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It's Tuesday September the 18 around 6:45AM and

Time Machine: Blame it on Rio

Bravo was playing 1984's Blame it on Rio last night. Bastards. And TBS, glorious TBS, is playing Cocktail this morning. Can I call in sick to the salt mines I toil in during the day? Wait, does my work read this blog. Crap, moving on.... I remember this film being fairly amazing back then, but the tagline is so funny in hindsight. "She's the hottest thing on the beach. She's also his best friend's daughter!" Oh the hijinks! That rules. Watch the amazing trailer.

I remember this movie had virtually everything you could ask for:

1. Even back in '84 creepy Michael Caine was already playing incompetent old fart. Check.
2. His 'best friend' played by Joseph Bologna. Famous both for the cool sounding meat name and being another classic artifact from the 1980s, TV's Rags to Riches ("A wealthy businessman decides to soften his "cutthroat" image by adopting some children. He winds up adopting six girls and isn't prepared for the problems that come with them."). Check!
3. Very nubile Demi Moore. Woo Hoo! I mean, Check!
4. Michael Caine's insanely large glasses.
5. Why would Demi Moore's friend, played by a then 17-year old clearly cast to make Demi look fugly as Bologna's daughter possibly want to fall for Caine? Retardedly awesome! Check.
6. Just let Roger Ebert explain the entire 'dirty old man' concept of the film.
7. The New York Times review was awesome: "However, 'Blame It on Rio' is not simply humorless. It also spreads gloom. It's one of those unfortunate projects that somehow suggests that everyone connected with the movie hated it and all of the other people involved." Check!