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# The Great "9 to 5" Turned 40 Yesterday
- URL: https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/the-great-9-to-5-turned-40-yesterday-12-2020/
- Published: 2020-12-01T18:00:10.000Z
- Updated: 2021-08-19T18:49:40.000Z
- Description: Many happy returns to a classic.
- Author: Heather
- Tags: *Flashback*, classic photos, #wp, #wp-post, #hasslideshow, #Import 2026-10-07 08:15

[View the gallery](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/9-to-5-premiere/)

Who knew that a 1980 movie about women seeking and seizing more empowerment in the workplace, and having a disgusting chauvinist pig of a boss, would STILL be a relevant concept four decades later? Well... actually I suspect women knew. This movie may look dated as hell, but it holds up beautifully, and these three are so *clearly* already freaking legends. Not to mention that the song "9 to 5" is the catchiest earworm:

That video is a ride. First, it's a time capsule of outfits; second, it's all footage of women looking at clocks and trying to get to work, although I could swear the one who spills her coffee is startled by a clock that says 7:50 a.m., not 8:50 a.m. Maybe it takes her an hour and ten minutes to walk to work from that coffee cart. Anyway, then it just becomes a mix of shots from the movie and Dolly sitting in a studio singing, looking way too happy for someone who is crooning about the daily grind and being totally devalued -- but she's also reading the lyrics off a yellow notepad next to her, so maybe they shot this while they were just delighted to finally have a draft done. I don't know. But she, and it, remain a timeless delight.

###### \[Photos: Shutterstock, Getty\]