"I Love the 80's 3-D" (2005) TV series

Writer:

Sean Gottlieb (senior writer)

Release Date:

24 October 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot Keywords:

Punctuation In Title | Nostalgia | Apostrophe In Title | Digit In Title | 1980s

Cast

Paula Abdul	...	Herself
John Aboud	...	Himself (as the Modern Humorist)
Carlos Alazraqui	...	Himself
Brett Anderson	...	Herself (as The Donnas)
Harry Anderson	...	Himself
Bronson Arroyo	...	Himself
Shondrella Avery	...	Herself
Tim Bagley	...	Himself
Lance Bass	...	Himself
Michael Ian Black	...	Himself
Jack Blades	...	Himself (as Night Ranger)
Alonzo Bodden	...	Himself
Chris Booker	...	Himself
Tom Bosley	...	Himself
Michael Bublé	...	Himself
Bryan Callen	...	Himself
Larry Joe Campbell	...	Himself
Torry Castellano	...	Herself (as The Donnas)
Gary Cole	...	Himself
Stephen Collins	...	Himself
Michael Colton	...	Himself (as the Modern Humorist)
Bart Conner	...	Himself
Rachael Leigh Cook	...	Herself
Chris Coppola	...	Himself
Jennifer Elise Cox	...	Herself
Molly Culver	...	Herself
Stephanie D'Abruzzo	...	Herself
Laura Dean	...	Herself
Dom DeLuise	...	Himself
Nick DiPaolo	...	Himself
The Donnas	...	Themselves
Simon Doonan	...	Himself
Bil Dwyer	...	Himself
Nicole Eggert	...	Herself
Rich Eisen	...	Himself
Angie Everhart	...	Herself
Damien Fahey	...	Himself
Adam Ferrara	...	Himself
Jerry Ferrara	...	Himself
Greg Fitzsimmons	...	Himself
Tyler Florence	...	Himself
Jake Fogelnest	...	Himself
Ben Folds	...	Himself
Maya Ford	...	Herself (as The Donnas)
Doug E. Fresh	...	Himself
Dan Frischman	...	Himself
Max Gail	...	Himself
Jorge Garcia	...	Himself
Willie Garson	...	Himself
Jason Winston George	...	Himself
Godfrey	...	Himself
Elon Gold	...	Himself
Genevieve Gorder	...	Herself
Gilbert Gottfried	...	Himself
Erin Gray	...	Herself
Annabelle Gurwitch	...	Herself
Luis Guzmán	...	Himself
Alyson Hannigan	...	Herself
Rachael Harris	...	Herself
Kevin Hart	...	Himself
Tony Hawk	...	Himself
John Heffron	...	Himself
Marilu Henner	...	Herself
Don Herbert	...	Himself
Mark Hoppus	...	Himself
Clint Howard	...	Himself
Joyce Hyser	...	Herself (as Joyce Hyser Robinson)
Scott Ian	...	Himself
Jennifer Irwin	...	Herself
Ron Jeremy	...	Himself
Chris Jericho	...	Himself
Fat Joe	...	Himself
Jake Johannsen	...	Himself
Aaron Karo	...	Himself
Monica Keena	...	Herself
Jo Koy	...	Himself
David Krumholtz	...	Himself
Steve Landesberg	...	Himself
Adam Levine	...	Himself (as Maroon 5)
Emmanuel Lewis	...	Himself
Jesse Lewis IV	...	Himself
Justin Long	...	Himself
Mario López	...	Himself
Joe Lorge	...	Himself
Loni Love	...	Herself
Dolph Lundgren	...	Himself
Stephen Lynch	...	Himself
Kathleen Madigan	...	Herself
Jay Manuel	...	Himself
Ed Marinaro	...	Himself
Biz Markie	...	Himself
Ross Mark	...	Himself
Maroon 5	...	Themselves
Debbie Matenopoulos	...	Herself
Edwin McCain	...	Himself
Jay McCarroll	...	Himself
Darryl McDaniels	...	Himself
John Melendez	...	Himself
Daryl Mitchell	...	Himself
Sir Mix a Lot	...	Himself (as Sir Mix-A-Lot)
The Modern Humorist	...	Themselves
Billy Morrison	...	Himself
John Moschitta Jr.	...	Himself (as John Moschitta)
Jason Mraz	...	Himself
Allison Munn	...	Herself
David Naughton	...	Himself
Gunnar Nelson	...	Himself (as Nelson)
Matthew Nelson	...	Himself (as Nelson)
Graham Norton	...	Himself
Patrice O'Neal	...	Himself
Stuart Pankin	...	Himself
Papa Roach	...	Themselves
Tom Papa	...	Himself
Stephen Pearcy	...	Himself
Ron Perlman	...	Himself
Cassandra Peterson	...	Herself / Elvira
Brian Posehn	...	Himself
Megyn Price	...	Herself
Emily Procter	...	Herself
Missi Pyle	...	Herself
Rachel Quaintance	...	Herself
Riki Rachtman	...	Himself
Night Ranger	...	Themselves
Bob Read	...	Himself
Melissa Rivers	...	Herself
Allison Robertson	...	Herself (as The Donnas)
Mo Rocca	...	Himself
Darius Rucker	...	Himself
Donovan Scott	...	Himself
Stuart Scott	...	Himself
Kryss Shane	...	Herself
Sherri Shepherd	...	Herself
Brad Sherwood	...	Himself
Christian Slater	...	Binx Davy (archive footage)
Helen Slater	...	Billie Jean Davy (archive footage)
Dee Snider	...	Himself
Hal Sparks	...	Himself
Joel Stein	...	Himself
Fisher Stevens	...	Himself
French Stewart	...	Himself
Kirsten Storms	...	Herself
Michael Strahan	...	Himself
Brenda Strong	...	Herself
Nicole Sullivan	...	Herself
Har Mar Superstar	...	Himself
Alan Thicke	...	Himself
Lea Thompson	...	Herself
Countess Vaughn	...	Herself (as Countess Vaughn James)
Lisa Velez	...	Herself (as Lisa Lisa)
Frank Vincent	...	Himself
John Waters	...	Himself
Evan Wecksell	...	Himself
Lauren Weedman	...	Herself
Kevin Weisman	...	Himself
Wil Wheaton	...	Himself
Jill Whelan	...	Herself
Jane Wiedlin	...	Herself
Chandra Wilson	...	Herself
Chuck Woolery	...	Himself
Bow Wow	...	Himself
Chris Wylde	...	Himself
'Weird Al' Yankovic	...	Himself (as Weird Al Yankovic)
Cedric Yarbrough	...	Himself
David Zucker	...	Himself

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Quotes:

Antigone Rising: Pat Benetar's song Invincible became the theme for that movie.
["The Legend of Billie Jean", 1985]

Movie Connections:

Features Lethal Weapon (1987)

Soundtrack:

We Are the Champions

Not up to par

I love the "I Love The..." series, because I can relate to two decades' worth of stuff, and for some people around me they can even relate to the I Love the 70's series. I have no problem with these shows because they are humorous and wonderfully nostalgic, but if they are going to continue, VH1 needs to find better material than what is in I Love the 80's 3D, or at least present it in a better fashion. For example, Weird Al's "movies that would have been better in 3-D" segment is completely dumb. Weird Al is a funny guy, and the movies they talk about are worth spending time on, but that there is no funny joke that can come from "would be better in 3-D".

I love the 80's Strikes Back was far superior, and for the fact that the gimmick was only in the name. They wrapped the gimmick of 3-D all around I Love the 80's 3-D and it just seems forced.

I still enjoyed this show, but not as much as the others. I'll end this review with a suggestion for VH1: Take the time to license everything and sell the "I Love The..." series on DVD, because as much as it would cost to license and manage everything, there is no doubt that the shows would sell astronomically. There aren't many people in the country who wouldn't pay a good $50 to relive a decade of their lives in a hilarious way whenever they wanted. Say I want to remember what it was like when I was in the third grade, I just reach for my "I Love 95" DVD, pop it in and enjoy.