The Eighties

The Chippendales Are Not The Rescue Rangers

My mother was furious with Blockbuster

Chippendales Post-show Photo from Las Vegas Album by C Jill Reed on Flickr and Wikimedia Commons

Chip ‘n Dale and Chippendales are virtually indistinguishable in many regional dialects, especially in Southeast USA. When I was growing up in the 1980s, a Chippendale reference could be about furniture, cartoons, or strippers. Which reference do you think a child would be…