Remembering Charles In Charge

Being a kid in the late 80s, one of my favorite TV shows was Charles In Charge starring Scott Baio.  Actually, I'm a big fan of 80s-90s sit-com, but I really liked Charles In Charge primarily because Nicole Eggert.  Being a teenager at that time, she was such a hottie.  I kinda liked her a bit more than Alyssa Milano, but I'll write about my love for Who's The Boss? in another blog.  What I love about the 80s-90s sit-com is that it was such clean and wholesome programming.  When the show is done, you have this happy feeling afterwards.  Check out the intro:

Though Nicole Eggert was my teenage crush, the overall show was great.  The comedic chemistry between Scott Baio and Willie Aames (who played the best friend, Buddy) was hilarious.  In real life, they were good friends and so them two being silly together played well on screen.  But what I always found weird about this show is that Charles (Scott Baio) lived first with the Pembrokes and then the Powells because he was the college student that needed a cheap place to stay, so he was hired as a live-in babysitter and housekeeper in exchange for room and board.  Who does that?  And then, he becomes the older paternal figure fixing the kids problems.  What?  And why did his best friend, Buddy, get stupider and stupider every season?  Shouldn't that have been the other way around as people tend to mature in college?

After watching the intro of Charles in Charge, I never realized how big sweaters were in the 1980s.  Watch the intro again, and check out all the sweaters.  Of course, sweaters is a timeless attire, but in 80s, I guess it was more of a fashion statement than for necessity.  I just never noticed that before.

Check out this pre-boob job Pamela Anderson clip:

Well, if you have any thoughts on Charles In Charge, leave a comment.  I look foward to read what you guys think.

Columbiana Review

Columbiana is your typical guy movie with the twist being that the main character is a female instead of a male.  I didn’t go into this movie expecting and neither did I leave the movie feeling anything.  The producer of this movie is Luc Besson who directed movies like Kiss of the Dragon, The Transporter series, and From Paris with Love.  If you enjoyed those movies, then you’ll enjoy this movie.  If you didn’t care too much for those movies, then you’ll pretty much feel the same for this movie.  It wasn’t great but

Remembering Songs: Not Ready For Good-Bye by All-4-One

I was surfing Youtube this past weekend and came across a lot of boyband videos. As cheesy as the 90s Boy Band era was with little girls screaming and going crazy over them, you have to love all the slow songs that they produced. The beautiful thing about a good song is that you can hear it at any stage in your life and still love it. Those songs are called classics. The song that I want to share is All-4-One’s Not Ready of Goodbye. Check it out. I really loved this song. It stirs up emotions about the one who got a way. Though the group never shot a video for this song, thanks to fans like one who made the Youtube video, we can enjoy the song over and over again. If you really like it, you can download it on Itunes. Currently, the band is still together and tour all over the world in small venues.

Conan The Barbarian (2011) Review

The current release of Conan The Barbarian is a remake of the character from the Conan The Barbarian created by Robert E. Howard. It’s not really a remake of the 1982 movie, but instead a retelling of the myth of Conan The Barbarian. This was a good move for the movie producers because the story of the 1982 movie has been long forgotten for many people. The only legacy that remains with the people who remember the 1982 version is the actor who played the title role who was Arnold Schwarzenegger. Now was this 2011 movie any good?

Remembering Welcome Back, Kotter

There’s a show that I stumbled upon on Youtube that has been long forgotten by many adults and are not known by anyone born after 1980, but has such a timeless humor that even after hearing the title, many adults can recall how much they loved that show, and that show is Welcome Back, Kotter.

For those of you who do not know Welcome Back, Kotter, just watch his Youtube video:



What I loved about Welcome Back, Kotter was that even though the Sweat Hogs were the school “gang” of remedial students,

Crazy Stupid Love Review

It’s been a while since I watched a good romance comedy where I liked all the characters, the story, and minor story, so watching Crazy, Stupid, Love was such a treat to watch. The movie reminds of a John Hughes 80’s movie with touch of the movie Love Actually, so if you’re a fan of those movies, you will really like Crazy, Stupid, Love.

The main plot of the story of the movie is about a man named Cal (played by Steve Carrell) whose wife named Emily (played by Julianne Moore) divorces him, so

Cowboys and Aliens Review

Cowboys and Aliens is a sci-fi western set in a small mid-west town that is attacked by aliens. When some of their town folk gets taken by the aliens, the small band of men (plus a woman and a kid) work together to get them back. Sounds like possibly good movie, right? WRONG. This movie was terrible. I can’t believe I spent my money watching a movie like this in the theater. So why did I watch it? Well, for the life of me, I can’t remember watching an alien invasion movie based in the Old West, so I told myself, why not? Ugh, after watching this movie,