I am emotionally scarred ....

Being a kid in 1980s was pretty sweet. Being a kid in 1980s Los Angeles was even better. The decade of the 80s was the Golden Age of L.A. sports. It might have been the best stretch of sports in any city, ever. Here is the breakdown:

Los Angeles Lakers: NBA Finals Champs in '80, '82, '85, '87, and '88 (and Finals losses in '83, '84, and '89)

Los Angeles Dodgers: World Series Champs in '81 and '88

Los Angeles Raiders: Super Bowl Champs in '81 (still in OAK) and '84 (L.A.)

To be sure, I did spend the first half of the '80s drooling and soiling myself. I did get my sports chops together pretty quickly though, probably because of my older family members. I vividly remember the Lakers killing the Pistons and Kirk Gibson's double pump.

In my mind I have this Pantheon of untouchable L.A. athletes. These are the guys that got me to love sports as much as I do. The short list of the "All-'80s Legends Club" includes Magic Johnson, James Worthy, Orel Hershiser, Fernando Valenzuela, Kirk Gibson, Marcus Allen, Howie Long and the list goes on. These guys would have to do some seriously scandalous stuff for me to not hold these guys in high regard. Let's put it this way: If Byron Scott and Vin Scully tried to recruit me for a gang whose sole purpose was to kick puppies and punch six year-olds, I would probably have to hear them out. Yeah, its that deep.

So then I saw this ...



After I saw this video, I was was completely floored. I still really don't know what to make of it. Is this what my heroes did in their spare time? Can we just chalk it up to run-of-the-mill 1980s flamboyant behavior?

This reminds me of that one Chappelle Show episode when Charlie Murphy meets Prince. He was talking about how cats from L.A. used to dress in like mesh shirts and red leather pants. All this time I just thought he was cracking jokes!