I wanted to start the day out by wishing a happy birthday to a couple of actors who left an indelible mark on 80′s television, and then basically fell off the face of the earth. Pro football player-turned-actor Alex Karras turns 74 today. Karras played George Papadopolis on the 80′s sitcom Webster, which starred Emmanuel Lewis - also known as the [...]
I am still in the process of recovering from the weekend, but I wanted to start out the day by sending a few birthday wishes. There is a veritable who’s who of celebrities born on this day, ranging from an ambiguous sidekick, to a rapper with the magic stick. The Boy Wonder himself, Burt Ward (real name Bert Gervis) [...]
Today’s birthday celebration is dedicated to a 62-yr old actor who is best known for playing two very different movie roles. On one hand, people may remember Peter Weller as Dr. Buckaroo Banzai, from the 1984 sci-fi film The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension! Dr. Buckaroo was what you would call a renaissance man; in the film, his occupations included physicist, [...]
I just wanted to take a little time and wish a happy birthday to singer/songwriter Mark “Marty” DeBarge, who turned 50 today (pictured above…but I’m not 100% sure which one is him). It seems like only yesterday he was rocking outlandish 80′s outfits, a Soul Glo jheri curl, and making men question their sexuality (once they [...]
