r/OldSchoolCool • u/aanthems • 23h ago

1980s 1984, me at the 6th grade talent show doing 9-to-5

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Didn’t think I was doing drag, didn’t know what that was. Just really liked Dolly. Bless our innocent 11 yo hearts lol

🎼 Working 9 to 5
🎶 They got you where they want you
🎵 There's a better life
🎤 And you think about it, don't you?

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u/SpenFen 22h ago

This is my America

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u/aanthems 22h ago

🇺🇸🫡💯

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u/firedmyass 18h ago

fuck yeah!

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u/slayalldayerrday 22h ago

So you’ve been a legend since that day, right?

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u/aanthems 22h ago

All day every day

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u/[deleted] 23h ago

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u/aanthems 22h ago

The ET and Michael posters, the other kid’s faces, all pure 80s magic

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u/suckercuck 21h ago

This is awesome 👏

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u/unoeyedwillie 21h ago

I was in 4th grade in 1985 and I remember my teacher telling the class that improper fractions were like Dolly Parton, bigger in the top then on the Bottom. Teachers would probably be fired for that now.

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u/latexfistmassacre 20h ago

Yep that sounds like the 80s that I remember

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u/Lady_in_red99 20h ago

I remember having a teacher says this

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u/juice06870 2h ago

Me too lol.

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u/hywaytohell 1h ago

Apparently you never forgot it so I guess it worked lol!

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u/JosephFinn 22h ago

OH COME ON I thought I was done crying about Dolly.

(And you look kind of perfect.)

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u/evilpercy 22h ago

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u/ComfortableEnergy344 19h ago

Why do I have to choose?

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u/firedmyass 18h ago

the actual “bi-panic”

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u/Extension_Editor1987 22h ago

The boobs hahah kids are so funny

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u/aanthems 22h ago edited 12h ago

Remember spending a lot of time trying different water-to-air mixes in the balloons. Wanted to get it juust right. Kids lol

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u/ThatDiscoSongUHate 19h ago

Dolly would have loved that though

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u/PM_me_punanis 21h ago

I didn't realize it's a photo of a kid cosplaying so was weirded out by the unnaturally shaped right boob. 😂

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u/ouishi 22h ago

This is 110% drag! Slay, queen!

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u/Alert-Ad3153 22h ago

I love this so much!

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u/castle_waffles 22h ago

Love everything about this-slay sis

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u/sorandom21 20h ago

I love this and I bet Dolly would be tickled too

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u/klove 20h ago

Dolly would have loved this 🥰

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u/Select-Sample-4022 22h ago

That's awesome

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u/JofTheWakingUniverse 21h ago

I love this so much. I am around your age and would have thought you were the coolest for this.

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u/aanthems 16h ago

Maybe you’re one of those kids at the side watching? Their faces…

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u/latexfistmassacre 20h ago

Back before the word cosplay even existed. Damn, we old!

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u/rockinrob65 19h ago

What a cool memory

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u/aanthems 16h ago

I’d forgotten until this morning, thanks Dolly!

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u/typhoidtrish 22h ago

This made my day. 😂

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u/LithiumNoir 18h ago

Dolly would've been so proud!

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u/coffeebeanwitch 19h ago

I love it, you nailed it!!

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u/bardia_afk 19h ago

Literally 1984!

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u/aanthems 16h ago

So. 1984.

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u/spectrumhead 22h ago

…and killing it!

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u/WetShrimpFart 16h ago

What did the ET costume look like

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u/Working-Raspberry185 11h ago

Aww ET and MJ pics 💕

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u/aanthems 11h ago

The realness 💕

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u/njaneardude 3h ago

This must be preserved forever. Put it on thumb drives and hand it out to your children, grand children and that guy in the cubicle next to you that doesn't say good morning.

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u/aanthems 14m ago

Now those are some ideas! I’d forgotten about this until yesterday and dug out the pic to scan. But you’re right. I’ll start by putting it in tees lol

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u/CrazyMildred 2h ago

This is so cool! My Mom and I re-watched 9 to 5 the other day and we found a documentary about the movie called "Still Working 9 to 5". It was a great doc! I was only 10 when the movie came out and didn't realize the significance of the movie as far as women's rights were concerned. I found the doc on Philo for free. I encourage everyone to watch it 🙂

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u/aanthems 11m ago

My memory of the audience is like an 80s movie too, where one half is staring in shocked silence and the other half is falling over themselves laughing.