Ohhhhhh Yeee-Aaaah!

How can you talk about out of control 80s wrestlers without mentioning this guy? Ohhhh yeeee-aaahhh! I hear this guy crapped himself once during a match. With a finisher like that he deserves to win!

Ravishing

Continuing our wrestling theme for the week I present to you one of the greatest villains in the history of American entertainment! You doubt me? Check him out on Youtube. That guy was haaaaated! He was the best! Even I hated him. And everyone knows I love a man with a chiseled physique. Err-- I love to draw men with chiseled physiques. Hm. That didn't sound much better...

THUMP!

JYD! The Junkyard Dog! This dude was an early favorite of mine. I don't know if it was the chains or the defiant working man attitude. Maybe it was because he looked like half the guys in my neighborhood when I was 6. But watching him punch, stomp, and headbutt other fat guys in tights was simply a delight!

YEOWCH!

I know, I've been pretty lax about updates. To make up for it I'll put up each wrestler from my set of 80s squared circle brawlers! Starting with the original crazy man: George the Animal Steele! Sure, I know wrestling is fake. And I don't watch it now. But when I was a kid it was the only thing I remember doing with my dad. Watching wrestling on Sunday morning. And this wild, hirsute, green-tongued, turnbuckle eating, wife stealing son of a gun was loads of entertainment!

Hawkeye

Hawkeye probably enjoys a little more notoriety than Wonder Man. So much that they say he's going to be in the Avengers movie due out in a few years. I doubt he's going to be rocking the purple and blue costume though. But at least there won't be any boxing glove arrows. That's right, Green Arrow, I'm looking at you.

Happy Father's Day!

I love you Dad. Give those potatoes what-for!

Like many children of the 80s I grew up with an Atari 2600 in the living room. And Donkey Kong was one of my favorite games. But Mario always seemed like kind of a dick, I mean Pauline seemed pretty happy hanging out with the big ape. But here comes Mario and his hero-complex to spoil a good time! I bet he wasn't happy after Donkey Kong Jr. was born. Come to think of it I haven't seen Pauline since 1982.

What a Break!

That's right Shrek. "CongraDulations." Good work.

Yes, I'm back! Blog updates fell to the wayside over the last couple of weeks. We've got a recent graduate in the house now. Very proud of Mike!

Took a week off of work since my Mom was coming in from California and my Dad from Idaho. So my nice relaxing vacation was spent landscaping and barbecuing. Which, despite how it sounds, wasn't so bad.

So enjoy Saturday's revelry and marvel at Shrek's spelling prowess and look for something new tomorrow.