80's Yuppie Heather From Ork

About Me

Welcome! Spritz on some "Electric Youth" & stay awhile.
It's ALL retro in here baby! The disco page might re-appear again down the road, but now it's 80's for a spell. Please feel free to come here to post 70's/80's photos, videos, thoughts, opinions, memories, etc...
GENESIS/PHIL COLLINS FANS: PLEASE feel free to visit my Genesis page & drop me a request!!! I'll be adding some new goodies I've been working on soon!
This is what I sounded like in the 80s. Pretty random stuff...me singing, hosting the news, taping over mom's sermon with fart noises, playing my E.T. record really loud while she's trying to gossip on the phone, you know...good times. ;0)

My Interests

THE 80s!!

I'd like to meet:

PHIL COLLINS!!!, Bruce Willis, Pam Dawber, Robin Williams, Elton John, John Ritter, Retro pop culture enthusiasts, retro tv freaks!

Music:

Genesis/Phil Collins, EVERYTHING & all things 80s!!! Elton John, Mike & the Mechanics, Barry Manilow, Foreigner, Chicago, Richard Marx, Huey Lewis, Hall & Oates, Toto, STYX, REO Speedwagon, The Cars, Debbie Gibson, Howard Jones, George Michael, synth-pop, all the 80s one-hit wonders!
The player below is full of stuff I like. So, therefore...it RULES. ;0) You'll find lots of sweet 80s goodness in there too...
Click on the VIDEO icon on the player below & then "My Playlist" to enter Phil/Genesis video heaven.
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The back of my Jeep. The most Genesis-erific vehicle on the road!! ;0)

Movies:

DIE HARD (used to watch it every day), Adventures in Babysitting, Annie, Sat. Night Fever, Lost In America, Planes Trains & Automobiles, UHF, E.T.

Television:

MORK & MINDY!, MOONLIGHTING!, Three's Company, Hart to Hart, Cheers, Who's the Boss?, CHiPs, The Wonder Years, Mama's Family, Growing Pains, Punky Brewster, Hooperman, Benson, Sesame Street, all 70s/80s sitcoms! LOVE retro television!!!!

Books:

Sticker books!

Heroes:

Pam Dawber, Mork from Ork, John Ritter, Phil Collins, Elton John, Robert Wagner, Stefanie Powers, E.T., Grover, Herry Monster, Cookie Monster

My Blog

Tacky 80s Jokes

For some reason, everytime I hear NASA mentioned, I'm taken straight back to grade school & the old jokes we used to tell around the playground. These things still stick with me. Were...
Posted by 80's Yuppie Heather From Ork on Sat, 23 Feb 2008 09:23:00 PST

Where RU New York Seltzer!!??

So I was thinking about New York Seltzer today. I've been really missing it, but extra badly lately. Anyone remember this stuff? It was SUPER popular in the mid-late 80's. My f...
Posted by 80's Yuppie Heather From Ork on Fri, 19 Oct 2007 10:49:00 PST

History of ShowBiz & Chuck E. Cheese

Ok, this is pretty awesome. The guy who started ShowBiz/Chuck E. Cheese Pizza is the same guy who invented "Pong" & was the head of Atari. This is pretty long, so just read until you ...
Posted by 80's Yuppie Heather From Ork on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 06:49:00 PST

They Invented the 80s

So, after posting the Tetris guy yesterday I started wondering about the people who invented all these awesome 80s things & decided to do some research. I thought I'd share. Here's the...
Posted by 80's Yuppie Heather From Ork on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 09:02:00 PST

The Best 80's Candy

Ok, so I'm not counting the candy from the past that has ALWAYS been around...this is strictly for candy that really came to popularity in the 80's. Feel free to add your favorites! Now th...
Posted by 80's Yuppie Heather From Ork on Sat, 25 Nov 2006 09:49:00 PST

Heather's 80's Heartthrobs

These were the boys that made my heart pitter-patter! BRUCE WILLIS: 8 year old Heather went INSANE for him on Moonlighting back then & she still does now. I carried a picture of hi...
Posted by 80's Yuppie Heather From Ork on Fri, 24 Nov 2006 05:56:00 PST