18. Great Comedies
A lot of kids growing up in the 80s wouldnt have been able to see some of the great comedies of the era at the cinema as many would have bee R-rated, but they were around. Although film wasnt as accessible as it is now, VHS was at its peak and someones older sibling, cool-guy parents or next-door neighbours always had something to watch. 1980 set the standard for the rest of the decade, it produced Airplane!, The Blues Brothers and Caddyshack and although I wasnt born at the time, it was a sign of things to come. The mid to late 80s was a golden era for comedy and the heyday of many a comic behemoth. Several came from SNL and although this is still a common transition today, the quality and consistency was at an all-time high. Its a shame that the modern generation got Norbit from Eddie Murphy and Cheaper by the Dozen from Steve Martin, we got Beverly Hills Cop and The Man with Two Brains. More recently reduced to playing Britneys dad in Crossroads, Dan Ackroyd was once a Ghostbuster alongside Bill Murray, who wasnt so serious back then, following Caddyshack with Ghostbusters, Little Shop of Horrors, Scrooged and later Groundhog Day. Sadly passing in 1994, the 80s generation got to grow up with Uncle Buck, John Candy who had so many great roles, from Del Griffith in Planes, Trains and Automobiles to Gus Polinski in Home Alone. Not only that but the period also saw work from Mel Brooks, Rick Moranis, Chevy Chase, Christopher Guest and introduced us to Adam Sandler, Mike Myers and Dana Carvey, to name but a few. Will Ferrell and co. dont hold a candle to them.