21 Behind the Scenes Photos That Prove the ’80s Were Peak Entertainment

Ah, the 80s, what a time to have been alive. To see the movie stars of today in their youth, just budding actors champing at the bit to get their 15 minutes of fame. Not to mention the quality movies they got to star in back then. Movies with real stories, well fleshed out scripts and budgets that made sure that what you were going to see would not just be an amalgamation of computer generated images, but a masterpiece that could have just as well been played out on the theater stage.

And lucky for us, we have captured a collection of some of the sweet behind the scenes moments that went down on those now famous movie sets. So settle in and see if you can complete your 'When they were you' bingo card as you go along. There are some that will seriously stump you, you have been warned.

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Two comedy legends in their earlier days while still writing skits at Saturday Night Live, Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd would soon come to be known for movie classics such as Spies Like Us and our personal favorite The Blues Brothers. Which includes the world's biggest and longest police car chase in a movie ever.
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A peek behind the filming of the wonder years is what we are lucky enough to be looking at right here. The show that ran for almost ten years was one of the most beloved shows of the era, collecting diehard fans from both millennials and gen x’ers alike.
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