“Don’t need no credit card to ride this train.” – Huey Lewis & The News

Was it just me, or did anyone else alive in 1985 think that in 40 years we’d be time-traveling for sure… with or without a flux capacitor? Just me? That’s fine, but hey Elon – less rocket ships and X rants, more time-machine research!

If you were a young teenager like I was on July 3rd 1985 when “Back to the Future” was released, 40 years mine as well have been a million years. I thought I’d never get to 16 and earn my driver’s license much less make it to 2025 where I would be writing this thing called a blog on this thing called the internet.

No, the days were not 24 hours long in 1985. God stopped the clock on many an occasion I was convinced. Much like our basketball team manager(s) would (shoutout Stevie Jones with the quick fingers) occasionally pause the timer on the scoreboard for just fractions of seconds so we could all complete certain conditioning requirements under the allotted time, I felt like God would do this to me as the days of the 80’s sometimes lasted 240 hours instead of the ridiculous 24 hour number we were brain washed into believing. Michael J. Fox was going to look like this forever, and I was never going to actually graduate from high school.

Now, sitting here in 2025 I’m kind of amazed that Marty McFly traveled back in time just 30 years to 1955. Filmed today, he would only go back to 1995, a good decade short from the movie’s original equivalent. Great Scott! Where has the time flown since Ronald Reagan, “the actor?!” and Jerry Lewis were running our country?

Alas, if I could go back to 1985, I’d probably take in a Huey Lewis & The News concert at some point since I’ve never seen them live and unfortunately never will since Huey no longer performs as he continues to battle Meniere’s Disease. The disease is an inner ear disorder that I guess has also led to a loss of his hearing which obviously affects his ability to hear music frequencies and hold vocal pitches.

The recent years and decades have also been difficult for Michael J. Fox as he valiantly battles onward hoping for a breakthrough of any kind against Parkinson’s Disease of which he was diagnosed back in 1991.

Lea Thompson recently was quoted as saying the original Back to the Future “is just the perfect screenplay.” The movie is definitely a top 10 favorite of the 80’s for me, and one which I’ll still watch from time to time whenever it magically appears on my television like a friendly voice from the past.

After changing lanes and removing Eric Stoltz from the Marty McFly role and going with their original choice, Michael J. Fox, it was just fortunate “density” that the movie would go on to become a huge success.

Written, produced, and directed by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, the movie grossed over $380 million. This is the original trailer you might have witnessed had you been in a movie theater or possibly watching it on tv somewhere in the spring/early summer of 1985.

“The Power of Love is a curious thing. Make a one man weep. Make another man sing.”

This was the band’s first #1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, and arguably their most famous song. Filmed at Uncle Charlie’s Nightclub in Corte Madera, Cali, it will keep you up at night. It’s “The Power of Love”…

Happy birthday America, and if you do have a time machine, hit me up, got a few things I need to change from the 80’s. Thank you.

sincerely,

the80’s