I love the 80's

Post what you LOVED about the 80's!

Ferris Buller's Day Off

The Cure

MTV actually played music videos

Three's Company

Duke's of Hazzard

collecting red Coke tabs to get crap with the Coca-Cola logo on it.

Mag wheels on BMX bikes

Boys' socks with the colored stripes around the top

Funky colored Converse high tops

Punky Brewster

more to come...

The Brat Pack

Side ponytails!

My Little Pony

Fraggle Rock

Cindy Lauper

Goonies

John Cusack

ME!

Corey Feldman and Corey Haim

John McEnroe

Hammer pants

Yugos

breakdancing

New Kids on The Block

Rubix cubes

"new" coca~cola

leg warmers

hush puppies

Pound Puppies

Popples

Jem

Carebears

The music... I love the music... I love the mtv show I love the 80s and

Every friday night it's back to the 80's... omg whats NOT to love~~

I used to LOVE Stawberry Short Cake and Rainbow Bright.

I had Strawberry Shortcake shoes when I was really little. :)

Oh, and what about Cabbage Patch Kids? They were so cute!

My first Cabbage Patch was Virginia Mae...LOL I can't believe I remember that.

Oh! Remember Teddy Ruxpin...gosh I can't even spell it any more.

yeah well strawberry shortcake and Care bears are BACK... GO FIGURE.... now all these kids will think it was from there Era DAMMIT lol

have you seen some of the toys kids have...man i'm jealous. we never had some of these things. i can't think of anything right now...but there's some pretty crazy stuff.

Ah...I just remember Garbage Pale Kids! LOL, I used to collect those little cards.

where are the Older Men on this one...it would be interesting to see the contrast on what we remember of the 80's!

How about Judy Blume books, like Superfudge?

What about..

"Are You There God, It's Me, Margaret"

Ah...those were great books!

Ahh, the 80's. I loved my little pink and purple legwarmers that I wore to gymnastics and with all my dresses. And, of course, my Strawberry Short Cake lunch box with matching thermos that made the milk taste funny after a few hours. How about the Beverly Cleary. "Ramona" books
It is funny when I see my husband's old clothes and pictures. I love the pictures of him in his old tight pants, leather jackets, and huge sunglasses leaning against his car and the pictures of him in Hawaii in his nice short shorts! Ahhh so cute!
Sometimes it is funny to think of him out partying, drinking and me just learning to walk, talk, and begin school.
When he finds something new he has had tucked away he always asks how old I think it is. My response is easy, "Older than me." :)

LOL... how about the munchicies....

Oh my gosh...I forgot all about those! I had a munchicie...it was white...but brown soon after!

Who remembers those little clips you would put on the side of your shirt...ah...too funny!

What the heck is a munchicie?

They came in all sorts of shape, sizes and colors:

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I don't remember those.

But I remember Gremlins. I loved Gizmo!

Ah! Gremlins! I once had a nightmare about Gremlins and till this day...I still won't watch the movie. I must have been 5 or 6...my parents were still married.

In my nightmare my mom was pregnant (scary enough...I love being an only child) and she told me to listen to the baby move. So I put my ear up to her belly and a Gremlin jumped out and tried to eat me!

LOL...silly I know...but scary for a 5/6 yr. old.

I have a shiz tsu....and he looks like a gizmo...all cute and cuddly!

I used to love Paula Abdul (Rush, Rush) was one of my favorite songs!

Gizmo kicked ***! Furby was just a cheap knock off! And I still say Gremlins was the best Christmas movie ever. Ok, maybe second, right behind It's a Wonderful Life.

What I loved about the 80's:

MacGuyver
Transformers
Metallica in their prime
Arnold
Eddie Murphy was still funny
The A-Team

AHHH!! The A-Team was sweet!

I pity the foo!

LOL

Oh no...you gotta love Miami Vice!

Remember when Michael Jackson wasn't a total freak?

Magnum P.I.

Run DMC

Danger Mouse

I remember watching those funky shoes like

Silver Spoons

227

Facts of Life

My 3 Sons

My Three Sons was in the 60's, Em. So you watched a lot of Nick at Night too, huh?

I think it's funny that so many sitcoms in the 80's were about people adopting orphans. What a weird trend for tv shows.

That's what it was! Nick at Nite!!! With Trixie the Nick at Nite Pixie! LOL

Ah...the good times

I loved spandex pants with foot holsters...spandex was rockin'!

-AJ

what about 'Kids Incorporated' on Nickolodian and the 'Mickey Mouse Club' on Disney ( Disney NEVER had commercials either!)

Metallica ;-)
Night-Rider
Miami Vice
Poggels!!!
Lady Lovely Locks!!!
Paula Abdule's 'Cold Hearted Snake' (I made up a dance to it!)
I used to read the 'Babysitters Club' books


'C' came to the US in 1983 - gotta love that!...and i was just chillin in my diapers ;->

OH, I looved 'Katy the Caterpillar'.
Pretty in Pink

The 80's sucked for me. To many negative things happened for me, including my father's death.

So, moving right along.............

Well just burst the happy 80's bubble!

OMG I used to LOVE Babysitter's Club!

The Get-A-Long-Gang

Sweet Pickles

Hungry Hungry Hippos

Pictionary

Grease 2

Little Shop Of Horror

Super Mario Brothers

Atari

Pac-Man

Okay, maybe a few positive things happened during the 80's:

1980- Graduated high school
1985- First introduced to bodybuilding and working out; began working at a job that would become a 14 yr. experience
1988- Began career with NOPD academy & job

MOVIES:

"Scarface"

"Beverly Hills Cop"

"Easy Money"

"Terminator"

MUSIC:

Earth, Wind, & Fire- "Faces" (album)
The Jacksons- "Destiny" (album)

damn you guys brought back so many memories..... LOL I loved the 80's

Originally posted by MerAlove23
damn you guys brought back so many memories..... LOL I loved the 80's

Nothing bad, I hope. Well, looking at VH-1 reminded me of some pretty bad memories. Who can remember:

New Coke
Jolt Cola
Pepsi Free
Pepsi Lite (not sure if this is still around or not)
Tab

MOVIES (bad movies, no doubt):

"Clash of the Titans"- One of my personal faves but really bad and cheesy special effects in it.

"St. Elmos Fire"- Sorry, was never a fan of pedophile Rob Blow. Now Demi Moore, on the other hand.

EMCAD: About "Facts of Life", did you know that it was George Clooney's first Hollywood job?

OK - I can't help myself

MOONLIGHING!!

Duran Duran

16 Candles/Pretty in Pink/Breakfast Club

Big Hair

How could you not like St. Elmos fire Chosen! For shame! LOL j/k

what about jellies...I loved my jelly shoes! They gave me blisters like all hell...but I loved them! Along with the shoes came the bracelt.

Madonna's "Like A Virgin" look

Flock of Seagulls hair

Headbangers Ball!

Get two jelly bracelts and connet them to be one

Neon

Slap braclet

4" inch tall bangs

Poison

Boy George and The Culture Club

The Jeffersons

After School Specials

School House Rock

BABY GOT BACK! by Sir-Mix-A-Lot...it was actually banned from MTV

Dancing cans and dancing plants

Scary Make-Up

How could I forget my faves:

MTV's "Remote Control"-I loved that game show

NBC's "Midnight Special" with Wolfman Jack (Let the Midnight Special shine its ever loving light on you.....Damn, who else remember those lyrics?)

"Friday Night Videos" (came on when they cancelled "Midnight Special". "Friday Night Videos" was the poor man's MTV)

"Airplane" & "Airplane 2"

Chutes & Ladders

"Night Court"

"Head Of The Class"

OMG, Em! I totally loved Riki Rachtman from Headbangers' Ball!

Keeping with that theme:

Guns 'N Roses

Suicidal Tendencies

Ministry

Joy Division

Echo and the Bunnymen

The Clash

Faith No More

Jesus and Mary Chain

Jane's Addiction

Sonic Youth

And the best of all, Violent Femmes!

Where did all the good music go, you guys? I want it back!

You know what no one's mentioned yet?

Heathers!

Easily one of the greatest movies ever. :D

Originally posted by PinkPanther_04
Where did all the good music go, you guys? I want it back!

It went to boy bands and poor *** lip syncers.

OOPS, we forgot
Minnie Vanilie

(Just so that ya'll know. I didn't post this. Someone else did this post and I'm taking credit for it.....LOL)

Here's a few...

U2
The Police
Journey
Foreigner
REO Speedwagon
Billy Squire
George Michael
Simply Red
Queen

The Bangles
The Go-Go's
Bananarama
Run DMC
Run DMC & Aerosmith ---> Walk This Way --> Rap going mainstream --> YO! MTV Raps --> Dr. Dre & El Lover
The Cure
David Bowe --> The Labrynth
McDonald's Moonman

and...okay people...who remembers Howard The Duck!