The Weekly Links: 'Real Genius' Sitcom, 'Songs From The Big Chair' Reissue, 'Goldbergs' Season 2 Preview

Hello my nostalgic friends! Welcome to another edition of The Weekly Links, your weekly source for the best '80s content on the web. I hope you've enjoyed the new look for the RD80s site! It wasn't something I had really planned but I've really enjoyed giving my corner of the web a fresh look. Let me know what you think!

In the midst of the redesign, I noticed that The Weekly Links is up to 54 total posts which means I've been doing this for over a year now! Wow! To be honest, I wasn't sure it would last when I started but the positive feedback I get each week has made it a keeper. Thanks for you continued support! Now let's see what else I learned this week:

• I scored a 46/50 on this '80s Kids Trivia Quiz. Can you beat it?
• Think your the biggest Ghostbusters fan? This guy might have you beat.
• The easiest way to get me to listen to jazz music is by covering Guns N' Roses.
• This video shows the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with real teenage problems.
• A mini Police Academy reunion will be held in an upcoming SyFy disaster movie.
• If you wanna feel old, check out this extensive '80s rock star "then and now" slideshow.
• Choosing 4 shows to put on my 80s Cartoon Mount Rushmore was a difficult task.

For the 2nd week in a row, the TWL Video of the Week again involves Ghostbusters. Thanks to a Gizmodo story, I found Behind the Marquee's interview with Stephen Dane who created Ecto-1 and most of the props for the film in about two weeks! He even shows some of the original sketches and tells how it all came together...

TWL Video of the Week

"Ghostbusters Ecto-1 Car & Designer Stephen Dane"

by BeyondTheMarqueeShow

MOVIES

Shanks FX Recreates the Time Slice Effect From ‘Back to the Future’ Using Stop-Motion Animation & Light Painting - Laughing Squid
Justin Bieber will apparently be the voice of KITT in that movie about killing David Hasselhoff - The A.V. Club
Bill S. Preston, Esq. Says That ‘Bill And Ted 3′ Is Actually Happening - UPROXX
11 Things You Might Not Know About 'The Little Mermaid' - mental_floss

'Back to the Future': How the Opening Sequence Was Created - The Hollywood Reporter
Watch a Cagey Harrison Ford Almost Shut Down David Letterman on a 1982 'Late Night' Appearance - Yahoo! Movies

Do Indiana Jones, Star Wars, and E.T. Take Place In A Shared Universe? - io9

22 Reasons "Steel Magnolias" Is One Of The Greatest Films Ever Made - BuzzFeed Rewind

20 Coolest '80s Fantasy Films - Total Film

TV

Happy Madison And NBC Are Rebooting ‘Real Genius’ As A Workplace Sitcom - UPROXX
Celebrate The 25th Anniversary Of ABC’s TGIF With TV’s Greatest Opening Credits - UPROXX
The Question Nobody Dares To Ask: How Do The Turtles Get Their Pizza? - io9
5 Totally '80s Milestones Coming to The Goldbergs Season 2 - WGBB

18 Times Darlene From "Roseanne" Was The Ultimate Badass - BuzzFeed Rewind
Netflix Orders Series About '80s-Era Toy Line Popples - The Hollywood Reporter

Sophia Petrillo's 23 Best Lines From "The Golden Girls" - BuzzFeed Rewind

Wonder Years reunion to take place in New York and online - The A.V. Club

Examining Bill Cosby's Legacy As 'The Cosby Show' Turns 30 - NPR

MUSIC

Tears For Fears’ ‘Songs From the Big Chair’ to be reissued this fall in giant 6-disc box set - Slicing Up Eyeballs
This Week in Billboard Chart History: 25 Years Ago, Milli Vanilli's 'Miss' Hits Top of Hot 100 - Billboard

Punk Lives Centerfolds of the Early 80s - Flashbak
Listen To Michael Jackson And Freddie Mercury's Unearthed Duet From The '80s - Huffington Post

Back Off, Jerk: 'Invisible Touch' and the Misconceptions of '80s Genesis - Glide Magazine
New releases: Erasure, Information Society, Thompson Twins, David Bowie - Slicing Up Eyeballs

VIDEO GAMES

Classic Video Game Controller Ice And Chocolate Molds - Geekologie
A Tribute to the Classic Arcade Game ‘Ms. Pac-Man’ Performed by Michael Ian Black on ‘Viva Variety’ - Laughing Squid

Our First Nintendo - Pop Rewind

Impressive, But $2,200: Light-Up LEGO Super Mario Lamp - Geekologie

CULTURE

28 Vintage Lunch Boxes That Will Make You Miss School - BuzzFeed Rewind
80s Halloween Costume Ideas That You Can Do In Under 5 Steps - The Gloss
What It Was Like to Be Online During the 80s - Gizmodo
Awkward Toy Family Photos… - Branded In The 80s
Woman Dressed Up Her Cats To Create A Custom Back To The Future Halloween Card To Send Friends - Geekologie
Topps Creates New York Comic-Con-Exclusive Garbage Pail Kid to Tweak Fanboys - Topless Robot
Interview with a Zombie: Creating the Perfect Tribute to Children of the 80s - UnderScoopFire!
Panasonic Goes Old School With Its Cassette-Shaped Voice Recorder - Gizmodo
Car commercials from the 1980s were completely insane - The Verge