You Know You Grew Up In The 1980's If...

[rodmonster]

YOU KNOW YOU GREW UP IN THE 1980'S IF...
- You ever ended your sentence with "psych"
- You wanted to be a Goonie
- You ever wore fluorescent, neon if you will, clothing
- You tight rolled your acid wash jeans and pushed up the sleves on your white sports coat (dont forget to pull up you collar on that izod polo shirt)
- You solved the Rubics cube.....by peeling off the stickers
- You watched the pound puppies
- You can sing the song to the Dukes of Hazzard
- You wore biker shorts under your skirts and felt stylish
- You yearned to be a member of the Baby-sitters club and tried to start a club of your own.
- You owned those little Strawberry Shortcake pals scented dolls
- You know that 'Whoa' comes from Joey on "Blossom"
- You can sing the entire theme song to "Duck Tales"
- If you played the chipmunks Christmas album all year long!
- Remember reading Kool-Aid man comics
- You ever watched Fraggle Rock
- You had plastic streamers on the handle bars of your bike
- You remember when it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons
- You wore a pony tail to the side of your head
- You saw the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on the big screen
- You watche E.T. at the theater....and cried.....
- You got super-excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school
- You made your mom buy you one of those clips that would hold your shirt in a knot on the side
- You had a Kirk Cameron poster on your bedroom wall
- You wore a Jordache jean jacket and you were proud of it
- Your mother wouldn't let you have garbage pail kids
- You wanted to change your name to Jem in Kindergarten
- You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, Wax off"
- You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off
- You took lunch to school in a metal lunch box
- You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf
- You remember the craze, and then banning of slap bracelets
- You still get the urge to use "NOT" at the end of every statement you make
- You remember Hypercolor T-shirts
- You remember Punky Brewster
- You thought Sheera and He-Man should hook up
- You thought your childhood friends would never leave because you exchanged "friendship bracelets"
- You ever owned a pair of Jelly Shoes
- After you saw Pee-Wee's Big Adventure you couldn't stop saying "I know you are but what am I?"
- You remember "I've fallen...and I can't get up!"
- You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates
- You ever got seriously injured on a slip and slide
- You know not to mix poprocks and soda (but did it anyway!)
- You had or went to a birthday party at McDonald's
- You learned oldies songs by watching Alvin and the Chipmunks
- You had a Glow Worm or watched the cartoon
- You remember dancing along with the Bangles in "Walk Like An Egyptian"
- You saw the California Raisins Christmas claymation special
- You remember Popples
- DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!!!
- You wore socks over tights with high-top Reeboks
- You wore like 8 pairs of socks at once, scrunched down
- You remember boom boxes instead of CD players
- You remember the Transformers
- You know what it meant to say "care bear stare!!" and you had a favorite
- You remember Rainbow Bright and My Little Pony Tales
- You remember watching TV thinking Doogie Howser was hot!
- You remember Alf, the little furry brown alien from Melmac
- You remember the large amounts of hairspray used
- You remember those very stylish headbands
- You remember Vicky the Robot
- You remember Eve Garland from Out of this World and how she could stop time by pressing the tips of her index fingers together and talking to her dad
through a glowing cube in her bedroom
- You remember the beginning of New Kids on the Block
- You remember watching The Cosby show
- You remember Mr.Belvadere
- You remember Michael J. Fox in Family Ties and Back to the Future
- You know all the names! of the gang from "Saved by the Bell"
- You know all the words to Bon Jovi's "shot through the heart" song

[Santa's Helper]

I hated those Hypercolor shirts because they would change with your body heat or if they got wet so, every guy who wore those always had a color change under their armpits! Gross!!

[rodmonster]

LOL.
Yeah i had a female friend that would get guys she did not like in trouble.
She would cross her arms... and um....place her hands on her shirt.. shall we say...
Then would tell the teacher a guy was trying to mess with her.
Was funny ...but mean....
=)

I hated those Hypercolor shirts because they would change with your body heat or if they got wet so, every guy who wore those always had a color change under their armpits! Gross!!

[Santa's Helper]

Worse yet was when they would wear the hypercolor shirts with lycra spandex shorts! Yuck! That was too much information without ever saying a word!

[Santa's Helper]

LOL.
Yeah i had a female friend that would get guys she did not like in trouble.
She would cross her arms... and um....place her hands on her shirt.. shall we say...
Then would tell the teacher a guy was trying to mess with her.
Was funny ...but mean....
=)

Sounds like something I might have done! hahahaha!!!!

[ScottCalvin]

what about the Car symbol craze, we all those Kids who wanted to be cool would take the badges off Cars.

In England during the mid 80's when the bank Frankie goes to Hollywood was the big band there was the Famous Frankie says Relax T-shirts

here a few others from the 80's


You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, Wax off."
You remember the garbage pail kids, and owned some
You owned only cassettes.
You had to come in the house when it got dark.
You recorded songs off the radio
You remember the first time you went into a video store to rent a movie and had a choice of VHS or BETAMAX!
You still cannot go in to the water because of that **** movie - Jaws.
You knew what Willis was "talkin' 'bout."
You Believed that "By the power of Greyskull, you HAD the power!You know that another name for a keyboard is a "Synthesize
You carried your lunch to school in a Gremlins, ET, Dukes of Hazzard, Knight Rider, Strawberry Shortcake or A-Team lunch box
You wore those wide, colorful shoelaces.
You knew what Wake me up before you GoGo is on about

You know who Max Headroom is/was

[rodmonster]

Sigh....
Yes i wore a BMW hood ornament too...
RUN DMC DID IT!
So could I!!!
=)

[Minta]

OH MY!!!!! Now this post brings back memories!!!!!! Some I would soon want to forget!!!!! LOL!!!!! Oh lets not forget the BIG HAIR!!!!!! The hair spray companies made some big buck during the late 80s. Another theme song from the 80's Motley Crue's Smokin in the Boys Room!!!

[rodmonster]

I had hair to my belt line in the 80s...
So ummmm
A full can and a half of Aqua Net a week!

OH MY!!!!! Now this post brings back memories!!!!!! Some I would soon want to forget!!!!! LOL!!!!! Oh lets not forget the BIG HAIR!!!!!! The hair spray companies made some big buck during the late 80s. Another theme song from the 80's Motley Crue's Smokin in the Boys Room!!!

[rodmonster]

I Want My Long Hair Back!!!
=)

[ScottCalvin]

I Want My Long Hair Back!!!
=)

I just want hair

[trackrebel]

that´s a real cool thread!!!

Ißm guilty of a few..mostly the cartoon related ones....since I was 8 in 89......I had a Strawberry Shortcake scented pal....I watched Fraggle Rock...I wanted to be a goonie....plenty more....it would be too much to type

[Minta]

A full can and a half of Aqua Net a week!

Yeah that sounds about right! LOL!

[Meceka]

Great thread, Rod! cheesy

[Santa's Helper]

OH MY!!!!! Now this post brings back memories!!!!!! Some I would soon want to forget!!!!! LOL!!!!! Oh lets not forget the BIG HAIR!!!!!! The hair spray companies made some big buck during the late 80s. Another theme song from the 80's Motley Crue's Smokin in the Boys Room!!!

I had some BIG hair and I loved it! I still think that I have big hair especially since most people wear their hair straight or just loose curls. I just don't look good like that so I was thrilled when I heard that big hair was making a come back but, I don't think that it will ever come back like it was in the 80's! I used so much hairspray that my dresser would be caked with it. I remember trying to dust my dresser and it sounded like I was rubbing it with sandpaper because of that hairspray dried up on it. I'll have to post a picture of me with some of my bigger hair moments on here. You won't believe how much I had!!!!

[rodmonster]

HELLO!!!!
Pictures please!!!
=)

I had some BIG hair and I loved it! I still think that I have big hair especially since most people wear their hair straight or just loose curls. I just don't look good like that so I was thrilled when I heard that big hair was making a come back but, I don't think that it will ever come back like it was in the 80's! I used so much hairspray that my dresser would be caked with it. I remember trying to dust my dresser and it sounded like I was rubbing it with sandpaper because of that hairspray dried up on it. I'll have to post a picture of me with some of my bigger hair moments on here. You won't believe how much I had!!!!

[whychristmas]

Saved by the bell, that takes me back!!!

And as a 80s UK kid, you're right on Scott!

[Santa's Helper]

I'm going to try to get on this picture posting thing. I have to figure out my scanner 1st though. After I figure that out, look out! I'll need my own thread because my hair won't fit in this one!!!

[trackrebel]

looking forward to those pictures Santa....haha...I know older hockey teammates who had the New Kids On The Block remembrance hairstyle....it´s always kinda funny looking at those pictures.....My friend´s and I call this haircut like that....because all the new kids fans seemed to run around like that :D

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u83/Spenku/Hair/80s/366936232_cd953f482c_o.jpg

[Maureen]

Bowling for Soup's 1985 sums it up for me!!!

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=6dMmNcT3ouo

[Santa's Helper]

looking forward to those pictures Santa....haha...I know older hockey teammates who had the New Kids On The Block remembrance hairstyle....it´s always kinda funny looking at those pictures.....My friend´s and I call this haircut like that....because all the new kids fans seemed to run around like that :D

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u83/Spenku/Hair/80s/366936232_cd953f482c_o.jpg
Oh My!! That's pretty much what I looked like! I'm about half that big today!!! I just can't go flat, I don't look right plus, I have really thick hair so, it's always pouffy!!!

[ReineV]

- You rocked a side ponytail on picture day
- Your favorite shirt was a turtle neck with multicolored stars on it
- You had a crush on LL Cool J
- You knew every single Prince and Michael Jackson song
- You still do "the snake" at parties
- You used so much hairspray to hold your bangs up, you're nervous that there's another hole in the ozone layer directly above your house
- If a band didn't have big hair, they were'nt worth listening to
- You still love Heart
- You miss your watch-calculator
- You actually ate the stuff you made in your easy bake oven

[trackrebel]

I can say yes to number 3-5....but my crush on LL didn´t come until the Doin It video....:D

[rodmonster]

- You had a crush on LL Cool J
-----------My wife does NOW - but i was obsessed (in a straight way of course) with him back then - Run DMC, Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, Too Short, Fat Boys, names go on and on......BUT LL was my boy!

- You knew every single Prince and Michael Jackson song
-----------I knew em all and .....sigh..... i even wore one glove to school for a while....

- If a band didn't have big hair, they weren't worth listening to
-----------Trudat!!!

- You miss your watch-calculator
-----------i miss those - mine rocked!

- You rocked a side ponytail on picture day
- Your favorite shirt was a turtle neck with multicolored stars on it
- You had a crush on LL Cool J
- You knew every single Prince and Michael Jackson song
- You still do "the snake" at parties
- You used so much hairspray to hold your bangs up, you're nervous that there's another hole in the ozone layer directly above your house
- If a band didn't have big hair, they were'nt worth listening to
- You still love Heart
- You miss your watch-calculator
- You actually ate the stuff you made in your easy bake oven

[ScottCalvin]

You thought Steve Guttenberg was cool.

You always stayed in to watch Cheers, Roseanne.

[Maureen]

Forget Steve Guttenberg (although I did enjoy that funny ghost movie he was in with Daryl Hannah)

MAGNUM PI!!!!!!!!!!

[Santa's Helper]

Oh man, I have got to figure out my scanner! I was in my dance recital 1985-86 and my jazz routine was to Cindy Lauper's She Bop! I had a side ponytail that was so big that I'm surprised my head isn't lopsided to this day!!! I have a picture of it and that's the year that I won my most improved in ballet trophy and I was still in the jazz get up so I made front page of the newspaper with that hair and crazy outfit!

[trackrebel]

honest...I´m looking forward so so much to those pictures....I hope You will make it to post them....:D

[Santa's Helper]

I hope so too! I'm actually looking forward to posting them as well. It will be fun to go through all of my old photos. I still have pictures that I want to post in the old Christmas thread! I'll have to get my husband to help me with it I guess. Stay tuned...

[trackrebel]

oh be sure I will!!! :D....I just have this picture in my mind now.....Your head...with this big pony tail....waggin to the left....:D

[Santa's Helper]

Ok here's something for you. 80's= hair crimping! I had really long hair and my mom used to crimp it! I tried out for the Pittsburgh Maulers Jr. Flashdancers (with a name like Flashdancers you know it was an 80's team),and for the tryouts my mom crimped my hair. My tryout song that I had to dance to with the entire group of girls was Cindy Lauper, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun! The try outs were held at South Hills Village Mall in front of Gimbels (for all of you western Pa. members on here.) Anyway, I made it to the finals and my mom crimped my hair again but, this time she added rollers to the ends of my hair and it was actually a nice look! I have pictures of this too! More stay tuned moments...


P.S. If you are scratching you heads wondering what the Pittsburgh Maulers were, they were a Football team that played in the USFL league and they were only around for a year due to the fact that they used to play in the spring when the NFL wasn't playing but, they voted to play all football in the fall and that did them in.

[Santa's Helper]

http://www.throwbackmax.com/maulers4.jpg

[Santa's Helper]

Ok, I didn't know where to post this. I was going to put it in the video game one but, I thought that since it wasn't one of the choices in that thread that I'd put it here. Did anyone have a 2-XL game? It came with 8-track tapes that asked you trivia questions and you had to push the buttons on 2-XL for which ever the choice was. I used to use it to play my mom's 8-tracks! We still have this I think at my mom's house. This may have been a 70's toy, I don't know because it was my brother's toy and I just kind of stole it from him.
http://retrothing.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2xl.jpg

[Santa's Helper]

I found this on Youtube and it is a 70's thing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJIdz3V8xGQ

[rodmonster]

I FREAKIN LOVE THAT!!!
I want one now!!!

Ok, I didn't know where to post this. I was going to put it in the video game one but, I thought that since it wasn't one of the choices in that thread that I'd put it here. Did anyone have a 2-XL game? It came with 8-track tapes that asked you trivia questions and you had to push the buttons on 2-XL for which ever the choice was. I used to use it to play my mom's 8-tracks! We still have this I think at my mom's house. This may have been a 70's toy, I don't know because it was my brother's toy and I just kind of stole it from him.
http://retrothing.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2xl.jpg

[rodmonster]

I rem them.. I had the MEMPHIS STEAMBOATS!!

Ok here's something for you. 80's= hair crimping! I had really long hair and my mom used to crimp it! I tried out for the Pittsburgh Maulers Jr. Flashdancers (with a name like Flashdancers you know it was an 80's team),and for the tryouts my mom crimped my hair. My tryout song that I had to dance to with the entire group of girls was Cindy Lauper, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun! The try outs were held at South Hills Village Mall in front of Gimbels (for all of you western Pa. members on here.) Anyway, I made it to the finals and my mom crimped my hair again but, this time she added rollers to the ends of my hair and it was actually a nice look! I have pictures of this too! More stay tuned moments...


P.S. If you are scratching you heads wondering what the Pittsburgh Maulers were, they were a Football team that played in the USFL league and they were only around for a year due to the fact that they used to play in the spring when the NFL wasn't playing but, they voted to play all football in the fall and that did them in.

[rodmonster]

I need that one now!
I had an Alphie though!
LOL - i still have him - Push the red button on his head!

http://inthe80s.com/toys/images/alphi.jpg

[Annette1990]

Remember this cartoon?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjfvZOAKo00&feature=PlayList&p=45672D8F3A0C737A&playnext=1&index=53

[rodmonster]

Yup and i have a afew VHS and the DVDs.
Yup!
Here it is!

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/515hXw%2BOCSL._SL500_AA240_.jpg
http://www.amazon.com/Littles-Complete-Hal-Smith/dp/B000TGJ86M/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1233464925&sr=8-2

[Annette1990]

Yeah I had gotten my daughter a VHS of The Littles but ended up giving it away after awhile to my sister for her kids.

[Annette1990]

[quote=Santa's Helper;151518]Ok here's something for you. 80's= hair crimping! I had really long hair and my mom used to crimp it!

HA HA I used to crimp my hair too. And I used to ratt it out like the girls from Vixen. I hear ya about the aqua net getting everywhere. First thing that came to my mind was the curling iron being coated with the stuff!!

[Santa's Helper]

Rod,
I read online that you might be able to find a 2-XL on ebay or thrift stores. He was pretty cool and he'd make jokes and then at some point he'd tell you that he was getting tired and would like to be shut off!

[trackrebel]

some 80s music videos...I thought they fit in....

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=fg2pzil1YQQ
Candy Girl by New Edition....I love the song and need to get it on CD for Kandice´s birthday....cos of Kandice-Kandi-Candy Girl...

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=poaXgXQmdIo&feature=related
One Moment In Time by Whitney Houston....to me...the best Olympic Song ever....brings goose pimps every time I see and hear it.......a bit heart-breaking at 3:04....and I love the kids in the beginning

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=nLLweEwG8Ss
and my first name ain´t baby, it´s Janet.....Miss Jackson if You nasty........my fave singer Janet....loved all her 80s stuff....loved the 90s stuff, too....the music she does now....is not that good no more...but she got a special place in my heart

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=MHzj67NUcNc&feature=related
Glory Of Love - Peter Cetera....girls breath in...breath out....Ralph Macchio is in the video....:D....when I was 6-13 I thought he was mighty cute

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=nwBbMXYDsXw
Footlose - Kenny Loggins....who doesn´t know this?

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=nwBbMXYDsXw
Maniac - Michael Sembello....I love the song....I looooooove the movie....nothing more to say!!!!!

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=AtyJbIOZjS8
Thriller - Michael Jackson....Nuff said!

[Santa's Helper]

I remember waiting for the Thriller video to come on MTV. It was a major, stay at home, get your bath early, finish all of you homework and vegetables, moment in my house. Anytime MTV would debut a new video that was huge! I love Thriller and I think that it's one of the best videos ever made! I liked his smooth criminal video too. They were always like mini movies!

[rodmonster]

HOW FUNNY!
Same here!!!

Back then we had Friday Night Videos as well...
Same situation!
=)

I remember waiting for the Thriller video to come on MTV. It was a major, stay at home, get your bath early, finish all of you homework and vegetables, moment in my house. Anytime MTV would debut a new video that was huge! I love Thriller and I think that it's one of the best videos ever made! I liked his smooth criminal video too. They were always like mini movies!

[trackrebel]

Thriller is legendary...that´s why I did not right anything else but Nuff Said to it....:D...I jus tlove it...without Thriller....video industrie wouldn´t be the same.......Smooth Criminal was off the hook as well...the choreography is insane

[Santa's Helper]

HOW FUNNY!
Same here!!!

Back then we had Friday Night Videos as well...
Same situation!
=)
Yes! Friday night videos!! My cousin used to come and babysit my brother and me and my mom would go out with the girls so, we'd stay up to watch them. She would pop popcorn and we'd pull out the sofabed and hang in front of the tv all night!

[Santa's Helper]

Back to the Future is on tonight on ENCR5 at 8 pm. I know mostly everyone will be watching the super bowl but, maybe if you want to see it you could tape it? I have all 3 of them on dvd, which I've never opened, but, I enjoy watching movies when they come on tv because it's more special that way!

[rodmonster]

U R cracking me up!
I used to do the exact same with my friends... would get lil brother to bed and we would get the junk food... pull out the sofa bed or thrown down sleeping bags and watch.
AWESOME!

Yes! Friday night videos!! My cousin used to come and babysit my brother and me and my mom would go out with the girls so, we'd stay up to watch them. She would pop popcorn and we'd pull out the sofabed and hang in front of the tv all night!

[Maureen]

Got news for you guys, there's nothing Retro about that. Babysitters and teenagers the world over have been doing things like that since there were TV's and they're still doing it!!!!!!!

[ReineV]

I LOVED Smooth Criminal. Thriller was awesome...but Smooth Criminal...OMG, I'm totally going to youtube that right now.

[trackrebel]

and post the link over here....love that routine....the choreography was done by Tina Landon...who was Janet´s choreographer till 98 or 99...loved her style

[Santa's Helper]

Got news for you guys, there's nothing Retro about that. Babysitters and teenagers the world over have been doing things like that since there were TV's and they're still doing it!!!!!!!
It's retro to us because we weren't alive when the 1st tv landed in someones home. Friday night videos is an 80's thing so, it's retro to all of us 80's kids.cheesy

[Maureen]

Thanks for that - I wasn't around when the first TV's arrived in someone's house either :snowball:!!!

Friday night videos were a 90's thing as well and you were well around for them. Even the late 70's had videos.

Sorry, still stick to my "Not purely an 80's retro thing" !!!!!!!!

[rodmonster]

Chill....
Miscommunication are in this thread...
We are referring to ...
"Friday Night Videos" (1983 (http://www.imdb.com/Sections/Years/1983/)) More at IMDbPro » (http://pro.imdb.com/rg/maindetails-title/tconst-pro-header-link/title/tt0165583/)TV series 1983-2000
"Friday Night Videos" was NBC's answer to MTV.

Not just videos.... on Friday nights...

It was a show....
Here is the opening...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnkcy1GZ4g4

We all good now?
=)

[Santa's Helper]

Thanks for that - I wasn't around when the first TV's arrived in someone's house either :snowball:!!!

Friday night videos were a 90's thing as well and you were well around for them. Even the late 70's had videos.

Sorry, still stick to my "Not purely an 80's retro thing" !!!!!!!!
I wasn't trying to insult you by the 1st tv thing. You said that babysitters and teenagers have been doing this since there were tv's and that's why I said that. Since I was a child in the 80's and Friday Night Videos started in the 80's it's retro to us who grew up watching them and looked forward to the late night specialty of it all. No offense intended!cheesy

[Maureen]

That's okay; I threw a snowball at you! We're cool!

[rodmonster]

U know - back in the 80s... snowballs were different....
LOL
sorry....
=)

[Santa's Helper]

I'm just glad she didn't throw a yellow snowball at me! I'd be worried then!!:cry:

[rodmonster]

Well this being the 80s.... It would be NEON yellow!
=)

[CharlestonNole]

Two unsung "totally awesome" 80s flicks:

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8Db4avDn1mc

[rodmonster]

Word!!!!

[SW1Dennis]

YOU KNOW YOU GREW UP IN THE 1980'S IF...
- You ever ended your sentence with "psych"
- You wanted to be a Goonie
- You ever wore fluorescent, neon if you will, clothing
- You tight rolled your acid wash jeans and pushed up the sleves on your white sports coat (dont forget to pull up you collar on that izod polo shirt)
- You solved the Rubics cube.....by peeling off the stickers
- You watched the pound puppies
- You can sing the song to the Dukes of Hazzard
- You wore biker shorts under your skirts and felt stylish
- You yearned to be a member of the Baby-sitters club and tried to start a club of your own.
- You owned those little Strawberry Shortcake pals scented dolls
- You know that 'Whoa' comes from Joey on "Blossom"
- You can sing the entire theme song to "Duck Tales"
- If you played the chipmunks Christmas album all year long!
- Remember reading Kool-Aid man comics
- You ever watched Fraggle Rock
- You had plastic streamers on the handle bars of your bike
- You remember when it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons
- You wore a pony tail to the side of your head
- You saw the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on the big screen
- You watche E.T. at the theater....and cried.....
- You got super-excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school
- You made your mom buy you one of those clips that would hold your shirt in a knot on the side
- You had a Kirk Cameron poster on your bedroom wall
- You wore a Jordache jean jacket and you were proud of it
- Your mother wouldn't let you have garbage pail kids
- You wanted to change your name to Jem in Kindergarten
- You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, Wax off"
- You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off
- You took lunch to school in a metal lunch box
- You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf
- You remember the craze, and then banning of slap bracelets
- You still get the urge to use "NOT" at the end of every statement you make
- You remember Hypercolor T-shirts
- You remember Punky Brewster
- You thought Sheera and He-Man should hook up
- You thought your childhood friends would never leave because you exchanged "friendship bracelets"
- You ever owned a pair of Jelly Shoes
- After you saw Pee-Wee's Big Adventure you couldn't stop saying "I know you are but what am I?"
- You remember "I've fallen...and I can't get up!"
- You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates
- You ever got seriously injured on a slip and slide
- You know not to mix poprocks and soda (but did it anyway!)
- You had or went to a birthday party at McDonald's
- You learned oldies songs by watching Alvin and the Chipmunks
- You had a Glow Worm or watched the cartoon
- You remember dancing along with the Bangles in "Walk Like An Egyptian"
- You saw the California Raisins Christmas claymation special
- You remember Popples
- DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!!!
- You wore socks over tights with high-top Reeboks
- You wore like 8 pairs of socks at once, scrunched down
- You remember boom boxes instead of CD players
- You remember the Transformers
- You know what it meant to say "care bear stare!!" and you had a favorite
- You remember Rainbow Bright and My Little Pony Tales
- You remember watching TV thinking Doogie Howser was hot!
- You remember Alf, the little furry brown alien from Melmac
- You remember the large amounts of hairspray used
- You remember those very stylish headbands
- You remember Vicky the Robot
- You remember Eve Garland from Out of this World and how she could stop time by pressing the tips of her index fingers together and talking to her dad
through a glowing cube in her bedroom
- You remember the beginning of New Kids on the Block
- You remember watching The Cosby show
- You remember Mr.Belvadere
- You remember Michael J. Fox in Family Ties and Back to the Future
- You know all the names! of the gang from "Saved by the Bell"
- You know all the words to Bon Jovi's "shot through the heart" song

:sparkle:

Well Rod, you have pretty much covered the decade of the 1980's. Thank you all for playing LOL!!

[rodmonster]

LOL!!!!!
Sorry.....
=)
hehehehehe


:sparkle:

Well Rod, you have pretty much covered the decade of the 1980's. Thank you all for playing LOL!!

[Meceka]

Buckaroo Banzai!

[ChristmasLovers]

Just saw this thread and yepp, I feel pretty old lol.

[Holly11]

I was cracking up while I read this! Then I realized just how disturbing it was. I did way too many of those things. I think I'm still trying to get the Aqua Net build up out of my hair! I bought our 5 year old and 2 year old Smurfs for Christmas last year. My son greeted that with "what is this?" AACK! Kids these days!

Remember Member's Only jackets?

Thanks for the memories!

[digbugsgirl]

Too funny!! Boy did you bring back a lot of childhood memories! I was so in LOVE with Doogie Howser! I kind of miss the old McDonald's. It seemed to have been (at least to me) geared more towards children. Now it's all about adults and the size of the food. Remember those plastic-like McDonald animal-like things in the playground that you could sit on? I think you could rock them back and forth if I'm not mistaken.

Remember "A tisket, a tasket, a flower making basket. Works like magic, smells fantastic, flower making basket." ???

[Sunshine73]

What a fun list!!! I was a child/teen in the 80's and totally relate to everything listed.

Well, except for the He-Man/She-Ra hookup thing...that would be super creepy since they were twins! LOL.

[HollyJells]

You forgot JEM
THUNDERCATS
SNORKS

How about Leg-Warmers

Color Change Pencils

[hilarios]

I should give out snap bracelets this year for Christmas.

[rodmonster]

OR u could make friendship bracelets!
=)

[ReineV]

You forgot JEM
THUNDERCATS
SNORKS

How about Leg-Warmers

Color Change Pencils

JEM IS MY NAAAME!!!
Thundercats HOOOOOOOOOOOO!

OMG. Saturday morning memories!!!!

[digbugsgirl]

Jem. Jem is excitement. Ooooo Jem. Jem is adventure. Oooo. Glamour and glitter. Fashion and fame. Jem!

[lauriebear777]

Tee hee this has really brought it all back, my hair was so high, ugh!!! And I wore purple, yes I wrote purple lipstick, what was I thinking ha, ha, ha!!!!

[ReineV]

Frosty purple or pink lip stick. That's where it was at! Don't get me started on the neon colored bangles!!

[Annette1990]

OR u could make friendship bracelets!
=)
OMG I used to make those and also do those hair wraps with the same embroidery thread. *L

[Annette1990]

Memba this?
http://www.steinsquared.com/weblog/images/shamp.jpg
I guess this could be classified also under the 70's too. But I used it in the 80's and loved it. I actually found some from a catalog awhile back. Ahhh the memories. =)

[CJ498]

You know you grew up in the 1980's if you used to love New York Seltzer.

http://i37.tinypic.com/28wdjqe.jpg

I loved this stuff, I remember begging my mom to get me this everytime she went shopping! really sad this stuff is not around anymore

[woosha]

The 80s where great!! I want to go back!!

[Annette1990]

What about 2 liter plastic bottles of...was it sun coolers or california coolers...i forget now but those were good! *L

[Annette1990]

Oh here's another one I've been meaning to post in this thread. Remember these?
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3256/2921959539_0f1184fe97.jpg
There is a convenience store not for from me that has these. Although the ones they have are all premixed. Back in the 80's you could pump/squirt the flavor into your little slushy/ice balls mixture. They still taste the same as they did back then. I always liked the blue raspberry. Yum!

[ScottCalvin]

Slush Puppies were good, however I always got major Brain Freeze from them

[YellowSnow]

Slush Puppies were good, however I always got major Brain Freeze from them

I believe the bolded statement was born in the '80s. LOL

YS

[Annette1990]

Slush Puppies were good, however I always got major Brain Freeze from them
HA HA...No doubt...I always got a blue tongue from the blue raspberry.

[trackrebel]

over here in Germany You get them at all the big volksfests....we just call them slush now....not slush puppies no more....I do too prefer the blue rasperry flavor.....I remember when I was in the states....I had a Brandy Slush....Squirt was in it, Brandy of course and crushed ice....it was dilicous

[Annette1990]

What about this show on the USA network?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th6pSqskQb4

http://omni2000.com/dpusa/dpindex.html

[Annette1990]

Another one I like to watch on USA was "Up All Night" with hosts Gilbert Gottfried and Rhonda "up all night" Shear.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ct8rdiWm9w

[Annette1990]

Here's another Dance Party vid. supposedly Kelly Ripa (from Regis and Kelly) suppose to be in the crowd.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6Mi3aSShOw

Oh my gosh...the hair on some of these gals...would have made mine look flat! *L
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9rrUuHFtTU

[rodmonster]

oh yeah!

Another one I like to watch on USA was "Up All Night" with hosts Gilbert Gottfried and Rhonda "up all night" Shear.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ct8rdiWm9w

[xmas365]

I couldn't wait every year for the California Raisins Christmas Special


www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXzriJ2LDpI

[mommytotwo]

Yup, yup.

You know that 'Whoa' comes from Joey on "Blossom" :lol:

[xmas365]

You know you grew up in the 80's if you...
remember the jingle to the Tato Skins commercial.

"Tato Skins got baked potato appeal cuz there baked with potatoes and skins that are real..."


www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziPERhXCn68

[xmas365]

You know you grew up in the 80's if...

...you ever did the Pac Man!





www.youtube.com/watch#v=7jQkBiU_2rg&feature=related


Pac Man cereal

[Annette1990]

Frosty purple or pink lip stick. That's where it was at! Don't get me started on the neon colored bangles!!
Too funny...I remember the Wet n' Wild Purple color....OMG!
And I also remember the neon bangles and also had some neon gummy bracelets

And jelly shoes....(I think Target carried some of these last year)



http://potandkettle.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/jelly-shoes.jpgI was thrilled this year when my neice who is almost 13 had a pair of blue neon pants. She said her dad hated them but I was like OMG!!! I love them...I wore pants very similar to these when I was younger...see I was cool too! *LOL
http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-set/BQcDAAAAAwoDanBnAAAABC5vdXQKFl9NMEhZLU1lM2hHclBFb2 ZWWW9RV3cAAAACaWQKAW0AAAAEc2l6ZQ.jpg (http://www.polyvore.com/shutter_shades_rave/set?.mid=embed&id=7650354)http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-set/BQcDAAAAAwoDanBnAAAABC5vdXQKFjlOOGRQTWdWM2hHdmpSRT ZJY1o2ancAAAACaWQKAW0AAAAEc2l6ZQ.jpg (http://www.polyvore.com/neon/set?.mid=embed&id=5991931)

[Annette1990]

Neon Braceletshttp://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-thing?.out=jpg&size=l&tid=4978610And I thought the shoe laces were pretty cool too!http://ebiz.netopia.com/hpmedia/nss-folder/images3/neonlaces.jpg

[Annette1990]

Let's not forget Nike Cortez shoes (my fav. even to this day!)
http://www.kaboodle.com/hi/img/c/0/0/4d/5/AAAADC0EczsAAAAAAE1aiQ.jpg
I purchased a pair just like these a few years ago. I get this catalog called Final Score. When I saw these shoes I feel in love and had to have them!
http://www.nikecortez.com/images/nike-cortez/nike-cortez-13.jpg

[xmas365]

You know...in the 80's

You Can't Do That On Television


www.youtube.com/watch#v=oO5agWqCvs8&feature=related

[Annette1990]

Here's a few for ya Xmas365...
I loved watching School House Rock, After School Specials. Do you all remember Time for Timer? He did the public service announcements promoting healthy eating and personal hygiene for children. I'm thinking late 70's early 80's. Do you recall some of these videos? I sure do!
Sunshine on a stick: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaVWM1mqG74
Hanker for a hunk of cheese: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3jgo...eature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3jgo5ea_zc&feature=related)
Eat Breakfast: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjnKz...eature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjnKzIU-obI&feature=related)
__________________

[Annette1990]

You know...in the 80's

You Can't Do That On Television


www.youtube.com/watch#v=oO5agWqCvs8&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch#v=oO5agWqCvs8&feature=related)

I totally forgot about this show...TFS

It also made me think of these two shows.
That's Incredible! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFXtb9jBaBM
and...
Real People: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3LN-NIu-ok

[xmas365]

You know...80's

Kids Incorporated

yea I admit it


www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnsHpPNltBw

[xmas365]

In the 80's



www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1IjZO6k4Dw&feature=related


Smurfberry Crunch cereal

[xmas365]

I got another

Whatever happened to Sizzlean?




www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaM3nKFx648

[Annette1990]

You know you grew up in the 80's if...

...you ever did the Pac Man!





Pac Man cereal

What about these...remember these Popsicles? *L*

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2176/2064077732_de07a8743a.jpg

[rodmonster]

BIGTIME!!!! I sed to love those!!!

What about these...remember these Popsicles? *L*

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2176/2064077732_de07a8743a.jpg

[Annette1990]

http://www.zutco.com/pictures/food_pastared.JPGhttp://www.zutco.com/pictures/food_greenpasta.JPG
http://www.zutco.com/pictures/food_pastabank.JPG

[Annette1990]

http://www.zutco.com/pictures/food_pacvitamins.JPGhttp://www.zutco.com/pictures/food_vitaminbox.JPG

[xmas365]

How about this show


www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_ZUSQQdoS4

[xmas365]

What about these...remember these Popsicles? *L*

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2176/2064077732_de07a8743a.jpg

I honestly can't remember those, and I was one of the biggest Pac-Geeks ever

[xmas365]

Here's One To Grow On


www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTEJtramByI

[xmas365]

Here is one everyone in the middle school I was at was trying to sing.


www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfH3yf-vf3A


and here is the record from the Sunday Paper that you had a chance to win the $1mil


www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvdjI5xhXno&feature=related

[xmas365]

Can't talk about the 80's without this

"Where's the beef?"

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ug75diEyiA0

[xmas365]

Time to make the doughnuts.
This one maybe a more regionalized commercial for Dunkin Donuts


www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwfrBbNo5Jg

[xmas365]

Muppet Babies



www.youtube.com/watch?v=hX4wIa_huM4

[trackrebel]

oh, the muppet babies....I loved them very very much....too cute

[xmas365]

With Easter right around the corner I had to do this one

Bunny Tryouts

www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYhikmfE7dA&feature=related

[Annette1990]

With Easter right around the corner I had to do this one

Bunny Tryouts

www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYhikmfE7dA&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYhikmfE7dA&feature=related)

HA HA I totally forgot about this commercial...right on! TFScheesy

[Annette1990]

Ok you guys probably remember these games at recess. And you girls probably remember playing them. Either while jump roping or hand clapping with one another....*L*


We did this over and over, faster and faster, until someone screwed up
Zing, Zing, Zing, Zing
Eenie meenie gypsalinie
Oooh aahhhh bubaleenie
Achie Kachie Liberace
I love you
Take a peach
Take a plum
Take a stick of bubble gum
No more school
No more books
No more teacher’s dirty looks
YEAH!

Apple on a stick makes me sick, makes my tummy go 246,
Not because I'm dirty, not because I'm clean, not because I
Kissed a boy behind a magazine.
Uh - oh here comes Suzi with her pants on tight! she can wiggle,
She can wobble, she can do the splitz, but I betcha $20.00 that she can't do
This!
1-2-3-4



Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear,
Turn around (turn around)
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear,
Touch the ground (touch the ground)
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear,
Tie your shoe (hit your shoe)
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear,
How old are you?
1-2-3-4



Cinderella, dressed in yella,
Went upstairs to kiss a fella,
Made a mistake, kissed a snake,
How many doctors will it take?
2-4-6-8 etc

[xmas365]

I don't wanna grow up...


www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8HMSf4O2FM

[Annette1990]

Here's another oldie but goodie!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rof1J2mOh-w

[xmas365]

Crash Test Dummies- Larry and Vince PSA



www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxh7ofT0MK8

[xmas365]

Here is a commercial that was popular when I was in middle school, we had a substitute teacher that had long hair and a beard and our nickname for him was Freedom Rock kids are so cruel.

Hey man is that Freedom Rock....


www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eGWW8KOQio&feature=related

[xmas365]

The singing pills!!


www.youtube.com/watch?v=LECSVlc6O1g&feature=related



Bugs Bunny PSA

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ut4C_MOmsc&feature=related

this one may have been 70's but I remember it from the early 80's

R2D2 Smoking!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWQgktBR6-w

[dvdelf]

Rubik's Amazing Cube

The cartoon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYs_GCy9PRk

[xmas365]

Rubik's Amazing Cube

The cartoon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYs_GCy9PRk

I vaguely remember that one

[rodmonster]

ahhhh yeahhhhh

Clue Club

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icY5346ENug&feature=PlayList&p=F76A7D07CF7857EE&index=2

and

Fangface!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IzIw-TPDSQ

[dvdelf]

Dude!!


Classic cartoons


Remember Turbo teen & the teen wolf cartoon?

Or the littles?

[rodmonster]

I do indeed and i have almost all of these mentioned so far on my media server!

turbo teen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_haRIsvqvG4

teen wolf
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYi89ALQszI&feature=related

littles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HAn4fByVb8




Dude!!


Classic cartoons


Remember Turbo teen & the teen wolf cartoon?

Or the littles?

[usafvet]

...if you remember all the toy commericals and their jingles that they played on tv, espeically around Christmas time.

Remember this one? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmjUsKaLr-U

[xmas365]

...if you remember all the toy commericals and their jingles that they played on tv, espeically around Christmas time.

Remember this one? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmjUsKaLr-U

I had that! I forgot all about it until I saw the commercial


Thanx

[Annette1990]

...if you remember all the toy commericals and their jingles that they played on tv, espeically around Christmas time.

Remember this one? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmjUsKaLr-U

Sweet....I also forgot about this commercial until I watched it. Thanks!

[rodmonster]

Classic from the 80s they are playing again this year!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBZoTxUMPZI

[xmas365]

Shake-an-Egg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sellmm0E3Y

[usafvet]

I'll have to post this in the video section. I remember commercial as well:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iItYUL8EN6U&feature=PlayList&p=B241CF925360B2C2&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=16

My mom recorded a lot of Christmas cartoons from TV when I was a kid, between 1984-1986. Lot of old commericals like the one provided above. I remember getting a plush goofy. That, and a carebears glass from Arbys.

[rodmonster]

OH YEAH!!!

ANd how bout this one?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFnbIgnOwwQ

[George Broderick, Jr.]

For all you 80's fanatics, here's an April Fool's drawing someone did (not me) posted at a comic site I frequent... it's "League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen -- 1988" and follows the conceit of the original League but, instead of using classic literary characters from the turn of the century (Jeckyl/Hyde, Captain Nemo, etc.) it features Eighties pop icons (with some borderline 70's ones, too)...

http://www.comicsbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/loeg88.jpg

from left to right:

Lisa from Weird Science, MacGuyver, Doc Brown from Back To The Future, Mr. T and Jack Burton (Kurt Russell) from Big Trouble In Little China... with portraits of Farrah, Serpico, Rocky Balboa, The Bandit (Burt Reynolds), Steve Austin (The Six Million Dollar Man) and (I believe) Blackula in the background...

Enjoy!

[rodmonster]

I Love It!!!!

[xmas365]

Avoid the Noid!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bri0SA7FTf4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Str8GOl-iYA&feature=related

[xmas365]

Micro Machine guy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzbUPfoveok

[xmas365]

Apple Jacks commercial

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfNgtFL8VHw

[xmas365]

Oreo Big Stuff

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-O-9KLHalrA

[George Broderick, Jr.]

So... did any of you 80's children catch SyFy Channel's 4th of July "Greatest American Hero" marathon..? I loved that show back in the day... on rewatching it, I cringed at the "state of the art" 80's special effects but was impressed by how well the banter between the lead characters held up after two decades... some good writing there..!

Believe it or not, I'm walking on air..!

[xmas365]

So... did any of you 80's children catch SyFy Channel's 4th of July "Greatest American Hero" marathon..? I loved that show back in the day... on rewatching it, I cringed at the "state of the art" 80's special effects but was impressed by how well the banter between the lead characters held up after two decades... some good writing there..!

Believe it or not, I'm walking on air..!

I saw the commercials for it and meant to watch it, but I forgot all about it until I read George's post. DOOOHH!

[Santa's Helper]

Did not see it but the song has been stuck in my head!!! I was camping and they didn't have that channel up there.

[rodmonster]

Yup and i got the dvds for fathers day as well!
=)

[Snow-in-Texas]

never a fan of the show myself.

[kidzrme]

Leg warmers and I had a banana seat Bike!!!!!!

[gabulldawg]

What I find funny is that back in the late 80's when I was in grade school and junior high,we made fun of my aunt who had pictures in the 70's with bell-bottoms and ironed straight hair. This while we were wearing tight rolled jeanes and mullet hair styles ourselves saying to ourselves (how could they wear that stuff?)

[rodmonster]

What I find funny is that back in the late 80's when I was in grade school and junior high,we made fun of my aunt who had pictures in the 70's with bell-bottoms and ironed straight hair. This while we were wearing tight rolled jeanes and mullet hair styles ourselves saying to ourselves (how could they wear that stuff?)

ohhhh... i miss it!

[Kimothy]

I was born in 1980 (VERY begnning--literally!) and I TOTALLY remember a lot of this stuff!!

Am I the only 80s child who used to watch that show Kids Incorporated. It had a very PRE Saved By The Bell Mario Lopez as a dancer and a VERY young (VERY pre *cough*methandbotox*cough*) Fergie (aka: Stacy Ferguson). I was able to transfer YouTube clips onto my iPod Touch (shhhhh!!!) and I have over 100 songs on it! WOO HOO!

Oh, and I totally wished that DJ Tanner was my big sister or that I was best friends with Punky Brewster. cheesy

[xmas365]

One of my favorites: Garbage Pail Kids

e0zflekvaZM

[trackrebel]

ykuguit80s if You had or at least wanted to have Popples

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQbTjzea6K3t0Wx_a6-ZjDa8g3XVmSRIn0bsF9izXMuYa3tuKRh

[rodmonster]

I was born in 1980 (VERY begnning--literally!) and I TOTALLY remember a lot of this stuff!!

Am I the only 80s child who used to watch that show Kids Incorporated. It had a very PRE Saved By The Bell Mario Lopez as a dancer and a VERY young (VERY pre *cough*methandbotox*cough*) Fergie (aka: Stacy Ferguson). I was able to transfer YouTube clips onto my iPod Touch (shhhhh!!!) and I have over 100 songs on it! WOO HOO!

Oh, and I totally wished that DJ Tanner was my big sister or that I was best friends with Punky Brewster. cheesy

Kids Incorporated, You Cant do that on TV, Great Space Coaster, Electric Company, Picture Pages, ..... i used to watch em alL!!!
=)

[swmrsc]

been there. done that. still watch dukes of hazard pn cmt. I think that is a southern thing though.

[lilnoelelf]

"Not tha momma!!!" LOL

or Kidd Video "from my video to my radiooooo....

the rubik snake

all kinds of different Buttons (mj madonna, bon jovi) on your jean jacket

Wham! nothing more to say on that one

ray ban sunglasses

off the shoulder shirts( yes I wore them!)

donkey kong or frogger

the tv show dallas and WHO SHOT JR?!?!?

21 jump street

jelly bracelets

fingerless lace gloves
I could go on and on LOL

[merrymistletoe]

oh my...i graduated in 1989 so i remember all too well all these things!! i wasone of those w/ the big hair, shirt off the shoulder, skinny leg jeans(when they 1st wore them) & i had to have my white keds. i think @ one time i had 2 pair in case one was to spotty or just had a spot on them.lol

[Kimothy]

t-shirt clips

renting roller skates at the local rink

rolled up jeans

scrunchies (that HAD to match your outfit-of-the-day, of course)

BONGO jeans/shorts (with all those buttons to substitute for the zipper)

slap on bracelets

jelly shoes

walkman

[ScottCalvin]

T-shirts that changed colour when you got warmer,
ripped jeans
high tops with different coloured laces