# ‘80s Tribute compilation, on Instagram: a collective Dopers’ identification of the compilation **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [October 25, 2023, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-tribute-compilation-on-instagram-a-collective-dopers-identification-of-the-compilation/992048 "2023-10-25T00:44:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-tribute-compilation-on-instagram-a-collective-dopers-identification-of-the-compilation/992048/1 "2023-10-25T00:44:29Z")
(This could be a thread game, but I thought it belongs better in CS. Mods, please move this as needed, and thanks in advance.) Hi! I thought this might be a fun exercise for us to do collectively! Can we complete the list of brief segments in the video compilation? I’m confident that we can! This compilation on IG lasts about 90 seconds and it runs through about 96 or so small segments of scenes representing the 1980s. These are some iconic scenes. Here’s the IG compilation ➜ > **[Rachael Simmonds on Instagram: "Absolutely loved the 80s👌🫶 #80s #throwback...](https://www.instagram.com/reel/CxriHivB8He/)** > > 17K likes, 529 comments - rach1612 on September 26, 2023: "Absolutely loved the 80s👌🫶 > \#80s #throwback #80sthrowback #memories" As we Dopers all age more gracefully, I thought we could put our collective heads, memories, and experiences together to complete the list of all the segments. Some entries are challenging! My idea is this: 1] Watch the compilation. See what segments you can identify. Enjoy it! 2] Include the link for the IG Compilation. Then, copy & paste (or, C&P) the current list into your post, with your added entries. Or perhaps better, use the Reply & Quote feature, but if you do the R&Q, be sure to remove the Quote tags. Add at least one, and more if you can! I did an initial numbering for the list and started with some initial entries. Add yours with a C&P (or R&Q) and let’s grow the list to completion. After viewing the compilation once, I recognize several of them but already know that I don’t know all of them. I am 62, and was in my 20s in the 1980s. I joined the Marines in 1980 and shipped out to boot camp on 25 January 1980. The 80s were some good times. **Remember, the link for the IG Compilation should be at the beginning of each post’s list.** 3] If you have a specific memory about any segment, share that. Name the segment, with its number, and then write about the memory that it conjures. Here’s an example, and this is a true, recent memory: #2 Steve Martin and John Candy in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles — My wife and I just got back Sunday (like, 2 days ago) from a 2 week road trip. It was a great trip but in Moab, UT my Jeep overheated and blew a head gasket. Instead of driving home in our Jeep we ended up renting 4 different cars from different companies (don’t ask me, it’s a story), and then we flew home. When the Jeep is repaired we’ll fly back to drive it home. During those final days in Moab I couldn’t help but think of Steve Martin and John Candy in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. I love that movie! That’s an example. 4] If you only have a memory to share without adding to the list, that’s fine. Please do so, but only if the clip is already in the list. If it’s not in the list, put it onto the list (C&P or R&Q as described above in rule 2) in the best way you can. But, I’m not looking for any and all 1980s memories, only those closely associated with segments in the original video compilation. 5] Feel free to share your current age, if you’d like to. But that’s not a requirement in this thread. Again, I am 62. 6] Feel free to correct / revise / append what you think is needed in our collective list, but please explain and please identify the original poster with the @ sign. A conversation may be needed. 7] Enjoy the process of reliving some 1980s memories! I hope they are good memories for you, but sad memories are also welcome. We’ve all probably had them, then. As the saying goes, “A joy shared is twice the joy. A sorrow shared is half the sorrow.” 8] Most importantly, have fun! I think there are about 96 clips in the compilation. As our list fills in, our numbering will become more accurate. Don’t sweat it, just add to it and make it more accurate. I already tried searching and did not find the answers that complete the list. I think I’ve covered the basic rules. Let’s not overthink this. Do the best you can within the 8 rules. We will make this work! Let’s do this! Ready, Dopers? GO! Here’s the IG compilation ➜ > **[Rachael Simmonds on Instagram: "Absolutely loved the 80s👌🫶 #80s #throwback...](https://www.instagram.com/reel/CxriHivB8He/)** > > 17K likes, 529 comments - rach1612 on September 26, 2023: "Absolutely loved the 80s👌🫶 > \#80s #throwback #80sthrowback #memories" 1 2 Steve Martin and John Candy in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles 3 4 the fun street dancing scene from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, to Twist and Shout 5 6 7 8 Kevin Bacon and Chris Penn in Footloose, getting rhythm 25 Top Gun: I feel the need for speed! 31 Princess Buttercup in The Princess Bride 84 Top Gun: Tom Cruise as Pete Maverick riding his Kawasaki Ninja 93 Richard Gere in Pretty Woman: he’s waiting at the bar for Julia Roberts. She walks in, and she looks stunning. 94 95 96 ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-tribute-compilation-on-instagram-a-collective-dopers-identification-of-the-compilation/992048/2 "2023-10-25T00:53:00Z")
The song being played is _Waiting for a Star to Fall_ - Boy Meets Girl. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/RhxF9Qg5mOU/maxresdefault.jpg "Boy Meets Girl - Waiting for a Star to Fall") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhxF9Qg5mOU) ---
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Is there any way to rewind IG videos ? ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-tribute-compilation-on-instagram-a-collective-dopers-identification-of-the-compilation/992048/4 "2023-10-25T14:15:08Z")
I thought this might be fun. Here’s the IG compilation ➜ > **[Rachael Simmonds on Instagram: "Absolutely loved the 80s👌🫶 #80s #throwback...](https://www.instagram.com/reel/CxriHivB8He/)** > > 17K likes, 529 comments - rach1612 on September 26, 2023: "Absolutely loved the 80s👌🫶 > \#80s #throwback #80sthrowback #memories" 1 Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte in the movie, 48 Hours 2 Steve Martin and John Candy in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles 3 Michael Jackson popularizes the Moonwalk 4 the fun street dancing scene from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, to Twist and Shout 5 ALF the TV alien (ALF = Alien Life Form) 6 Scene from The Breakfast Club; the different kids start to get along 7 Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers) helps Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) train for his fight against Clubber Lang (Mr. T) in Rocky III 8 Kevin Bacon and Chris Penn in Footloose, getting rhythm 9 Elliot (Henry Thomas) rides his bicycle with E.T. in the basket. Being chased by some bad boys, he tries to get away from them and E.T. helps him fly. It is evening, and they fly across the glow of a full moon. 10 11 12 13 14 Ghostbusters scene with Dan Aykroyd as Ray Stantz and Ernie Hudson as Winston Zeddemore. 15 16 Chevy Chase in National Lampoon’s Vacation. 23 Crockett and Tubbs of Miami Vice: Don Johnson as James “Sonny” Crockett and Philip Michael Thomas as Ricardo “Rico” Tubbs. 24 25 Top Gun: I feel the need for speed! 26 Patrick Swayze in Dirty Dancing 27 28 Ally Sheedy 29 30 31 Princess Buttercup in The Princess Bride 32 33 Phoebe Cates climbs out of the pool in Fast Times at Ridgemont High 34 35 36 84 Top Gun: Tom Cruise as Pete Maverick riding his Kawasaki Ninja 93 Richard Gere in Pretty Woman: he’s waiting at the bar for Julia Roberts. She walks in, and she looks stunning. 94 95 96 ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-tribute-compilation-on-instagram-a-collective-dopers-identification-of-the-compilation/992048/5 "2023-10-25T15:08:17Z")
I don’t know the numbers, between 33 and 84 on your list, but I’ve seen Bruce Willis in Die Hard Kate Capshaw in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Who’s the Boss, looks like the opening credits Robert Palmer, not sure which song Tom Cruise in Risky Business doing the slide Robocop Three Amigos dance scene with Steve Martin and Martin Short Dire Straits Money For Nothing video ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-tribute-compilation-on-instagram-a-collective-dopers-identification-of-the-compilation/992048/6 "2023-10-26T15:02:13Z")
> [@pjd](#): > > Is there any way to rewind IG videos ? Yes, I do it two different ways. In a browser, I refresh the URL and that starts it at the beginning again. Here’s the URL: [Retrokid™ on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/reel/CyG4fdlAoCw). In the app, I watch the video in the videos feature (see my picture, the green oval). To rewind it, I scroll down on my phone to the next video, then back up to it and that also restarts it. HTH! [[Album] Videos on Instagram: green oval at lower right, click that icon ![](https://i.imgur.com/UkNEGrz.jpeg?fb "Videos on Instagram: green oval at lower right, click that icon") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/BPNxV8o) ---
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> [@Edward\_The\_Head](#): > > I don’t know the numbers, between 33 and 84 on your list, but I’ve seen > Bruce Willis in Die Hard > Kate Capshaw in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom > Who’s the Boss, looks like the opening credits > Robert Palmer, not sure which song > Tom Cruise in Risky Business doing the slide > Robocop > Three Amigos dance scene with Steve Martin and Martin Short > Dire Straits Money For Nothing video Thanks for these. The numbers are hard! I’ll try to get them… ---
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Here’s a memory, about: 40 Tamlyn Tomita as Kumiko in The Karate Kid II, and then also Ralph Macchio as Daniel LaRusso (I’m adding that to the list) Man, oh man did I have a crush on her, Tamlyn Tomita as Kumiko! So pretty. But not just a pretty face. Her character in the movie was quiet, genteel, polite, kind. Updated list coming soon… ---
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> **[Rachael Simmonds on Instagram: "Absolutely loved the 80s👌🫶 #80s #throwback...](https://www.instagram.com/reel/CxriHivB8He/)** > > 18K likes, 569 comments - rach1612 on September 26, 2023: "Absolutely loved the 80s👌🫶 > \#80s #throwback #80sthrowback #memories" Partial list : 21 Toni bloody Basil - Mickey ? Aha - Take on me video ? Christopher Reeve as Superman ? Culture Club video ? Back to the Future ? Warwick Davis in Willow 84 Top Gun: Tom Cruise as Pete Maverick riding his Kawasaki Ninja 93 Richard Gere in Pretty Woman: he’s waiting at the bar for Julia Roberts. She walks in, and she looks stunning. 94 95 96 ---
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Here’s the IG compilation ➜ [Rachael Simmonds on Instagram: "Absolutely loved the 80s👌🫶 #80s #throwback #80sthrowback #memories"](https://www.instagram.com/reel/CxriHivB8He) 1 Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte in the movie, 48 Hours 2 Steve Martin and John Candy in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles 3 Michael Jackson popularizes the Moonwalk 4 the fun street dancing scene from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, to Twist and Shout 5 ALF the TV alien (ALF = Alien Life Form) 6 Scene from The Breakfast Club; the different kids start to get along 7 Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers) helps Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) train for his fight against Clubber Lang (Mr. T) in Rocky III; Rocky is in a yellow tank top 8 Kevin Bacon and Chris Penn in Footloose, getting rhythm 9 Elliot (Henry Thomas) rides his bicycle with E.T. in the basket. Being chased by some bad boys, he tries to get away from them and E.T. helps him fly. It is evening, and they fly across the glow of a full moon. 10 Madonna is a Material Girl 11 12 13 14 Ghostbusters scene with Dan Aykroyd as Ray Stantz and Ernie Hudson as Winston Zeddemore. 15 16 Chevy Chase in National Lampoon’s Vacation. 17 18 19 20 John Travolta in Look Who’s Talking 21 Toni bloody Basil - Mickey 22 Whitney Houston 23 Crockett and Tubbs of Miami Vice: Don Johnson as James “Sonny” Crockett and Philip Michael Thomas as Ricardo “Rico” Tubbs. 24 25 Top Gun: I feel the need for speed! 26 Patrick Swayze in Dirty Dancing 27 28 Ally Sheedy 29 30 31 Princess Buttercup in The Princess Bride 32 33 Jennifer Beal in Flashdance 34 35 Phoebe Cates wearing her red bikini climbs out of the pool in Fast Times at Ridgemont High; she doesn’t wear it for much longer 36 37 Kelly LeBrock is The Woman in Red 38 Elisabeth Shue in The Karate Kid 39 40 Tamlyn Tomita is Kumiko in The Karate Kid II, and then also cut to Ralph Macchio as Daniel LaRusso 41 Bill Cosby, in one of his Jell-O commercials 42 43 44 45 Arnold Schwarzenegger is Conan the Barbarian 46 47 48 49 50 Christopher Reeve as Superman 51 52 Bruce Willis in Die Hard 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 Rocky III in a yellow tank top 61 62 63 64 65 66 Tom Cruise in Risky Business doing the slide 67 Robocop 68 69 70 Rocky III — on the beach after successful training, Rocky in his yellow tank top hugs Apollo Creed 71 Three Amigos dance scene with Steve Martin and Martin Short 72 73 Kevin Costner in Field of Dreams 74 75 Dire Straits Money For Nothing video 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 Top Gun: Tom Cruise as Pete Maverick riding his Kawasaki Ninja 85 86 87 88 Val Kilmer as Iceman hugs Tom Cruise as Maverick after their successful sortie 89 90 91 92 93 Richard Gere in Pretty Woman: he’s waiting at the bar for Julia Roberts. She walks in, and she looks stunning. 94 95 96 ---
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> [@Bullitt](#): > > Here’s the IG compilation > ➜ [Rachael Simmonds on Instagram: “Absolutely loved the 80s​:ok\_hand:🫶 #80s #throwback #80sthrowback #memories”](https://www.instagram.com/reel/CxriHivB8He) Okay, I went thru and filled in some areas - I am not sure how accurate the numbering I have on the later/higher numbered spots - but here is what I got. I graduated HS in the mid 80s, FWIW. 1 Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte in the movie, 48 Hours 2 Steve Martin and John Candy in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles 3 Michael Jackson popularizes the Moonwalk 4 the fun street dancing scene from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, to Twist and Shout 5 ALF the TV alien (ALF = Alien Life Form) 6 Scene from The Breakfast Club; the different kids start to get along 7 Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers) helps Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) train for his fight against Clubber Lang (Mr. T) in Rocky III; Rocky is in a yellow tank top 8 Kevin Bacon and Chris Penn in Footloose, getting rhythm 9 Elliot (Henry Thomas) rides his bicycle with E.T. in the basket. Being chased by some bad boys, he tries to get away from them and E.T. helps him fly. It is evening, and they fly across the glow of a full moon. 10 Madonna is a Material Girl 11 B52s Love Shack 12 13 Van Halen Jump 14 Ghostbusters scene with Dan Aykroyd as Ray Stantz and Ernie Hudson as Winston Zeddemore. 15 16 Chevy Chase in National Lampoon’s Vacation. 17 18 19 20 John Travolta in Look Who’s Talking 21 Toni bloody Basil - Mickey 22 Whitney Houston 23 Crockett and Tubbs of Miami Vice: Don Johnson as James “Sonny” Crockett and Philip Michael Thomas as Ricardo “Rico” Tubbs. 24 Corey Feldman? 25 Top Gun: I feel the need for speed! 26 Patrick Swayze in Dirty Dancing 27 28 Ally Sheedy 29 Molly Ringwald and Jake from Sixteen Candles 30 31 Princess Buttercup in The Princess Bride 32 Shari Headley as Lisa McDowell in Coming to America 33 Jennifer Beal in Flashdance 34 35 Phoebe Cates wearing her red bikini climbs out of the pool in Fast Times at Ridgemont High; she doesn’t wear it for much longer 36 37 Kelly LeBrock is The Woman in Red 38 Elisabeth Shue in The Karate Kid 39 40 Tamlyn Tomita is Kumiko in The Karate Kid II, and then also cut to Ralph Macchio as Daniel LaRusso 41 Bill Cosby, in one of his Jell-O commercials 42 Phil Collins in ?? 43 Ed O’Neill Married with Children 44 Karate Kid dojo instructor 45 Arnold Schwarzenegger is Conan the Barbarian 46 47 48 A-ha Take on Me 49 50 Christopher Reeve as Superman 51 52 Bruce Willis in Die Hard 53 54 55 56 Kate Capshaw Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom opening scene 57 58 Top Gun 59 Robert Palmer Addicted to Love 60 Rocky III in a yellow tank top 61 Goonies? 62 63 Airplane 64 Eddie Murphy Beverly Hills Cop 65 Dirty Dancing rugby lifting scene 66 Tom Cruise in Risky Business doing the slide 67 Robocop 68 69 70 Rocky III — on the beach after successful training, Rocky in his yellow tank top hugs Apollo Creed 71 Three Amigos dance scene with Steve Martin and Martin Short 72 Boy George Do You Really Want to Hurt Me? 73 Kevin Costner in Field of Dreams 74 Perfect Strangers? 75 Dire Straits Money For Nothing video 76 Doc and McFly Back to the Future 77 78 79 Bruce Springsteen Dancing in the Dark 80 Tom Selleck Magnum PI 81 More Top Gun 82 83 84 Top Gun: Tom Cruise as Pete Maverick riding his Kawasaki Ninja 85 86 Freddy Mercury 87 Michael Jackson Smooth Criminal 88 Val Kilmer as Iceman hugs Tom Cruise as Maverick after their successful sortie 89 90 Kenny Baker in Willow 91 92 93 Richard Gere in Pretty Woman: he’s waiting at the bar for Julia Roberts. She walks in, and she looks stunning. 94 95 96 ---
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@snowthx , correction, 24 Corey Feldman? No that’s Andrew McCarthy. Thanks for the others. Here’s the IG compilation ➜ [Rachael Simmonds on Instagram: "Absolutely loved the 80s👌🫶 #80s #throwback #80sthrowback #memories"](https://www.instagram.com/reel/CxriHivB8He) 1 Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte in the movie, 48 Hours 2 Steve Martin and John Candy in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles 3 Michael Jackson popularizes the Moonwalk 4 the fun street dancing scene from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, to Twist and Shout 5 ALF the TV alien (ALF = Alien Life Form) 6 Scene from The Breakfast Club; the different kids start to get along 7 Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers) helps Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) train for his fight against Clubber Lang (Mr. T) in Rocky III; Rocky is in a yellow tank top 8 Kevin Bacon and Chris Penn in Footloose, getting rhythm 9 Elliot (Henry Thomas) rides his bicycle with E.T. in the basket. Being chased by some bad boys, he tries to get away from them and E.T. helps him fly. It is evening, and they fly across the glow of a full moon. 10 Madonna is a Material Girl 11 B52s Love Shack 12 13 Van Halen Jump 14 Ghostbusters scene with Dan Aykroyd as Ray Stantz and Ernie Hudson as Winston Zeddemore. 15 16 Chevy Chase in National Lampoon’s Vacation. 17 18 19 20 John Travolta in Look Who’s Talking 21 Toni bloody Basil - Mickey 22 Whitney Houston 23 Crockett and Tubbs of Miami Vice: Don Johnson as James “Sonny” Crockett and Philip Michael Thomas as Ricardo “Rico” Tubbs. 24 Corey Feldman? No that’s Andrew McCarthy. 25 Top Gun: I feel the need for speed! 26 Patrick Swayze in Dirty Dancing 27 Jennifer Connelly 28 Ally Sheedy 29 Molly Ringwald and Jake from Sixteen Candles 30 31 Princess Buttercup in The Princess Bride 32 Shari Headley as Lisa McDowell in Coming to America 33 Jennifer Beal in Flashdance 34 35 Phoebe Cates wearing her red bikini climbs out of the pool in Fast Times at Ridgemont High; she doesn’t wear it for much longer 36 37 Kelly LeBrock is The Woman in Red 38 Elisabeth Shue in The Karate Kid 39 40 Tamlyn Tomita is Kumiko in The Karate Kid II, and then also cut to Ralph Macchio as Daniel LaRusso 41 Bill Cosby, in one of his Jell-O commercials 42 Phil Collins in ?? 43 Ed O’Neill Married with Children 44 Karate Kid dojo instructor 45 Arnold Schwarzenegger is Conan the Barbarian 46 47 48 A-ha Take on Me 49 50 Christopher Reeve as Superman 51 52 Bruce Willis in Die Hard 53 54 55 56 Kate Capshaw Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom opening scene 57 Tony Danza as Tony Micelli in Who’s the Boss? 58 Top Gun 59 Robert Palmer Addicted to Love 60 Rocky III in a yellow tank top 61 Goonies? 62 63 Airplane 64 Eddie Murphy Beverly Hills Cop 65 Dirty Dancing rugby lifting scene 66 Tom Cruise in Risky Business doing the slide 67 Robocop 68 69 70 Rocky III — on the beach after successful training, Rocky in his yellow tank top hugs Apollo Creed 71 Three Amigos dance scene with Steve Martin and Martin Short 72 Boy George Do You Really Want to Hurt Me? 73 Kevin Costner in Field of Dreams 74 Perfect Strangers? 75 Dire Straits Money For Nothing video 76 Doc and McFly Back to the Future 77 78 79 Bruce Springsteen Dancing in the Dark 80 Tom Selleck Magnum PI 81 More Top Gun 82 83 84 Top Gun: Tom Cruise as Pete Maverick riding his Kawasaki Ninja 85 86 Freddy Mercury 87 Michael Jackson Smooth Criminal 88 Val Kilmer as Iceman hugs Tom Cruise as Maverick after their successful sortie 89 90 Kenny Baker in Willow 91 92 93 Richard Gere in Pretty Woman: he’s waiting at the bar for Julia Roberts. She walks in, and she looks stunning. 94 95 96 ---
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12- Cindy Lauper` Girls Just Wanna Have Fun ( That’s Captain Lou Albano in the singlet behind her) 15- Adventures in Babysitting 17- Jean Claude Van Damme dancing in “Kickboxer” 18- Beat Street 19- Lionel fucking Ritchie in his video for ALL NIGHT LONG!!! I’ll be back for more later unless this is finished when I return! Graduated HS in 1987. ---
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30 looks like Meg Ryan, but from what I don’t know. 34 Brooke Shields in Blue Lagoon? 39 Is that from the Goonies? 46 is Van Dame but I don’t know what movie. 47 Stallone, but don’t know the movie. 47.5 is Batman I think you meant to put A-Ha at 49. 51 is Die Hard 52 with the guy dancing with a broom 53 is the ET ship landing. 54 Bugs Bunny and Mickey Mouse falling 61 is the Goonies 77 might be Greggory Hines in White Nights, and if it is I have no idea how I pulled that out of my ass. I don’t think there is an 81-83. 87.5 You can Call Me Al, Paul Simon and Chevy Chase. 92 is Bruce Willis driving a car with a woman 94 is Fine Young Cannibals 95 is Police Academy 96 Looks like License to Drive with Coryy Feldman and Corey Haim ---
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Have they all been figured out yet? ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2023, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-tribute-compilation-on-instagram-a-collective-dopers-identification-of-the-compilation/992048/16 "2023-10-27T19:42:31Z")
Most of them. There are a handful left. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2023, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-tribute-compilation-on-instagram-a-collective-dopers-identification-of-the-compilation/992048/17 "2023-10-27T19:42:40Z")
This is coming together nicely. In #30 I’m pretty sure she is definitely not Meg Ryan. Pretty sure that is Bridget Fonda. I got that from some folks on imgur. In #47, is that Sylvester Stallone in Lock Up? Here’s the IG compilation ➜ [Rachael Simmonds on Instagram: "Absolutely loved the 80s👌🫶 #80s #throwback #80sthrowback #memories"](https://www.instagram.com/reel/CxriHivB8He) 1 Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte in the movie, 48 Hours 2 Steve Martin and John Candy in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles 3 Michael Jackson popularizes the Moonwalk 4 the fun street dancing scene from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, to Twist and Shout 5 ALF the TV alien (ALF = Alien Life Form) 6 Scene from The Breakfast Club; the different kids start to get along 7 Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers) helps Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) train for his fight against Clubber Lang (Mr. T) in Rocky III; Rocky is in a yellow tank top 8 Kevin Bacon and Chris Penn in Footloose, getting rhythm 9 Elliot (Henry Thomas) rides his bicycle with E.T. in the basket. Being chased by some bad boys, he tries to get away from them and E.T. helps him fly. It is evening, and they fly across the glow of a full moon. 10 Madonna is a Material Girl 11 B-52s Love Shack 12 Cindy Lauper, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (That’s Captain Lou Albano in the singlet behind her) 13 Van Halen Jump 14 Ghostbusters scene with Dan Aykroyd as Ray Stantz and Ernie Hudson as Winston Zeddemore 15 Adventures in Babysitting: Keith Coogan, Maia Brewton, and Anthony Rapp 16 Chevy Chase in National Lampoon’s Vacation. 17 Jean Claude Van Damme dancing in “Kickboxer” 18 Beat Street 19 Lionel Ritchie in his video for ALL NIGHT LONG!!! 20 John Travolta in Look Who’s Talking 21 Toni Basil is Mickey in the “Hey Mickey” video and song. It was Toni Basil’s debut album, Word of Mouth (1981). 22 Whitney Houston 23 Crockett and Tubbs of Miami Vice: Don Johnson as James “Sonny” Crockett and Philip Michael Thomas as Ricardo “Rico” Tubbs. 24 Andrew McCarthy 25 Top Gun: I feel the need for speed! 26 Patrick Swayze in Dirty Dancing 27 Jennifer Connelly 28 Ally Sheedy 29 Molly Ringwald and Jake from Sixteen Candles 30 Meg Ryan 31 Princess Buttercup in The Princess Bride. She’s about to jump out the window and fall into the arms of Fezzik, the giant played by Andre the Giant 32 Shari Headley as Lisa McDowell in Coming to America 33 Jennifer Beal in Flashdance 34 Brooke Shields in Blue Lagoon 35 Phoebe Cates wearing her red bikini climbs out of the pool in Fast Times at Ridgemont High; she doesn’t wear it for much longer 36 37 Kelly LeBrock is The Woman in Red 38 Elisabeth Shue in The Karate Kid 39 The Goonies 40 Tamlyn Tomita is Kumiko in The Karate Kid II, and then cut to Ralph Macchio as Daniel LaRusso 41 Bill Cosby, in one of his Jell-O commercials 42 Phil Collins 43 Ed O’Neill in Married with Children 44 Martin Kove as John Kreese, the Karate Kid dojo instructor 45 Arnold Schwarzenegger is Conan the Barbarian 46 Jean Claude Van Damme 47 ? Sylvester Stallone in Lock Up? 48 Michael Keaton is Batman 49 A-ha video, Take on Me 50 Christopher Reeve as Superman 51 52 Bruce Willis in Die Hard 53 ET’s spacecraft landing 54 Bugs Bunny and Mickey Mouse falling 55 56 Kate Capshaw Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom opening scene 57 Tony Danza as Tony Micelli in Who’s the Boss? 58 Top Gun 59 60 Robert Palmer, Addicted to Love 61 Rocky III in a yellow tank top 62 The Goonies 63 Airplane 64 Eddie Murphy Beverly Hills Cop 65 Dirty Dancing rugby lifting scene 66 Tom Cruise in Risky Business doing the slide 67 Robocop 68 69 70 Rocky III — on the beach after successful training, Rocky in his yellow tank top hugs Apollo Creed 71 Three Amigos dance scene with Steve Martin and Martin Short 72 Boy George, Culture Club video, Do You Really Want to Hurt Me? 73 Kevin Costner in Field of Dreams 74 Perfect Strangers? 75 Dire Straits Money For Nothing video 76 Doc Brown and Marty McFly in Back to the Future (Christopher Lloyd and Michael J. Fox) 77 Gregory Hines in White Nights 78 79 Bruce Springsteen, Dancing in the Dark 80 Tom Selleck as Magnum PI 81 More Top Gun 82 83 You can Call Me Al, Paul Simon and Chevy Chase 84 Top Gun: Tom Cruise as Pete Maverick riding his Kawasaki Ninja 85 Freddy Mercury 86 Warwick Davis in Willow 87 Michael Jackson Smooth Criminal 88 Val Kilmer as Iceman hugs Tom Cruise as Maverick after their successful sortie 89 90 91 92 Bruce Willis driving a car with a woman 93 Richard Gere in Pretty Woman: he’s waiting at the bar for Julia Roberts. She walks in, and she looks stunning. 94 Fine Young Cannibals 95 Police Academy 96 Corey Feldman and Corey Haim in License to Drive ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2023, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-tribute-compilation-on-instagram-a-collective-dopers-identification-of-the-compilation/992048/18 "2023-10-27T21:49:54Z")
I can’t see any thing between Christopher Reeve (50) and Bruce Willis (52) ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2023, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-tribute-compilation-on-instagram-a-collective-dopers-identification-of-the-compilation/992048/19 "2023-10-27T21:52:54Z")
Christopher Reeve as Superman is 51 54 Who framed Roger Rabbit Bugs and Mickey falling 55 Flashdance? I don’t think there is a 59 or 69 82 Freddie Mercury Number start to not match the people after that - I think. ---
**Author:** ![Quint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/76d3ee/32.png) [@Quint](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quint)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2023, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-tribute-compilation-on-instagram-a-collective-dopers-identification-of-the-compilation/992048/20 "2023-10-28T00:36:02Z")
46 is JCVD in “No Retreat, No Surrender” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-tribute-compilation-on-instagram-a-collective-dopers-identification-of-the-compilation/992048.md?page=2)