No longer on ice, Ice, baby

A big shout-out to our own Vanilla Ice today, one of Wellington's better known citizens, for apparently making up with his wife and getting the domestic battery charge dropped.

We're still reeling from the Gary Coleman divorce, so it's good to see the marriage of one 80s icon get back on track.

Vanilla Ice, aka Robert Van Winkle, doesn't exactly have the oeuvre of a Charlton Heston, so our tribute gallery may be a bit stretched.

To put it bluntly, he's one of the most famous one-hit wonders, so let's start with his one hit:

After the jump, more clips.

Now here's a great Jim Carrey parody (I suspect from his "In Living Color" days):

And here's Mr. Van Winkle in better days appearing on an MTV show that counted down the 25 lamest music videos ever. (It's hosted by Janeane Garafalo, Chris Kattan, Dennis Leary, and a pre-graying Jon Stewart).

After he accepts the award for his video being No. 9 on the list, he sits down to watch the video surrounded by the snarky comedians.

Then he takes a bat and smashes the award and pretty much everything else on the set while evidently freaking out the hosts. Pretty shocking.

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