close-ups. Funny how the teacher and students argued how this video would stand the test of time, and acclaim how innovative this video would be in the future, comparing it to The Gettysburg Address

, while the principal thought it was crazy

, which it is. He submitted it anyway after being persuaded!

"Stand the test of time"

It's the same with any technology: what was once cutting-edge and innovative soon looks outdated and old-fashioned.

Wavy · 06-12-2018, 05:27 PM

One of my favorite episodes! I remember hearing on a VH-1 special, that song is really about nuclear war? Wow, seems so upbeat.

01-26-2018, 06:43 PM	#1
'80sSitcoms Member Forum Star Join Date: Jan 30, 2013 Posts: 12,474	"Video Activity" episode - the students' '80s music video OMG...by today's standards, this is hilarious! From the 1st season episode, "Video Activity": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBN0lMMq_iY

05-18-2018, 01:17 AM	#3
RetroGuy2000 Julie,Julie Anne,&Felice 4Ever Forum Star Join Date: Dec 27, 2013 Posts: 16,914	Ahahahahahaha! This was the era of cheesy green-screen music videos... but, in retrospect, everything in this video seems so random: why are they in a hot air balloon in outer space? Why are the girls wearing fancy dresses? Why are Janice and Simone playing a cello and flute, respectively, when the music clearly has no flute or cello parts? Also: do we really believe the principal would pose for a video he didn't know anything about?
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03-25-2018, 02:45 PM	#2
Impressions She died the way she lived Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: May 08, 2002 Posts: 4,640	More like the future is so trippy, you gotta do LSD! That was fun to watch. It was so late '80s and early '90s, but it was entertaining all the way through.

06-10-2018, 02:30 PM	#4
Impressions She died the way she lived Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: May 08, 2002 Posts: 4,640	This episode was on Antenna TV today. It was a great watch. The principal wasn't told what they'd do with his close-ups. Funny how the teacher and students argued how this video would stand the test of time, and acclaim how innovative this video would be in the future, comparing it to The Gettysburg Address , while the principal thought it was crazy , which it is. He submitted it anyway after being persuaded!

06-12-2018, 05:27 PM	#6
Wavy Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Sep 16, 2017 Location: Trumbull, CT Posts: 94	One of my favorite episodes! I remember hearing on a VH-1 special, that song is really about nuclear war? Wow, seems so upbeat.