Yum, tofutti!

April 12, 2009 9:15 PM

Get your Daily Dose of '80s kitsch.
posted by idiopath (17 comments total)

This has a lot to do with the 80's, and also a lot to do with decades that were not the 80's; but it has even more to do with every image aggregation site on the internet.
posted by Science! at 9:22 PM on April 12, 2009

If the point is to not get it at all, then I get the point. Otherwise, I'm just lost. Anyone want to explain it to me?
posted by donnagirl at 9:36 PM on April 12, 2009

Everyone remembers that Billy Squier video for "Rock Me Tonite" as having killed his career. But what I find remarkable is that the first 3/4 of it is just him dancing alone on a set. That's very difficult for even trained dancers to pull off. [The only one I can think of offhand is Janet Jackson in "The Pleasure Principle" - and she had a much better director and editor backing her up.] In these circumstances, it was a suicide mission.
posted by Joe Beese at 9:39 PM on April 12, 2009

I think tofutti break references the Mr. Show sketch. For what, I do not know. (I got to promote Mr. Show, so I count this as a good FPP.)
posted by shadytrees at 9:51 PM on April 12, 2009 [1 favorite]

I thought Seanbaby, Retro Junk, Life in the 80's, etc. had the 1980s kitsch covered, usually with more details and less plain WTF.
posted by filthy light thief at 9:53 PM on April 12, 2009

Awesome, another image aggregation site. The internet doesn't have enough of those.
posted by dead cousin ted at 9:56 PM on April 12, 2009

Yeah, this is a lot better than the ad-ridden shit blogs. Still blah though.
posted by dead cousin ted at 10:51 PM on April 12, 2009

thin pickings, but: 1, 2, 3
posted by mrt at 11:04 PM on April 12, 2009

Tofutti Break was the subject of an AskMe mystery a few months ago.
posted by Ian A.T. at 11:18 PM on April 12, 2009

This is an incredible picture, no matter where it came from.
posted by gc at 11:22 PM on April 12, 2009

TinEye leads to this. I love tineye.
posted by dead cousin ted at 11:29 PM on April 12, 2009 [1 favorite]

Speedy, Killer, & The Swede. Sha Na Na better watch out!!
posted by not_on_display at 11:48 PM on April 12, 2009

This seems to be Tumblr week on Mefi. Here's two of the best:

††ALASKAN EYES††
Arts and Crafts

Tumblr blogs are best in the aggregate. Load up a bunch of 'em and swim.
posted by wemayfreeze at 11:53 PM on April 12, 2009

Yes.
posted by scratch at 7:04 AM on April 13, 2009

I think this is absolutely fantastic. Thanks so much for the link idiopath!
posted by jimbaud at 7:57 AM on April 13, 2009

YOU ARE CRIME ANIMAL, CHARLIE BROWN
posted by Eideteker at 6:16 PM on April 13, 2009

I too enjoyed this, and will continue to do so for some time.
posted by Sys Rq at 8:03 AM on April 14, 2009