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  1. On This Day August 8 1986 – One Crazy Summer Premiered In Theaters

    On This Day August 8 1986 – One Crazy Summer Premiered In Theaters

    On this day August 8 1986, One Crazy Summer premiered in theaters, delivering a quirky romantic comedy that embraced the offbeat charm of mid 80s teen cinema. Directed by Savage Steve Holland, the film starred John Cusack as Hoops McCann, an aspiring cartoonist who spends the summer on Nantucket...
  2. On This Day August 8 1980 – The Fiendish Plot of Dr Fu Manchu Premiered In Theaters

    On This Day August 8 1980 – The Fiendish Plot of Dr Fu Manchu Premiered In Theaters

    On this day August 8 1980, The Fiendish Plot of Dr Fu Manchu premiered in theaters. This comedy marked the final film appearance of the legendary Peter Sellers, who took on the dual roles of both the notorious criminal mastermind Dr Fu Manchu and his long time nemesis, Inspector Nayland Smith...
  3. On This Day August 7 1987 – Nadine Premiered In Theaters

    On This Day August 7 1987 – Nadine Premiered In Theaters

    On this day August 7 1987, Nadine premiered in theaters, reuniting Kim Basinger and Jeff Bridges in a light crime comedy set in 1950s Texas. Directed by Robert Benton, the film delivered a mix of romance, suspense, and small town scheming as a separated couple got pulled into a dangerous plot...
  4. On This Day August 7 1987 – Back To The Beach Premiered In Theaters

    On This Day August 7 1987 – Back To The Beach Premiered In Theaters

    On this day August 7 1987, Back to the Beach premiered in theaters, reuniting 1960s beach party icons Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello in a colorful, tongue in cheek tribute to their earlier film legacy. Packed with self parody, surf culture nostalgia, and musical numbers, the film offered a...
  5. On This Day August 7 1985 – Real Genius Premiered In Theaters

    On This Day August 7 1985 – Real Genius Premiered In Theaters

    On this day August 7 1985, Real Genius premiered in theaters, offering a sharp and funny take on science, college life, and the pressures of genius. Starring Val Kilmer in one of his earliest breakout roles, the film followed a group of brilliant students at a prestigious technical university...
  6. On This Day August 7 1981 – Student Bodies Premiered In Theaters

    On This Day August 7 1981 – Student Bodies Premiered In Theaters

    On this day August 7 1981, Student Bodies premiered in theaters, bringing a new kind of horror spoof to the big screen. Billed as the first slasher comedy, the film poked fun at the tropes of late 70s and early 80s horror movies, particularly the growing wave of teen slasher films that had taken...
  7. On This Day August 6 1982 – Things Are Tough All Over Premiered In Theaters

    On This Day August 6 1982 – Things Are Tough All Over Premiered In Theaters

    On this day August 6 1982, Things Are Tough All Over premiered in theaters, continuing the wild and stoner fueled adventures of Cheech and Chong. This time, the comedy duo played dual roles as themselves and as two wealthy Arab businessmen in a cross country caper that involved stolen money...
  8. On This Day July 29 1983 – National Lampoons Vacation Premiered In Theaters

    On This Day July 29 1983 – National Lampoons Vacation Premiered In Theaters

    On this day July 29 1983, National Lampoons Vacation premiered in theaters and introduced audiences to one of the most iconic family road trips of the decade. Directed by Harold Ramis and written by John Hughes, the film followed the Griswold family as they set out on a wild journey across the...
  9. On This Day July 22 1988 – Big Top Pee Wee Premiered in Theaters

    On This Day July 22 1988 – Big Top Pee Wee Premiered in Theaters

    On this day July 22 1988, Big Top Pee Wee premiered in theaters as the follow up to the beloved cult hit Pee Wee’s Big Adventure. Directed by Randal Kleiser, the film once again starred Paul Reubens as Pee Wee Herman, this time trading his familiar suburban world for life on a farm that gets...
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  10. On This Day July 22 1988 – Caddyshack II Premiered in Theaters

    On This Day July 22 1988 – Caddyshack II Premiered in Theaters

    On this day July 22 1988, Caddyshack II premiered in theaters as the sequel to one of the most beloved comedies of the early 1980s. Directed by Allan Arkush, the film attempted to recapture the outrageous spirit of the original, but this time with a mostly new cast and a very different tone...
  11. On This Day July 22 1987 – Summer School Premiered in Theaters

    On This Day July 22 1987 – Summer School Premiered in Theaters

    On this day July 22 1987, Summer School premiered in theaters, bringing a dose of lighthearted fun to the summer movie season. Directed by Carl Reiner, the comedy starred Mark Harmon as Freddy Shoop, a carefree gym teacher roped into teaching remedial English over summer break. What he thought...
  12. On This Day July 21 1989 – UHF Premiered in Theaters

    On This Day July 21 1989 – UHF Premiered in Theaters

    On this day July 21 1989, UHF premiered in theaters and gave Weird Al Yankovic his first and only leading role in a feature film. The offbeat comedy followed George Newman, a daydreaming underachiever who suddenly finds himself running a struggling UHF television station. What followed was a...
  13. On This Day July 19, 1985 – The Man with One Red Shoe Premiered in Theaters

    On This Day July 19, 1985 – The Man with One Red Shoe Premiered in Theaters

    On this day July 19, 1985, The Man with One Red Shoe premiered in theaters, bringing a mix of mistaken identity, espionage, and offbeat humor to the big screen. Directed by Stan Dragoti, the film starred Tom Hanks as an unsuspecting concert violinist who becomes the target of a massive CIA...
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  14. On This Day July 18, 1980 – Cheech and Chong’s Next Movie Premiered in Theaters

    On This Day July 18, 1980 – Cheech and Chong’s Next Movie Premiered in Theaters

    On this day July 18, 1980, Cheech and Chong’s Next Movie premiered in theaters and brought audiences another dose of outrageous comedy from the duo that defined a generation of counterculture humor. Directed by Tommy Chong, the film continued the loose adventures of Cheech and Chong as they...
  15. On This Day: July 13, 1984 – Brothers Premiered on Showtime

    On This Day: July 13, 1984 – Brothers Premiered on Showtime

    On this day July 13, 1984, the sitcom Brothers premiered on Showtime. The series ran for 5 seasons and 115 episodes and was one of the earliest American television shows to feature an openly gay lead character. At a time when most network shows avoided LGBTQ topics, Brothers tackled them...
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  16. On This Day: July 13, 1984 – The Muppets Take Manhattan Premiered in Theaters

    On This Day: July 13, 1984 – The Muppets Take Manhattan Premiered in Theaters

    On this day July 13, 1984, The Muppets Take Manhattan premiered in theaters. Directed by Frank Oz, this third feature film in the Muppet series followed Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie, Gonzo, and the rest of the gang as they headed to New York City to chase their dream of making it big on Broadway...
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  17. On This Day: July 11, 1986 – Club Paradise Premiered in Theaters

    On This Day: July 11, 1986 – Club Paradise Premiered in Theaters

    On this day July 11, 1986, Club Paradise premiered in theaters as a tropical comedy that brought together an eclectic cast under the direction of Harold Ramis. The film starred Robin Williams as a Chicago firefighter who retires to a fictional Caribbean island and tries to turn a rundown resort...
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  18. On This Day: July 11, 1980 – Used Cars Premiered in Theaters

    On This Day: July 11, 1980 – Used Cars Premiered in Theaters

    On this day July 11, 1980, Used Cars premiered in theaters and brought outrageous satire to the world of shady car dealerships. Directed by Robert Zemeckis and produced by Bob Gale and Steven Spielberg, the film starred Kurt Russell as Rudy Russo, a fast talking salesman with dreams of becoming...
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  19. On This Day: July 11, 1980 – Oh Heavenly Dog Premiered in Theaters

    On This Day: July 11, 1980 – Oh Heavenly Dog Premiered in Theaters

    On this day July 11, 1980, Oh Heavenly Dog premiered in theaters as a fantasy comedy that blended mystery, reincarnation, and a talking dog into one of the decade’s most unusual concepts. Directed by Joe Camp, the film starred Chevy Chase, Jane Seymour, Omar Sharif, and featured the famous...
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  20. On This Day: July 10, 1987 – Revenge of the Nerds II Nerds in Paradise Premiered in Theaters

    On This Day: July 10, 1987 – Revenge of the Nerds II Nerds in Paradise Premiered in Theaters

    On this day July 10, 1987, Revenge of the Nerds II Nerds in Paradise premiered in theaters and brought the lovable misfits back for another round of comedy and chaos. Directed by Joe Roth, the sequel followed the Lambda Lambda Lambda fraternity as they traveled to a national convention in...
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