Nothing trivial about the 80s! Except the game
Applause, applause. There's a new Trivial Pursuit boardgame on the way -- the "Totally 80s edition." Can you handle 2,400 questions about pop culture in the 80s? Sure you can, just keep reading this blog and you'll never lose.
The game even features four new player tokens -- the Trapper Keeper (ah, my favorite school notebook), Compact Disc, Care Bear, and Rubik Cube. (What, no Smurfs or jewel-encrusted gloves?)
The game, which should reach most retailers by September, is being promoted with a commercial featuring some of the biggest A-list (well, B-list) stars from the decade. Cyndi Lauder directed the shot, which included Kelly LeBrock (Weird Science), Philip Michael Thomas (Miami Vice), Corey Feldman (Lost Boys), Charlene Tifton (Dallas) and even 80s NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Check out this photo from the commercial shoot...
OK, so now that we've whet your appetite, how about a few trivia questions to get your mind working too?
1. What was the name of ABC's show that was meant to mimic the success of NBC's Saturday Night Live?
2. In the movie "Pink Floyd's The Wall," who played "Pink"?
3. On Knight Rider, what was the name of the tractor-trailer that "Garthe Knight" drove?
4. Who died of a drug overdose two days after being selected second in the 1986 NBA Draft?
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Relive the music, movies and culture of the greatest decade ever with Times online editor Steve Spears. A teen during the decade, Steve is obsessed with everything from Duran Duran to Journey, John Hughes to John Cusack, and parachute pants to Reaganomics.
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wasen't the original trival persuit the 80's edition?
Posted by: Squirll | July 11, 2006 at 09:38 AM
> Hey, Morbid, what's your vodka brand> of choice? To tell you the truth, I can't stand vodka. I prefer cognac or brandy.But the best Ukrainian vodka brands I know is "Getman", "Nemiroff", "Hortitsa" and "Ukrainian with chilly peper" ("Ukrainska z pertsem"). Those brands are widely exported, so maybe you could even find one in supermarkets in your area.> Someone told me that Stolichnaya was> considered bad by real Russions. Yeah, "Stolichnaya" was the cheapest and the worst vodka here.Drunkard's choice, you know.
Posted by: Morbid (Ukraine) | July 09, 2006 at 02:02 PM
I do own the VH1 I Love the 80s trivia board game. That's actually where I got the 4 trivia questions from the blog post. Hey, Morbid, what's your vodka brand of choice? Someone told me that Stolichnaya was considered bad by real Russions.
Posted by: Steve Spears | July 09, 2006 at 11:18 AM
> Wasn't there an 80's edition Trivial Pursuit> a few years back?It was 90's (what were they thinking?) Edition:http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000231G58/But there also was another trivia game called "The 80's Game".
Posted by: Morbid (Ukraine) | July 09, 2006 at 04:53 AM
> You're my bud, my pal.I love you, dude!Druzhba! Vodka!
Posted by: Morbid (Ukraine) | July 09, 2006 at 04:49 AM
I thought there was an 80s edition before, but I guess not. I think it might have been a "pop culture" edition.
Posted by: Steve Spears | July 09, 2006 at 12:21 AM
Wasn't there an 80's edition Trivial Pursuit a few years back? I seem to remember one. Looking foward to playing the new one.Great PIP podcast! I listen while walking through 3 miles of Hawaii farmland on the Big Island (with my TBT hat on, mind you)..
Posted by: DC | July 08, 2006 at 11:42 PM
No offense taken at all, Morbid. You're my bud, my pal.
Posted by: Steve Spears | July 08, 2006 at 09:21 PM
I know :)And I really didn't mean to say anything rude or offensive.Sorry, if it happened.You are just too cool for Ukraine ;)
Posted by: Morbid (Ukraine) | July 08, 2006 at 09:11 PM
Yeah, but we're HUGE in Macedonia. And the Netherlands. At one point today, half the visitors to this blog were from outside the United States.In the last hours, we've had visitors from Macedonia (6 from there actually), Australia, the United Kingdom, Costa Rica, Romania, Canada, Belgium, Croatia, Spain and Mexico.
Posted by: Steve Spears | July 08, 2006 at 07:05 PM
> our fan club president from Ukraine...and the only person there who knows about your existence ;)> How could you know all those, Morbid? I am big fan of the 80's, it's my duty.> KBG intelligence tapes? Nah, Internet works better.
Posted by: Morbid (Ukraine) | July 08, 2006 at 06:07 PM
Morbid -- our fan club president from Ukraine -- got it right. How could you know all those, Morbid? KBG intelligence tapes?
Posted by: Steve Spears | July 08, 2006 at 04:18 PM
1. Fridays2. Bob Geldof3. Goliath4. Len Bias
Posted by: Morbid (Ukraine) | July 08, 2006 at 03:17 PM
Hmmm ... no idea on the Garth thing ... but Len Bias was drafted by the Celts and died the next day, screwing a great team for the next 25 years .... Was ABC's Show "Fridays?" ... And Bob Geldof played Pink, I skipped school to go see it at the North Shore Mall the day it opened ... Hey, your Pretty in Pink pcast was great, and I got a mention, yay! I actually put it on my iPod (imagine that) and listened to it while running on the Lair of the Bair Trail near Morrison, Co., it helped me pass the time on three miles of trail ... --chase
Posted by: Anonymous | July 08, 2006 at 01:00 PM