I was watching the movie “Just Married” and realized that the father of the bride looked very familiar.  It was David Rasche aka “Sledge Hammer”!!!!  And he does not look like he’s aged one bit.  I had totally forgotten about that show - I loved it when it was on, briefly in the late 80’s.  I felt it deserved a mention here on my blog.  I love violence!

There is an official website that exists for the show - and the episodes, like with most shows are now available on DVD.  Yay!!!  Check out The Official Sledge Hammer Website!

I had a flashback today in regards to Hypercolor t-shirts, one of my favorite clothing items from the 80’s next to jelly sandals.  A friend of my Mom’s apparently invented them and she is now living the good life somewhere in Hawaii.  Lucky.

Anyway, I did a Google search on Hypercolor and to my amazement found that Hypercolor is back!!!  American Apparel offers a hyper spinoff with a unisex tee ($34), and bodyfaders.com has tank tops in a rainbow of changing colors ($24.95). But the most updated version is Puma’s sneakers ($65) — if, of course, you don’t mind your hot, sweaty feet dictating the color of your kicks.

Read about the return of Hypercolor (and it’s various spin-offs) in this LA Times article: Click Here

“Anyone who was around for the ten seconds that Hypercolor t-shirts were popular will undoubtedly appreciate the obscurity of this reference and how far I had to dig to pull this article out of my ass.

For those of you who don’t know, Hypercolor t-shirts were a novelty garment that was popular in the late 80’s and early 90’s. The shirts we supposed to change color when exposed to heat - which meant that touching them would leave an imprint of your hand. However, the reality was that these things would only really change color when exposed to something a little warmer than body heat - like a hair dryer for example.

Hypercolor t-shirts were also easily damaged when washed. The heat from the washer and dryer would often render the shirts useless after only a few cycles.

If you were smooth enough, the one thing that Hypecolor shirts could have been good for was coping a cheap feel. Unfortunately, I was far from smooth in jr. high so I would have never thought to entice girls to touch me because I had a Hypercolor shirt on.”

Taken from: NerdApproved.com

Today I came across a great site called plaidstallions.com which “mocks the seventies one catalog page at a time”.  As a child of the late 70’s and 80’s I can appreciate bad fashion - even moreso the mocking of bad fashion!  This site is so much more than that however.  I’m a also fan of vintage toys, and if you are too, you’ll love this site, so be sure to check it out!

Tip: go to their blog and use the search function to search for things in particular such as 1976, Mattel, etc.