An Idiot's Checklist For The 1980s
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Compiled Entirely From Memory, This Pretty Much Sums It All Up. Read, Reflect, Remember & Smile... And then lemme know if anything is missing.
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THE DEFINITIVE IDIOT'S CHECKLIST FOR THE 1980'S
- SAVINGS & LOANS
- THE FACTS OF LIFE
- SILVERSPOONS
- GARBAGEPAIL KIDS
- MAGNUM P.I.
- BMX
- JORDACHE JEANS
- MUTUAL FUNDS
- CORDLESS TELEPHONES
- THE USFL
- ‘REAGANOMICS'
- HOME SHOPPING NETWORK
- PET PSYCHIATRISTS
- A.I.D.S.
- NORIEGA
- MARCOS
- BOOM BOXES
- VALLEY GIRLS
- "TOTALLY AWESOME"
- COMPACT DISCS
- 'THE GOONIES'
- APARTHEID AWARENESS
- BEEPERS
- PARACHUTE PANTS
- ‘MEMBER'S ONLY' JACKETS
- CAR ALARMS
- TALK SHOWS
- LIQUID DIETS
- COMEDY CLUBS
- MIAMI VICE
- CHALLENGER SHUTTLE
- MLK DAY
- VELCRO WALLETS
- BERMUDA SHORTS
- HACKEY SACKS
- APPLE COMPUTERS
- BOOGIE BOARDS
- SWATCH WATCHES
- YUPPIES
- HEALTH SPAS
- JOHN DELOREAN
- DIANETICS
- NEW ROMANTICS
- ‘SAFE SEX'
- LOVERBOY
- CYNDI LAUPER
- VIDEO GAME ARCADES
- DESIGNER CONDOMS
- BEARD STUBBLE
- SHREDDED JEANS
- ‘NEW' COKE
- THE SAN YSIDRO MCDONALD'S SHOOTING
- MUSIC VIDEOS
- DAY-GLOW
- PIANO NECKTIES
- "WHERE'S THE BEEF?"
- ‘NEW WAVE'
- RUBIK'S CUBE
- CHICKEN MCNUGGETS
- LIPO-SUCTION
- CAMCORDERS
- "POLITICALLY CORRECT"
- ‘SENSITIVE' MEN
- GLAM ROCK
- ‘CRACK' COCAINE
- BREAK DANCING
- RAP MUSIC
- LEE IACOCA
- DRY BEER
- PTL NETWORK
- RICHARD SIMMONS
- M.C. HAMMER
- TRIATHLONS
- BUNGI JUMPING
- COUCH POTATOES
- AEROBICS
- THE JANE FONDA WORKOUT
- DISCOVER CARD
- WIND SURFING
- ARGYLE SOCKS
- JOLT COLA
- TOP-SIDERS
- ‘VANS' LOAFERS
- MINI VANS
- ‘FILA' SPORTS WEAR
- FROZEN YOGURT
- KAL 007
- DURAN DURAN
- RICE CAKES
- TOFU
- ‘THE BREAKFAST CLUB'
- THE CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR DISASTER
- DESIGNER JEANS
- SPORTS BARS
- THRILLER
- CHARLES & DIANA
- SKIN-HEADS
- F-117 STEALTH
- JOSE CANSECO
- THE DUPONT EXPLOSION
- ‘ACHILLE LAURO'
- WALKMAN STEREOS
- TANNING SALONS
- RAY-BANS
- UNICORNS
- JERI-CURLS
- VIET NAM MEMORIAL
- JOE MONTANA
- MR. T
- E.T.
- SUSHI
- MTV
- BEIRUT MARINE BOMBING
- THE US FESTIVAL
- LIVE AID
- WE ARE THE WORLD
- THE PEOPLE'S COURT
- CABBAGE PATCH KIDS
- ATM MACHINES
- TETRIS
- LAZER TAG
- SMURFS
- CHEERS
- STAR SEARCH
- "JUST SAY NO"
- DAVID LETTERMAN
- HANG-GLIDING
- GUMMY BEARS
- ‘MOON WALKING'
- NINTENDO
- DUNGEONS & DRAGONS
- COMMODORE 64
- PAC MAN
- GRANOLA
- GAMEBOY
- LEG WARMERS
- ‘OZONE DEPLETION'
- MONDALE / FERRARO
- JULIO INGLACIAS
- WINE COOLERS
- ESPRESSO CAFES
- THE ME GENERATION
- CLORO FLUOROCARBONS
- CHRYSLER ‘K'CAR
- FALKLANDS WAR
- SPUDS MCKENZIE
- "WORD UP!"
- VEHICLE AIRBAGS
- "LETS DO LUNCH"
- CZ DIAMONDS
- SCTV
- LIBYA BOMBING
- BLOOM COUNTY
- ROBOCOP
- PAINT BALL
- BOBBY SANDS
- GRENADA INVASION
- TINTED CONTACT LENSES
- STEROIDS
- BEN & JERRY'S
- BARTYLS & JAMES
- DON JOHNSON
- GUMBY
And finally.....
- SPACE INVADERS
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...That should just about do it...
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Great list.....apparently I was indulging too much because I have no clue what some of them are. I do fondly remember the Smurfs and Rubiks cubes. Lord knows, todays kids would laugh themselves silly at Atari......Space Invaders and PacMan.........lost many hours to those.
very apropos!
life in the fast lane...it was pretty good actually. Little did we know..but thought we knew everything. Alas, progress or the lack of has filled our 90's and 2000's ? thanks this is full of memories....
O'ma Ga-ODD!!! I was SO into SO many of these things it's em-BARRASSING?!
Thanks for the flashback.
PS: You forgot LOVERBOY and CINDY LAUPER.
Please forgive my error! Check now and they have been added... Along with THE GOONIES, which I totally forgot about too. Thanks constant.
Oh ya! The GOONIES. Loved it.
Good point everyone.... I should hub on the 90's...lol.
I think you should mention more stuff like food from the 80's... like pizza nad pezz candy and stuff...
Hi FO.....
Hmmmm. Well technically pizza (and pasta too) was invented by the Chinese in like 300b.c. and Pez Candies have been around sine the early 1950s, but I appreciate the comments regardless. I'll try to rack my braing for 1980s types of food profucts like.....
WHATCHAMACALLIT Candy Bars...... That just popped into my head and I need to add it into the hub... Thanks for the spontaneous inspiration, F.O.
Here's a few more:
Teddy Ruxpin dolls
My Pretty Pony
Robert Maplethorpe exihibit
Thundercats
Transformers
G.I. Joe cartoons
Hulkamaniacs (plus all the other clowns)
Speaking of food, there was that McDonalds sandwich that featured a tomamto slice and served in a styrofoam box that kept "the hot side hot and the cool side cool." I can't recall the name but I remember it being a blunder.
Thanks for the trip down memory lane!
Oooooooh, Chip! Are you thinking what I'm thinkin'?????? You're my new research assistant! Good job bringing THESE into the fold.... Lemme look into the McD sandwich thingy...... Reid
Jordache jeans........Michael Jackson Thriller Jacket & Dance (was that the 80's).....and yes Solid Gold with Dion Warwick and don't forget Fame!
Boy you hit the nail on the head here, 30... Thanks for the insight1
you forgot about bmx, that was a huge part of many kids lives.
Somehow we've forgotten the icon of 80's icons: Magnum PI!
Chip & Booger.... Thanks for the inputs... I've added them into the mix...!
30 UTBO..... Got it and thanks for the head's up!
Great list! Thanks!
Here are a few others that came to mind:
ATARI
DONKEY KONG
MADONNA
GUESS JEANS
VAN HALEN
BON JOVI
BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES
JOURNEY
WHERE ARE YOU GOD, IT'S ME MARGARET
THE OUTSIDERS
SCOTT BAIO
DIFF'RENT STROKES
JACK AND DIANE
Wow Ann.... Lemme re-check my original list! I thought I had Atari.... Regardles, thanks for the update! I'll add em to the list anyway! Good Call!
where are the facts of life,silver spoons and my all time favorite 80s Item!!Garbage pail Kids
Kevin... Good call! They've been added, my friend.
What about hair metal?
Good point, but in general we could go on and on about terminology....
Oh the days...I just like going to a local bar to relive them. :)
well said! buy a mate a pint, ya!?
the McDonalds sand in question was the Mc DLT.
funnebone says:
2 years ago
wow....you just brought back a whole decade of my life..and most likely the best decade....you can't do that with the 90's for me..I was drunk through most of them