Kid Posing with Conan, Circa 1985

Says Deborah on Bookbox (the Scholastic Reading Club blog):

My mom made me pose with the guy who played Conan the Barbarian on our trip to Universal Studios back when I was nine; she said my friends would be “jealous” that I got to be in a picture with such a “hunky monkey.” But all I could think about was how I wish he was wearing a longer loincloth.

Also check out an entry from our hero’s (I’m talking about the girl, not Conan) 7th grade diary:

Dear Diary,

Things I want to do when I’m in high school:

Have a boy pick me up from school one day, in a car.

Have a boy drive me around in his car.

Go to an all-boys school during the middle of the day.

Meet a boy for lunch.

Go out on a school night.

Yours,

Deborah

Doesn’t Conan bear a pretty good resemblance to Arnold?

6 Responses to “Kid Posing with Conan, Circa 1985”

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1 Alec Semicognito May 13, 2014 at 2:04 pm

Deborah’s mom just wanted an excuse to take a picture.

- 2 2W2N May 13, 2014 at 2:10 pm
  
  Ha. Hard to take a selfie with a Polaroid.
  
3 Patrick Turner June 8, 2014 at 5:16 pm

Conan looks a little bewildered.

- 4 2W2N June 8, 2014 at 5:23 pm
  
  Could be drugs.
  
5 Michael J. September 11, 2015 at 9:32 pm

There’s so much to love about this, I don’t know where to start. I think the Diary list is the kicker. “Go out on a a school night.” Ah, the eighties. I miss you.

- 6 2W2N September 11, 2015 at 9:53 pm
  
  Just the fact that Conan’s dong is basically resting on her shoulder… Cringe.