B-52s: Roam

Not that this wasn't WTF at the time.

B-52s: Roam
Song released December 1989
Music Video
VHS
B-

I don't think this has aged as well as "Sowing the Seeds of Love," or for that matter "Love Shack."  It's still a catchy song but what some would now call "cultural appropriation" makes the shenanigans look more embarrassing even than intended.

Siskel & Ebert: "You Blew It!"

Siskel & Ebert: "You Blew It!"
Syndicated
May 12, 1990
Movie Review
VHS
B-

While it's interesting to see what Roger and Gene thought the other was wrong about, or they both thought the audience was wrong about it, and why, I had to mark this down because none of the movies sound at all appealing.  Begley and Barr are tagged for She Devil, Murray for Scrooged.

Cartoon Lost and Found

Cartoon Lost and Found
Nickelodeon
1989
Cartoon
VHS
C+

Adam West hosts this set of random clips of mostly 1960s cartoons, interspersed with not particularly funny live-action scenes, although I did smile at his claiming to have been the Professor on Gilligan's Island. Some of the cartoons are indeed obscure (I didn't know then and don't know now what they are), while others are part of pop culture, like Speed Racer.  And, yes, the Jay Ward shows George of the Jungle, Super Chicken, and Tom Slick are well represented.

The Pat Sajak Show: Jim Varney

The Pat Sajak Show: Jim Varney

CBS

March 26, 1990

Talk Show

VHS

C

That Sajak's talk show was cancelled soon after he had on the star of Ernest Goes to Jail is purely coincidental.  (And, yes, there was a time when I thought Jim Varney was even funnier than Louie Anderson.)

Squeeze: Hourglass

Squeeze: Hourglass
Song released July 1987
Music Video
VHS
A-

Probably my favorite video ever, this has surrealism, optical illusions, philosophy (as in the Shakespearean "ages of man" sequence), playfulness, and a tune that is sometimes frantic and sometimes soothing but always danceable, with some super sax work, and the whole thing is just majestic.  (Not perfect, nothing is.)

On The Television: There's an Englishman in the House

On The Television: There's an Englishman in the House
Nickelodeon
1990
Parody
VHS
B-

A Mr. Belvedere parody, with a bluesy theme song.  Not as dead-on as My Five Dads, but the lead gives an enjoyably smarmy impersonation.

America's Funniest Home Videos: Man Wiggles Ears

America's Funniest Home Videos: Man Wiggles Ears
ABC
1990?
Reality TV
VHS
C+

A man wiggles his ears, with decorated Q-tips or whatever they are, to the tune of "Dueling Banjos."