Movie: “Airplane!” My sides hurt.
Album: Not fair because nearly all the albums I listened to came from pre-1978, when I started high school. But since I have to abide by the rules, I’ll go with “Van Halen” over Pink Floyd’s “The Wall” and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ “Damn the Torpedoes.”
TV Show: I was going to say “Cheers” but I discovered that it didn’t start until September 1982, and I graduated in June that year. Drat!
So instead, I will cheat and say may favorite television viewing during my high school years was Boston Bruins hockey. We did not have cable or a roof antenna so, living in Rhode Island, I would have to rely on rabbit ears to try and capture the signal from Boston’s WSBK, Channel 38. It was often “snowy” and difficult to follow the puck, but watch this video and you might understand why a high-testerone teenager was so enamored:
Stan Jonathan was a runt compared to the Montreal Canadians goon Pierre Bouchard, but was a full-blooded Tuscorara Indian who (sorry about the cliche) packed a serious punch.
