Television
This smooth-talker's production company helped launch NBC's Late Night with David Letterman
Who is Johnny Carson
This action film had Meg Ryan's character bellow: "Take me to bed or lose me forever"
What is Top Gun
Tommy Tutone immortalized this phone number in song form
What is 867-5309?
This high-tech indoor sport debuted at Dallas' Photon center in 1984
What is laser tag?
This suave tobacco spokescharacter debuted in 1987 to charges that he was too kid-friendly
Who is Joe Camel?
This hit Nickelodeon game show featured a physical challenge called the "Pie in the Pants"
What is Double Dare?
George Lucas and Steven Spielberg decided to collaborate on this 1981 film while building a sand castle in Hawaii
What is Raiders of the Lost Ark?
This catchy ditty became the first a capella song to top the Hot 100 chart, in 1988
What is Don't Worry, Be Happy?
This wrestler picked Mr. T as his tag-team partner in the first Wrestlemania, irking serious wrestling fans
Who is Hulk Hogan?
This London eatery expanded to the U.S. in 1982, with an L.A. outlet co-owned by Tom Cruise, Willie Nelson, Steven Spielberg and Henry Winkler
What is The Hard Rock Cafe?
This reporter got the ax for publicly griping when ABC declined to air his JFK-Marilyn Monroe piece
Who is Geraldo Rivera?
This film cast Patrick Swayze as a bouncer who drew upon Zen Buddhism to clean up a sleazy bar
What is Road House?
This AC/DC opus reminisced about 'working double time on the seduction line"
What is You Shook Me All Night Long?
This female tennis star was the first to grace the front of a Wheaties box
Who is Chris Evert?
This infamous beverage was unleashed in 1985 under the slogan: "The best just got better"
What is New Coke?
This cop show enlisted Frank Zappa to play a drug lord named Mario Fuente
What is Miami Vice?
Rob Reiner happened to hear this Ben E. King classic while trying to find a title for a 1986 movie
What is Stand By Me?
The U.S. Army blasted this opening track from Guns N' Roses Appetite for Destruction album at Manuel Noriega during the Panama Invasion
What is Welcome to the Jungle?
He held the world record in the 100-meter dash after the Seoul Olympics
Who is Carl Lewis?
This European lake was systematically swept by sonar cruisers, in 1987's Operation Deepscan
What is Loch Ness?
This series starred Jan-Michael Vincent as a cello-playing recluse named Stringfellow Hawke
What is Airwolf?
This film boasted Mark Knopfler's instrumental tune The Fireswamp and the Rodents of Unusual Size
What is The Princess Bride?
This major city was the home turf for the teens who formed New Kids on the Block
What is Boston?
This coach was famed for stuffing an LSU fan into a garbage can during the 1981 Final Four
Who is Bobby Knight?
This beer company tried to boost Halloween sales with a spokesanimal named BeerWolf
What is Coors?