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Homecoming court in 1987...
Let's see, some words to go with this photo. Well,
when I look at this picture, I can't help but feel: 1) Horrified by the obvious reminder that I used tanning beds leading
up to homecoming. If only I'd known that just 11 years later I'd be diagnosed with melanoma, perhaps I would've made
smarter choices. Ugh! Live and learn. 2) Humor over the fact that I was barely speaking to the guy
in the picture at the time. It was an odd situation that we ended up being homecoming king and queen, because we
had dated for awhile our junior year but broken up on really bad terms. So we hardly said two words to
each other when forced to get this photo taken, ride on the float, etc. 3) Amazement that my boobs were ever that
big and perky! Eighteen years and three b/f kids later, they are but shadows of their former selves. 4) Humor
(again) over that HAIR! The amount of styling products and time that went into getting it to do that is mind-boggling.
Oh and in case you're wondering, the theme song for our Homecoming dance was "Head Over Heels" by Tears For Fears.
(I only remember this because it's listed on the yearbook page this picture came from.)
Thankfully, 1986 seems like a very, very, VERY long time ago!
Jennifer
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| ...A few icons from 1987... |
Remember 1987?
Glenn Close refused to be ignored,
the Stock Market bubble burst, and the Beastie Boys fought to keep the party going. It was the year we realized what the 80's
were all about - and we reveled in the excess, extravagance and bigness of it all!
Bands like Poison, Cinderella,
and Motley Crue - took bad boy excess and hair styles to new heights; Oliver Stone showed us the dark side of yuppie avarice
on Wall Street; and a new, upstart network called Fox introduced viewers to the hugely dysfunctional family known as the Bundy's.
In
`87 sex was on our minds like never before. We flocked to the box office to see Michael Douglas learn the dangers of his Fatal
Attraction; we tuned into MTV to watch Salt N' Pepa teach us how to push it (real good); and three scandalous women, Jessica
Hahn, Donna Rice, and Fawn Hall, turned the worlds of news, politics, and religion on their &%!#es. And FINALLY, after
two years of foreplay - Cybil Shepherd and Bruce Willis did the deed on Moonlighting.
Shepherd and Willis weren't the
only dynamic duo in '87. Following in the footsteps of such cinematic greats as Redford & Newman and Martin & Lewis,
The Coreys (Haim and Feldman) began their legendary film collaboration by battling vampires in The Lost Boys. Little did we
know that the duo who would bring us such classics as The Lost Boys, Dream a Little Dream and License to Drive would also
bring us tabloid headlines about drug addiction, rehab, and general career immolation. Ann and Nancy Wilson proved that all
they needed to stage a major comeback were a couple of leather corsets, a few catchy power ballads, and a tanker full of aquanet.
And on Cheers, Sam Malone said good-bye to Diane and hello to Rebecca.
Years before the Spice Girls - girl power ruled
in 1987. Tiffany and Debbie Gibson dominated America's malls and pop radio. And on the big screen in Dirty Dancing, Jennifer
Grey went to the Catskills, fell in love with Patrick Swayze, learned the Mambo, and discovered that no one could put her
in a corner!
Ah, if only you could go back to 87 - the smell of bleach from your newly acid washed jeans was in the
air, U2, Lisa Lisa, and R.E.M. were playing on your disc-man, and the year's biggest sex symbol was a bull-terrier who had
a drinking problem and a way with the ladies. Good times.
Top hits in 1987
Top Grossing Films of 1987
- Three Men and a Baby
- Fatal Attraction, starring Michael Douglas and Glenn Close
- Beverly Hills Cop II, starring Eddie Murphy
- Good Morning, Vietnam, starring Robin Williams
- Moonstruck, starring Cher
- The Untouchables, starring Kevin Costner and Sean Connery
- The Secret of My Succe$s, starring Michael J. Fox
- Stakeout, starring Richard Dreyfuss
- Lethal Weapon, starring Mel Gibson and Danny Glover
- The Witches of Eastwick, starring Jack Nicholson
Popular Television Shows of 1987
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