I Heart The 80's

My brother and I saw a mini-series called I Love The 80's. It was very entertaining. Various people talked about memorable movies, music, fashion and trends from the 80's. I also love the I Love The 80's Strike Back and I Love The 80's 3-d.

Here are the things from

1980:
The Love Boat (started in 1977, ran until 1986)
Caddyshack
The Vapors' "Turning Japanese"
Punk and preppy fashion
Strawberry Shortcake
The Blue Lagoon
Gloria Vanderbilt jeans
Air Supply
Pat Benatar and Blondie
Who shot J.R.?
9 to 5
Urban Cowboy
Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust"
Kenny Rogers
Xanadu
Airplane!
The Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's Delight"
The Pretenders' "Brass in Pocket"
Mattel Football
The Miracle on Ice
That's Incredible!
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

1981
MTV
Porky's (Canadian release)
Reagan assassination attempt
Pope John Paul II assassination attempt
The Royal Wedding
Luke and Laura (characters from General Hospital)
Rick Springfield
Arthur
The Greatest American Hero
De Lorean DMC-12
Rubik's cube
Kool & the Gang's "Celebration"
Fridays
Stripes
Bosom Buddies
John McEnroe
Hall & Oates' "Private Eyes"
Members Only
Atari
The Jeffersons (started 1975, ran until 1985)
Raiders of the Lost Ark

1982
Mullets
VJs
Toni Basil's "Mickey"
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
The J. Geils Band's "Centerfold"
Square Pegs
Rocky III
Ozzy Osbourne
Joan Jett's "I Love Rock 'N Roll"
The Dukes of Hazzard (debuted 1979)
The Go-Go's
Olivia Newton-John's "Physical"
A Flock of Seagulls' "I Ran (So Far Away)"
Trivial Pursuit
Keytar
Joanie Loves Chachi
Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man
Tommy Tutone's "867-5309/Jenny"
Dungeons & Dragons
Poltergeist
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five's "The Message"
Silver Spoons
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

1983
National Lampoon's Vacation
Wheel of Fortune (daytime debut 1975, syndicated nighttime edition 1983)
Family Ties
Diff'rent Strokes (debuted 1978)
Cabbage Patch Kids
Michael Jackson's Thriller
Flashdance
Duran Duran
Valley Girl
Pat Benatar's "Love Is a Battlefield"
Scarface
The A-Team
Def Leppard's Pyromania
Eddie Murphy Delirious
Dexys Midnight Runners' "Come on Eileen"
Jerry Falwell vs. Larry Flynt
Knight Rider
WarGames
Wacky wall walker
Styx's "Mr. Roboto"
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi

1984
Breakdancing
Footloose
Madonna
Corey Hart's "Sunglasses at Night"
"Where's the beef?"
Bruce Springsteen's Born in the U.S.A.
Mary Lou Retton
Webster (debuted 1983) and Punky Brewster
Huey Lewis and the News
Miami Vice
The Terminator
Transformers and Care Bears
Wham!
Purple Rain
Sixteen Candles
Cyndi Lauper
Michael Jackson's Pepsi commercial disaster
Lionel Richie's "Hello"
This Is Spinal Tap

1985
WrestleMania
MacGyver
Back to the Future
Mötley Crüe's "Home Sweet Home"
The Goonies
Pee Wee's Big Adventure
Small Wonder
Bryan Adams' "Summer of '69"
Big hair
Fletch
"The Super Bowl Shuffle"
Bartles & Jaymes
Cocoon
Til Tuesday's "Voices Carry"
Live Aid
The Facts of Life (debuted 1979)
Eddie Murphy's "Party All the Time"
Brat Pack
Day-Glo
Pound Puppies
"We Are the World"

1986
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Hands Across America
Teddy Ruxpin
ALF
Pretty in Pink
Madonna's "Papa Don't Preach"
Swatch
1986 World Series
The Cosby Show (debuted 1984)
Baby On Board
Crocodile Dundee
Celebrity marriages
Whitney Houston
Comic Relief
Janet Jackson
Stand by Me
Run DMC's "Walk This Way"
Top Gun

1987
Dirty Dancing
Tiffany and Debbie Gibson
Hair crimping
Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam
Fatal Attraction
Hair metal
FOX
R.E.M.'s "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)"
Oliver North and Fawn Hall, Gary Hart and Donna Rice, Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker and Jessica Hahn
Wall Street
Beastie Boys' "Fight for Your Right"
Converse
Cheers (debuted 1982)
Salt-N-Pepa's "Push It"
Hollywood Shuffle
Robert Palmer's "Addicted to Love"
The two Coreys
U2's The Joshua Tree

1988
Mike Tyson
Child's Play
Roseanne
Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up"
Guns N' Roses
The Wonder Years
The Cure, INXS, Morrissey, Erasure, and Depeche Mode
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (debuted 1987)
Bobby McFerrin's "Don't Worry Be Happy"
California Raisins
Perfect Strangers (original debut 1986)
George Michael's Faith
Pictionary and Win, Lose or Draw
UB40's "Red, Red Wine"
Working woman's wardrobe
Prince's "Alphabet Street"
Yo! MTV Raps
Who's the Boss? (original debut 1984)
Terence Trent D'Arby
The neo-hippie movement
Grateful Dead's "Touch of Grey"
Rain Man

1989
New Kids on the Block
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
Milli Vanilli
Tetris
COPS
Rob Lowe's sex video
Cher's "If I Could Turn Back Time"
Do The Right Thing
Madonna's "Like a Prayer" music video and the ensuing Pepsi controversy
Say Anything
The Arsenio Hall Show
The B-52's "Love Shack"
Bobby Brown
Afrocentric clothing
Baywatch
Aerosmith's "Love in an Elevator"
Heathers
Saved by the Bell
Tone Loc's "Funky Cold Medina"
The fall of the Berlin Wall

The thing I love about this mini-series is that it mentions a lot of my favourite movies. In the 1980 episode they mention Caddyshack which is one of my alltime favourite comedies- Rodney Dangerfield was one of my heroes.

1980
American Gigolo
Too Close For Comfort
Devo's "Whip It"
Richie Rich
Grey Poupon
Superman II
Plastic Man
Flash Gordon
Michael Jackson's "Rock with You"
Real People
The Blues Brothers
Eight is Enough (started in 1977)
Solid Gold
Satin jackets
Stir Crazy
Private Benjamin
Alice (ran 1976-1985)
Friendship bracelets
Cheap Trick's "I Want You To Want Me"
Hungry Hungry Hippos
Friday the 13th

1981
Dynasty
Smurfs
Journey's Escape
On Golden Pond
Billy Squier's "The Stroke"
Endless Love
Magnum P.I.
Rick James' "Super Freak"
Iron-on decals
The Fall Guy
The Rolling Stones' Tattoo You
Fernando Valenzuela
Hart to Hart
Benetton
Benson (debuted 1979)
Jelly Belly
Jelly shoes
Clash of the Titans
Simon and Garfunkel's concert in Central Park
Mommie Dearest

1982
Fame
Annie
The Steve Miller Band's "Abracadabra"
Tootsie
ColecoVision
John Mellencamp
Wayne Gretzky
Laura Branigan's "Gloria"
The Toy
Conan the Barbarian and The Beastmaster
Men at Work
KangaROOS
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
T.J. Hooker
The Pointer Sisters' "I'm So Excited"
An Officer and a Gentleman
G.I. Joe
Musical Youth's "Pass the Dutchie"
Pink Floyd The Wall
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

1983
Richard Simmons
Lionel Richie's "All Night Long (All Night)"
Staying Alive
Klondike bar
The Thorn Birds
Risky Business
Sunglasses
The Day After
The Outsiders
Cujo and Christine
Snausages
Chicken McNuggets
Stray Cats' "Rock This Town"
Donkey Kong
Culture Club
Yentl
KISS takes off their makeup
Martina Navratilova
Fraggle Rock
V

1984
The Karate Kid
Van Halen's 1984
The wave
The Cars' "Drive"
Beverly Hills Cop
Cagney and Lacey (originally 1982)
Menudo
Scratch and sniff and Trapper Keeper
A Nightmare on Elm Street
The Thompson Twins
Michael Larson incident
My Little Pony and Glo Worm
Rockwell's "Somebody's Watching Me"
Splash and Bachelor Party (both starring Tom Hanks)
Gremlins
The Burning Bed
Tina Turner
Stirrup pants
Billy Idol
Revenge of the Nerds

1985
Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous
Rambo: First Blood Part II
Crack epidemic
Dead or Alive's "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)"
Teen Wolf
Inspector Gadget
Remington Steele
Falco's "Rock Me Amadeus"
Jenga
Tears for Fears
Bobby Knight
The People's Court
Dionne Warwick's "That's What Friends Are For"
227
North and South
Foreigner's "I Want to Know What Love Is"
Loverboy's "This Could Be the Night"
Mr. Belvedere
New Coke
Jem
Weird Science

1986
Pee-wee's Playhouse
Jolt Cola
Bon Jovi's Slippery When Wet
L.A. Gear
Paul Simon's "You Can Call Me Al"
Soul Man
Rainbow Brite
The Bangles' "Walk Like an Egyptian"
Dallas episode "Bobby Ewing Comes Back To Life"
Howard The Duck
About Last Night
The Mystery of Al Capone's Vault
Ocean Pacific
Gloria Estefan's "Conga"
L.A. Law
The Golden Child
Double Dare
Garbage Pail Kids
Michael Jordan
Don Johnson's "Heartbeat"
Joe Isuzu
The Fly (remake of 1958's original)

1987
Beauty and the Beast
Whitesnake's "Here I Go Again"
Scruples
The Fat Boys
Flowers in the Attic
LL Cool J
RoboCop and Over the Top
Doc Martens
Michael Jackson's "Bad"
Full House
Less Than Zero
Jody Watley
Remote Control
Biker shorts
Thundercats
Raising Arizona
Suzanne Vega's "Luka"
A Different World
Genesis' "Land of Confusion"
Steve Guttenberg
The Princess Bride

1988
Big
Growing Pains (original debut 1985)
MTV's Headbangers Ball
Ripped jeans
Beetlejuice
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Billy Ocean's "Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car"
Jamaica national bobsled team
My Two Dads
Garfield stuffed animals
Beaches
Charles in Charge (original debut 1984)
A Fish Called Wanda
Ickey Woods and Bash Brothers
Hypercolor t-shirts
Def Leppard's "Pour Some Sugar On Me"
Young Guns
R.E.M., Jane's Addiction, and Sonic Youth
Vice President George Bush elected President of the United States
Chia Pet
Tracy Chapman
Coming to America

1989
Weekend at Bernie's
Doogie Howser M.D.
Samantha Fox's "I Wanna Have Some Fun"
The Clapper
Field of Dreams
Pete Rose
Biz Markie's "Just A Friend"
Thirtysomething
Yuppie
Richard Marx
Lisa Stansfield's "This Is the Right Time"
Driving Miss Daisy
Zsa Zsa Gabor slaps a cop
Guns N' Roses' "Patience"
Rock N Roll Flowers
The Beastie Boys' Paul's Boutique
Bo Jackson
Designing Women
York Peppermint Pattie
House of Style
Choose Your Own Adventure books
When Harry Met Sally

I love this one too, especially as it mentions one of my favourite David Cronenberg movies The Fly starring Jeff Goldblum. It also mentions a couple of my favourite cartoons including Thundercats.


1980
Fame
Paul McCartney gets busted for marijuana possession
Ethnic Barbie Dolls
Pepsi Challenge
Richard Pryor burns himself
Fruit Roll-Ups
Gary Numan's "Cars"
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Post-it notes
AC/DC's "Back In Black"
Intellivision
My Bodyguard
Christopher Cross' "Sailing"
The Jazz Singer
Fashion plates
Sugar Ray Leonard
The Elephant Man
Little Darlings

1981
History of the World, Part I
Circus of the Stars
The first laptop
Loverboy's "Working for the Weekend"
Chariots of Fire
You Can't Do That on Television
Mud wrestling
38 Special's "Hold On Loosely"
Escape from New York
Penny Racers
The Mediterranean fruit fly infestation
Barbara Mandrell and The Mandrell Sisters
REO Speedwagon's "Keep On Loving You"
Body Heat
Erasermate
Country stars performing pop songs
Gimme a Break!
An American Werewolf in London

1982
Quest for Fire
Videocassette recorders
Human League's "Don't You Want Me"
Cats
Tron
Freezy Freakies
Toto's "Rosanna"
BMX
Shopping malls
Bow Wow Wow's "I Want Candy"
Headbands and mesh tops
The $25,000 Pyramid
EPCOT Center
Victor/Victoria
1982 Chicago Tylenol murders
Ripley's Believe It Or Not
First Blood

1983
Jaws 3-D
Star Search
Monchichis
Herbie Hancock's "Rockit"
St. Elsewhere (debuted 1982)
Truly Tasteless Jokes
Mr. Mom
The jheri curl
Jesse Jackson runs for president
Press Your Luck
ZZ Top
D.C. Cab
Reading Rainbow
Mr. Wizard
Strategic Defense Initiative
Quiet Riot
Terms of Endearment

1984
Red Dawn
Dr. Ruth
Murray Head's "One Night in Bangkok"
Band-Aid
Children of the Corn
New Edition
Hair mousse
Amadeus
Doug Flutie's hail mary pass
Rodney Dangerfield's "Rappin' Rodney"
Voltron
Calculator watch
Romancing the Stone
Designer shoelaces
Snorks
Anti-fur movement
TV Bloopers and Practical Jokes
Police Academy

1985
Bob Ross' The Joy of Painting
Monster trucks
Mick Jagger and David Bowie's version of "Dancing in the Street"
Calvin Klein's Obsession
The Legend of Billie Jean
Phil Collins' No Jacket Required
Joe Theismann breaks a leg
My Buddy
Weird Al Yankovic
Just One of the Guys
The Subway Vigilante
Sour Patch Kids
Brewster's Millions
Sally Field's Academy Awards speech
DeBarge's "Rhythm of the Night"
Spies Like Us
Rocky IV

1986
Back to School
Love Connection
Madballs
Jermaine Stewart's "We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off"
Murder, She Wrote (original debut 1984)
Muammar al-Gaddafi
The Color of Money
Short Circuit
Snuggle
Not Necessarily the News
Memorex tapes
Lucas
Head of the Class
Heart
Halley's Comet
¡Three Amigos!

1987
Predator
Oral Roberts asks for $8,000,000
Max Headroom
Billy Idol's version of "Mony Mony"
The Legend of Zelda
Moonstruck
Baby Jessica falls down a well
Lee Press-On nails
Throw Momma From the Train
Ozone depletion
Spenser: For Hire
Black Monday
Mannequin
The bola tie
Cutting Crew's "(I Just) Died In Your Arms"
Kelly LeBrock Pantene advertisements
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Lethal Weapon

1988
Twins
The party line
Cher and Rob Camiletti
Buster Poindexter's version of "Hot Hot Hot"
Cocktail
Micro Machines
Lita Ford
Unsolved Mysteries
Midnight Run
Jimmy the Greek's controversial statement
Midnight Oil's "Beds Are Burning"
The rattail
The Morton Downey, Jr. Show
It's Garry Shandling's Show
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!
Tanning beds
Rod Stewart's "Forever Young"
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

1989
Rescue 911
The Little Mermaid
Fine Young Cannibals' "She Drives Me Crazy"
The Exxon Valdez oil spill
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
Mr. Bean
Leona Helmsley charged with tax evasion
Paula Abdul
Road House
Super Bowl XXIII
The Noid
The hi-top fade haircut
Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses
Parenthood
Kim Basinger buys a town
Ozzy Osbourne and Lita Ford's "Close My Eyes Forever"
The B-2 bomber
Steel Magnolias

That one is also awesome. Especially the 1981 episode. Why? Four words: American Werewolf In London. The transformation scene was THE best werewolf transformation ever. They'll never be a transformation like that one ever again. Rick Baker is my idol. My older brother has a best friend who works in the makeup buisness.

One thing I really love about the I Love The 70's one is that they mention Animal House in the 1978 episode. That movie was like the original college party movie! John Belushi was a riot in that movie.

In the I Love The 90's mini-series in the first half they showed clips from one of my all time favourite tv shows Tales From The Crypt. I loved that show! The Crypt Keeper was creepy and funny at the same time. Who can forget that extremely memorable intro sequence at the begining of every episode?

One of my favourite comedians made his big splash in the 90's too, the late great Chris Farley. I love that guy! I have the movies Black Sheep (not the horror one about the killer sheep) and Beverly Hills Ninja on dvd as well as the Best Of Chris Farley.


I love that the 1980's episode of the I Love The 80's strike back mentions Blues Brothers, Blues Brothers was a truly awesome movie- with all the car chases, explosions, cameos, and of course the pairing of the manic John Belushi and his best bud Dan Akyroyd. It's a shame that the sequel Blues Brothers 2000 was so lame and nothing like the original.