Being the 80s junkie that I am, I have been watching the series on A&E called The Two Coreys. This is the second season of the show following two former movie stars and teen heart-throbs from the 80s, Corey Feldman and Corey Haim. I watched a little bit of the first season, but just could not get into it. This second season which just recently began seems to be much better to me and I am hooked.

Here is a link to the official website for the show. There you can find show times, watch some videos and find out more details about Feldman and Haim. There have only been 4 episodes so far in what I am calling the second season and I believe it is still possible to find the re-runs on A&E if you want to catch up.  You could probably start watching the show now even if you do not see the first couple and not be lost.

At the end of the first season, the two Coreys ended it in a big fight. The new season revolves around them trying to fix the relationship and become friends again. A big part of this reunion has to do with the filming of the sequel to The Lost Boys (the cult classic which both originally starred in back in 1987). Lost Boys: The Tribe is scheduled to be released direct to DVD on July 29th (2008) and I do plan to see it at some point in the future.

On the show's official website there is even a video game where the Feldman fights Haim. You can pick which character to control and it is kind of amusing. Here is a link to check out the video game Corey vs. Corey.

I thought I would take advantage of this opportunity to publish my Top 10 list of movies starring either of the two Coreys, but I could not come up with ten that I felt were worthy of appearing on my list. Instead I will just give you a Top 8 for the first time. Maybe once I see the new Lost Boys sequel, I will want to add that to this list (but I doubt it). So here is OLD SCHOOL'S TOP 10 MOVIES STARRING COREY FELDMAN AND/OR COREY HAIM (actually only Top 8):

8. Dream a Little Dream (1989) - Feldman as "Bobby Keller" and Haim as "Dinger Holfield"

7. The ‘Burbs (1989) - Feldman as "Ricky Butler" (also stars the great Tom Hanks)

6. Lucas (1986) - Haim as "Lucas" (also stars Kerri Green from The Goonies as well as a young Charlie Sheen, Winona Ryder, Jeremy Piven and Courtney Thorne-Smith)

5. Gremlins (1984) - Feldman as "Pete Fountaine"

4. License To Drive (1988) - Haim as "Les Anderson" and Feldman as "Dean" (also stars a young Heather Graham as "Mercedes Lane")

3. The Lost Boys (1987) - Haim as "Sam Emerson" and Feldman as "Edgar Frog"

2. The Goonies (1985) - Feldman as "Mouth" (also stars a young Sean Astin and Josh Brolin)

1. Stand By Me (1986) - Feldman as "Teddy Duchamp" - This is one of my all-time favorite movies which would appear in at least my Top 20!

There's my list. These two guys were on the top of the world in the late 80s. Drugs and alcohol helped them come crashing down. Now they are trying to find their own ways to happiness again. The Two Coreys is on Sunday nights at 10:00 Eastern/9:00 Central. I will continue to tune in to see how this story ends. I wish them both nothing but the best.

That will wrap another issue of Kickin' it Old School. Thanks for reading and I hope you come back often. If you are looking for my other 80s related articles, please click here for a summary. If you are looking to get caught up on all of the past issues of Kickin' it, please click on the Archives in the upper left hand column which are organized by month. Peace and much love.

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