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Back to the Eighties - March 2008

80’s Teen Idols

March 18th 2008 23:21
Maverick top gun tom cruise

The 80’s WAS the era for teen idols.
Tom Cruise, Matt Dillon, Scott Baio, Jon Bon Jovi, Johnny Depp, Ralph Machio...

Yes – this one’s for the girls.

Chances are, if you entered a teenage girls bedroom during the 80’s - or you infact lived in one – you might remember the posters.
The endless posters.

The mugshots of every MTV and primetime pin-up boy would be as far as the eye could see.
But back then it wasn’t enough to have the posters. There’d be pencil cases and folders too, plus there was no email or Myspace back then – there was fanmail.

Depending on your tastes, there were the baby-faces:
Tom Cruise
Scott Baio
Jon Bon Jovi
Kirk Cameron
Patrick Swayze
John Travolta
Kevin Bacon
Andrew McCarthy
John Cusack
Matthew Broderick
Ralph Macchio
John Stamos
C. Thomas Howell
Michael J Fox
Steve Guttenburg
Mark-Paul Gosselaar

Matt Dillon
Then there were the bad-boys:
Matt Dillon
Sean Penn
Christian Slater
Mickey Rourke
Rob Lowe
Robert Downey Jnr
James Spader
Kiefer Sutherland
Bret Michaels
Sebastian Bach
River Phoenix
Billy Idol
Emilio Estevez
Charlie Sheen
David Lee Roth

The funny thing is, back in the eighties – even guys had guys on their walls! How often would you see Sly Stallone, Arnie or Axl Rose half naked on your brother’s wall!

Tom Selleck
Hell, even your mother had idols in the 80’s!
Sean Connery
Harrison Ford
Richard Gere
Mel Gibson
Kevin Costner
Burt Reynolds
Tom Selleck
Paul Hogan
Tony Danza
Yeah, the blokes were really strutting their stuff back then.

Two of the biggest teen idols at the time managed to team up. The Corey’s.

Corey Haim and Corey Feldman even managed to co-star in several movies together – and are still best friends to this day (see 2007 reality show the 2 Corey’s).
two coreys
Just the name ‘Corey’ is considered to be the stereotypical cliché name for a teen idol.

There were so many idols back then that they could cast entire movies around them. The Brat Pack (Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson Molly Ringwald and Ally Sheedy) almost created their own genre.
The Outsiders contained an entire cast of teen idols, as did Young Guns.

Then...the first boy band emerged with New Kids on the Block (NKOTB), consisting entirely of teenage pin-ups so every girl could have their own favorite (Joey...anyone?)

Now most of the world’s teen idols reside in these ‘boy bands’


I know what you’re thinking. - ‘I wonder if Scott Baio is still single...’

scott baio charles in charge




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Comment by Nomad

March 18th 2008 23:48


Awesome Food
ha ha Steve Guttenburg, what an actor...

Nomad (awesome dude)

Comment by skindog

March 19th 2008 00:51
whats a charchie???

Comment by Cibbuano

March 19th 2008 02:08


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ha! great list...seeing pictures of those actors when they were young reminds me of how much I disliked Corey Feldman...

Comment by Michaelie

March 19th 2008 04:39


Flick Wit
Johnny Depp Johnny Depp JohnnyDeppppppppppp...

Throw in Rob Lowe and Jon Bon Jovi and you can keep the rest.

Michaelie

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March 19th 2008 06:28


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You can not denire the fact that Tom Cruse looks seriously cool in top gun.



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Comment by Shazza

March 19th 2008 08:22
Wow!
I was an 80's teen!

Sebastian Bach was hot - and still is!
Patrick Swayze, Kirk Cameron ha ha ha, I loved them!
Oh, and Emilio!

Great post.

Comment by Morgan Bell

March 19th 2008 09:36


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you know i still love some of those actors to this day, not necessarily for their acting ability but just because they had such pretty faces . . . im sure i wouldve collected all their posters out of TV Hits or Dolly magazine or made a collage of them for the cover of my school folder!

*swoon*

christian slater, james spader (not looking so good these days), johnny depp, john stamos (improved with age, have you seen stamos on ER lately?), robert downey jnr, river phoenix (talent and looks, but tragedy and personal battles)

i think i basically had a big crush on anyone with an angsty chip on his shoulder . . . i also liked keanu reeves as a slacker in bill and ted

Comment by DeeJay

March 20th 2008 04:00
Ah yeas, John Stammos is still hot as!
I was also shattered when River died.

Keanu Reeves was so hot back then I kinda forgot!
crazy trip back. thanx

Comment by Anonymous

January 21st 2009 03:10
Matt Dillon was the hottest of them all and Rob Lowe. Matt Dillon had the best face and expressions, they are to die for. He was gorgeous. And of course Johnny Depp, oh my god what a hottie. The 80s reminds of The Outsiders movie where it cast all the famous teen idols of the 80s. And they are still the best today.

Comment by Anonymous

January 21st 2009 03:12
Matt Dillon was the hottest of them all and Rob Lowe. Matt Dillon had the best face and expressions, they are to die for. He was gorgeous. And of course Johnny Depp, oh my god what a hottie. The 80s reminds of The Outsiders movie where it cast all the famous teen idols of the 80s. And they are still the best today.

Comment by Anonymous

May 1st 2009 16:31
Matt Dillon was gorgous, along with Rob Lowe, even though he had nothing on Dillon. His facial expressions were awesome.

Comment by Anonymous

May 1st 2009 16:31
Matt Dillon was gorgous, along with Rob Lowe, even though he had nothing on Dillon. His facial expressions were awesome.

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