# ‘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:** 2
**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, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-tribute-compilation-on-instagram-a-collective-dopers-identification-of-the-compilation/992048/21 "2023-10-28T01:00:05Z")
42 is Phil Collins “Sususuudio” ---
**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, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-tribute-compilation-on-instagram-a-collective-dopers-identification-of-the-compilation/992048/22 "2023-10-28T01:30:40Z")
I think- 50-CR as Superman 51- Bruce in DH 52- Breakin’ [Broom Scene](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fgxD7igaUk) 53- ET Mothership ---
**Author:** ![duality72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duality72/32/3910_2.png) [@duality72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duality72)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2023, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-tribute-compilation-on-instagram-a-collective-dopers-identification-of-the-compilation/992048/23 "2023-10-28T04:24:36Z")
I agree with @Bullitt that #30 is not Meg Ryan, but instead is Bridget Fonda and I think it’s from the movie _Shag_. I think 55 is _Fame_, not _Flashdance_, but I’m not sure. 68/69 is Lando hugging Han? _Return of the Jedi_? The numbering around 82 and after seems off? Many of the scenes are identified in this list but in a different order than the video? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2023, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-tribute-compilation-on-instagram-a-collective-dopers-identification-of-the-compilation/992048/24 "2023-10-28T06:51:51Z")
I think the numbers are off because a couple of the clips are made up of two shots. Here’s what I have, and I filled in a couple of my own blanks with what has already been figured out, though for some I am still not so sure any of you have it right. 1 48 Hrs 2 Planes Trains and Automobiles 3 Michael Jackson - Moonwalking 4 5 ALF 6 Breakfast Club 7 Rocky III 8 Footloose 9 ET 10 Madonna - Material Girl 11 B-52s 12 Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun 13 Van Halen - David Lee Roth 14 Ghostbusters II 15 Adventures In Babysitting (A Night On The Town) 16 Vacation 17 JCVD dancing for some reason 18 ? 19 Lionel Ritchie - All Night Long 20 Travolta - Look Who’s Talking II 21 Toni Basil - Mickey 22 Whitney Houston - I wanna dance with somebody 23 Miami Vice 24 ? 25 Top Gun 26 Dirty Dancing 27 Labyrinth 28 ? Ally Sheedy 29 Pretty In Pink / Sixteen Candles??? They are the same movie in my head. 30 ? Bridget Fonda 31 Princess Bride 32 Coming To America 33 Flashdance 34 Blue Lagoon 35 Fast Times 36 Back to the Future 37 Woman In Red 38 Elisabeth Shue ? 39 ? Goonies I think 40 Karate Kid Part III, whichever one where they went to Japan. 41 Cosby Show 42 Phil Collins 43 Married With Children 44 Karate Kid Part I 45 Conan the Barbarian 46 JCVD Kickboxer 47 Stallone in COBRA 48 Batman 49 A-Ha - Take On Me 50 Superman 51 Die Hard 52 (dancing movie) 53 ET 54 Who Framed Roger Rabbit 55 Perfect ? 56 Temple Of Doom 57 Who’s The Boss 58 Top Gun 59 Robert Palmer - Simply Irresistible, or one of the other ones that had the same schtick 60 Rocky 61 Goonies 62 ? 63 Naked Gun 64 Beverly Hills Cop 65 Dirty Dancing 66 Risky Business 67 Robocop 68 Return Of The Jedi 69 Rocky III again 70 Three Amigos 71 Culture Club - Karma Chameleon 72 Field Of Dreams 73 Perfect Strangers 74 Dire Straits - Money For Nothing 75 Back To The Future 76 Running Scared 77 ? 78 Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark 79 Magnum PI 80 Top Gun 81 Queen at Live Aid maybe? 82 Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal 83 Paul Simon - Call Me Al 84 Top Gun for like the fifth time 85 The Cure 86 Willow 87 ? 88 ? 89 USA For Africa - We Are The World 90 ? 91 Richard Gere 92 Fine Young Cannibals - She Drives Me Crazy 93 Police Academy 94 Corey Haim and Corey Feldman in License To Drive ---
**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, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-tribute-compilation-on-instagram-a-collective-dopers-identification-of-the-compilation/992048/25 "2023-10-28T07:50:48Z")
This is a really pathetic effort. I have no idea why you bothered replying if you were going to put forth this weak ass shit. ---
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Moderating: This isn’t the pit. Don’t insult other posters. ---
**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 30, 2023, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-tribute-compilation-on-instagram-a-collective-dopers-identification-of-the-compilation/992048/27 "2023-10-30T14:46:26Z")
We are very very close to completing this. I am almost certain of this numbering. There are 95 clips in the compilation. There are only 6 remaining questions, for numbers 50, 63, 78, 88, 89, and 91. I have screen shots for these that I’ll include in a follow on post. But for now, here is the updated list. Here’s the IG compilation by @rach1612 ➜ [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 48 Hours 2 Steve Martin and John Candy in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles 3 Michael Jackson popularizes the Moonwalk 4 Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, the fun street dancing scene to The Beatles’ 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 Love Shack, B-52s, Fred Schneider and Kate Pierson 12 Cindy Lauper, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (That’s Captain Lou Albano in the singlet behind her) 13 Van Halen Jump 14 Ghostbusters II, 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 in Kickboxer, dancing with Rochelle Ashana 18 Beat Street 19 Lionel Ritchie, 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, I Wanna Dance With Somebody 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 in Labyrinth 28 Ally Sheedy 29 Molly Ringwald and Jake from Sixteen Candles 30 Bridget Fonda dancing 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 Claudia Wells in Back to the Future 37 Kelly LeBrock is The Woman in Red 38 Elisabeth Shue in The Karate Kid 39 The Goonies, Kerri Green in a convertible 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 in Kickboxer 47 Sylvester Stallone in Cobra 48 Michael Keaton is Batman 49 A-ha video, Take on Me 50 ?? — whose eyes are these, widening here?? Are these the eyes of Bridget Fonda? 51 Christopher Reeve as Superman 52 Bruce Willis in Die Hard 53 ET’s spacecraft landing 54 Bugs Bunny, Mickey Mouse, and Bob Hoskins falling in Who Framed Roger Rabbit 55 dancing scene in Perfect (1985) 56 Kate Capshaw in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom opening scene, “Anything Goes” 57 Tony Danza as Tony Micelli in Who’s the Boss in the opening credits 58 Top Gun, Tom Cruise puts on his shades 60 Robert Palmer, Addicted to Love 61 Rocky III in a yellow tank top 62 The Goonies grouped in a circle 63 ?? — Who is this in the bathing suit?? 64 Leslie Nielsen and Priscilla Presley in Naked Gun 65 Eddie Murphy in Beverly Hills Cop 66 Dirty Dancing, Patrick Swayze’s lifts Jennifer Grey above his head 67 Tom Cruise in Risky Business doing the slide 68 Robocop 69 Return of the Jedi, Han Solo and Lando Calrissian hug victoriously 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, Karma Chameleon 73 Kevin Costner in Field of Dreams 74 Perfect Strangers, Bronson Pinchot and Mark Linn-Baker dancing 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 ?? — who is kissing in this wedding scene?? 79 Bruce Springsteen, Dancing in the Dark 80 Tom Selleck as Magnum PI 81 Top Gun: Tom Cruise as Pete Maverick riding his Kawasaki Ninja along a Naval Base runway 82 Freddie Mercury in his yellow jacket 83 Michael Jackson in his white fedora, in Smooth Criminal 84 You Can Call Me Al, Paul Simon on saxophone and Chevy Chase on trumpet 85 Val Kilmer as Iceman hugs Tom Cruise as Maverick after their successful sortie 86 The Cure 87 Warwick Davis in Willow 88 ?? — Is this Mickey Rourke standing in the doorway, smiling?? What 1980s scene is this from? 89 ?? — Is this Bruce Willis in a car with girl?? What 1980s scene is this from? 90 USA for Africa sings, We Are The World 91 ?? — People skipping; what scene is this from?? 92 Richard Gere in Pretty Woman: he’s waiting at the bar for Julia Roberts. She walks in, and she looks stunning. 93 Fine Young Cannibals (FYC) 94 Steve Guttenberg in Police Academy 95 Corey Feldman and Corey Haim in License to Drive ---
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50 ?? — whose eyes are these, widening here?? Are these the eyes of Bridget Fonda? [[Album] What scene is this from? Who is this? ![](https://i.imgur.com/UYhwKFD.jpeg?fb "What scene is this from? Who is this?") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/nMNmlH1) ---
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63 ?? — Who is this in the bathing suit?? [[Album] What scene is this from? Who is this? ![](https://i.imgur.com/gKPZHaw.jpeg?fb "What scene is this from? Who is this?") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/sn4qGMn) ---
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78 ?? — who is kissing in this wedding scene?? [[Album] What scene is this from? Who is this? ![](https://i.imgur.com/rbOEtUp.jpeg?fb "What scene is this from? Who is this?") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/g26IFnx) ---
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88 ?? — Is this Mickey Rourke standing in the doorway, smiling?? What 1980s scene is this from? [[Album] What scene is this from? Who is this? Is this Mickey Rourke? ![](https://i.imgur.com/HI8HzAu.jpeg?fb "What scene is this from? Who is this? Is this Mickey Rourke?") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/AKjdh2k) ---
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89 ?? — Is this Bruce Willis in a car with girl?? What 1980s scene is this from? [[Album] What scene is this from? Who is this? Is this Bruce Willis? ![](https://i.imgur.com/nkn48sh.jpeg?fb "What scene is this from? Who is this? Is this Bruce Willis?") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/4MyE6yl) ---
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91 ?? — People skipping; what scene is this from?? [[Album] What scene is this from? Who is this? ![](https://i.imgur.com/YM30VNs.jpeg?fb "What scene is this from? Who is this?") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/LQ6HDXs) ---
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That’s all of them. If we ID those we’ll have completed the compilation! Thank you for all the help so far. ---
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> [@Bullitt](#): > > 50 ?? — whose eyes are these, widening here?? Are these the eyes of Bridget Fonda? #50 is the same as #49 - from the [Aha video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djV11Xbc914&t=59s) ---
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#63 is Leslie Easterbrook/Lt. Callahan from [Police Academy](https://images.jdmagicbox.com/comp/jd_social/news/2018jul13/image-56719-y0qlwxje32.jpg) ---
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#91 is from Breakin 2: [Electric Boogaloo](https://www.kqed.org/arts/13878444/lockdown-movie-musts-the-breakdancing-b-boys-of-1984-edition) ---
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#88 is Mickey Rourke from [Angel Heart](https://talesfromthecrypts.tumblr.com/post/689346899638206464) ---
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Pretty sure this is Bruce Willis and Kim Basinger in _Blind Date_. ---
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Yes, #89 is Bruce Willis and Kim Basinger from [Blind Date](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/pv-target-images/282ef9f614a1ef0cc58703d3dc6649d3fdec204026406efd01d1fd48f195f4d2._RI_.png) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-tribute-compilation-on-instagram-a-collective-dopers-identification-of-the-compilation/992048.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/80s-tribute-compilation-on-instagram-a-collective-dopers-identification-of-the-compilation/992048.md?page=3)