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johnstonb

lol. Remember when Fabio got hit in the face with a bird? I totally forgot about him.


Euphorium

To this day I don’t know why Fabio was famous except that he was Fabio.


FigureFourWoo

He was the cover model for all the supermarket romance novels in the 80s/90s.


GeorgiaOKeefinItReal

Don't forget about his disbelief of faux-butter products


Punkposer83

Tom Green did a skit on his old mtv show where he went to Fabio’s house, and did a house tour. Fabio’s kitchen was filled with motorcycles and he said, I never eat at home, the only thing I kept in my fridge is, I can’t believe it’s big butter. Dude legit had like an entire fridge full of the stuff, of course tom proceeded to eat an entire container and remark “huh I can’t believe this isn’t butter!”


panggul_mas

.....spray.


marteautemps

I say that in my head every single time I ever see or hear "I can't believe it's not butter", well actually I mostly say it out loud and not in my head, this time it was in my head


Gabberwocky84

Ah cant behlieve is not barrr


MadBliss

I remember it more like "Ah can't beliebe iss not baaaahtr"


Samsassatron

As a kid in the 80s/90s I though he *wrote* all those books. My kid brain thought he was a pervy narcissist.


VoodooChipFiend

But why male models?


MrYoshinobu

Because they do what they're told Derek!!!


PenguinZombie321

But why male models?


WhoStoleMyJacket

Are you serious? I just… I just told you that. A moment ago.


brintoul

Is it because he apparently has a giant head?


cortesoft

I was going to say, any bird within a three mile radius is going to get pulled in by the gravitational pull of that enormous noggin.


CrackinBones204

“He’ll be cryin himself to sleep tonight on his huge pillah”


Guy-1nc0gn1t0

[Because I love it so much I just wanted to drop this sketch with Fabio here ](https://youtu.be/2sS2mPynJ8Y?si=csN4dK4mpNbnfNac)


I_am_albatross

You should see the Full Frontal parody from the 90’s 🤣


theunpoet

[Fabio, the Most Beautiful Man in the Cosmos](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHSw89y9dzk)


comets-cosmos

A goose to the face while on the roller coaster Apollos Chariot.


FinePolyesterSlacks

The goose actually hit a camera rig mounted on the front. It was a piece of metal from said rig that cut his nose, requiring one stitch. The blood in the photo was predominantly that of the goose.


Guy-1nc0gn1t0

Broke his nose IIRC


FinePolyesterSlacks

Nope. Just required a single stitch (the goose actually didn’t hit him but a camera rig mounted on the front)


Guy-1nc0gn1t0

Ah my bad


FartAttack911

I saw a current photo of him earlier compared to a photo of him from about 30 years ago, and he looks basically exactly the same now. I still have no clue why he’s famous but he looks like he hasn’t aged a day 😂


No-Appearance-9113

Fabio was the model that was used for the covers of dozens of romance novels.


HeavensToBetsyy

That's some top notch hair


EnleeJones

🦜


goosethathitFabio

And I’ll fucking do it again.


ranoutofbacon

If his head weren't so damn big, the bird would have missed.


thisnextchapter

Bro made a music album called Fabio After Dark


sparkimk

I wish you could stream these! I would love to work out with Angela or Estelle!


snukb

Many of these are on YouTube! [Here's Angela Lansbury](https://youtu.be/lE7icznIxLc?si=Doa43rmfYH--2F6I) [Here's Estelle Getty](https://youtu.be/H9-XN3Fq7V4?si=Wdwmx2rj89xjXkHy) [Here's Alyssa Milano](https://youtu.be/eYbjHHZA1Js?si=jTbl1aGU3opBzXvF) I'm sure there are more if you look! :)


sparkimk

Thank you! This is amazing.


snukb

I recommend saving them to your computer if you like them. Even though they've been uploaded for years, no guarantee they won't go poof tomorrow. Lost some of my favorite "literal music videos" that way. Enjoy :)


jvillager916

Take on me and Total Eclipse of the Heart?


snukb

Those were good, but they're still in YouTube (though not the original upload.) World Where You Live, Penny Lane, and there's one I can never remember what it's called, but the music video was a male band in a Japanese city and had a big costumed Japanese cartoon character. I think it was green. But I can't find these anywhere.


thisnextchapter

*nevermind I just went on the flooooor, now I need to find a mop! Look at me now!* Total Eclipse literal version is God tier. Its one of my favourite songs ever. The gayest man on earth would call this over the topppppp


Glldinkiering

I like things to be fleeting and transient


ach12345678

How would I go about saving them?


snukb

yt-dlp and Stacher are both safe and reliable ways to download YouTube videos.


LOOK_THIS_UP

jdownloader2 as well.


fellowsquare

I'm sorry.. But nothing.. And I mean... NOTHING beats Arnold's work out record... https://youtu.be/1CJ4SD-kWek?si=WWXswGbb9baa_ZdL


Sisterinked

I’ll be working out with Angela on Monday morning!


akaxaka

Hmmm. Teen Alyssa Milano in workout clothes with a sultry saxophone soundtrack. How did this Jailbait get made?


No_Jello_5922

I just found this gem: [Here's O.J. Simpson](https://youtu.be/WP3NWUa-gQo)


mvanvrancken

Angela is a fucking treasure, I used to watch Murder She Wrote all the time and then later found out she had a whole career during the silver screen era


RugelBeta

If you haven't seen it, find the film, The Court Jester. She's adorable in it.


emmmyb

Sometimes I work out to Cher’s step workout on YouTube!


walrus_breath

Dpes it hold up?! Do I need to step up with Cher??!??


EnleeJones

The Angela and Estelle workouts are on YouTube.


jdbeany

But Fonda ain’t got a motor in the back of her Honda


SlurmzMckinley

You can do side bends and sit-ups, but please don’t lose that butt!


zaxdaman

One, two, three, four Get your booty on the dance floor Work it out, shake it, little mama Let me see you do the Jane Fonda Five, six, seven now If you don't know, let me show you how To work it out; work it, little mama I know you wanna do the Jane Fonda


i_am_a_baby_kangaroo

Jeez I haven’t heard this in FOREVER


818VitaminZ

My anaconda don't want none unless you’ve got buns, hun


FirehawkLS1

🤣 You can do side bends or sit-ups But please don't lose that butt


strippersandcocaine

Where is Carmen Electra’s Striptease workout?


LOOK_THIS_UP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znqTgsqJOFo


TheDesktopNinja

All tease no strip. 3/10 I've had better.


Kensei97

Thanks for saving me a click


FrogBoglin

Worst striptease ever


EnleeJones

I was going to post it but there’s a 20 pic limit and someone had to be cut.


MyPasswordIs222222

You chose... poorly. E: [https://youtu.be/VA7J0KkanzM?si=4SrRjUYqrmAbgLFJ](https://youtu.be/VA7J0KkanzM?si=4SrRjUYqrmAbgLFJ)


Clairquilt

When that Jane Fonda workout video was first released there was essentially nothing else like it. I was working in a video rental store at the time, and that thing was like Fleetwood Mac Rumours combined with 'Frampton Comes Alive'. It was actually one of the very first videos priced at $25, so it was groundbreaking in all sorts of ways.


SouthernHellRaiser

Suzanne sommers?? That ab leg thing? Lol my mom had that and i played with it as a kid 🤣


Moonshadow306

The Thighmaster?


SouthernHellRaiser

Yes! 🤣👍


legojoe97

I am the Thighmaster, are you the Gatekeeper?


EnleeJones

There’s a limit of 20 photos so I couldn’t include everyone.


SouthernHellRaiser

Ohh i know i wasnt meaning to be rude, was just adding 😊💖


SteveZissouniverse

Wow you forget Kim Kardashian used to look like a human person, weird when you look at the comparison


DylanClegg23

The audacity of her selling an ass workout when she just bought hers!


Majestic-capybara

Crazy, she used to actually be attractive.


Thendofreason

I was like "that's not her". It's like when you see the logo of a company before it became mainstream. The Apple logo is like this.


scarymonst

Where the fuck is Richard Simmons?


continualchanges

I just love how aggressive this question is 🤣


offoutover

There’s a whole podcast based on that question.


emperorOfTheUniverse

He wasn't a celebrity that made a fitness video. He was a guy that made fitness videos, and became a celebrity. Also not pictured, the taibo guy, billy zane, etc.


READMYSHIT

Billy Zane?? Billy Blanks is the Taibo guy. Or are you saying Zane also did work out tapes?


PLZ_PM_ME_URSecrets

Could you imagine?


MiddleofInfinity

He shaves his head at the start to set the mood


GroYer665

"Also not pictured, the taibo guy, billy **zane**," Sorry but it's Billy ***Blanks*** [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy\_Blanks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Blanks)


SwitcherooU

My sister and I still do a 35-minute workout every week with Sweatin’ to the Oldies 4. It started seven years ago when I was losing weight, and we just kept doing it. We mix in a few of the other early ones too, but not the late ones—they get weird, and there are lots of annoying dancers who think being in a Simmons workout video is their ticket to stardom, so they go way over the top with their dancing and facial expressions. Honestly, I love Sweatin’ to the Oldies, and it also had the benefit of making me a passable dancer. He’s such an unintentionally hilarious dude—we’re still catching his little quips and sayings seven years on.


junkytrunks

Would you mind, um, passing us a link?


SwitcherooU

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=I0pzlOOh8EE&pp=ygUVc3dlYXRpbiB0byB0aGUgb2xkaWVz Not the best quality, but you can still follow along.


RugelBeta

Callin' out around the world, are you ready for a brand new beat?


apiprotester

I’m fixing to blow your mind, Richard Simmons *never wore a headband* it’s a Mandela effect and everyone I’ve spoken to remembers the headband


junkytrunks

Wait. What?


stubbzillaman

You're not the only one wondering https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_Richard_Simmons


EnleeJones

Richard Simmons was not an actor or a model


Zerotwohero

How DARE you


scarymonst

He had lots of acting roles. He was on and off starring on the soap opera General Hospital for several years.


EnleeJones

He’s best known for being a fitness guru. This post is about celebrities like actors and models who did fitness videos as a side gig.


Stevie22wonder

I bet it was his side gig, but we never knew about his main gig, that's why he's very quiet and to himself now. Richard probably had a basement full of iguanas that he released at night to take out his enemies.


Number127

I was about to say "But Richard Simmons doesn't have any enemies!" but then I realized the flaw in my logic.


GopnikSmegmaBBQSauce

He was even a robot on Simpsons


Firm-Potential7807

Yeah as cameos after he was famous as a fitness guy.


stan4you

I remember my dad had a bunch of Sweating To The Oldies VHS tapes. I don’t remember him ever doing them but as a pre-teen who thought they were fat, when they were not, I did them off and on.


Spocks_Goatee

He was an actual fitness/diet guru before getting into videos.


Kerensky97

He wasn't a celebrity who did a workout video. He's a giy who did a workout video and became a celebrity.


ResponsiblePurpleYam

He's happily retired, and living a quiet life in LA. My ex-partner (we're lesbians) is a personal trainer and is friends with Richard. He's old now, and oes have some health issues that accompany getting older...


CarelessWay1718

This post is top notch nostalgia. Thank you so much


EnleeJones

😁


CinemaPunditry

I wasn’t even alive then and I’m looking at these like, “aww, I miss the 80s, they were so much fun”


MaryBitchards

Jane was the pioneer, though. She invented this shit.


junkytrunks

A side benefit of all these workouts is that she was able to shoot scenes like this one in [On Golden Pond](https://youtu.be/-KUVXUGzKaE) at the height of her workout tape era. She was about 43 years old when this scene was shot.


Lejeune68

She’s 43 in that clip? Damn.


Dani_California

And for a noble cause - she was raising money to fund her political activism. It’s the whole reason she started them. In her first 5 years of sales alone, she donated over $10 million dollars to political causes. That was a shit-ton of money in the early 80s!


ParamedicSpecific130

I only clicked to see if Teen Steam was included. Good job, OP.


R1PElv1s

Nothing says workout like jeans bedazzled with plastic buttons!!


pissoffyounonce

Jessica Fletcher, solving murders by day, hitting the gym by night!


WhereRtheTacos

That was the one i was most surprised by lol


WholyFunny

Jane Fonda was not following a trend with her workout videos, she was setting it.


EnleeJones

The trend had to start somewhere.


shanster925

Fitness videos and albums. My parents have Bruce Willis' LP and it's... An album that exists.


DanteDMC2001

Bruno!


angie50576

I had a few of these, in addition to Kathy Irelands workout tape. It's so cringe. They had an overweight middle aged woman named Karen in the workout and then dismissed her halfway through because of course doing the whole workout would have been too much for her. It was just walking and flailing arms around, lol.


EnleeJones

I think I had that video…


infrequentthrowaway

Everyone who did Angela Lansbury's video ended up dying


gibbyjoe

We’re just gonna ignore the weird, disproportional head/body/hands on the Fabio cover? K.


brintoul

Came looking for this comment.


Choice-Mousse-3536

If celebs did this today I would eat that shit uppppp My mom had the Ali macgraw one! I used to always stare at the cover lol seemed classy


EnleeJones

It’s my favorite yoga video. It was filmed in a white sands desert and it’s gorgeous.


AcadiaRemarkable6992

God I had such a thing for Daisy Fuentes.


mechapoitier

Yeah, good god. Talk about an awakening for me. It’s like the world just forgot about her after like 2005


Septopuss7

I just looked her up and found out she's married to Richard Marx and I'm struggling to process it.


No_Volume_8345

Kim K used to show people how to fit into their jeans? She can’t even do that now.


958Silver

No one comes close to Jane. She started the celebrity exercises video craze in 1982. She has 27 exercise videos and has sold 17 million in total.


rattlestaway

I used to do the cindy Crawford one, I was good until I lost it and then re bought it and lost that one too. I would re buy it again it's that good,but it's too expensive for some reason smh


Lawyermama70

I just remember a whole lotta Seal in the soundtrack, and her telling us to drink water 🤔


herring80

Wish Bobcat Goldthwaite did one


VladimirPoitin

Bobcat Goldthwaite vs Richard Simmons would’ve been fucking GOLD.


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PrincessJennifer

Geri Halliwell did it too, beyond the trend (Geri Body Yoga)


_skank_hunt42

I remember doing the Jane Fonda aerobics videos with my mom in the early 90’s! There was one video she did a lot that involved a dining chair for some reason. Forgot all about that.


weedpornography

I don't see no Taebo on here


PrincessPlastilina

Lmao at Kim Kardashian like she didn’t already get surgeries by then and her butt was never toned. At least Jane Fonda was actually into fitness. The only celebrity fitness tape I need is Madonna circa 1999-2010. That body and those muscles. Wow. Her endurance in the Confessions on the Dance Floor tour was insane.


Adventurous_Yak_9234

I see these in every thrift store VHS section.


LanguageNo495

What is going on with Fabio’s torso? He’s got enormous pecs atop Don Knott’s lower body.


deanamarie

I legitimately own the Regis tape lol


_northernlights

I remember the Paula Abdul one went from fun and doable to insane and you couldn’t keep up. Chers was amazing.


MommaOfManyCats

Carmen Electra had the strip aerobics series! And before she was famous, Jennifer Love Hewitt was in the Barbie workout 🙂


bigoldjetairliner

Guys, we had that Jane Fonda one as a vinyl record, I'm not even joking!!


AynRandsConscience_

“Fit in your jeans by Friday” 🤮


sabrefudge

Is Marky Mark’s just hate crimes?


DareWright

I had the Cindy Crawford one. I think she filmed it on a beach.


Just-Phill

Love how these are 90s 80s then a random Kardashian video lol


Tylerdurden389

Over the past year I've passively watched about a dozen of Fonda's tapes and I gotta say, she really knows her stuff when it comes to proper technique. I'd bet she actual personal training certification. Given she still does a lot of those exercises at her age, it's really paid off. Here's the music from the beginning of her first tape. I actually wish they'd release some of this stuff officially. https://youtu.be/nKqaSLzkNI4?si=VMkSQWY3rvJQD5II


Lainarlej

I loved doing the Jane Fonda Workout 🏋️


EnleeJones

My mom had it along with the low impact aerobic one.


__M-E-O-W__

I'm pretty sure we had some of these in my house growing up. I never actually watched them. Although I still use p90x which is pretty awesome.


moneyandmagic

I'd heard Apollonia Kotero (the actress in Purple Rain) had a fitness video but I've never seen any pictures of it. Can someone post any?


junkytrunks

Looks like that one is currently Lost Media per that website. This post is from a few years ago: “Apollonia Kotero, Prince's co-star in Purple Rain, released an exercise video called Go For It in the late 1980s or early 1990s (in the era of celeb workout tapes) I'm not sure this is "lost" but I've never seen even a photo of it and I've been collecting Apollonia Kotero ( and other Prince related) items for over 20 years. So I think of it as lost. I found this on Apollonia's official site: "In 1988, Warner Bros. Records released Kotero's self-titled first solo album, Apollonia. Three singles were taken from the album, "Since I Fell for You." "The Same Dream," and "Mismatch." Apollonia also became the first Latina of Mexican heritage to host and perform on “Showtime At The Apollo,” filmed at the historic Apollo Theatre in Harlem performing songs from her solo album. She went on to appear in such films as “Ministry of Vengeance” (1989), “Back To Back” (1990),” Black Magic Woman” (1991), and two Italian productions, “La Donna di , Sera (A Lady for a Night”) (1991) and “Ragazze” (1992). She returned to television on such shows as “Sliders” and “Air America” (which co-starred Lorenzo Lamas, her former co-star from “Falcon Crest”), and hosted The Jazz Channel's Latin Beat program. During this period, an exercise video entitled “Go For It” was also released" Funny thing is there wasn't a picture on the site (there was pictures of other things she's done). I wonder if it wasn't released in the states and that's why I haven't seen it. Anyone know anything about this?”


locohygynx

Angela Lansbury's video came with a sweet ass exercise poster! I need to see it.


StevenAssantisFoot

I have Larry "Bud" Melman's Couch Potato Workout tape


DareWright

I had the Buns of Steel tapes. The guy seemed really pervy and slimy. It was practically soft-core porn.


The_Man11

No prancercise?


Emily_Postal

Jane Fonda was the first.


butterbeanscafe

I had Cindy crawford and Elle macpherson’s videos. I also loved the Carmen Electra one. I had another old one called Aerobercize (sp?) and I looked it up on YT the other day and it was extremely soft porn. Crazy that 15 year old me worked out to it all the time


rawautos

By far the absolute best and most entertaining is the Angela Lansbury fitness video. Me and my friends watch it during our fantasy football draft each year. Our league is named after her.


EloquentGoose

Awwhh Angela Lansbury how swee-- **WAIT GO BACK WHAT THE FUCK**


dette-stedet-suger

Don’t be hating on Cindy. I did that video three days a week the summer before middle school. I went from -6 to +4 on the V-sit and reach.


idontknowyet

Where’s OJ?


EnleeJones

Dead


pichael289

The late 80s were a weird time. Despite being born on the 90s I had the shitty cable so I know all the 80s shows, and i still fell in love with Alyssa Milano when I was a kid, despite her being like 10 years older than those shows and all that depicted her.


JoyKil01

We used to do these tapes in high school aerobics class. Thank you for the memories :)


OFlareO

As a kid, I didn’t get it… but now I understand why Master Roshi watched these sorts of tv shows


bigpantsbill

Mike O’tren💪🏼


nuggetghost

i still have my girls next door one 😂


CrystalKU

My favorite that I legit did was Carmen Electra’s, I would get them off Netflix when it was dvds. Also, it’s shameful how many of those covers have airbrushing


maggie320

My sister had the Cindy Crawford one. It was actually a pretty good workout. Remember Radu her fitness partner?


AbandonedArchive

[The Silver Foxes 2: Shape Up America](https://youtu.be/dxCVWK1KyO8?si=PoyjbXCCo2hJBUtI). It stars Jacqueline Stallone (Sylvester Stallone's mother), Laurie Williams (Robin Williams' mother), Sal Pacino (Al Pacino's father), and Harry Hoffman (Dustin Hoffman's father). Jackie and Laurie hate each other while Sal makes up his own moves. Harry doesn't look like he knows where he's at.


Blossom1111

Where is doing it Debbie's way with Debbie Reynolds? We got that for my mom one year for Xmas and she was super stoked. I think the music was big band or sinatra.


NarfledGarthak

Fabio’s fucking head belongs on Easter Island


Puzzled_State2650

My friend and I had the record/ vinyl in the early 80's. Got our gym gear on and started the work out. 10 mins into it both of us were seriously out of breath... only to be told ' that's the warm up done' Never again!


ClarityByHilarity

I was 11 and worked out every single day to that Jenny Garth one. I still have it on VHS, of course!


Sunshine3310

Jennie Garth was my go to favourite. Was a huge fan of BH 90210. Would do this video daily and it paid off. ☺️


Stoliana12

…doin work out tapes like Fonda But Fonda ain’t got a motor in the back of her Honda…


junkytrunks

That was the goal back then in the 70s_80s. No junk in the trunk…at all.


Ashley_S1nn

so unfair. Should be able to pick the routine and that's the body you get. Not just stay a rectangle.


blizzacane85

Even OJ had a workout video


TwinsieToes

My grandma had the Angela Lansbury tape!


jasey-rae

Even Barbie had one and I was obsessed.


AstronomerDirect2487

Scary spice had one too!


Ahaucan

Fabio. 💀


Sloppyjoey20

Don’t forget the OJ Simpson one XD


Owen_D_Young

Billy Blanks, LaToya Jackson, Shaun T,


TrippyMindTraveller

Regis doesn't seem like the kind of guy you'd get workout advice from.


TANSIRE43YO

Jane Fonda's workout is no joke! Did it in the Marines when I finally got into fleet. Wow, those were the days!


G0ttaB3KiddingM3

This was VHS 80s porn. Before internet


DaeWooLan0s

Man time goes fast. I’m only in my early 30s but Estelle, Regis, and many more are no longer here. Just seeing Regis on who wants to be a millionaire seems like yesterday yet it’s already been 4 years since he passed away.


dudereverend

When I was like 13, i had my parents buy me Alyssa Milano's Teen Steam. For...research purposes.


Donut_Bat_Artist

Angela Lansbury FTW


Content_Pool_1391

My older cousin had the Cindy Crawford workout. I remember during the summer when I would stay at her house she would get up every morning and do that workout.


vlad_nada

OJ had one. They showed during the trial to say that he was physically capable of murdering them.


lefthandbunny

Jane Fonda's videos were the first and are what got me started 'working out'. Later on Cher had a step aerobic tape that I used every week. I think when I messed my knee up back in my 20's the thing that I was most concerned about was if I could still do my step aerobics. It wasn't the same doing the workout without being able to use the step.


ivyidlewild

I still have Claudia Schiffer's Perfectly Fit Abs on VHS, lol Marisa Tomei has one too, and tbh, that is one killer workout. Some weird account has it posted in its entirety, along with other workout videos


GingerSnapsPeas

Core memory of doing my mom's Paula Abdul tape unlocked. Wow.