Also in the late 80s, there was this Australian guy named Yahoo Serious. He made this movie called Young Einstein, who seemed to be all over MTV for a period of time, then the Berlin wall fell and he dropped off the face of the Earth.
Along these lines, Crocodile Dundee was a legit cultural phenomenon.. It spawned sequel(s), aNd it’s stars Paul Hogan and Linda Kozlowski were all over the tabloids.. Today, it seems to have been relegated to the dustbin of history, sort of an artifact only remembered (if at all) for the lines ‘Throw anotha shrimp on the bawbi’ and ‘THAT’S a knife.’