"This is nucking futs." That was the catchphrase that made Dickie (David Spade) a sitcom child star in the 1970s. Now he's a washed-up adult. Casting ex-kid stars such as Barry Williams (Greg Brady), Dustin Diamond (Screech) and Danny Bonaduce (Danny Partridge) to play Dickie's disgruntled poker buddies is as close as this movie gets to inspired laughs. The focus is on Dickie's efforts to win a role in a Rob Reiner movie by paying to live with a real family and learning that home is where the heart is. Ouch! Spade goes sweet and gooey. This is nucking futs.

“1999”

“I don’t consider myself a great poet,” Prince told Rolling Stone. “I just know I’m here to say what’s on my mind.” In the case of the apocalyptic party anthem “1999,” he was worried about then-president Ronald Reagan’s foreign policies. The song’s melody is based on a riff borrowed from the Mamas and Papas’ “Monday, Monday,” and Prince originally envisioned the first verse with three-part harmony but later split the vocals between himself and members of the Revolution. Because Warner Bros., with whom Prince was locked in a contractual battle, owned the original’s masters, Prince rerecorded the song and appropriately released that version in 1999.