Mr. Rogers goes to the set of The Incredible Hulk in 1980. It’s eerie to see Bill Bixby talk about his family since the next year his son died, and the next his wife committed suicide.

Christopher Martin, formerly “Play” from Kid ‘N Play (aka, The Unremarkable Guy of the Two) is now teaching a class called “Hip Hop in Context” at North Carolina Central University. There’s a video clip of him promoting the class. In his words, it’s “crazy important.” No word yet on whether the “Kid ‘N Play Kick Step” will be covered.

Here’s a video of two olde tyme swing dancers set to modern hip hop music. I might try a few of these moves out at the next wedding or bar mitzvah.

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From Vintage Ads.

I remember seeing Stevie Wonder (vid below) and Ray Charles perform on Sesame Street. So at the age of four, through inductive reasoning and lacking a counter-example, I was convinced that all blind African-American men have super musical powers. I felt bad for Gordon that he had sight.

Here’s the music video from 1985 that was sponsored by Nancy Reagan’s anti-drug campaign. Some notable participants: New Edition, Toni Basil, David Hasselhoff, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tootie from the Facts of Life, Boogaloo Shrimp (aka Turbo) from Breakin’, and for a delicious bit of retro-irony… Whitney Houston.

Secret Wars Re-Enactment Society. Brilliant.