Share you random 80's pop culture memories. I'll start

Ghostbusters
Rubics Cube
Space Invaders calculator game
Arcade games - Defender, Asteroids, Space Invaders, and my favourite Gyruss The Whiz Kids
Creepshow
ZX81 and BBC B
Goodnight Kiwi <- only New Zealanders will get that one
CB Radio
Duran Duran, Yazoo, Erasure, The Cars, Human League
Johnny 5 is alive!
Speak n Spell
Spock is alive, not he's dead, no he's alive again
Atari
Mork calling Orson
Shall we play a game ;)

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Share you random 80's pop culture memories. I'll start

Ghostbusters
Rubics Cube
Space Invaders calculator game
Arcade games - Defender, Asteroids, Space Invaders, and my favourite Gyruss The Whiz Kids
Creepshow
ZX81 and BBC B
Goodnight Kiwi <- only New Zealanders will get that one
CB Radio
Duran Duran, Yazoo, Erasure, The Cars, Human League
Johnny 5 is alive!
Speak n Spell
Spock is alive, not he's dead, no he's alive again
Atari
Mork calling Orson
Shall we play a game ;)

... Top secret! Burn before reading!

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My favourite decade.

Arnold Schwarzenegger
New Wave Music
Ozzy Osbourne
Pay TV / PPV
Muchmusic / MTV
Video Store Rentals / VCR
FM Radio
Cordless Phone
House Parties
Staying Up Late At Night Till 2 Or 3 AM On Weekends
Sleeping In Till 10 AM
Madonna
Rod Stewart
Bryan Adams
Pink Floyd
Rush
Bike Riding (10-Speed and BMX)
CD Players
Liquor / Beer
Scenic Parks
PNE
Pacific Coliseum
Wrestling
Soap Operas
Dating / Marriage (Different Way)
Spending Time With Friends
Shopping (Non-Food)
McDonald's
SeaBus / SkyTrain
Commodore 64 Computer
Radio Shack
Downtown Vancouver
Kentucky Fried Chicken
Dairy Queen
7-11
Sitting On Porches
Free Samples
Advertising Flyers
Boom Boxes
Mattel Electronics Football
Street / Floor Hockey
Red Robin

$ The Millionaire $
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On 03 Oct 21 10:20:18, Avon said the following to All:

Johnny 5 is alive!

"This little fart of a robot is beginning to give me the red ass..."

Atreyu

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Re: 80's
By: Avon to All on Sun Oct 03 2021 10:20:18

Share you random 80's pop culture memories. I'll start

Neon lights
Analog (cassette, VHS) distortion
Rotary phones
"PICK UP THE PHONE RIGHT NOW YOUR DAD'S CALLING LONG DISTANCE!"
Flip-up headlights
The Countach poster every boy (and probably a lot of girls) had

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Share you random 80's pop culture memories.

Magic Shell (is this stuff still made?)

Business cards that turned into sponges when placed in water. Yes, these were a real thing.

FULL SUGAR breakfast cereals that were proudly fortified with vitamins and kept fresh with artificial preservatives. "Improved" meant MORE SUGAR instead of some healthier formulation.

People with cellular phones were considered pretentious jerks.

Ultra low budget independent television stations. More specifically, the horrible even lower budget commercials that appeared on these stations.

New Coke. Was this really as bad as people thought? It's been so long I can't even really remember the flavor. I don't recall hating it.

Novelty telephones.

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On 10/04/2021 3:20 am Avon said...

Share you random 80's pop culture memories. I'll start
Ghostbusters Rubics Cube Space Invaders calculator game Arcade games - Defender, Asteroids, Space Invaders, and my favourite Gyruss The Whiz Kids Creepshow ZX81 and BBC B Goodnight Kiwi <- only New Zealanders will get that one CB Radio Duran Duran, Yazoo, Erasure, The Cars, Human League Johnny 5 is alive! Speak n Spell Spock is alive, not he's dead, no he's alive again Atari Mork calling Orson Shall we play a game ;)

DEVO - WHIP IT
Rollerskating
3-wheelers
Finally, the end of Flare Jeans and the resurface of Levi 501s
Crazy Train
Bon Jovi arrives
Motley Crue arrives - MTV is getting worried
MTV arrives!
Flock O' Seagulls ran so far away
Gizmo with Gremlins & Roger Rabbit
I still had my pinto hatchback - no boom thank God
Who wants to go to Fire Lake?
Commodore Software Swap Meets



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Ultra low budget independent television stations. More specifically, the horrible even lower budget commercials that appeared on these stations.

This brings up UHF (the Weird Al movie), for me.

Which, watching as a kid, was an entirely different experience than watching
as an adult.

But good both times.

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This brings up UHF (the Weird Al movie), for me.

I love that movie, I have it on DVD.


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Magic Shell (is this stuff still made?)

Sounds like its related to Magic Mushrooms??


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People with cellular phones were considered pretentious jerks.

Here they were wankers, with wanker phones.. A most amusing evening, when the MILs partner turned to her and said "There's a man wanking over there." To which she perked up no end and asked "Where, where?"

Spec


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Share you random 80's pop culture memories. I'll start

Here is my fondest mem
Speak N Spell
Tandy TRS-80, HX1000, TX1000, (and radioshack in general)
Commodore VIC-20, C64
DOS 3, 5, 6
Family Computing Magazine
Thrash Metal - Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax, testament, D.R.I., S.O.D., M.O.D
WrathChild America, Exodus, Twisted Sister, Motley Crue Transformers
G.I.Joe
Star Wars
Star Trek (movies), and Star Trek next gen.
the A-Team
V
Dukes of Hazard
That is all i can thing of for right now. lol

Thanks
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On 03 Oct 2021, Utopian Galt said the following...

This brings up UHF (the Weird Al movie), for me.

I love that movie, I have it on DVD.

Back in the early 2000s when it was unobtanium I spent stupid money (like $80) on eBay for the VHS copy. One month later I found the DVD in Walmart's $5 bin. :/

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This brings up UHF (the Weird Al movie), for me.

hahaha yep! i loved that movie!
"The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesoda"
or
"Attack of the radio active hampsters from a planet near Mars"
lol
"A Twinky Weiner samwich my favorite!"

Thanks
- Gamecube Buddy

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hello self - this is some stuff i forgot to put in my post
More stuff from the 80s i miss

BMX bikes
skateboarding
Nintendo
Atari 2600
Sega genesis
Video arcades
Mortal Kombat I
Mortal Kombat II
Head Bangers Ball on MTV
Jean and leather jackets
....im sure i will remember some more later on lol.

Thanks
- Gamecube Buddy

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Mortal Kombat I
Mortal Kombat II

...I do believe you should be saving those for future posts, when you talk about the '90s.

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