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48 HRS. was released in 1982 and was directed by Walter Hill. The movie starred Nick Nolte and the at that point ascending to super stardom Eddie Murphy. The file was written to star Clint Eastwood and Richard Pryor. The movie which was made for $12 million went on to gross over $78 million.

The premise of this "buddy cop" movie was that hard nosed,hard living cop Jack Cates (Nolte) is on the trail of escape prisoner and cop killer Albert Ganz. Running out of options in tracking Ganz down Cates has to resort to getting a member of the Ganz gang who is still in prison to help him. The one  caveat is that they only have 48 hours to track him down. The gang member Reggie Hammond (Murphy) is less then forthcoming with the information Cates needs to track Ganz down.

Reggie is on a mission also as he knows exactly what Ganz is after and he wants it just as much as Ganz does. He needs to figure how to get his hands on the object while keeping Cates out of the loop. The initial friction between these two is hilarious. Cates and Reggie traverse the city looking for Ganz and his cohort Billy Bear as time is running out. Reggie even tries his hand at "rousting a bar" leading to comical results

48 HRS took a already famous from Saturday Night Live Eddie Murphy and turned him into a movie star. Eddie Murphy became a bankable star that brought everyone to the movies. This movie did have a sequel in 1990 called Another 48 HRS though not the critical success the original the movie did gross over $153 million worldwide. Also the dynamics had changed where as Eddie Murphy recieved $450,000 for the first movie and Nick Nolte got $1 million in the sequel Murphy got $9 million to Nolte's $3 million. This movie lives on in the numerous quotes from the film such as:

"What are you are smiling at watermelon.."
"There is a new sheriff in town and his name is Reggie Hammond"
" You said bu*** and experience is all it takes right? well come experience some of my bu***"

Keep It Oldskool Remembers when Eddie Murphy was still funny

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Faze-O  "Ridin High"

aint nuffin changed

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Ferris Bueller's Day Off was released in 1986 and was written and directed by the "King of teenage movies" the late John Hughes. This movie is unquestionably the greatest "hookey" movie of all time. The movie starred Mathew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara and Jennifer Grey. The movie screenplay was completed in less then a week and grossed over $70 million on a budget of $5.8 million.

The movie takes place in suburbs of Chicago where we meet the reigning king of local high school Ferris Bueller (Broderick) who wakes up on a beautiful day and decides that he is not up for school that day. He carefully teaches us how to fake our parents into letting us stay home. Not content with sitting home and watching TV Ferris decides that this will be the mother of all hookey days. There is just a few slight problems 1.His girlfriend Sloan (Sara) is at school and he will need to spring her. 2. He doesn't have a car so he will need to get his perpetually sick friend Cameron (Ruck) and lastly the school principal is out to make an example of Ferris whom his secretary says school kids  thinks Ferris is a "righteous dude".

Ferris take us on a journey around the city Chicago joyriding in Cameron's dad vintage car a 1961 Ferrari GT. All while his principal is hot on his trail (only he is going to NONE of the places that Ferris is going to) From a baseball game to lunch at 5 star restaurant Ferris is out to have one "for the books" The performance at parade would get the average person "pinched" but not Ferris.His sister Jeanie (Grey) who like most sisters knows exactly what Ferris is up to but cannot get anyone to listen. His clueless parents have no idea that thier son has missed 9 days of school and they never will as Ferris has hacked the school system and changed the days 

Ferris Bueller's Day Off is a time capsule movie as it gives a snap shot of the late 80s suburbia high school atmosphere. The movie never spawned a sequel thankfully. It would have been hard to top that day. Some of the hidden facts about the movie 

*Ferris  had younger siblings that were edited out of movie

*Matthew Broderick messed his knee up badly running through the neighbors yard 

*The same school was used for the outside shot of  high school in another John Hughes           movie  Breakfast Club

* Original cut of film is two hours and 45 mins.

This a movie that whenever it is on you have to stop to see what part it is on. A TV show of the same name debuted on NBC in 1990 and disappeared after 13 episodes Keep It Oldskool remembers Ferris Buellers Day Off


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Shalamar


Shalamar was the brainchild of Soul Train pioneer Don Cornelius and booking agent Dick Griffey. They were made up of initially Gary Mumford and Soul Train dancers Jody Whatley and Jeffery Daniel in 1977. The group was signed to SOLAR records also a product for Dick Griffey and Don Cornelius. By 1979 the most popular lineup would be Howard Hewitt, Watley and Daniel. Their first real hit was "2nd Time Around" which was produced by Leon Sylvers III.

The group was fragile from the beginning due to internal friction and members not being happy with the label and specifically Dick Griffey. Through all of this the group continued to have hits with songs like "A night to Remember" 

At some point both Watley and Daniel were fed up with the lack of payment of royalties that they felt were owed to them decided to leave the group. In 1984 a new lineup of Hewitt, Micki Free and Delissa Davis scored a hit from the Footloose movie soundtrack called "Dancin in the Sheets"  The group soldiered on for just another year  before Howard Hewitt himself left to go solo in 1985. Though never really a household name and the lineup changes hindered longevity who reading this column doesn't say when "The Lover in You" comes on "Oh snap this is my jawn"  Keep It Oldskool remembers Shalamar

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EASIN/ROLLER

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     Edwin Star "Easin In" 

But they are all just wick wick wack

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"OLDSKOOL LYRICS OF THE DAY"

Boogie Down Productions- My Philosophy 1988

Let's begin, what, where, why, or when

will all be explained like instructions to a game

See I'm not insane, in fact, I'm kind of rational

when I be asking you, "Who is more dramatical?"

This one or that one, the white one or the black one

pick the punk, and I'll jump up to attack one

KRS-One is just the guy to lead a crew

right up to your face and dis you

Everyone saw me on the last album cover

Holding a pistol something far from a lover

Beside my brother, S-C-O-T-T

I just laughed, cause no one can defeat me

This is lecture number two, "My Philosophy"

Number one, was "Poetry" you know it's me

This is my philosophy, many artists got to learn

I'm not flammable, I don't burn

so please stop burnin, and learn to earn respect

'cause that's just what KR collects

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Saturday Night Fever was released in 1977. The movie directed by John Badham was in instant smash and in rare class of cult and critic favorite. The movie further propelled Welcome Back Kotter TV show actor John Travolta into super stardom.The movie is also known for its dance scenes as well as soundtrack.

The movie centers around main character Tony Manero (Travolta)  and his merry bunch of hooligans.Tony works a dead end job at paint store all week while living at home with his parents. Tony cruises along during the week till he gets to the weekend where he can cut loose. Tony is an exceptional dancer that is known throughout the entire area. There are subplots as most movies have them regarding a dance contest,gang fights and a love interest. Along with his buddies we watch the endless cycle of work then dance. Tony's  former dance partner Annette (played by Donna Pescow) is pushed over for Stephanie (Karen Lynn Gorney). We watch as his friends descend into a deeply disturbing act. We also see his friend racked with despair regarding an unwanted pregnancy and of course we get to see Tony dance. The music is a much  of a character as the actors are .The movies of this era all have the inevitable climax in which a tragedy induces a realization and this movie is no different. In the end as Tony realizes that he needs to change is life we as an audience hold out hope that he will succeed.



This movie was considered a disco movie and rightfully so. The movie made on a budget of 3.5 million dollars went on to gross  $282,400.000. The Saturday Night Fever soundtrack stayed on top of the Billboard charts for 24 weeks, had five number one singles and took three Australian brothers with the last name of Gibb(Bee Gees) into the pinnacle of their success. The movie featured 2 releases a PG non rape, on fight version and the R rated original version. In the late 90s the movie came back to the forefront as the British author of the article that the movie is based on and was reported to be a true story acknowledged that although based on a acquaintance did not have any of the things in the story happen to him. Most people think of this movie and only think of the dancing by John Travolta who was taught by Deney Terrio. But to do that does the great acting as well as story a disservice.That being said here are some dancing clips from the movie. (with an assist from the Bee Gees)

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big/go

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Billy Squire "Big Beat"

distance/victory

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Bill Conti "Going the distance"