This site is dedicated to everything about the 1980’s There will be links to cool things that you can buy and also guides to Movies, Music, TV and Cartoons of the 1980’s
I was 2 in 1980 so I remember most of the 1980’s. It was an amazing time to grow up in.
You know you are a child of the 80’s if…
- You had a crush on one of the New Kids on the Block members.
- You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off. Or even when he had those freaky eyes in “Thriller” at the end of the video.
- You wore a banana clip or one of those slap on wrist bands at some point during your youth.
- You had slouch socks, and puff painted your own shirt at least once.
- You knew what Willis was “talkin’ ’bout.”
- You know the profound meaning of “Wax on, Wax off.”
- You can name at least half of the members of the elite “Brat Pack.”
- You can remember watching full house and saved by the bell for endless hours.
- You have seen at least 10 episodes of Fraggle Rock.
- You know that another name for a keyboard is a “Synthesizer.”
- You hold a special place in your heart for “Back to the Future.”
- You know where to go if you “wanna go where everybody knows your name.”
- You thought Molly Ringwald was REALLY cool. (Was there an 80’s movie she WASN’T in?)
- You know what “Sike” means.
- You fell victim to 80’s fashion: big hair, crimped, combed over to the side, and you wore spandex pants
- You wanted to be a Goonie (”Goonies never say die.”)
- You’ve heard of Garbage Pail Kids.
- You knew “The Artist” when he was humbly called “Prince.”
- You ever wore flourescent -neon if you will clothing…(or nailpolish)
- You could breakdance, or wished you could.
- You know who Max Headroom is.
- You remember when ATARI2 was a state of the art video game system. (Remember Pong)
- You know all the words to “ice ice baby”.
- You remember M.C hammer.
- You can still sing the rap to “fresh Prince of BelAir”.
- You own any cassettes.
- You were led to believe that in the year 2000 we’d all be living on the moon.
- You carried your lunch to school in a Gremlins or an ET lunchbox.
- You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf.
- You wanted to communicate with some being named Cinergy, or you wanted green hair like that lead singer of the Misfits.
- You know what a Doozer is.
- You wore biker shorts underneath a short skirt and felt stylish.
- You ever had a Swatch Watch.
- You actually spent countless hours trying to perfect the care-bear stare.
- You had a crush on one of the Coreys (Haim or Feldman).
- You had WonderWoman or Superman underoos.
- You wanted to be The Hulk for Halloween.
- You Believed that “By the power of Greyskull, you HAD the power!”
- You thought that Transformers were more than meets the eye.
- Partying “like it’s 1999″ seemed SO far away.
- You ever mismatched your clothes in a vain attempt to emulate “Punky Brewster”
- You ever wore “Jelly Shoes”
- You remember when a singer having only one big hit was normal
- You remember when it stopped being fashionable to pull your socks up to your knees
- Your mother ever warned you about eating Pop Rocks and drink Coke together
- Mr. Hooper’s death on Sesame Street profoundly affected you
- You remember the battle between Macho Man, Hulk Hogan, and Andre the Giant
- You know how to make “Friendship bracelets”
- You know why you should never feed them after midnight
- You owned a Cricket doll
- You owned a Teddy Ruxpin
- You can hum the theme song of the Super Mario Brothers Nintendo game
- You liked Madonna back when she was fairly normal
- You had one arm covered in bangles - silver or jellie gummie style
- You were responsable for the hole in the ozone with your hairspray usage
- You had a jean jacket, jean purse or jean bookbag (stone-wash, of course!)
- You liked the smell of Strawberry Shortcake Miniatures
- You borrowed your Dad’s shirts to wear over leggings with a black leather V-belt
- Your bedtime started when Dallas or Dynasty came on
- You used to wear booties (the socks with that funky ball in the back)
- You owned plastic bracelets of all colors
- Owned a jacket like the red one Michael Jackson wore in Thriller
- You wore Converse
- You always wondered why Alf could not have fallen in to “your” back yard
- You had all the different types of playdough
- Your ponytail was on the side of your head and you thought you were “hip”
- You can still remember how to do M C Hammer’s dance
- You can’t see a rainbow without thinking of Care Bears or Rainbow Brite.
- You thought guys with big hair & hawaiian print shirts were cute
- You watched She-rah and/or He-Man
- You didn’t understand a song so you watched the video to get it
- You watch a video now & you’re more confused after you’ve seen it
- You wore stirrup pants with the stirrups outside your socks
- You collected monster in my pocket figurines
- You remember when it was cool to have a “bad attitude”
- You remember watching Jem and Rainbow Brite & wishing you were a part of their world
- You remember what all the hype was about with Dungeons and Dragons
- You didn’t know a thing about computers but could whoop your brother’s butt playing Mario
- You remember watching Star Trek the Next Generation when they were new episodes
- You have ever owned any New Kids, Vanilla Ice, or MC Hammer memorabilia
- You remember when MC Hammer said, “its hammertime” and became Hammerman
- By listening to a tape of NKOTB you can remember which guy was singing what part
- You watched the amazing adventures of spiderman & plasticman on saturday mornings
- You remember when McDonald’s sandwitches came in styrofome boxes
- You remember when the original gameboy from nintendo came out
- You had mass quantities of toys and stuffed animals that pertained to tv shows
- You remember when Micheal Jackson’s Captain EO came to Disney World
- You remember Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly or Alex from Family Ties
- You remember the ultimate 80’s movie, ET
- You remember when Pepsi was the choice of a new generation
- You remember that awful stuff they called New Coke
- You know who shot JR on Dallas
- You know that Snorks are underwater Smurfs and not an aquatic breathing device
- You know that the Shredder isn’t just something your mother makes salad with
- You wish every day off could be just like Ferris’s life
- You know all the words to the theme song from Charles in Charge and that he is
- Your parents always listened to Rod Stewart or Bon Jovi
- You wore ankle socks with high heels
- Seeing a water fountain reminds you of Fame
- You can name all the Thundercats
- You wanted a duck phone
- You know the real words are Karma Camelion, not Comma Camelion
- You can still remember the ninja turtle names and colors
- You wanted to grow up and be like Zack Morris
- You know how much voltage is in a lightning bolt (1.21 jigawats)
- You wanted a hover board
- You remember when Polly Pocket actually fit in your pocket
- You have seen an actual Sega Master System
- You feel that Power Rangers are a gross rip-off of Voltron
- You remember that the original Megatron turned into a tank
- You wore jean shorts over spandex ones
- You remember when words like “Radical” and “Gnarly” were the vernacular
- A common sight for you was people walking around with a ghetto blaster to their ear
- You thought glam-rockers were masculine and sexy
- You liked the A-Ha video “Take on Me”
- You can still name all 5 members of Duran Duran
- All your jeans had holes in them and/or were bleached
- You wanted to enlist with GI Joe or Cobra
- You always tried to imitate Joey’s “Woah” from Blossom
- You knew who to call when there was “something strange in your neighborhood”
- You remember the words to at least 10 Holograms and/or Misfits songs
- You remember the first few My Little Pony specials
- You had a favorite Ghostbuster
- You remember the other Ghostbuster show
- You think the Beast Wars simply cannot compare to the original Transformers series
- You think He-Man could easily beat all other TV strongmen
- You were ever She-Ra or Rainbow Brite for Halloween
- You appreciate the simple fun of the original Super Mario Bros. Nintendo Game
- You think Big Bird is cooler than Elmo
- You used to talk to Synergy on your fake JemStar earrings
- You had a crush on Zach Morris or AC Slater
- You drove your parents crazy singing the “Happy Happy Joy Joy” song
- You are still blown away by the classic Legend of Zelda game
- You remember laughing when when first Energizer Bunny commercial aired
- You read the first Baby-Sitters Club and/or Sweet Valley High book when it first came out
- You prefer the simple ATARI version of Frogger over the overblown Playstation version
- You always learned a valuable lesson at the end of each episode of GI Joe
- You’ve ever told someone to have a “berry” good day
- You remember when the hottest huggable toys around were Cabbage Patch Kids dolls
- You ever wore a global Hypercolor T-Shirt
- You wanted to play Chopsticks on a piano on the floor
- You wanted to ride on Falcor and you still fear The Nothing
- You remember David Bowie as the Goblin King, not a singer
- You told your friends everytime you heard the song “Push It”
- You just HAD to have a car like Kit
- The Cosby Show reflected the fashion and it was ‘cool’
- You wanted detention after seeing “The Breakfast Club”
- The Fraggles were your close personal friends
- You know that the higher the pony-tail the cooler it is
- You can still sing the Toys-R-Us song
- You put on pink eyeshadow thicker than a hooker in an effort to look cool and “adult”
- You remember Pound Puppies and all the fun spin-offs
- You found out how many puppies there were inside a pregnant Pound Puppy
- You used to jam out to the soundtrack from Dirty Dancing
- You wore “high tops” and didn’t tie them
- You wore torn jeans
- You had a black lace madonna glove
- You remember when it was ok to have fake cigarette candy and gum
- You had to have a Culture Club hat
- You had sunglasses with neon colored sides
- You had a lace skirt with leggings attached
- You wore your backpack on one shoulder
- You wore slap braclets
- You wrote on your jeans
- Your best friend was teddy ruxpin
- You know the mr men books
- You remember crystal pepsi
- You’ve ever worn “Daisy Dukes”
- Blair was still a witch, but without the project
- You remember the Power glove for Nintendo
- You watched the wonder years
- You remember when computers were those small little things just used to type letters
- You remember when Bart Simpson was popular (do the bart Man!)
- You owned a talking Alf doll
- You remember or had a Mullet
- You remember sniffing the Xeroxes when they were first handed out in class
- You remember when John Cusack was in almost as many movies as Molly Ringwald
- You ever ate C-3PO breakfast cereal
- You remember when the prizes were INSIDE the cereal box
- You sat up every Friday night to see if Sam would ever “leap” home
- You tied a bandana around your thigh because that was what they did in “cool bands”