in the 1980s, if you were a unpopular nerd that did not like pop culture and pop music the 80's were a bad time.

I don’t know, if you’re Olivia Newton-John I think it makes sense. She was in what was for a long time the highest-grossing film musical, which was a phenomenonal success, and her only bona-fide film success. It was a huge milestone for her already-successful music career, I’d defend it too if it were me.

It’s interesting that the stage show is much more vulgar - it’s really toned down for the movie. I believe the show was conceived as a goof on the sanitized way that contemporary culture had been portrayed in the movies of the 1950's, via the lens of the anything goes/anything can be seen and talked about 1970's.

So THAT’S where babies spring from!!

It worked really well to age her about fifteen years immediately. Which was what she wanted, so yes, it did work really well.

OK this is an old inventory, I know, but I am impressed that both “viciously” and “viscuously” were misspelled at the same time.

I really loved the attention to detail - like how they were watching what we knew to be in color but on their set it was in black and white, because the tv was black and white. There was such a thing as black and white tvs, sold alongside color sets long into the color era! It’s hard to believe (they were much much…

Oh man, I loved “Pacific Rim” so much. So much that it’s on the my list of “Most Random Movies That Made Me Cry”. I may have been going through some stuff...

I don’t know, animate it? Combine The Simpsons with Cosby?

No, they’ll definitely be family/home-centered sitcoms. “Family Ties” comes to mind as a likely candidate, as another poster has suggested. And “Cosby”...and “The Simpsons”.

Not necessarily, since “The Dick Van Dyke Show” was clearly being referenced via the set design and layout in the first episode, and it ran from 1962-1965. The dress that Wanda appears in, though, was clearly from the 1950s, so it could be a little confusing. Of course it wasn’t exactly the Petrie’s house, but it was…

“Bewitched” also is significant, I think, because it represented a switch from the classic 3-camera/live studio audience setup. “Bewitched” regularly shows all four walls of the house, I noticed that when I was a very young watcher, which meant there was no place for a studio audience. It shot the actors from all…

Lobel, I KNEW it! I adored and devoured them as a little reader, and just a few years ago I was like - oh, of course they were partners (as well as being best friends). It all came back to me, how Toad was so highly strung, and Frog was always there for him, taking it in stride, taking care of him, Toad knowing how…

“Made whoopie to my blaaank”

I’m going to tell them he’s John Glover’s dad.

I hear you - kind of. I’m looking forward to it a lot also, and am very sad that I won’t be able to see it with a group of friends. It looks SO GOOD!

In all seriousness though - against what are the Daleks revolting? Are they oppressed?

“Doctor, the Daleks are revolting!”

Oooh...I did didn’t I.

When it came on my mom commanded us kids “Hide your eyes!!” I didn’t take her seriously, because it was TV! She did that during previews for horror movies of any kind in movies, but TV?? I GENUINELY wished I’d not seen it after the reveal of the claw in the bassinet.