80's flashback: Things you may not remember...and probably do not want to remember. (878 hits)
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Submitted by FATMANTPK (View user info) at 2007-09-03 09:19:50 EDT
Disclaimer: As an American I am unsure of any of these were hits (or misses) in other countries.
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Submitted by AsshOly (user info) at 2007-09-05 02:11:04 EDT (#)
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i remember those ugly slipper things. back in the day before i'd realized my bike had brakes, i used to drag my toes on the ground to stop myself. my parents hated that because i'd go through a pair of shoes every couple of weeks, so i owned many, many pairs of those shitty loafers between the ages of 4 and 8.
that's also about the age i discovered beer. i thought it was pop. or soda, if you're a hick.
Submitted by rycke (user info) at 2007-09-05 01:25:49 EDT (#)
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Submitted by kuroneko_sama (user info) at 2007-09-05 01:03:05 EDT (#)
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you forgot the magnum p.i. car
Submitted by Empathetic (user info) at 2007-09-04 20:06:15 EDT (#)
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Fuck Uniter.
Submitted by TheUniter (user info) at 2007-09-04 19:53:23 EDT (#)
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Submitted by FATMANTPK (user info) at 2007-09-04 16:40:39 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Fartman (user info) at 2007-09-04 10:50:37 EDT (#)
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Is that Jim Rockford's Firebird?
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Yes. Rockford Files may have been more 70's, not sure but I do remember watching them as reruns.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2007-09-04 12:55:33 EDT (#)
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Randomness.
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2007-09-04 12:34:33 EDT (#)
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Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2007-09-04 02:20:56 CDT (#)
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I remember watching Jossys Giants and eating apple turnovers in the 80's.
Jossssyyyyyyyyyyyyyys Giants! I would hope someone like Apollo would remember that.
http://www.jossysgiants.org/about.html
i remember that!
Submitted by Fartman (user info) at 2007-09-04 10:50:37 EDT (#)
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Is that Jim Rockford's Firebird?
Submitted by Flack (user info) at 2007-09-04 09:05:30 EDT (#)
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Transformers, GI Joe, and Slayer were about the only decent things that came out of the 80's.
Oh, and me of course.
Submitted by kaioken (user info) at 2007-09-04 08:38:52 EDT (#)
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How can you make a post about the 80's and not include...
Lazertag?
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2007-09-04 08:36:31 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Merlina (user info) at 2007-09-04 13:08:24 BST (#)
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Submitted by whiskey_jack (user info) at 2007-09-04 05:00:47 EDT (#)
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You people are old. I was born in '87. Fuckers I'm young and full of piss, vinegar and an asshole-devil-be-damned attitude! GO ME!
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ha ha ha - I was SEVENTEEN when you were born.
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Blimey I was 10.
Submitted by Merlina (user info) at 2007-09-04 08:08:24 EDT (#)
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Submitted by whiskey_jack (user info) at 2007-09-04 05:00:47 EDT (#)
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You people are old. I was born in '87. Fuckers I'm young and full of piss, vinegar and an asshole-devil-be-damned attitude! GO ME!
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ha ha ha - I was SEVENTEEN when you were born.
Submitted by Hilarity_Ensues (user info) at 2007-09-04 07:47:52 EDT (#)
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I have a picture of me out fishing with my dad in a full-on day-glo outfit, complete with Aqua-netted teased bangs. I had a pair of red jellies, which make your feet sweat like none other. I remember when slap braclets were banned b/c of the fear of children dying of MAKE BELIEVE INFECTIONS when the cheesy fabric would come off and inflict IMAGINARY CUTS. I loved Scott Baio, Kirk Cameron, and Doogie Houser. I am sad Doogie is da homosexuals :'(
Submitted by whiskey_jack (user info) at 2007-09-04 05:00:47 EDT (#)
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You people are old. I was born in '87. Fuckers I'm young and full of piss, vinegar and an asshole-devil-be-damned attitude! GO ME!
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2007-09-04 03:20:56 EDT (#)
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I remember watching Jossys Giants and eating apple turnovers in the 80's.
Jossssyyyyyyyyyyyyyys Giants! I would hope someone like Apollo would remember that.
http://www.jossysgiants.org/about.html
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2007-09-04 03:17:34 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Merlina (user info) at 2007-09-04 07:08:35 BST (#)
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+2 for the memories.
Lace gloves... oh GOD what was I THINKING?
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Its working for me.........go get those lace glaves .
Oh im so dwirty.
Submitted by Progr3ss (user info) at 2007-09-04 03:08:10 EDT (#)
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Submitted by i_can_get_you_a_toe (user info) at 2007-09-04 08:48:43 EST (#)
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This actually reminds me of an email I got recently, which listed;
Cassette tapes
Strawberry Shortcake dolls
Fraggle Rock
Duck Tales (woo ooh)
Slap Bracelets
Slip and Slides
Rainbow Brite
Banana Clip
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Me thinks, said email just arrived and inspired this post.
Submitted by kuroneko_sama (user info) at 2007-09-04 02:21:40 EDT (#)
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ok
...joe izuzu was da man... even on that dumbass "empty nest" show (stupid golden girls spinoff)
...jelly shoes piss me off the new plastic clogs everyone wears with the front or back heall strap remind me of them
jelly braclets too....
..you missed those shoelace thingys that looked like spiral noodles
...you also missed kangaroos and diadora
oh oh oh... and how everything was in neon colors
what happened to those slap-wrap braclet things (they banned the metal lined ones from school)
and popples and wuzzles and pound puppies and my pet monster
...i miss small wonder.... tv shows about robots were cool
...and yeah...what ever happened to the black bottom 2 liter bottles?
Submitted by Merlina (user info) at 2007-09-04 02:08:35 EDT (#)
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+2 for the memories.
Lace gloves... oh GOD what was I THINKING?
Submitted by i_can_get_you_a_toe (user info) at 2007-09-03 18:48:43 EDT (#)
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the checked shoes are still pretty cool, aren't they? *hides green and black checked shoes*
This actually reminds me of an email I got recently, which listed;
Cassette tapes
Strawberry Shortcake dolls
Fraggle Rock
Duck Tales (woo ooh)
Slap Bracelets
Slip and Slides
Rainbow Brite
Banana Clip
Submitted by ghola (user info) at 2007-09-03 14:39:41 EDT (#)
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oddly enough, girls are wearing jellies again.
i never owned a pair.
Submitted by creep_firebombing (user info) at 2007-09-03 14:05:56 EDT (#)
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"This is the story of one of America's great unsung heroes. I mean you've seen him but you never knew who he was. You've cheered for him and cried for him and women have wanted to die for him. But did he ever get any credit or the girl? No! He's what we call the "Stuntman" and the reason I'm talking so fondly about him is, well because it's me, Colt Seaver. Anyway, picture work isn't wall-to-wall employment so maybe you wonder how a guy keeps his head together? Well, one way is to wait by the phone and wait and wait. The other is to take an occasional job with the court system of the United States of America where a man is considered innocent until proven guilty. Unfortunately sometimes a lot of these people get out of jail on what we call bail and they'd run like hell! ...and that's where I come in. I sometimes pick up rent money trying to find them and bring them back to justice."
-Colt Seavers
Fall Guy fucking RAWKED! I still want that fucking truck (even though I remember it being blue for no good reason).
Submitted by lungfish (user info) at 2007-09-03 13:51:24 EDT (#)
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I friend of mine in high school showed up one day wearing parachute pants. For that, he continues to be abused by us to this day.
Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2007-09-03 13:44:48 EDT (#)
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Damn! Shaun. Not Sean. That's why I couldn't find it.
Here's the jacket.
http://hardyboys.bobfinnan.com/hbjacket.jpg
Submitted by jojo747 (user info) at 2007-09-03 13:44:16 EDT (#)
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absolute shit.
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2007-09-03 13:42:04 EDT (#)
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HAHA- FG I just returned from a trip down memory lane and you just left this.
When I was 5 or 6 maybe? my mom told me she had a surprise for me, and to look in my room. I walked in, and on the back of my door, was a giant poster of Shaun Cassidy, in all his jean and satin-jacketed splendor. I was too young to be discerning, really..I loved those cheesy guys. It was the first little girl hearthrob type thing I remember having. That was before I graduated to Erik Estrada, Rick Springfield, and later Michael Jackson and the brat pack. Good times, good times.
Submitted by DangerPants (user info) at 2007-09-03 13:41:24 EDT (#)
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hahahahahahaha Joe Isuzu.
Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2007-09-03 13:33:51 EDT (#)
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Saccy-remember Sean Cassidy, Leif Garret, and that other Gibb brother that was solo?
You might have been too young since they were big in the late 70s.
Where the hell is Loki when you need her? Besides Merlina, Loki is the only other Uber lady here who is past 35.
Anyway, if you were a typical pre-pubie girl in the late 70's, you had to love one or all of those guys. If you were a true fan, you wore the satin pastel Sean Cassidy jacket with his picture screen printed on the back.
Fortunately I wasn't typical. Those guys were nothing but cheese.
With feathered hair.
<shudder>
Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2007-09-03 13:23:25 EDT (#)
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Oh, and she was popular in the 70s, not so much in the 80s.
Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2007-09-03 13:22:39 EDT (#)
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BranDo
http://www.charo.com/index2.html
She's actually a very talented Flamenco guitarist. Part of her schtick was she would wiggle all over (thus making her boobs bounce), dance, and say "Coochie Coochie!"
Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2007-09-03 13:17:26 EDT (#)
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Submitted by BranDo (user info) at 2007-09-03 13:07:50 EDT (#)
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I've seen those black bottoms too over here on 2 and 1,5 ltr bottles. The thin plastic needed some support in order to be put on a shelve, I guess.
Who is Charo? I wasn't that young in the 80's but that name doesn't ring a bell.
Memory lane.
Submitted by FATMANTPK (user info) at 2007-09-03 11:18:42 EDT (#)
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Submitted by kaos-king (user info) at 2007-09-03 11:09:06 EDT (#)
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All of the apt complex is full of student for the year now. A bunch of us were drinking on the porches the other night, getting to know each other. One of the young women happened to be talking about going to one of the local clubs and dancing to a "Classic Rock Song." I asked her what song. This 19 year old told me: "Pour Some Sugar On Me" by Def Leppard.
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I own the Hysteria album on cassette when it came out back in the 80's.
I just stared at the girl and drank my beer...
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I forgot to add the CD and Tape anti-theft devices to the collage. I remember my sister shoplifted 3 tapes..Posion "Flesh & Blood", A Bon Jovi one and Def Leppard "Hysteria" and we sat in the car trying to remove the plastic anti-theft devices by burning through them with the cherry of our cigarettes.
Submitted by kaos-king (user info) at 2007-09-03 11:09:06 EDT (#)
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All of the apt complex is full of student for the year now. A bunch of us were drinking on the porches the other night, getting to know each other. One of the young women happened to be talking about going to one of the local clubs and dancing to a "Classic Rock Song." I asked her what song. This 19 year old told me: "Pour Some Sugar On Me" by Def Leppard.
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I own the Hysteria album on cassette when it came out back in the 80's.
I just stared at the girl and drank my beer...
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2007-09-03 10:56:02 EDT (#)
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I liked He Man and having a ski jacket in the 80's. Ooooh and Mr Frosty.
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2007-09-03 10:53:02 EDT (#)
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FG- Yeah, we called them jellybeans at first, I don't know if it's because we were kids and made stuff up, or if it was shortened. Soon, they were just jellies. But I do know that if there's one thing that doesn't make for healthy, comfortable shoes, it's PVC.
FMP- I see the black ones, but don't forget the pastel/neon/sparkly jelly bracelets that matched our shoes so perfectly. I have a bunch right here.
Speaking of retro, I think I'm going to take a drive to the old neighborhood today. If I had a dollar for every old camaro I used to see on that street..
Submitted by FATMANTPK (user info) at 2007-09-03 10:51:27 EDT (#)
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Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2007-09-03 10:41:24 EDT (#)
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Sac-the shoes were called Jellies back then I think.
I had forgotten the black bottoms on 2 liters. What was that all about? Did it serve a purpose?
Want to hear something sad? The Man was watching VH1 yesterday and some retrospective called I Love the 70's came on. That episode dealt with 1978.
I remembered most everything they were talking about and I remember the songs when they were new.
They talked about Charo though. I remember that when she did her 'Coochie Coochie' and bouncing her boobs around just about caused my Dad to have a heart attack.
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No idea on the black bottoms. Maybe so they would sit flat.
My grandfather was more of a Dolly Parton fan than a Charo.
Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2007-09-03 10:41:24 EDT (#)
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Sac-the shoes were called Jellies back then I think.
I had forgotten the black bottoms on 2 liters. What was that all about? Did it serve a purpose?
Want to hear something sad? The Man was watching VH1 yesterday and some retrospective called I Love the 70's came on. That episode dealt with 1978.
I remembered most everything they were talking about and I remember the songs when they were new.
They talked about Charo though. I remember that when she did her 'Coochie Coochie' and bouncing her boobs around just about caused my Dad to have a heart attack.
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2007-09-03 10:18:36 EDT (#)
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I bought a bunch of retro 80s stuff for a 30th birthday gift recently. A new pair of jellybean shoes in that vintage design (not the new knockoffs) are hard to find and were going for something like $30-$40. We paid under $5 for them back in the day. I don't recall associating them with Madonna, but the timing was close.
Submitted by The_taste_of_Monkeys (user info) at 2007-09-03 09:35:55 EDT (#)
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The 80s sucked hard in Britcit since Thatcher hated anyone who made less than 100 grand a year and fucked us, hard.
Submitted by FATMANTPK (user info) at 2007-09-03 09:29:07 EDT (#)
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Submitted by DrogoRoch (user info) at 2007-09-03 09:20:56 EDT (#)
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Was the car 'Hardcastle and McCormick or something???
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Yes
Submitted by RabiedRooster (user info) at 2007-09-03 09:24:05 EDT (#)
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This had more spelling mistakes than a chinese restaurant menu and it was quite boring but alas Iam too from good 'ole England so only -1
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2007-09-03 09:23:51 EDT (#)
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or it may of been because I was brought up in a cellar with no lights or electricity.
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2007-09-03 09:21:30 EDT (#)
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I have no idea what any of that was about, however I am from England. Benefit of the doubt '0'
Submitted by DrogoRoch (user info) at 2007-09-03 09:20:56 EDT (#)
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Was the car 'Hardcastle and McCormick or something???