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Fair is Fair

You two did a fantastic job putting this piece of Corpus Christi history together. As resident, thank you so much. As a sailing buddy of Tony Slowik (who was in the escalator scene), thanks for the good times on the Hobie Cat. May you rest in peace my friend.

@Our80sLife

6 күн бұрын

That's such a nice comment, thank you! We've got a follow-up Billie Jean video in our new Dinner & Movie podcast series, so please stay tuned for that... editing now (hoping to have it uploaded for Tuesday.)

😄This was probably my favorite movie as an 80s Catholic school kid. The whole girl power/Joan of Arc vibe really spoke to me back then! My mind was blown later when I found out the Putter actress is the voice of Lisa Simpson. Good times and great video!

I been watching this movie every day for like a week on KZread & I just came 🔙 From Corpus Christi South Padre Island 🏝️🏝️🏞️🌴

@Our80sLife

2 ай бұрын

Nice!! You are a super fan! "Fair is Fair" :)

I love this movie. Great job!

I was walking home from middle school when they filmed the truck flipping over at carrol lane. Ha ha.

@Our80sLife

26 күн бұрын

Oh wow! That must've been quite a sight to witness!!

As a fellow Corpus Christi resident, I appreciate you guys showcasing such great locations 😊

@Our80sLife

Ай бұрын

Thanks Donald! Glad you enjoyed our video! It was a fun one to make.

Oooooh, I love this movie so much!

@Our80sLife

Ай бұрын

It’s a cult classic for sure, so good!

I was reared in Corpus Christi. Been many times to all the places where the movie company filmed. As I recall the house at the corner of Ocean Dr. and Doddridge was for sale and vacant at the time and the production company rented it for filming. I remember being told all the furniture and audio visual gear was purchased for the film by the company and then given away, maybe to the production people after they were involved with the movie. I wonder, still, if that was true. We were also pretty impressed that the real local FM station C101 and at least one of the real announcers was actually "used" in the movie although the sound bytes as heard in the movie weren't the way it actually sounded on the air. The Navigation Boulevard Tule Lake Lift Bridge over the ship channel was demolished via a controlled explosion and removed in 2007. The Bob Hall pier was demolished, again, by a hurricane in 2020. I remember at the time thinking the typically Hollywoodized movie was hokey and depicted Corpus Christians as stupid hicks. It has, though, become a good cult classic and is fun to watch.

@Our80sLife

Ай бұрын

Interesting! Thanks for stopping by our channel and sharing your nostalgic memories of growing up in Corpus Christi. Those are some great anecdotes about the filming that we hadn't heard before, wow!

"The Legend of Billie Jean" is actually on my "watch again" movies list. I remember liking it back in the 80's, but don't really remember too much about it -- other than some young woman running away from home, or something to that effect. Thank you for posting!

@Our80sLife

28 күн бұрын

It’s definitely worth another watch. It’s a cult classic that has held up well!

@BitsofRealPanther

28 күн бұрын

I think my crew has it on our 80s movie list, so I'll let y'all know!

4:23 the most Texas warning sticker I’ve ever seen 😂

@redefv

2 ай бұрын

😂 I came right to the comments for this.

@Our80sLife

2 ай бұрын

We were wondering how long it would take for someone to notice that, LOL!! Good eye!

I was living in Corpus during the filming and some of my friends were extras in the movie. It was great, and good movie too. Thanks guys for bringing back good memories.

@Our80sLife

6 ай бұрын

That's awesome!! Glad you enjoyed the video Allen :)

Nice work guys! I look forward to visiting one day

@Our80sLife

Ай бұрын

Thanks for stopping by Nick! 😊

Neat video - my family lived in Plano when I was younger, and on one of our road trips to Padre Island and Mexico border towns, we happened to pass through Corpus Christi during the movie shoot. We must have been on the JFK expressway (raised section) as I remember we saw all sorts of lights, cameras, etc so we all looked over, and sort of downwards... had a good view of the whole set. 4 or 5 or so main actors around the station wagon. One of the actors was pumping on the car jack - so it was that "tire changing" scene. They were off in the distance, but I had eagle eyes as a kid, so the memories are still vivid. :P

@Our80sLife

4 ай бұрын

Oh wow, that's so cool! What a fun story!! Thanks so much for stopping by our channel and sharing your special memory. It's still such a great movie, classic 80s for sure!

That was epic. Good job guys.

@Our80sLife

22 күн бұрын

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it! 😊

FINALLY! Somone did a movie location of one of my most memorable movies as a kid. I've been looking for years. You did a great job. I watched the movie again today and when I do I always look up if someone has done it. I've been wanting Adam The Woo or Kurt from @80slife to do it. I think it's in his radar. Im happy I have found another channel to drool over. At 52 I have a 8 and 11 year old and they love this along with alot of my other 80's movies. Keep up the great work.

@Our80sLife

4 ай бұрын

AWESOME!! We're glad you enjoyed our video! We think The Legend of Billie Jean is definitely an under-appreciated movie from the 80s! We enjoy making filming location videos along with our usual content and podcast conversations about life in the best decade ever! Welcome to our channel!! Sounds like you're raising those kids right!

Oh my goodness, y’all! This is one of my favorite movies and soundtracks of all time! ❤️😎👍🏻

@Our80sLife

6 ай бұрын

Totally agree!

@dynamiketiger

6 ай бұрын

@@Our80sLife I KNEW I loved y’all for a special reason hehe ❤️😎👍🏻

the name billie jean has some deeper meaning..the name has been used numerous times. billie jean king, billie jean in michael jackson song and of course the movie. wonder what it really symbolizes?

Such a great movie

@Our80sLife

4 күн бұрын

Yes!!

I'm from Malaysia, but I've watched a lot of American movies. Loved seeing all of these malls in these movies, and really wish I can visit them. It's really sad that almost every mall in America are closed. I did went to some malls in LA, NY, DC & Orlando when I was a kid, going with my family for holidays, during the 80s & 90s. For a kid like me who never seen a lot of American stuff sold in Malaysia, it's like going to a whole new world. Especially toys, games and alternative bands. The last time I went to the US, I've managed to buy some albums by an indie band that I can't find in my country. Really wish I can back in time to the 80s & 90s to visit every mall in your country. PS: Who's your favourite alternative band?

@Our80sLife

Ай бұрын

Hello and greetings from the USA! Thanks for watching our video and taking the time to share your memories. We agree, it's sad that many of the malls are closing in America. Fortunately, there are still some old-school 80s malls you can visit here, but they are mostly in the smaller cities and particularly in the Midwest, like where we live in Kansas. We actually have 2 malls in our city - one that's in the process of dying (and will probably close soon) and another one that's still thriving. We're glad to know you've had some fun trips to our country and hope you get to visit the US again soon!

Hubie played in the 1984 "Top Gun".

Thanks for sharing this this was awesome of you two! Loved this movie as a kid growing up now I have it on KZread!! You guys rock!

@Our80sLife

2 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! "Fair is Fair."

A+ video! LOVE IT! What an amazing interactive story!

@Our80sLife

6 ай бұрын

THANK YOU!!

Thank You! for history and tour.

@Our80sLife

6 ай бұрын

Our pleasure, glad you enjoyed it!

Awesome

Great job Keith and Abby! Loved the video

@Our80sLife

6 ай бұрын

Thanks Shane!! 🥰

Love this video you guys did awesome

@Our80sLife

2 ай бұрын

Thanks so much Rick!

Awesome video - one of my all time favorite movies!! Looks like the same original floor inside the Circle K

@Our80sLife

6 ай бұрын

We were shocked that they still had the same flooring! That is some high quality tile… lol

Omg!!!! Abby looks and sounds exactly like Drew Barrymore. Spittin imago, same voice. WOW. I just found this channel and im hooked. I love this type of channel. I loved this episode, i love the Billie Jean movie for decade now. We just watched it too. Thankyou ya'll for the tour, loved and enjoyed it.

@Our80sLife

2 ай бұрын

Thanks Kevin!! Sorry I'm slow replying to your comment. We just got back from The 80s Cruise! Anyway, we're glad you found our channel and hope you're enjoying our content. More new videos coming soon! And thanks for the kind words... I love Drew Barrymore, so that's such a nice compliment!

Yay!!!👏👏👏👏.. my favorite couple! Thank you as always for sharing.. wow memories ❤️❤️

@Our80sLife

2 ай бұрын

That's so sweet, thanks Tina!

Won't anybody help us ... ❤

@Our80sLife

15 күн бұрын

What are we waiting for? 😉

@stephanieconsi4825

14 күн бұрын

@@Our80sLifeWhen there’s nowhere we can run to anymore..

You guys always deliver such interesting videos. Love the filming locations ones you do. 🎄

@Our80sLife

6 ай бұрын

Thanks so much Mona! We appreciate you 🥰

👏 👏 👏 👏 thanks guys

@Our80sLife

2 ай бұрын

Our pleasure!

Thank you! These movie locations were spot on! Awesome!! 👍

@Our80sLife

6 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed, thanks David!

Stumbled on this video and enjoyed it SO much! This is one of my favorite 80's movies of all time. Thanks for doing the sleuthing to find these spots. The dramatic reenactments were great lol

@Our80sLife

5 ай бұрын

Our pleasure, glad you enjoyed it! This was a fun one to make. Thanks for stopping by our channel!

You guys are so good at editing.🎉 Great job at finding all the filming locations. To me, that would seem so difficult to do after all the years since the movie came out. Helen Slater is so incredibly beautiful in this film. Sending love to you guys. ❤

I'm so glad you're summarizing this movie and sharing locations then and now! I feel like this movie was somewhat forgotten over time. Remember Helen Slater was in The Secret of my Success with Michael J. Fox?

@Our80sLife

4 ай бұрын

Thanks Sharon! We agree, Legend of Billie Jean is definitely underrated - it's a great movie! And yes, Helen Slater was excellent in Secret of My Success too. She's such a pretty lady and talented actress!

Classic movie ...I have been trying to find the original VHS or DVD. I did find it in a 4 movie 80's DVD. Thanks guys for taking the time to show us these classic locations

@Our80sLife

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed it! I haven't found the original VHS either, but I'll be on the lookout at estate sales (which is usually where I find the old ones!)

Mike Rapaport doing movie locations now? Awesome!

@Our80sLife

2 ай бұрын

LOL!! Thanks?!

Ahhhhh Brilliant guy's, another classic gem of a movie 🎥 great cast, music had it all. Smashing video from you both, hope today finds you both well 🙏🏻 Namaste 🤍

@Our80sLife

6 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it, and thank you!!

Great Job

@Our80sLife

6 ай бұрын

Thanks!!

Happy Thanksgiving Keith and Abby…Love Helen Slater in Super Girl also…The Legend of Billie Jean was an awesome movie…

@Our80sLife

6 ай бұрын

We are thankful for viewers like YOU!! And we agree... Helen Slater is a great actress, and she was fantastic in this movie!

Good video I’ve always looked at different areas that came out in the movie. Thanks for pointing out the garage scene with the mall. I never knew that it was downtown. One other thing, there are remnants of the putt putt still under the bridge that wasn’t necessarily came out in the movie, but there are a few things there’s things. Once, once again, I enjoyed the video Thanks.

@Our80sLife

5 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks Sonny!

This past summer I ordered a Fair is Fair t shirt. My kids think it’s dumb but they don’t know how important that dang scooter was 😂

@Our80sLife

6 ай бұрын

That’s awesome! Kids today just don’t understand!!

x When I graduated grad school (from the University of Missouri), I had three different locations I was considering moving to: Corpus Christi (Texas), New Orleans (Louisiana) and Charleston (South Carolina) - ended up moving to Charleston. x I have not seen the film but am very familiar with Helen Slater, she is one of the actors/actresses that I have done a significant amount of research on. o Received associate degrees on her birthday (December 15th) too, which was officially the end of all my formal schooling for now. o I remember her talking about Billie Jean at an interview at a Comic-con convention, she is the foundation of the popularity of the character Supergirl (it is hard to believe what ways she is associated with that character, I even saw her on the tv series Supergirl the night before last) x That is so cool seeing an interactive storyline like that! o It's like being a detective and a storyteller for the film... o So interesting seeing where they made those sets and how they used extras!

@Our80sLife

6 ай бұрын

How interesting, thanks Ben! Charleston was a great choice! I have family that lives there (my aunt, two cousins and their families) so I spent many summers and holidays in the Charleston area. Keith's extended family members all live in the Corpus area, so we typically visit there for Thanksgiving. This was a fun filming project to do while there (one we've been wanting to do for years!) And we highly recommend watching The Legend of Billie Jean... definitely an underrated movie from the 80s!

@btetschner

6 ай бұрын

@@Our80sLife After watching this video...I am going to watch it on her birthday/my graduation! I would imagine Charleston is a completely different place if someone is established there, I was VERY poor the entire time I was there (actually didn't have any furniture for months either).

Oh noo! I never saw that movie!!! I do have a Corpus Christi story: My brother got stung by a Portuguese man o war while we were swimming!! He still has this messed up raised scar on his thigh from it!!! To this day,I won’t set foot in the ocean. I spent 3 months in Australia years ago,not once rid I get even a toe wet!

@charlesperez9976

6 ай бұрын

You care,apparently,since you left such a kind,heartfelt comment! Thank you🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

@Our80sLife

6 ай бұрын

Oh my goodness, that's quite a story!! Also, I just blocked that other rude commenter. Buh-Bye!

@charlesperez9976

6 ай бұрын

Ah,ha,you didn’t have to block him,he’s probably just a kid,trying to see what the Stone Age that is the 1980s was all about😉

The abandoned putt putt golf location was never actually a putt putt golf spot. It was an empty field and I lived a block away from it. They built the set to look like an abandoned putt put golf course.

@Our80sLife

Ай бұрын

Very interesting! Thanks for clearing that up. At first we thought those scenes were filmed at the old mini golf course on the other side of the bridge (where we had actually played back in the 90s, and it was pirate themed.) But when we went to that location, we realized it wasn’t right due to the proximity to the bridge.

I like the Legend of Billie Jean! Good film! When I first the movie long time ago, I thought they were gonna play Billie Jean by Michael Jackson lol. I’m also a big fan of the actor Keith Gordon who was in the movie Christine. 😊

@Our80sLife

6 ай бұрын

Rewatching it now, it was much better than we remembered. I wanted to do a Michael Jackson bit in out video but Abby nixed it… lol

@natalieturnbow3138

5 ай бұрын

@@Our80sLife lol that would of been cool!

Good times, good memories. I remember when they did a cattle call for young women to get their haircut like Billie Jean's. I wanted to, but had just gotten another one of my bad 80's perms. LOL. I remember when Bonnie Stacy of C-101 got the Billie Jean "do." It was epic! Just breaks my heart to see the mall in such a derelict state. Like you said, it was the place to be in the 80's!

@Our80sLife

Ай бұрын

That’s so funny about the Billie Jean haircut, lol! I also had many of the “bad 80’s perms” you mentioned, ha ha! If you dive into our playlist of Old Home Movies, they’re on full display there! 😂 Anyway, thanks for stopping by our channel. Glad this video brought back some fun memories for you!

Awesome video of an awesome movie. It has my favorite Pat Benatar song, "Invincible". Growing up I always thought Helen and Christian Slater were brother and sister. What is the chance of two Slaters staring in the same movie not being related? We didn't have Wikipedia back then.😂

@Our80sLife

6 ай бұрын

That song was absolutely perfect for the movie! I think most everyone thought they were related.

Wow, great work! I loved that movie. Just something about how the 80s looked that seems impossible to match, and they never get it right when they try to portray it these days.

I hope you two had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I'm glad you both had a chance to make this video, and that was a good movie. Christian Slater actually shot a movie in Cincy a few years ago called 'The Public'. I tried to meet him but didn't get to. But I did ended up meeting Emilio Estevez, who also starred and directed the movie. Also I love Pat Benatar's song from the movie.

@Our80sLife

6 ай бұрын

Thanks Al! That's cool about the movie filmed in your city. It took us a minute to even recognize young Christian Slater in this movie, ha! That baby face and blonde hair!! We agree, Invincible is an awesome song... probably my favorite Pat Benatar song!

Legend of Billie Jean Part 2!!!!!!

This flim was released in Europe too, But I learned from wikipedia, that it was a flop on the box office. I never saw it. But as always, I watch every single video of you.

@Our80sLife

6 ай бұрын

Thanks Bernhard! It was a flop in America too, but it has become more popular lately. It’s actually a great movie, we recommend giving it a try!

Aww The Circle K where we were introduced to Kim Valentine, the second prettiest girl in the movie. And at the end when they were supposedly in Vermont do you guys know where that scene really was? This is great. Thank you!

@Our80sLife

2 ай бұрын

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it! The Vermont scenes were filmed in Copper Mountain, Colorado.

I lived in Corpus during filming and I'm pretty sure the inside of the surf shop is a set... It was disorienting to watch. LoL. I'm not sure how that shop ever made money. I've never seen anyone buy anything there all the merchandise is outdated. Fun video!

@mistyrodriguez2212

2 ай бұрын

Nah that was the inside .It's still there Dockside ..but they don't have the spiral stairs anymore but it was there I asked my brother and family members etc if it used to have that and they said it did ..It's surf brands and stuff for surfers and skateboarders.

Hey, you’re in Texas! You can go to Incredible Pizza!

You guys are rockin the flannel also…

@Our80sLife

6 ай бұрын

Ha ha, yes! We call them "sh-ackets" whenever we wear our flannel shirts as jackets, lol!

Sunrise Mall was. fantastic mall. it's a disaster now.

@Our80sLife

5 ай бұрын

Yep. It's in a sad state for sure :(

Were you guys at an Estate Sale in Dalls last Saturday by chance?

@Our80sLife

5 ай бұрын

No, but we did spend the weekend in the Dallas area prior to Thanksgiving.

Thanks guys.. awesome job. The only thing is when you were showing the area where the truck rolled over… it was actually on the other side of the freeway. Cuz you can see wiener schnitzel in the back ground. Other than that. You all did an awesome job.. again thank you

@Our80sLife

8 күн бұрын

Good call, thanks! Glad you enjoyed the video! Our next podcast episode will be about this movie, so please stay tuned if that interests you, and thanks again for watching!

So the Sonic was actually across the street not in that field but another areas directly across the highway..I know I live almost behind where the Sonic was and I used to eat at Sonic as a teenager.

The ending is a reference to jon of arc. She cut her hair after watching a movie about her at Loyd house.

@Our80sLife

5 ай бұрын

Yes!! I had a blonde moment there at the end... you can see me actually make that realization in the final scene from this video when we returned to the surf shop. LOL!

@Viper41013

2 ай бұрын

The movie is Saint Joan (1957) starring Jean Seberg.

Where was the swimming hole located?

@Our80sLife

4 ай бұрын

It was located on private property, north of Rockport (based on an interview with one of the actors.)

@carlosreyes6448

4 ай бұрын

@@Our80sLife oh okay I, I just watched this movie again on DVD. Last night. I remember when it first premiered. I was 20 in 1985. I live in Port lavaca tx. Not far from corpus. Me and my old college friends use to Spend summers. In Padre Island. Those were the good 👍 ole days!!

Snow location on hwy 91?

"You think you can do anything you want and then lie about it and we just have to take it, because what are we? Just a bunch of kids. Well not this time. From now on we're doin' this our way. No lyin', no cheatin', fair is fair! $608 for the scooter your son trashed. That's what you owe, and we're NOT turnin' ourselves in til we get it. Fair is fair! We didn't start this, we didn't mean it to happen, but we're not givin' up til you pay. FAIR IS FAIR!!"

@Our80sLife

6 ай бұрын

That was the BEST speech!! And I can't believe we forgot to throw a "Fair is Fair" quote in this video, ugh. Missed opportunity, ha! Thanks for watching!

So where is the trailer park at? Did y'all totally just discount that part or did not no longer exist?

@Our80sLife

4 ай бұрын

We showed a Then & Now photo of the area in the very beginning of our video. It’s totally gone.

The gas station used to be a Diamond Shamrock

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