Babycakes (1989)

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i was in an acting class in NYC with Craig Sheffer a few years before this... he was nice guy, but i never could have seen the breaks that came his way. he was just another good looking guy in a city full of them..... go figure.

After seeing Some Kind of Wonderful, Craig Sheffer was the prototype of the unattainable guy I desired from afar for years.

Do we have a picture the OP? Why yes, here it is:

The instant classic BABYCAKES aired thirty-one years ago tonight, February 14, 1989, the greatest Valentine's Day gift ever.

He looks pretty mature in those pics with Ricky - like Danny Aiello.

Ricki has aged much better than him.

Goodness. Ricki was certainly a big bouncy girl back then.

I can still hear the title song.

I prefer the original 1985 German movie Zuckerbaby starring the incomparable Marianne Sägebrecht (of Bagdad Cafe.)

Otis Redding wrote the theme tune.

This was long before DVRs, and most people watched it live in real time, which is surprising considering how many people remember it.

Was this based on Tales of the City?

"All-star cast"!

Yikes

Did he give her oral?

Yikes indeed, R15. Craig Sheffer turned into Steven Seagal.

I went on a couple of dates with Ricki Lake around this time and I remember watching this in my dorm room when it aired and calling her and telling her how good she was. I think that was the last time I ever spoke to her.

A "Babycakes" reboot would do wonders for our politically divided nation's morale

[quote]I went on a couple of dates with Ricki Lake

Wait, what? Were you closeted?

Holy shit, R15. He looks like a guy on death row.

[quote] Wait, what? Were you closeted?

I was 18. I had just moved to NYC. I was figuring it all out still.

[quote]...calling her and telling her how good she was. I think that was the last time I ever spoke to her.

She ghosted you after she got famous?

Ghosted by Ricki Lake. That's harsh.

Ricki looks great now.

R24 Ghosted by Ricki Lake could be a new one person show in the vein of Buyer and Cellar, I think you have theatrical gold if you are interested in pursuing it.

I loved this movie. Was it made for TV? Can't remember.

Yes--made by CBS but usually shown by Lifetime! Too nauseating even for Hallmark.

Sheffer looks awful in R15's pic. Looks like he's doing direct to streaming stuff recently.

Apparently spent most of the past few years taking care of his mother (Alzheimer's) and his brother, soap writer Hogan Sheffer (heart problems) in his hometown of York, PA. probably not a bad guy.

[quote] She ghosted you after she got famous?

Hahaha. I think it was more of a mutual thing. Plus I was realizing I was kind of in love with a guy I was in school with.

The other funny thing was I was actually going to school at the same time with Colleen Fitzpatrick. We weren't friends but she was working at the University part time with one of my best friends from my studio.

Wow, R29, if that's true, then I hope for the best for him. Anyone who deals with Dementia/Alzheimer's knows it's hell.

Craig Sheffer was not afraid of nudity when he was young and hot. I was grateful to him as teen for showing off his nice plump cock in the 90s horror Nightbreed. Andy Warhol also took nude pictures of him early on, supposedly in some of them, he had an erection.