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Guilty Pleasures past and present

A list of the things we've admitted that we enjoy in secret

Movies

  • 'BASEketball'
  • 'Beyond the Valley of the Dolls'
  • Bob Hope and Bing Crosby 'Road' movies
  • 'Bride and prejudice'
  • 'The Champ'
  • Cheesy romantic comedies/chick flicks
  • 'Cocktail'
  • 'The Cutting Edge'
  • 'Drop Dead Fred'
  • 'Dude, Where's My Car?'
  • 'Flash Gordon'
  • 'Foxes'
  • Godzilla movies
  • Hammer films featuring Christopher Lee
  • 'Hercules'
  • 'Judge Dredd'
  • 'North Shore'
  • 'The Other Side of the Mountain'
  • 'On a Clear Day You Can See Forever'
  • Post-movie bloopers
  • 'School Ties'
  • 'Shakes the Clown'
  • 'Showgirls'
  • 'Ski School'
  • 'Sideout'
  • 'Silent Running'
  • Slasher movies
  • Sneaking wine into movies
  • Steven Seagal movies
  • 'Titanic'
  • 'Wild Things'
  • William Zabka: King of the Jerks

    Reading, Literature, the Internet

  • Anne Rivers Siddons books
  • Cute stuff online
  • Perusing Denise Richards' divorce declaration
  • Fan fiction
  • 'For Better or for Worse'
  • Gawker's 'Blue States Lose'
  • Magazine subscriptions
  • Maxim as airplane reading
  • MIDI files on the Web
  • Nancy Drew
  • Novelizations of comic-book movies
  • Online diaries
  • Shark books
  • SkyMall catalog
  • Sweet Valley High Books
  • True crime books
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    Television

  • 'America's Funniest Home Videos'
  • 'America's Next Top Model'
  • 'Beverly Hills, 90210'
  • Bigfoot/Loch Ness documentaries
  • 'The Brady Bunch'
  • 'CHiPS'
  • Court TV
  • 'Date My Mom'
  • Dating shows
  • 'Degrassi: The next generation'
  • Digital cable guide
  • 'Elmo's World'
  • Forensics shows
  • 'Full House'
  • Jane Fonda workout videos
  • 'Joy of Painting'
  • 'Lace'
  • Lifetime: Television for Women
  • Makeover shows (2004)
  • Makeover shows (2005)
  • 'Match Game'
  • Michael Imperioli
  • Multicultural 'Super Friends'
  • Oprah 'After the Show'
  • 'Pants Off Dance Off'
  • 'Pimp My Ride'
  • Police video shows featuring Sgt. John Bunnell
  • 'Powerball: the Game Show'
  • 'Real World'
  • 'Saved By the Bell'
  • 'Stargate: Atlantis'
  • 'Starting Over'
  • 'Star Wars Holiday Special'

    Fashion, Shopping, Personal Care

  • Hats
  • Hotel soaps and shampoos
  • Infomercials for celebrity-endorsed exercise equipment
  • Manicures/pedicures
  • Perfume
  • Shoes
  • Thrift-store dishes

    • Music

  • '70s songs
  • Ad songs
  • Air Supply
  • Bread
  • Broadway show tunes
  • Bryan Adams
  • Evita original Broadway soundtrack
  • Fantasmetal
  • Gordon Lightfoot
  • Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
  • 'Independence Day' by Martina McBride
  • John Denver
  • Men at Work
  • Midnight Star
  • Misheard lyrics
  • Muppet Show CD
  • Neil Diamond
  • The Nylons
  • Olivia Newton-John
  • Paula Abdul
  • Pet Shop Boys
  • Phish
  • Ray Stevens
  • Rupert Holmes
  • Sebastian Bach
  • Senior-citizen radio
  • Songs with cowbell
  • Soul Decision
  • Spice Girls
  • Spin Doctors
  • Sugar Ray
  • Michael Jackson's 'Thriller'
  • William Shatner
  • Young MC

    Food

  • Alphabet soup
  • Asian buffets
  • Beer and cotton candy
  • Cheesecake Factory
  • Cookies with faces
  • Dive bars
  • Funyuns
  • Giant Chewy SweeTarts
  • Ice cream sandwiches
  • Jujubes
  • Kosher salt
  • Nutella
  • Raisinets
  • Ramen
  • Rare Hostess products
  • Red Bull Sugarfree
  • Slurpees
  • Starbucks lingo
  • State-fair food
  • Supermarket caviar
  • Taco trucks
  • Trashy cheese

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