Submitted by katsak

Wilford Brimley was a man’s man in the 80’s and 90’s when he was doing the Quaker Oats commercials. “It’s the right thing to do and the right way to do it.” He doesn’t even let you choose. He’s telling you, you eat my Oatmeal, or else.

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Submitted by Johnny’s Girl

If your childhood wasn’t touched by Dr. Seuss, you should probably run out to the nearest bookstore right away and catch up. Every Christmas, families across the globe sit down and watch How The Grinch Stole Christmas. Green Eggs and Ham is like required reading for young’uns. Most importantly though, Dr. Seuss cleverly disguised socio-political messages in his books, like The Butter Battle Book, which was a criticism of the Cold War.

Submitted by C Snedeker

The “Poltergeist Girl” as she was most commonly known was named Heather O’Rourke. She died of congenital acute bowel obstruction at the age of 12, during a break from the filming of Poltergeist III. Before she left us though, she gave us three films of a series that haunted us throughout the 80’s (and for some people, to this day), and a handful of television appearances.
Here’s one of our favorite scenes:

Submitted by E Nottelling

Whenever we were sick (or playing sick) or had a service day at school, Bob would always be there for us. He was like a Rock of Gibraltor of daytime television – you could always count on him to be there for you. He had some great moments too – most of them viewable on YouTube. Watch for yourself as he almost knocks some respect into this kid, like he did Adam Sandler on Happy Gilmore:

Bob Ross from “The Joy of Painting” on PBS

From Wikipedia:

Bob Norman Ross (October 29, 1942 – July 4, 1995) was an American painter and television host.

With his calm, patient nature, Ross came to prominence as the creator and host of The Joy of Painting, a long-running television program on public broadcast stations in the United States. When asked about his laid-back approach to painting and eternally calm and contented demeanor, he once commented: “I got a letter from somebody here a while back, and they said, ‘Bob, everything in your world seems to be happy.’ That’s for sure. That’s why I paint. It’s because I can create the kind of world that I want, and I can make this world as happy as I want it. Shoot, if you want bad stuff, watch the news.”