Too many brilliant people from the 80’s have been forgotten. We’re here to commemorate some of the rare genius that comprised the next to last decade of the 20th century.

Today we honor everyone’s favorite goodhearted 80’s womanizer: Scott Baio.

How You Remember Him: As Charles on Charles in Charge. As the guy who banged Pamela Anderson and Heather Locklear.

How You Should Also Remember Him: As the Grand Dragon of Awesomeness. As the dude who was politely banned from the Playboy Mansion for bedding too many of the chicks Hef liked. As Buddy Lembeck’s best friend. As the guy whose conquests range from Denise Richards to Liza Minnelli (and he’s more the bad ass for it). As Chachi. As the co-star who stole Nicole Eggert’s innocence, eventually leading to her making Blown Away.

Reasons Why You Probably Thought Scott Was Dead: 1) You figured an STD had caught up to him by now. 2) You heard he starred in a few episodes of The Nanny and assumed he offed himself not long after. 3) You were under the impression that life is fair and a dude with this impressive of a resume couldn’t live past 40.

Coolest Thing You Don’t Know About Him: During his 2007 Howard Stern interview he claimed he’s banged a ton of mediocre chicks because it’s his way of giving back.

Not Quite as Cool Thing You Don’t Know About Him: He took over for Henry Winkler as the Bluth family lawyer for the third season of Arrested Development. Kind of money casting since he played the Fonz’s cousin on Happy Days. Also money: the name Bob Loblaw.

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Too many brilliant people from the 80’s have been forgotten. We’re here to commemorate some of the rare genius that comprised the next to last decade of the 20th century.

Today we honor 80’s movie icon: Ralph Macchio.

How You Remember Him: As crane-kicking Daniel LaRusso. As Ponyboy’s dead buddy. As the guy Johnny failed to put into a bodybag.

How You Should Also Remember Him: As the dude who de-flowered Elisabeth Shue. As the whiny bitch in “Karate Kid III”. As Mr. Miyagi’s day laborer. As the dude who was actually Vinny’s cousin in “My Cousin Vinny”. As the lameass who honks noses instead of rightfully killing people when he’s vacationing in Japan.

Reasons Why You Probably Thought Ralph Was Dead: 1) You figured he killed himself when he realized a cameo on “Entourage” meant he hit rock bottom. 2) You cut “My Cousin Vinny” off half way through because you couldn’t handle the accents. You just assumed Ralph got the chair. 3) It seemed fitting that he died on the same day as Mr. Miyagi.

Coolest Thing No One Knows About: He was man enough to get hair plugs. And not the cheap infomercial ones either, Ralph ponied up. Behold the Before & After:

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Too many brilliant people from the 80’s have been forgotten. We’re here to commemorate some of the rare genius that comprised the next to last decade of the 20th century.

Today we honor a sci-fi legend: Michael Biehn.

How You Remember Him: As Kyle Reese in “Terminator”. The soldier from the future. The battler of ARNOLD. The father of John Connor. The impregnator of Sarah Connor.

How You Should Also Remember Him: As a central figure in 80’s sci-fi. As James Cameron’s go-to guy (”Terminator”, “Aliens”, and “The Abyss”). As Johnny Ringo. And as the third raging badass (the first being Swayze, the second being Beringer) to teach Charlie Sheen everything he knows about acting (on the set of “Navy Seals”).

Reasons Why You Probably Thought Michael Biehn Was Dead: 1) He looked like he might be juicing in his brief appearance in “The Rock”. 2) You couldn’t think of any plausible reason outside of his death that he wasn’t invited to do a flashback cameo in either “Terminator 2″, “Terminator 3″, or “The Sarah Connor Chronicles”. 3) You’ve used the line “I’m your huckleberry” so many times you’d begun to think Val Kilmer really killed him.

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Too many brilliant people from the 80’s have been forgotten. We’re here to commemorate some of the rare genius that comprised the next to last decade of the 20th century.

First up, the infinitely underrated Steve Guttenberg!

How You Remember Him: As Sergeant Carey Mahoney from “Police Academy”. The fun-loving prankster that made the ten year-old version of yourself laugh so hard a little pee came out.

How You Should Also Remember Him: As a gifted, dynamic actor. As the guy who built Johnny Number 5, pulled off the gay painter role in “Three Men and a Baby”, and played the confused son in that flick about old people going to Mars.

Roles Guttenberg Thankfully Passed On: Tom Hanks’s role in “Big”; Peter Venkman in “Ghost Busters”.

Reasons Why You Probably Thought Guttenberg Was Dead: 1) Hasn’t done anything relevant since he decided he was too big of a deal to sign on for “Police Academy 5: Miami Beach” (1988). 2) You saw he did some guest spots on “Veronica Mars” and remembered someone once told you the CW is where actors go to die. 3) The last time you saw a picture of him he was super shiny and looked like he may have paid for sex one too many times.

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