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Flashback Friday: I luv the 80's
Ok "Geritol Gen" folks....TGIF and for some of us it's payday too!! WHooo HOOOOooo!!
Let's sit back and remember when we didn't have to worry about rising gas costs, mortgages and getting kids to and from practice: Pick any catergory or categories and name one thing you remember from life as a kid (or teen) of the 80s Fashion Entertainment Politics Pop Culture Sayings Science Toys Fad Sports School I will go first Fashion: The Gawd awful Jheri Curl...I still crack up over Michael Jackson's fire and the line " Follow the Drip" Sports - Before Manning vs Brady there was Marino vs Montana Entertainment - Eddie Murphy's Delirious, Beverly Hills Cop...and Stallone vs Schwartzeneggar |
Fashion: Stirrup Pants and Spandex Pants! Oh I wore those all the time, with huge oversized tshirts (usually neon colors), big ole scrunch socks, and these funky gold metallic high tops. SOMETIMES a friend of mine and I would switch one shoe, so we would each have one of a different color. We were so cool. ;) I think that was my favorite outfit in the fifth grade. *lol*
Toys: JEM and the Holograms!! I had them all... and I had a whole room (yea being an only child and begging my parents that the extra room should be Barbieville!) that was set up just for Barbie. I built houses for them (besides the orange roofed DreamHouse). I had a mall built out of an old coffee table (that contained my McDonalds, a salon, and a store) and an apartment complex. I was a very creative Barbie girl. :-) |
Entertainment: Square Pegs. I was watching reruns on Comcast On Demand. SJP looking like crap is funny. But it's quite apparent, drugs really did kill this show.
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U know...before video games...we had such vivid imaginations when we were kids....me and my best friend had all the star wars toys ...whatever he didnt have I had and we supplemented with household furniture....and then GI Joe came (back) along...I was kinda dumbfounded that the small figures had shrunk from the 12 in ones that we used to make hump Barbie and pimp slap Ken with.... PS.....If I still had all my figures now.....siiiiiigh (ebay fodder) however, I still have an mint condition X wing fighter in the box.... |
Ooh! Fun thread. Here goes.
Entertainment: "Just let your Soul-Glo!" This line, of course, coming from one of my favorite movies EVER, Coming To America. There's nothing like Samuel L. Jackson making a cameo in this movie. LOL! Fashion: Leg warmers. They were the coolest things ever! |
[QUOTE=DaemonSeid;1476679]U know...before video games...we had such vivid imaginations when we were kids....QUOTE]
Before video games?- I remember in the early 80s having a pre-atari game thing. It was cool- you could play "pong" for hours! I also remember having cable- I think it was called "Cube" or something, but it had this HUGE remote that was hard-wired to your TV. It even had little buttons down the side so you could watch certain TV shows and vote on different things. And I remember early MTV- with the original VJs. I obviously spent too much time in front of the TV as a child. Oh- and I remember having a Strawberry Shortcake doll that was "scented" to smell like strawberry shortcake- it really smelled like cheap perfume- but hey I thought I was cool. |
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Rainbow Brite and Carebears!! And my mom made us matching NEON outfits and made us wear them. I still hold a grudge about that to this day. Also, I remember layering neon colored slouch socks. I was TEH HOTTNESS. |
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Ok...folks Gremlins and....My Buddy (soon to get a bad rap from the Chucky ,Child's Play> movies) |
entertainment-NINTENDO! the original clunky grey box, duck hunt was soo fabulous when it came out...
fashion-slap bracelets, mc hammer pants, Hypercolor tshirts, the flat top hair cut eww!, scrunchies on a side ponytail...those were the days! sayings- i got grounded for saying RAD all the time. tv- bill and teds excellent adventure, gummi bears eta: garbage pail kids lol! |
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How about the original Super Mario Bros? I still love goofy 80s pop! |
Gummi Bears
My 17 year old daughter LOVED them - and now we have season one on DVD , supposedly for my 4 and 5 year old boys. Riiiiggghhhtttt. . .
I am so sick of that song! Gummi Beaaaaaaarrrrrrrsssss . . . |
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Sayings: Where's the Beef TV: Miami Vice...who here wore the clothes? shark grey suits and shoes with no socks...lol and can't forget Knight Rider and V Shoes: Shellhead (or toe depending how far up north you were) addidas |
^^daemon don't start with me lol!!
i should market a liquor under that name! gummi berry flavored and smurfberries... |
FYI: In the 1980's, I was neither a kid nor a teen.
Fashion - "Collar up or collar down?" Entertainment - "A Flock of Seagulls" (see fashion) Politics - Ronald Reagan's and Margaret Thatcher's pas de duex Pop Culture Sayings - "Gag me with a spoon, totally." Science - They Blinded me with it. Toys - DeLorean or Lamborghini Fad - New Coke Sports - San Francisco 49ers School - Nancy "Mommie" Regan's "Just Say No" campaign. |
Toys: Cabbage Patch Kids. My mom was one of the many nutjobs that stood in line for hours to get them for my sister and I. I also had Popples, Baby Bubbles, Baby Talk, my sister had Cricket. We both had Madame Alexander dolls.
Politics: I remember the Berlin Wall coming down and my elementary school's version of the election between George Bush and Michael Dukakis. Bush won by a landslide. Only 24 people in the entire school voted for Dukakis because word got out that he wanted to make year round school. Slogan/Commercial: Head for the mountains with Busch Beer. Anyone else remember Bruce Willis doing the wine cooler commercial? Music: The Scorpions song , "Wind of Change" became the Cold War anthem. TV: I remember the shows: Fame, Rags to Riches, Growing Pains, Golden Girls, My Two Dad's, Saved by the Bell, and the Cosby Show. I remember watching reruns of The Monkees and the original Charlie's Angels. I also remember the old Nickelodeon shows: You Cant Do that On Television, Hey Dude, Fifteen, Maple Town, Pinwheel, and Maya the Bee. |
Fashion: Coordinated ribbon belts, ribbon watchbands, ribbon hairbands. Shell-shaped gold belt buckles that coordinated with the gold shell earrings. De rigeur strand of pearls. Izod Lacoste polos and cardigans, FairIsle yoked sweaters. Bermuda bags with multiple covers. Sperrys.
Entertainment: J Geils, Billy Joel, Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops. The advent of the Sony Walkman. Towards the end of college, music CDs. Politics: Reagan! :) My parents' US Rep who happened to be a priest was not allowed to run for re-election due to the Vatican edict. Much to my extended family's dismay, the seat was filled by Barney Frank who unfortunately is still in office. Anti-nuclear clubs in hs led by the girl whose pediatrician mother had become a national figure in this movement. South Africa divestment-Even my apathetic, apolitical school had one of those apartheid shanties on the Cut. Science: Challenger Explosion. One of the astronauts was a CMU graduate so the whole campus was in mourning. The day a fellow hs student's father was announced as a Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry. Toys: Cabbage Patch Kids in college:confused: and the retirement of the skinny ie chokable Fisher-Price people when I was a new mother Fad: Rubik's Cube, CPK, gourmet jelly beans Sports: Celtics championships School: Intense pressure cooker both in hs and in college. ---- Who remembers People Express Airlines? This was a great carrier for students! |
Fashion: Neon clothes, wearing two pairs of socks in two different colors, Swatches, Frankie Say and Choose Life T-shirts, OP shorts, friendship pins you wore on your shoes, friendship bracelets, charm bracelets, ribbon barrettes
Entertainment: MTV showing VIDEOS!, Silver Spoons, Diff'rent Strokes, Cheers, E.T., Live Aid, Duran Duran, Prince, Degrassi Junior High, Miami Vice, Head of the Class, Goonies, INXS, U2 became HUGE, Debbie Gibson and Tiffany (the Britney and Christina of their day), Menudo, New Kids on the Block, the Brat Pack, the novels of Bret Easton Ellis and Jim Carroll, New Wave, hair metal, Vanna-mania, the Bangles, the Go-Gos, Whitney Houston, Madonna and Cyndi Lauper, Back To The Future, Max Headroom, and a low-rated local morning talk show in Chicago becomes the hottest show in the city thanks to its new host...some woman named Oprah Winfrey. Politics: Ronald Reagan: "My fellow Americans, I have signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes," George H.W. Bush: "Read my lips: No new taxes!" supply-side economics, No Nukes, ACT-UP, Harold Washington and Council Wars (in Chicago), Lloyd Bentsen: "Senator, I knew Jack Kennedy. I served with Jack Kennedy. Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy." Pop Culture Sayings: Frankie Say Relax, Grody To The Max, Like Omigod! Science: Apple Macintosh, Commodore 64, the Challenger explosion (Christa McAuliffe, the first teacher in space, was on that mission), AIDS is given a name, Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space, Toys: Barbie (of course!), Cabbage Patch Kids, Dolly Pops, Glamour Gals, Dazzle Dolls, Pound Puppies Fad: Garbage Pail Kids, Cabbage Patch Kids, Sticker collections, Pac-Man, break dancing, Deely Boppers, calling 867-5309 to see if Jenny picked up Sports: The 1985 Bears: The Fridge, Walter Payton, Jim "the punky QB" McMahon, and the Super Bowl Shuffle, Mary Lou Retton, Greg Louganis, the Miracle on Ice, Flo-Jo, Bob Knight throws a chair, Phi Slamma Jamma School: DITTOS! It is sad that there is an entire generation that will not know the joy of smelling fresh ditto ink. |
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I used to wear my McHammer pants to school w/ patent leather shoes in the 2nd grade:(:(:(. You got grounded for saying Rad?!?! Why? |
Entertainment
Movies: Coming to America, 48 Hours, Beverly Hills Cop, Rocky, Risky Business, Ferris Bueler's Day Off, Sixteen Candles, Breakfast Club, Against All Odds, Childs Play(stupid movie), No Way Out, Pretty In Pink, Weird Science, and Top Gun just to name a few of my favorites. Music: Duran Duran, Madonna, The Police, Sting, Bananarama, Phil Collins, Til Tuesday, Nu Shooz, Thompson Twins, Van Halen (David Lee Roth) I hated Sammy Hagar, Michael Jackson's Thriller (the best) Eddie Murphy and Don Johnson trying to sing (horrible) Toys: GI Joe and Transformers (my favorites) |
Class of '83 here, so we're talking high school/college/early career time of life:
Fashion: Flashdance sweatshirts (that we actually cut ourselves, NOT bought that way) Calvin Klein, Gloria Vanderbilt and Jordache jeans, monogrammed sweaters, man shirts (ie. dress shirts, ties, vests) Entertainment: Prince, Queen, REO Speedwagon, Michael Jackson, Rick James, Fleetwood Mac, Genesis and Phil Collins and all derivatives of same (Peter Gabriel, etc) Politics: Iran hostages, Shah of Iran is ousted, Libya crisis, The Headlee Amendment (which made it IMPOSSIBLE for me to get financial aid or loans), Nicaragua Pop Culture Sayings: It was Killer, It was THE BOMB, Ohmigod! Like, Gag me with a spoon! Totally! Gross! Grody! Science: ????????? Toys: Atari, pick your own path type games on the Commodore 64... I was kind of old for toys by 1980 Fad: Spandex, roach clip hair decorations, big curly hair, tight jeans, leg warmers, Chia Pets Sports: 1984 Detroit Tigers (nothing else matters in the 80's.. seriously) School: High School, College... we had open lunch in high school, actually got to leave at lunch time and everybody hung out at the fast food joints in the area |
While I was cleaning out my closet this week-end, I came across my 80's keepsake box. I found my Bermuda bag with twenty different covers (at least half of them were monogrammed) as well as a box of button covers. I had totally forgotten about that crazy fad until I saw them again.
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i did some cleaning this weekend too, and found my old Trapper Keeper with scratch and sniff stickers on it...some of them still smelled!-
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Electron mircoscopes invented, Challenger disaster, nuclear holocaust was fore front More stuff..... Ocean Pacific, Karate Kid and the best stalker flick at the time...Fatal Attraction |
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I guess we could add AIDS to that list. It was named in '82 or '83. Not too many good science things, were there? |
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entertainment: cable, Michael Jackson, the Corey's, the Brat Pack, Genesis, the Police, Hall & Oates, Phoebe Cates, , Johnny Carson, Ed McMahon, Dukes of Hazzard (Daisy Duke,) Hee Haw. Hee Haw had a million Daisy Dukes. and corny jokes.
fashion: mullets, jerry curls, rat tails, Converse, acid wash, bedazzled jean jackets, girls teasing their bangs to the brink (with forks,) sports: Michael Jordan, Wayne Gretzky, Andre Agassi, John McEnroe, the Tigers, da Bears, the Cubbies, the Andre Dawson, Roger Clemens, Greg Maddux, Walter Payton, Ditka cocaine. Caddyshack. "you know, i've often dreamed of becoming a golf club." |
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