80s Fitness Stars Then vs Now

Suzanne Somers - Then

Suzanne Somers is credited with inventing the "infomercial" concept. If she hadn't kicked off the craze with the Thighmaster, we wouldn't have the Shae Weight, ShamWow, or Miss Cleo's Psychic Friends Network. However, she used the platform to launch her film career rather than get pigeonholed into the exercise niche.

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The More You Know

  • Before going solo, Britney Spears was in an all-female group called Innosense.
  • In 1978, Tim Allen was arrested for possession of 1.4 pounds of cocaine and was sentenced to three to seven years in jail. He was let out on parole after two years and four months.
  • As a child, Jim Carrey wore tap shoes to bed just in case his parents needed cheering up in the middle of the night.
  • At 10 years old and while still in elementary school, Warren Buffett started having lunch meetings with a New York Stock Exchange member. He bought his first stock at age 11. Today, he’s worth $80 billion.
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