Ah, back in the day.......
I watched Thundercats, Voltron, He-Man, She-Ra, Inspector Gadget, You Can't Do That On Television, and Double Dare. I wasn't allowed to watch TV until my homework was done (and my babysitter would rat on me if I did), and there was no way I could do all my homework between 3:15 (when I got home) and 4 (when Voltron came on). So I snuck into my dad's office and watched on his old TV set, which was hooked up to the house's antenna (remember those?). After the show, I finished my homework.
There were sooo many ads for sugary cereals. I remember all the hype over the introduction of purple horseshoes in Lucky Charms. But my parents would never let me have the sugary stuff. I got cornflakes.
When I was in elementary school, break-dancing was all the rage.
My friends and I had Garbage Pail Kids cards. I think I still have some of mine somewhere. Maybe I should eBay them.
And then there were the Cabbage Patch Kids. The company that made them had a store in NYC called "Babyland on Fifth" where you could watch the dolls being "born" in a "cabbage patch".
I owned many pairs of stirrup pants, and I actually looked good in them. (Sadly, this is no longer true.)