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Some of you may be too young to remember this show (if you are, please keep it to yourself--you're making me feel old), but back in the 80s this was one of my favorites. It basically featured kids my age (at the time) singing cover versions of top pop hits. Here's the theme song.
Although not quite as star-studded as the Mickey Mouse Club, Kids Incorporated can claim to have launched Stacy Ferguson (aka Fergie from the Black Eyed Peas) and Jennifer Love Hewitt (aka the Ghost Whisperer). Here are a couple of my favorite Kids Inc videos. Enjoy the retro 80s flashback.
This is Stacy (Fergie) singing the Lionel Ritchie hit Say You, Say Me. (No, I don't get the clown either.)
How about the show's yummy Ryan Lambert signing Bon Jovi's Living on a Prayer? I love this one.
Rahsaan Patterson covering Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' by Michael Jackson.
And, finally, Martika Marrero signing Patty Smyth's the Warrior. (In my opinion, Martika had the best voice of anyone on the show.)
Wanna see more? Check out tons of their videos on the Kids Incorporated YouTube channel. Now, be honest. What do you think? Cheesy or awesome or a little of both?
wow! That got my laugh of the day in! It is both awesome and a little cheesy. The outfits on the theme song might be the most amazing things I've ever seen.
Anonymous said, on 3/24/2009 10:03:00 AM
I *loved* this show!! I remember the later episodes (I was born in '82). I had *such* a crush on that Ryan dude. (Didn't even know his name . . . but he was hot!)
I think it's a happy mix of cheese and awesome. Face it . . . we could all use more cheesiness in our lives. Every movie should have a song and dance break!
A little of both I think. How they dress is a bit funny to me but they all sound really really good. Fergie looks different in Say you say me vid, I could barely tell it was her.
I used to watch that show in the early 90s. I loved it! I can barely remember watching it, because I was born in 87, but I for sure remember the end of the opening sequence.
COOL program! I loved (and secretly still love to watch) this kind of shows when I was a kid in the 80's, we had a few shows like this also here in Holland, here it was called MiniStars. Famous pop songs with another lyric performed by kids! here''s the link of the youtube MiniStars channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/Starsminime
I didn't watch it, but I remember it. And that girl Martika? She went on to be a one-hit wonder. She had this really cool song out in the 80's called "Toy Soldiers". A shame she had to sing a really great song in powder blue overalls with a heart on the bib! For real?
And I've seen that Ryan Lambert dude in something else, too. Maybe some teenybopper movie or something? Don't remember, but he looks familiar.
What a fun week we're having, sharing high school photos and remembering back. You'll have to forgive my grainy pictures as I had to scan the yearbooks for pics from back then. Most of my memoribilia is in storage at my parents' house.
Let's take a look at Sophomore year...circa 1983. I was a varsity cheerleader and recovering from a summer spent in the hospital overcoming bone cancer. Thanks to some pretty radical chemo and radiation, I lost all of my hair. The funny thing was, the football team shaved their heads that year to look "tough." Rival schools just thought one of the cheerleaders had that much school spirit, too. LOL!!
Here I am at a pep rally, handing over the microphone to one of the senior captains of the football team. Yes, I know...it's a short skirt. Live with it.
Here's the group shot of our group. Talk about big hair! I had a LOT of hair before I lost it. Too bad the pics of me pre-chemo can't be found. I had Farah Fawcett wings and all. Very chic for back then.
And, my individual shot. I stood in front of the tree to make it look like I had more hair. LOL!! Always thinking...
Moving on to Junior year, here I am with my cheerleading partner, Laura, sitting in the hall. Yes, I have on a skinny tie. It was a fashion statement. And I'm wearing a Reagan/Bush '84 button. I know...I know...but it was 1984. I didn't know what I know now. I was young and naive. = )
Here I am on Punk Rock Day. I loved that dress. It was awesome. A purple polka-dot mini dress. Soooooo Cyndi Lauper.
Every year, the Juniors hosted a haunted house at the school's Halloween Carnival. Check out the skeeeeeeery vampire. Hmmm...maybe a preview of my future in the paranormal?
I was in tons of clubs in high school including the Pep Club, P Club (letterman), Who's Who Among American High School Students, Society of Distinguished American High School Students, Anchor Club, Patriot Post (newsletter), Drama Club, Concert Band (first trumpet), and most notably, I was head photographer of the yearbook. Check out that Izod sweater! Too bad you can't see the colors...pink and blue!
Ahhh...1985...senior year...the rock and roll hair cut (not a girl mullet, thankyouverymuch) was very much my look, with crazy earrings to match. Check out these in this pic...my best friend always called them my "roaches." Gag! This is me keeping the books for the basketball team.
(And no...those aren't blemishes...it's schmuckus on the scanned picture.)
I was also a class officer. Man, I loved that outfit. Casual Corners. And the boots rocked. I bought a pair similar to them just yesterday.
Another Halloween Carnival and another vampire costume...I remember it took like three washings to get that red crap out of my hair.
Senior portrait time...not a bad pic, but thank God I learned how to pluck my eyebrows! LOLOL!!
Senior Who's Who pictures...oy, what a day! For Most School Spirit, they made us climb up onto the football goal posts. Easy for my friend, Mark Goodson, who was tall and athletic. Me, I had to stand on Charlie Senn's Monte Carlo T-tops while he hoisted me and Mark pulled me up. Of course, being the Grace that I am, I didn't get down gracefully, but fell into Charlie's car. At least it's a great pic!
And it shouldn't surprise anyone who knows me that I got Most Talkative, as well...
Finally...graduation day. There was a tradition at my school that in every yearbook, there was a picture of one senior blowing bubble gum. Since I had been the yearbook photographer for years and usually snapped off those shots, people thought it was only fair that I should have the bubble gum picture...
There you have it!
Oh...and as an add on, it wouldn't be a complete 80s-ish blog post if I didn't mention my experience last Friday night. In 1981, I met and fell in love with Rick Springfield. Okay...I didn't technically meet him, but there he was on the TV screen. He had me at "Jessie is a friend..."
I have had a long love affair with the man, with my hubby's permission. LOL! Last Friday, we went to see him in concert here in the Boston area. We were on the fourth row and I took my digital camera. I got sooooooooo many amazing shots! Check him out...59 years old and still looks phenomenal and rocks the house!
At one point, he dons a wireless mike and ventures out into the audience. He came right to our section. At this point, I hand my husband and tell him that these are about to be THE MOST important pictures he's ever taken in his life. Seriously. I would have left him if he'd screwed this up. LOL!!
Here's Rick moving towards me...
And here he is right in front of me...
Swoooooooooooon...he came right up to me and stood on my chair. He held on to my shoulder and stroked my cheek. I, in turn, cupped his...ummm...errr...cheek. No, not that one...THAT one. WHAT? He was right there! It was a chance of a lifetime and I took it. Yes, I touched Rick Springfield's butt!!! Hope you've enjoyed this trip down memory lane! Can't wait to see the rest of the Buzz Girls' pics!
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These trips down memory lane are so illuminating, in so many ways!!! So did you fire your photographer for missing the shot of you copping a feel off Rick's butt? BTW, who told Mark Goodson that dark socks go well with jeans and white tennis shoes?
Your pictures are adorable, Marley! I had no idea you had been through such a tramatic illness at such a young age. I'm so glad you are healthy now. I was also a huge fan of Casual Corner, ha! Thanks for sharing. And Rick Springfield, OMG! Too cool.
petra said, on 10/22/2008 7:54:00 PM
oh wow i loved rick springfield he is still amazingly hot. loved your pictures and your hair do and your smile.
Hey Diane! How's my friend Dorkus? Mike didn't freeze up with the close up. Rick was just way too close to get a good picture. If I'd thought about it, I should have grabbed my BlackBerry and gotten a pic up tight. LOL!! = )
Is your real first name Jessica??? You look like a Marley to me. I love the cheerleading pictures and I hate to break the news to you but Rick is all mine! His was the first concert I ever went to!
LOL...yeah it's a story about my name. My mother didn't give my sister or me middle names because she said our maiden names would be our middle names when we got married. So, I always signed my name " J. Marley Harbuck." People would ask what the J stood for and I'd say "Just...I'm just Marley Harbuck." Well, my dad always wanted to name me Jessica, so on my 16th b-day, he had it legally changed to Jessica Marley Harbuck. Funny thing is, after all of that, my mother was write. I dropped Jessica when I got married and I'm now Marley Harbuck Gibson. LOL!!
Even though yesterday was Labor Day, I worked the whole time! So I'm taking today as my Labor Day and doing a slacker's job on my blog post. Here's a fun (and, near the end, slightly gross) video about the game M.A.S.H.
If you don't know the game M.A.S.H. then you were clearly never an elementary school or junior high girl. Wikipedia has a nice basic entry about the game and so does Like Totally 80s. There's even an online version you can play (if you feel like channeling your inner tween).
wow! That got my laugh of the day in! It is both awesome and a little cheesy. The outfits on the theme song might be the most amazing things I've ever seen.
I *loved* this show!! I remember the later episodes (I was born in '82). I had *such* a crush on that Ryan dude. (Didn't even know his name . . . but he was hot!)
I think it's a happy mix of cheese and awesome. Face it . . . we could all use more cheesiness in our lives. Every movie should have a song and dance break!
~Leigh~
A little of both I think. How they dress is a bit funny to me but they all sound really really good. Fergie looks different in Say you say me vid, I could barely tell it was her.
Thanks for sharing Tera ^^
Great fun! I do remember someof that. Today they would call this show KIDS, INC, or just KI, huh? ;)
OMG--the hair. the clothes. the neon colors. THE HAIR. that was a fantastic flashback...i'm dying laughing.
I used to looooove that show!! It's both cheesy, and awesome. It's cheesily awesome. It's awesomely cheesy.
OMG, I LOVED this show!!! Thanks for taking me back. :)
Oh, the memories. Isn't it crazy how cool we used to think this show was? ;)
OMG...I have NEVER heard of this show. How did I miss this???
I loved that show! It brings back so many cheesy memories!
I used to watch that show in the early 90s. I loved it! I can barely remember watching it, because I was born in 87, but I for sure remember the end of the opening sequence.
COOL program! I loved (and secretly still love to watch) this kind of shows when I was a kid in the 80's, we had a few shows like this also here in Holland, here it was called MiniStars. Famous pop songs with another lyric performed by kids!
here''s the link of the youtube MiniStars channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/Starsminime
That definitly brings back memories. My sister and I were faithful fans of the show!
I didn't watch it, but I remember it. And that girl Martika? She went on to be a one-hit wonder. She had this really cool song out in the 80's called "Toy Soldiers". A shame she had to sing a really great song in powder blue overalls with a heart on the bib! For real?
And I've seen that Ryan Lambert dude in something else, too. Maybe some teenybopper movie or something? Don't remember, but he looks familiar.