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- - - - 1980: Q: Post-It notes were invented in 1980. Have you ever, at any time, used a Post-It note? Q: Would you say it was sad/important when John Lennon died? Q: Remember CHiPs? - - - - 1981: Q: Did you ever get a Rubik's cube, take off the stickers, and put them back on to make it look like you solved it? Did you? Did you?! Q: Sandra Day O'Connor. What an '80s hottie, huh? Q: People wore some funny clothes back then, didn't they? Like jeans, jackets, shoes, jean jackets… Oh, what a time. - - - - 1982: Q: Who was cuter, Pac-Man or Ms. Pac-Man? Q: Do you remember the lyrics to "Eye of the Tiger" [Wait and see if subject sings. If not, really try to get them to sing.] Q: Joanie Loves Chachi, but did Chachi love Joanie? - - - - 1983: Q: Did you own one of these? [Throw Wacky Wallwalker at wall.] Q: Remember Jelly shoes? Q: What was with those crazy 1980s hairdos? - - - - 1984: Q: So what was with that "Where's the Beef" lady? Q: Where is the beef? Q: What was with those crazy 1980s hairdos? Seriously, what was up with all those nutty '80s hairstyles? I want a funnier answer this time! - - - - 1985: Q: Stone-washed jeans: run with it. Q: How did you feel about Frankie telling you to relax? Q: Do you think if the Michael J. Fox of 1985 time-traveled to today, you could kick his ass? - - - - 1986: Q: John Hughes, etc. etc. etc. Q: Can you believe men wore pink in the eighties? Q: Show me how you "Walked Like an Egyptian." Now stop. - - - - 1987: Q: Where were you when Debbie Gibson bit the head off a bat onstage? Q: 21 Jump Street. Whoo! Q: Corey Haim and Corey Feldman: fucking? - - - - 1988: Q: Did you really feel "welcomed" to the jungle by Axl Rose, or do you think that was sort of just insincere, halfhearted graciousness? Q: Spuds MacKenzie [Insert question here in case subject does not wax reminiscent on Spuds.] Q: This is the year that the '80s sort of really just started becoming the '90s, don't you think? - - - - 1989: Q: Can you fill in the rest of this hot 1989 theme song? "Bad boys bad boys, watcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do when they come for…" Q: Tell me how it made you feel when Zsa Zsa Gabor slapped that cop. Q: Do you mind sticking around while we tape "I Love the '70s"?
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