This Should Work

Saturday I was in an 80’s state of mind.

It started early in the morning when I woke up with Eddie Murphy’s Party all the time stuck in my head.

As I’m walking down the stairs “My girl wants to party all the time, party all the time, party all the tiiime!”

Making coffee “My girl wants to party all the time, party all the time, party all the tiiime!”

As I was flipping through the channels drinking my morning coffee, I came across a show about the Mike Tyson/Robin Givens divorce. Seeing the old Mike Tyson, not the crazy-looking current Tyson, reminded me of a video game I used to play when I was younger, Mike Tyson’s Punch Out. With a quick Google search, I found a website that allows one to play classic video games through the web browser.

So for a while I was playing classic video games from my past like Punch Out, but also , Rolling Thunder, Rush N’ Attack, and Kid Icarus. I briefly considered looking on eBay for a cheap NES system that I could hook up downstairs, but I didn’t follow through (maybe later this year I’ll pick up a Wii).

I also caught a few moments of Beverly Hills Cop on Comedy Central. While watching it I was thinking ‘hey this is a really good movie. Why don’t I own it on DVD?’

We also went to an 80’s themed birthday party this weekend. Everyone was supposed to get dressed up in some sort of 80’s outfit, so I hit Goodwill and picked up some Don Johnson/Miami Vice inspired clothing . The ten dollar investment paid off; I won a contest for “The raddest outfit.” The prize: a Tiffany record.

But now it’s Sunday and the 80’s vibe is now starting to fade. As I’m writing this post I’ve gone from listening to A Flock of Seagulls to Jay-Z. But it was fun to revisit the past.

image from gamespy.com, video from youtube.com.

[tags] 80’s, Eddie Murphy, Mike Tyson, Miami Vice, Nintendo[/tags]

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