The Weekly Links: Reading Rainbow Returns, Wonder Years Reunion, WarGames Remake Gets Writer

Another link-tastic week has past in the world of '80s nostalgia and The Weekly Links is back to sum it all up for you...like a Little Professor calculator! Here is the grand total of what I learned this week:

• Reading Rainbow should have never went off the air.
• Steve Perry and Phil Collins both came out of retirement...and both sounded a little rusty.
• Billy Idol's biography is coming soon, "Writing With Myself" would be my guess at the title.
• Viral videos of teenagers dancing to your song at talent shows =  More time on Billboard chart.
• Drinking with the Golden Girls has never been more fun.
• "Ghoststoppers" and "Ghostblasters" were alternate names for Ghostbusters.
• Science is easier to understand using video games.

This week's Video of the Week came courtesy Mashable and features some great facts about Mario and how he came to be. For instance, I had no idea he was the result of Nintendo failing to make a Popeye video game. Apparently, Donkey Kong was originally supposed to feature Popeye trying to rescue Olive Oyl from Bluto. Learn more by watching the video below and enjoy the rest of this week's links!

TWL Video of the Week

"10 Curious Facts About Mario" by AllTime10s YouTube Channel

TV

‘The Wonder Years’ Cast Reunited And Here’s The Wonderful Photographic Evidence - UPROXX

AMC's Halt and Catch Fire Gets the ’80s PC Revolution Perfectly Right. Here’s How - Wired

'80s, '90s Educational Shows We Wish Would Come Back - ABC News

Top 10 1980s Cartoon Teams - 411mania
Actor LeVar Burton Raising Funds to Bring ‘Reading Rainbow’ to the Web - Laughing Squid

Movies

Enjoy the Ghostbusters Alternative Takes - Retroist
‘WarGames’ Remake Coming From The Guy Who Wrote ‘X-Men: The Last Stand’ - Uproxx
Everything You Never Knew About The Making Of Escape From New York - io9
Don Johnson and David Gordon Green to tackle ‘80s college football - A.V. Club
18 Things You Might Not Know About 'Just One of the Guys' - mental_floss

These Early Potential Versions Of E.T. Are Pretty Freaky - io9

Doc Brown makes a cameo appearance in ‘A Million Ways to Die in the West’ — VIDEO - EW PopWatch

Video Games

See Philosophical Concepts Explained With Zelda, Mega Man, and Contra - io9
If Grand Theft Auto V Were Made In The 80s - Kotaku
What Today's Biggest Mobile Games Need Is Ugly '80s Box Art - Kotaku
10 'Tetris' Covers That Will Get Stuck in Your Head - Mashable

The Making Of Starglider - Retro Gamer Magazine

Music

The Popdose Interview: Debbie Gibson - Popdose
How Eels Got Steve Perry to Sing Live Again: 'It Was Such a Beautiful Moment' - Billboard
34 Hip-Hop Facts That Will Make You Feel Old - Buzzfeed Rewind
Michael Jackson's 'Billie Jean' Returns To Hot 100; Legend Lands 50th Hit - Billboard
Axl Rose Responds to List Calling Him 'World's Greatest Singer' - Rolling Stone
‘Enjoy the Science’: 8-Bit Operators give Depeche Mode a chiptune makeover - Slicing Up Eyeballs
Billy Idol Autobiography Gets Release Date - Billboard
Watch Phil Collins Sing 'In the Air Tonight' for First Time in Years - Rolling Stone

Culture

Gary Coleman: 80s TV Icon - Legacy.com
Apoca-LIST | 5 Masters of the Universe You Want on Your Side in Case of Apocalypse - UnderScoopFire!
The "Golden Girls" Drinking Game Is Something You Need To Play Right Now - Buzzfeed Rewind
R.I.P. Donald Levine, The Creator Of GI Joe - io9
1984: How Indiana Jones Created the PG-13 Rating - Do You Remember
7 Shirts Your Mom Picked Out For You - PopRewind