What do you remember about the 80s???

[Hilly]

Here is a thread to share random 80s hodgepodge!

Memorable things to me:

Baby Jessica falling in the well in 1987...and when she was rescued- it cut into my TGIF showing of Full House

Slap Bracelets

Hot Color crayolas

Puffy Paint clothes

Velcro Punky Brewster shoes

My Teddy Ruxpin!

Add yours!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[MxAxC-_ATTACK]

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Originally Posted by Hilly Baby Jessica falling in the well in 1987...and when she was rescued- it cut into my TGIF showing of Full House

O man! I was totally pist. I loved Full house! ( I got lost in "May Company (before it changed its name to Robinsons May) and I remember thinking "Damnit my parents better come for me or I am gonna miss full house!"

I remember everything you listed.

Salt water sandals (which I ordered a pair of today for "old school" sake)

High top L.A Gears with Rhinestones on them.

Does anyone remember these two shows from the 80s :
"Small Wonder" With a Robot girl named Vikky, she slept in a wardrobe. Small Wonder
"Out of this world"
with a girl who could stop time with her fingers, and she talked to her dad thru a large crystal in her room?? hahaha

 

[meiming]

NKOTB! (New Kids on the Block)

Oh man I am sooo guilty of watching all of the above shows and silver spoons and better saturday morning cartoons than is on now Yes, I was one of those girls with a crush on Zack Morris and on Kirk Cameron (forgot his character name...) That show was Leo Dicaprio's first onscreen debut I believe

 

[Hilly]

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Originally Posted by MxAxC-_ATTACK Does anyone remember these two shows from the 80s : "Secret Wonder" With a Robot girl named Vikky, she slept in a wardrobe.

Yes! It was Small Wonder. I always thought she was the same girl as punky brewster when i was a kiddo haha

 

[MxAxC-_ATTACK]

I found it on youtube ! haha. I watch it now and I'm like " yeah...no.."

 

[meiming]

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Originally Posted by meiming Kirk Cameron (forgot his character name...) That show was Leo Dicaprio's first onscreen debut I believe

Growing Pains and it was Mike! d'oh....

 

[gigglegirl]

was it the 80s or early 90s when those jelly sandals were all the rage?

Rainbow Brite, Strawberry Shortcake, Cabbage Patch kids. Alf. I remember Teddy Ruxpin!! And Punky Brewster, Saved by the bell, Kids Incorporated (more 90s I think)

I tend to get a lot of the 80s mixed with the 90s, I can't remember when certain things were in, lol the late 80s-mid 90s were a blur to me.

 

[AppleDiva]

I remember New Edition "Cool It Now," "Mr. Telephone Man"

Iran-Contra Hearings (Oliver North and Fawn Hall) - I was an adolescent watching this stuff. Yay for C-SPAN now.

21 Jump Street, A-Team, The Facts of Life, The Cosby Show, A Different World, LA Law (love Blair Underwood), Charles in Charge, Family Ties, Amen are some TV shows I remember...

 

[*KT*]

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Originally Posted by MxAxC-_ATTACK Does anyone remember these two shows from the 80s : "Small Wonder" With a Robot girl named Vikky, she slept in a wardrobe. Small Wonder "Out of this world" with a girl who could stop time with her fingers, and she talked to her dad thru a large crystal in her room?? hahaha

I totally remember those shows! I used to make a neighbor girl put on her rollerskates and pretend to be my robot.

Speaking of rollerskates, birthday parties at rollerskating rinks, jelly sandals and bracelets, leg warmers, big hair and bangs that looked like either a bird's nest or a tidal wave.

 

[Willa]

I was born in 1980
I remember having brown stuff all over the house
Listening to Thriller's record over and over with my cousin
Fluorescent bike shorts
My L.A Gear, with some frizzy pink and purple thingy on the side
Having the whole babysister club book collection
Arriving home and my father was in the living room installing the Nintendo kit he bought (with the robot and the gun!)
Watching tv in a huge wood frame
Watching ''stories'' in the view master
Drawing in my Pooples and Rainbow brite books
My fathers cousin was dressing like Boy George
I had my Michael Jackson pink t-shirt hahah
Had a huge thing for NKOTB and some group here called Les B.B.
My father had Tiffany's record, I tought she was soooo pretty with her big hair

 

[gigglegirl]

Charles in Charge!! YES!!! I totally forgot about the books! Babysitters Club. Oh and I loved RL Stine!

Games: Mall Madness, some phone talk game

 

[alexisdeadly]

-Jelly Sandals.
- Menudo
-Transformers
-Zubilee Zoo!!!
-Trapper Keepers
-Captain Caveman

This is just to name a few.

 

[Divinity]

Oooh girls you take me back! Of course the TGIF line-up rocked!
I did LOVE Small Wonder, The Wonder Years, and Jem.
I discovered my slap bracelet was really a metal ruler when the fabric tore and was bummed it wasn't more fascinating.
I had two cabbage patch kids, which I loved until my first barbie.
Pop Rocks candy, Chewels gum
Jelly's, neon colored jewelry and clothes
Ponytails on the side of your head and crimped hair
Madonna was my fashion ICON
AND all those neat words like 'rad' and 'psych' and 'totally'

 

[SuSana]

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Originally Posted by gigglegirl Charles in Charge!! YES!!! I totally forgot about the books! Babysitters Club. Oh and I loved RL Stine! Games: Mall Madness, some phone talk game

This really made me LOL! I had all the Babysitters Club & the game, which ended up being really boring. And I loved RL Stine!! But when they came out with the TV show I was too scared to watch.

 

[Janice]

Neon LA Gears

 

[captodometer]

I was born in 1974, so I remember all of the 80's. It was a really strange decade!

On the lighter side:

Flashdance
Footloose
parachute pants
Members Only jackets
Panama Jack tshirts
twist-a-beads
rubber bangles
Garbage Pail Kids
jelly shoes
leg warmers
mall hair
blue eyeshadow
neon everything
heavy metal hair bands
non-freaky Michael Jackson
Huey Lewis
Hello Kitty
the Jheri curl
Solid Gold
Betamax vs VHS
MacGyver

And on the more serious side:

AIDS
the Atlanta child murders
end of Iran hostage crisis
Reagan assassination attempt
Iran-Contra
space shuttle Challenger explosion
Black Monday stock market crash
Pan Am 103 (Lockerbie)

 

[alexisdeadly]

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Originally Posted by gigglegirl Charles in Charge!! YES!!! I totally forgot about the books! Babysitters Club. Oh and I loved RL Stine! Games: Mall Madness, some phone talk game

I love R L Stein and Mall Madness!!

 

[Juneplum]

ha ha h ah! great thread hills! lemme see:

madonna like a virgin hysteria
virgin bands
lace hair bands
jelly sandals
playing records

boys with fades

high top sneakers
teased within an inch of death hair
nintendo
trying to save the princess - super mario brothers game
atari
acid wash jeans (with matching jacket)

thundercats hoooooooooooo!!!!!!
captain caveman
nkotb
janet jackson video with djimon hounsou looking fierce as hell!


i could go on and on

 

[MxAxC-_ATTACK]

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Originally Posted by Juneplum acid wash jeans (with matching jacket)

My boyfriends mom had on the worst acid washed jeans the other day. I was like "oh wow.. those are hip.. "

 

[alexisdeadly]

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Originally Posted by Juneplum ha ha h ah! great thread hills! lemme see: trying to save the princess - super mario brothers game

Only to find out she was in another castle lol