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Posts Tagged ‘1980s

The Fadd- The Star (Remix) 1989…Old School R&B Music Video Is A Look Back In Time.

October 15, 2010

“The Star” (Everybody Wants To Be A Star) by the little known group The Fadd, was one of the first music videos that Brice Productions was commissioned to produce and direct, while I was working as an assistant animator for the Feature Animation Department at Walt Disney Studios. We were working on ‘Oliver & Co’ […]

MTV’s Host of ‘Remote Control’ Ken Ober dies at ther age of 52…I liked that show.

November 17, 2009

Today the host of an MTV series that I was a favorite pastime of mine in the 80’s,Ken Ober of ‘Remote Control’, has passed away at the young age of 52. The cause of death was not immediately known. Lee Kernis, a manager at Brillstein Entertainment Partners who represented Mr. Ober for more than 20 […]

Captain Lou Albano has passed away at the age of 76

October 14, 2009

Captain Lou Albano, one of the wrestling world’s most colorful characters, has passed away in Florida at the age of 76. Albano was best known for his trademark rubber bands and being featured in the Cyndi Lauper music video “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun.” Albano was a loud fixture on the wrestling circuit for many […]