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’80s Video Stars Knew How to Share

June 14, 2008 by WendyB

Am I crazy or is the dude in Patty Smyth’s Warrior video wearing the same gray leotard outfit as the chick at the end of Ratt’s Round and Round video? Both songs came out in 1984.


Patty “Bang Bang” Smyth


Ratt

Related trivia:

  • The late Milton Berle appears in the Ratt video as both a guy and a lady.
  • “Uncle Miltie” was long rumored to have the largest penis in Hollywood. I said “long”! Heh heh.
  • Patty Smyth is married to temperamental tennis dude John McEnroe.
  • John McEnroe was previously married to cracked-out Oscar winner Tatum O’Neal.
  • THANK YOU TO THE LOVELY LAURA. She pointed out that Ratt’s manager was Milton Berle’s nephew and that’s how Berle came to be in the video. It amuses me that Berle was really someone’s Uncle Miltie.

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Comments

  1. Lynn says

    June 14, 2008 at 8:36 am

    Haha funny.

    I had a crush on daddy o’neal when I was 10 though, damn he looked hot in Paper Moon. Sad story for both daughter and daddy, however.

  2. Prunella Jones says

    June 14, 2008 at 8:41 am

    Oh, I love that Ratt song! I had forgotten all about it. Thanks for posting.

    Now I feel like buying a can of hairspray and a back comb.

  3. enc says

    June 14, 2008 at 8:51 am

    Why, that’s uncanny! They look exactly the same!

  4. Sharon Rose says

    June 14, 2008 at 8:57 am

    What amazing trivia facts!! I had a quick look at both vids and they are amazingly similiar!!

  5. riz says

    June 14, 2008 at 9:43 am

    yeah my friend who plays tennis says mcenroe is a pain in the ass to deal with…

  6. WendyB says

    June 14, 2008 at 10:55 am

    Lynn, very sad, messed-up family.
    Prunella, I know, I am yearning for some big hair and brightly colored makeup. I’d also like to be 17 again for a day.
    ENC, I have a knack for noticing the unimportant details.
    Sharon Rose, they must have just packed up all the stuff after making one video and walked it over to the other set.
    Riz, does your friend play tennis WITH McEnroe?!

  7. cybill says

    June 14, 2008 at 1:49 pm

    A lengthy Milton Berle, hmmm, I think i’ll pass.

  8. annabananna says

    June 14, 2008 at 3:30 pm

    haha, there can never be too many leopard outfits in a music video.

  9. Kira Fashion says

    June 14, 2008 at 5:22 pm

    have a great weekend!!!

    a kiss!

  10. the iron chic says

    June 15, 2008 at 1:11 am

    So…there was one gray leotard in circulation during 1984?

  11. riz says

    June 15, 2008 at 6:03 am

    actually my friend used to coach tennis in the hamptons somewhere as a summer gig, and he also met Nuclear Wintour and Mcenroe…
    BTW – I read your comments on Miss C’s blog about TRB. Loves it!

    xx

  12. Times of Glory says

    June 15, 2008 at 6:50 am

    Yes, they are amazingly similar! You have such a sharp eye to capture this and the trivia sound so funny! A great observation!

  13. Nay'Chelle says

    June 15, 2008 at 9:15 am

    Haha. That’s really funny how similar they are. It was just such an amazingly awesome leotard that they just couldn’t help but reuse it over again.

  14. Nay'Chelle says

    June 15, 2008 at 9:15 am

    Haha. That’s really funny how similar they are. It was just such an amazingly awesome leotard that they just couldn’t help but reuse it over again.

  15. pistols at dawn says

    June 15, 2008 at 2:08 pm

    These truly are the greatest questions of our generation.

  16. fashion herald says

    June 17, 2008 at 12:21 pm

    Oh, the good ol’ metal days. The Ratt video is a classic – and the leotard guy in Patti’s vid, what the hell is he doing??!

  17. somlynn says

    June 18, 2008 at 6:16 pm

    oh croon…this post makes me happy.

  18. Grant Miller says

    June 19, 2008 at 2:11 pm

    Ed Begley Jr. is the new Milton Berle. Or so I hear.

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