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LOOKING BACK... LOOKING BACK...
Be honest.....How many of these do you remember?
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You know you were an 80's kid if:
- **You know what "Sike" means.
- **You know the profound meaning of "Wax On Wax Off".
- **You know that another name for a keyboard is a "Synthesizer".
- **You can name at least half of the members of the BRAT Pack.
- **You know who Tina Yothers is.
- **You wanted to be a Goonie.
- **You know who Max Headroom is.
- **You ever wore Fluorescent, neon clothing.
- **You could breakdance, wish you could.
- **You wanted to dress like the Hulk at Halloween.
- **You believed that "By the Power of Greyskull," you HAD the POWER.
- **Partying "like it's 1999" seemed sooo far away.
- **You thought that Transformers were more than meets the eye.
- **You wanted to be on Star search.
- **You remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose
fell
off
- **You have worn a Banana Clip, or knew someone who did.
- **You owned a doll with "Xavier Roberts" signed on its butt, or knew someone who did
- **You knew what Willis was "talkin' 'bout".
- **You HAD to have your MTV.
- **You hold a special place in your heart for "Back to the Future"
- **You know where to go if you "wanna go where everybody knows your name"
- *You thought Molly Ringwald was REALLY cool.
- **You actually thought "Dirty Dancing" was a REALLY good movie.
- **You have heard of "Garbage Pail Kids".
- **Punks actually "shocked" people
- **You knew "The Artist", when he was humbly called "Prince".
- **You actually saw Ted Danson as the Mac Daddy he played "Sam" to be.
- **You remember when ATARI was a state of the art video game.
- **You own any cassettes.
- **You were led to believe that in the year 2000 we'd all be living
on
the
moon.
- **You remember and/or owned any of the CareBear glass collections
from Pizza Hut Hut, Or any other stupid collection of glass they came
out
with.
- **Poltergeist freaked you out.
- **You carried your lunch to school in a Gremlins or an ET lunch
box.
- **You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf.
- **You wore biker shorts underneath a short skirt and felt stylish,
or
know
someone who did.
- **You ever had a Swatch Watch, or three.
- **You had a crush on one of the Corey's (Haim or Feldman).
- **You had a crush on Bo Derek or Heather Locklear.
- **You remember when Saturday Night Live was funny.
- **You had Wonder Woman or Superman underoos.
- **You had a crush on Jon BonJovi, or knew someone who did.
- **You thought eating Reeses Pieces would attract your own Alien.
- **Your name is Jennifer or Jason.
- **You have ever called 867-5309.
- **You had a poster of Rob Lowe, Kirk Camron, or Michael J. Fox, or Ricky Shroeder on your wall.
- **You held the top score on PacMan.
- **You had MALL Hair.
- **You owned a T-shirt that said, "I shot J.R." or know someone who
did.
- **You wore one or more thin rubber bracelettes, black or in
multiple colors, or you wore them up to your elbow.
- ** "Gag me" is in your vocabulary
- ** Radical!!!
- ** You went on Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventures and Bogus Journey ~ and you remember the cartoon version
- ** You read "Are You There God, It's Me, Margaret" for a book
report.
- **Snap bracelets were always getting you in trouble at school.
- **You played with "My Little Ponies" or "G. I. Joes."
- **Friendship bracelets were ties that couldn't be broken.
- **You've ever read Nancy Drew, The Hardy Boys, The Babysitters Club, or Sweet Valley High.
- **You had a crush on one of the New Kids on the Block members.
- **heaven forbid you wore one of those t-shirt rings or a scrunchi on one side of your shirt during your youth.
- **You were styling with your french rolled pants.
- **You wore multiple pairs of socks in the middle of the summer just so you could be "hip"
- **You had puff painted your own shirt at least once.
- **You were upset when She-ra, Princess of Power, and He-Man cancelled.
- **You can remember watching Full House and Saved by the Bell for endless hours, back when they were new episodes.
- **You have seen at least 10 episodes of Fraggle Rock.
- **you always brought your sticker book to school
- **you have a collection of hackey-sacks
- **You remember Madonna in her cone stage.
- **You remember M.C. Hammer.
- **You can still sing the rap to "Fresh Prince of Bel Air".
- **how many of you can recite the theme to Duck tales?
- **You owned a pair of L.A. Gear, Keds, or Converse tennis shoes.
- **The USA Cartoon Express every weekday morning
- **My Little Pony, Gummy Bears,Transformers, You can't do that on Telivision, Noozles, KIDS Incorperated, Captian Kangroo,Double Dare, and Hey Dude are familiar to you. AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADD PUNKIE BREWSTER
- **You actually spent countless hours trying to perfect the "Care Bear stare".
- **You spent hours in the basement building and re-building Lego cities.
- **Do Polly Pockets or Popples ring a bell?
- **Big wheels and bicycles with streamers were the way to go.
- **With your playschool record player you sang back up to Debbie Gibson.
- **You stayed up all night listening to Teddy Rupskin
- **Can we say Trapper Keeper?
- **"Can you tell you how to get to Sesame Street?"
- **If you wanted to be on the GLADIATORS!!!
- **If you still have a crimper in your bathroom drawer
- **If you remember singing Amy Grants "Baby, Baby"
- **You owned a indiana jones hat
- **You had more than one Star Wars action figure
- **You loved your pink jeans and black stretch pants
- **big loop earings
- **If you wanted to pick a lock with a toothbrush just like MacGyver
- **You wanted to travel through time on Quantum Leap
- **If you remember when rollerblades were the new thing
- **If you learned how to spell mouse from the Mickey Mouse Club theme song.
- **you felt like a big girl when your mom bought you GIRL TALK
- **You used to wear bright pink slip-ons and jelly shoes
- **you used to compare your little brother to Ferguson
- **You were scared of the Gremlins
- **You remember when Ren and Stimpy was a new show
- **When MTV was all about Rock Hard videos and BIG hair (first aired in 1981!!!)
- **Pee Wee's Play House...
- **Rainbow Brite and Strawberry Shortcake
- **Fanny Packs
- **If you can remember when you're "Kid Sister, Kid Sister" and "My Buddy, My Buddy"
- **Who you gonna call....Ghost Busters
- **The USA Dino Power Hour with "Denver, the Last Dinosaur" followed by "Dinosaucers."
- **Pogo Balls
- **Skip it
- **Super Mario Brothers and Legend of Zelda, the cartoon
- - Contributed by: lyredragon@hotmail.com
- --ever had a crush on anyone In NKotB BEFORE they went solo
- --remember when they WERE the New Kids on the Block
- --remember when Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was a new thing
- --ever wanted hair like Paula Abdul
- --remember seeing SuperMario Bros. in the arcade
- --absolutely HAD to have a pair of Jelly Shoes
- --ever begged Mom & Dad for an 8bit NES
- --your parents dressed you in StarWars clothing as a baby or toddler
- --remember when new cars still had only lap belts in the back seat, and no back window light
- --remember when your parents owned a Beta or took home movies with that type of cassette
- --listened to 8 track tapes of Star Wars (Return of the Jedi) and Sesame Street
- --remember when Oliver & Co. came out for the first time
- --had Hammer Pants, or wanted some
- --Ice Ice Baby. . .
- --ever curled your bangs upward, and sprayed them in place there
- --remember when the Minivan was a new thing
- --the first movie you ever remember seeing is Return of the Jedi (on a drive in screen. I was three or so)
- --Remember when the internet was a new thing
- --remember when your parents owned a PC without a hard drive (1983-4, Heathkit)
- --got into mom's makeup and smeared on the blue eyeshadow
- --know that Michael Jackson's contribution to Free Willy first appeared in his Dangerous album
- --remember most of the words to "We Are The World"
- --played with the Little People when they were still a choking hazard
- --remember when CD's were the new thing
- --owned a red "speak and spell"
- --ever tried to phone home on it
- --owned a first edition set of NERF fencing swords
- --remember when laser tag was new
- --ever had to sit throught family slide shows, and realize now that your younger siblings have never seen a slide
- --TRON and The Last Starfighter have special meaning to you
- --played Zaxxon as a kid (arcade, Sega Master, or the Board Game)
- --fished in the bottom of cereal boxes for the Thundercats insignia ring
- --had, like, a TOTAL valley girl accent
- --identified with Ramona Quimby
- --remember when Chuck-e-Cheeses was Shobiz Pizza
- --watched The Driods or Ewoks cartoons
- --loved Benji
- --Remember seeing the Challenger blow up on the evening news
- --your parents put you to bed so they could watch The Who
- --begged for fruit rollups and got Fun Fruits instead
- --ever ate ET cereal for breakfast
- --remember when BK did not have a kids meal
- --remember when the Marlins and the Rockies were new teams
- If you ever owned the action figures or remember someone who did own Destro, Cobra Commander, Snake-eyes, and Duke. (~DKGOD1@aol.com)
- If you ever shouted or know someone who did shout the words cobraaa or yo-joe!! (~DKGOD1@aol.com)
- You know who Jem and the Holograms are. (~JosepODo@clientlogic.com)
- - contributed by gilmore@coollink.net
- If you ever envied Jem for her purple duds.
- If you OWNED a Jem doll or knew someone who did.
- If you ever thought Jem was cool for being taller then your other barbies.
- Can you chant the theme to Mighty Mouse?
- Do you remember when Inspector Gadget was a NEW cartoon?
- Count Duckula ring a bell??<---{was my favorite after SheRa}
- You owned a game called SHARK ATTACK!
- Invited all your friends to MEET ME AT THE MALL!
- Splash was such a cool movie!!!
- Your dream was to be a Teenage Witch {hense the film of the same name}
- You cried during Mac and Me
- Did ya have a slinky??
- When Tom Cruise was that guy from Legend
- You had a major crush on Barrett Oliver & Jonathan Brandis
- Neverending Story was the "movie" to see.
- Do you know all the words to Dance Magic?
- Labyrinth was your FAVORITE movie!!!
- Do you remember when Ferris Beuller had his day off?
- oh PIPPY LONGSTOCKING!!!
- Did you ever go to Pee Wee's playhouse?
- Happily hummed along to Mr Roger's neiborhood.
- The following movies were in your video collection: The Last Unicorn, Labyrinth, Neverending Story1&2, Legend, Princess Bride, Adventures in Babysitting.
- Oh let's not forget..Go ninja Go ninja Go !!
- What about cutting or ripping a perfectly good/new
pair of jeans so that you would look cool? (~killroy108@yahoo.com)
- If you wore a red cardboard box on Halloween and called yourself Optimus Prime (~R_J_KING@prodigy.net)
- - the Aussie 80's contributed by stucore@yahoo.co.uk
- ** hungry hungry hippos
- ** stone/denim wash jeans
- ** hot pink........for guys
- ** sk8 '88
- ** jason and kylie on neighbours
- ** it's a knockout!
- ** where's the beef?
- ** when mad magazines were cool
- Roller-racers!!!! Those things where you had to move the handle bars back and forth to move. (Club94@aol.com)
- JUST THE TEN OF US!!!! The spinoff of Growing Pains with GRAHAM LUBBOCK (Club94@aol.com)
- -from jrberto@sfcc.net
- -Remember when Simon LeBon flipped his sailboat and almost drowned.
- -Belted out the "Reflex" on the playground
- -Thought Wham! was so cool, and George Michael so sexy
- -Were scandalized when the radios would bleep out "sex" from George's "I Want
Your Sex"
- -Couldn't decide who was cooler, Debbie Gibson or Tiffany
- -Thought the Muppet Show was the coolest
- -Tuned into the Dukes of Hazzard
- -Wanted to go to Huntsville, Alabama to attend Space Camp after the Leah
Thompson/Tate Donovan "smash" hit movie
- -Thought Eric Stolz was some kind of wonderful
- -Thought "Less Than Zero" was very edgy and exciting
- -Hated Kelly LeBroc for being beautiful
- -Thought Christie Brinkley would never hit middle age
- -Thought Billy Joel was dreamy 'cause he landed Christie
- -contributed by Daly@Tomah.com
- --If you ever had a pair of pump tennis shoes, and actually thought they made you faster.
- --One Question: Wanna Be Like Mike????
- --If you remember when Bo Knew everything.
- --If you remember when the Brewers were good and the Indians sucked.
- --If you ever Returned to Oz.
- **the maxie doll(abbrown@vt.edu)
- **hello kitty and friends, and other sanrio products (abbrown@vt.edu)
- **you remember "Breaking" and "Electric bogaloo" movies (nesmar2@hotmail.com)
- **Glow worms, the smurfs, the snorks,and that other cartoon that came on after it and my little
pony.... moon dancers or something? moon beams? (mahal_kita415@yahoo.com)
- **the my little pony movie?? (mahal_kita415@yahoo.com)
- * If you ever had a Miami Vice poster on your wall because Don Johnson was sooo Hot! (psychohl@yahoo.com)
- * If you've ever been in the debate "Whose hotter He-man or Egon?" (psychohl@yahoo.com)
- - if you can remember when the electric slide and the tootsie roll were new
dances. (AlbaLeigh@aol.com)
- - how about the funky chicken? (AlbaLeigh@aol.com)
- - colt sewers, the"fall guy" of the 80`s in Germany, then the U.S. (DirkGrosshans@aol.com)
- - How about leggo my Eggo? (Cathers7@email.msn.com)
- - How about Remo Williams, and "parachute pants"? (malchicks@email.msn.com)
- -the first time they sayd "bitch" on tv (begonias@hotmail.com)
- -the electric slide! (begonias@hotmail.com)
- -on growing pains when leonardo dicaprio was the poor kid [Luke] they took in but kirk cameron was obviously much cuter (begonias@hotmail.com)
- * you hadn't the slitest idea of george micheal being gay. (serge@ny.com)
- * remember how you wanted to have nike air 180 (serge@ny.com)
- * wanted to have the he-man castle (serge@ny.com)
- -if you ever owned or played Pigpong (tlc228@nyu.edu)
- -if your favorite video's were sledgehammer, land of confusion (genesis), and take on me (a-ha) (tlc228@nyu.edu)
- -if you remember california girls more for david lee roth than the beach boys (tlc228@nyu.edu)
- -If you ever owned any madballs. (bacox@unity.ncsu.edu)
- from ryan_daugherty@hotmail.com:
- ~ nash skateboards
- ~ Rad the movie
- ~ BK knights
- ~ camp anawana
- ~ butthead was an insult
- ~ battle beast
- ~ Masks (cartoon/toys)
- ~ hung out in arcades
- ~ bmx
- ~ remember the movie the wiz kid
- - You were dying to learn to drive so YOU could drive K.I.T.T. (JMayo@fbainc.com)
- - Everybody Wang Chung tonight (JMayo@fbainc.com)
- contributed by abracken@gcfn.org
- *You remember and/or even liked Milli Vanilli before the truth came out
about them
- *You owned a computer that you had to hook up to your TV so you could use it
- *You remember when David Lee Roth left Van Halen and wound up doing worse
as a solo artist
- *Van Halen improved after adding Sammy Hagar as the lead singer
- *"Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits was the coolest video
- *You remember where you were when Ronald Reagan was shot
- *You couldn't figure out what Boy George of Culture Club was
- *You remember rock music before the "Parental Advisory: Explicit Lyrics"
stickers
- *The movie Poltergeist freaked you out.
- *You remember when cell phones and pagers were new
- *You thought Sigourney Weaver kicked butt in the Alien movies.
- *You attempted to solve a Rubik's Cube
- *You watched the final episode of M*A*S*H
- *The California Raisins!
- *You watched the wedding of Prince Charles and Princess Di
- *You remember when rap/hip-hop consisted of Run-DMC, LL Cool J and the
Beastie Boys.
- *You remember New Coke
- *You took the Pepsi Challenge
- *You had never heard of the Internet
- - from brian.rollet@temp-pro.com
- -- playing Astrosmash on the Intellivision.
- -- doing the Safety Dance
- -- blowing half your allowance on 'Dragon's Lair' and 'SpaceAce'
- -- Peter MacNicol was cool in 'DragonSlayer'
- -- feather earings were the rage
- -- paging Dr. Howser, Dr. Howser. (Doogie)
- -- Johnny Bench and The BaseBall Bunch.
- -- The SanDieago Chicken.
- -- Pound Puppies
- -- you know what an album REALLY is.
- - from FilleAlienee@aol.com
- 1: If you ever watched Thundercats
- 2: Remember Gumby
- 3: Always wondered if Larke was gonna tell Bianca to back off -- Beverly
Hills Teens
- 4: Wanted a talking car like in Knight Rider.
- * When you clenched your fists and believed you could start fires. (Drew
Barymore in Firestarter)(cminick@sos-inc.net)
- *When there was a Burger Queen as well as Burger King (cminick@sos-inc.net)
- *Mork & Mindy (cminick@sos-inc.net)
- - Alf [Alien Life Form] (pylka@charter.net)
- - You were a child of the 80's if you wore Z. Cavarechi pants. (gregg@pc4nothing.com)
- - the Star Blazers cartoon (dpachucki@mediaone.net)
- ** YOU THOUGHT THAT LEGG WARMERS WOULD REPLACE SOCKS ON DAY! (LACLIMES@HOTMAIL.COM)
- ** MADE IT YOU GOAL TO HAVE DIFFERENT COLOR SHOELACES THEN EVERYONE ELSE! (LACLIMES@HOTMAIL.COM)
- -from MidnyteSong@aol.com
- -- "Heathcliff"
- -- "Pinwheel"
- -- "Picture page with Bill Cosby"
- -- "Silver spoons"
- -- "Maple town and me"
- ** Jayce and the Wheelwarriors (shotgun_mary@hotmail.com)
- ** If you've ever felt the power of Hulkamania (bigmoe74@ameritech.net)
- ** If you remember when Brandon and Brenda Walsch were the "real" new kids on the block. (Corbydillon@cs.com)
- ** Guess jeans, or "Excuse me, are those Bugle Boy jeans you're wearing?"
(Corbydillon@cs.com)
- - from cloudangel527@hotmail.com
- 1)you had a sid pony and thought it was cool
- 2)wore like 3 scrunchies in your hair
- 3) when it was cool for a guy to have a ponytail
- 4)all i have to say MULLETS
- 5)had the alven and the chipmonks alubms
- 6)you had alf undies
- 7) cerals still had a prize in every box!
- 8)when the barbie dream house first came out
- 9)you had a skipper doll when she first came out
- **If you rode a powell peralta skateboard (midi937@hotmail.com)
- **If you remember when Kylie Monogue had huge curly hair and sang the
Locomotion, not "Can't Get You Outta My Head"... (jessanne@bu.edu)
- -from logano69@hotmail.com
- teenage mutant ninja turtles the cartoon
- harry and the hendersons
- mad max- beyond thunderdome
- Milton Bradley games : Cootie., dont break the ice, ants in ur pants
- DONALD DUCKS PLAYGROUND on the Commodore 64
- where in teh world is carmine san diego
- track car racing (hotwhells/powerwheels/matchbox)
- Nintendo!
- Zelda/ Super Mario bros cartoons and cereal
- if you knew that eric was banana man (shmectacular@hotmail.com)
- -from Greenfishheaven@aol.com
- -when it was cool to have spiked hair as a guy
- -eew rock me amadeus
- -Wearing baseball caps with a cape in the back made you a badass
- -cut off tee shirts for guys wasn't gay
- -remember hearing about aids and ryan white?
- -Superbowl shuffle
- -John Mcenroe always on the news for fighting
- -Commdore 64 was the shiznit
- -Comic books were 60 to 75 cents
- -remember the blue alien from reeses peeses commercials
- -WHERE'S THE BEEF??
- --David Hasselhof (the coolest actor/singer) in "Knight Rider." The talking modern car we all longed for. (hbrunner@optushome.com.au)
- - from i_am_not_a_pervert@hotmail.com
- --breakfest club! hehe
- --corey hart in canada who was pretty *cool* too
- --def leppard!(love bites,put some sugar on me)
- --mickey from toni basil
- --the movies *the car*
- --*fright night*
- - You know you're a child of the 80's if you ... " wanna be sedated " (the popular Ramones song)(Fateofskate13@cs.com)
- - from Ittibitti@aol.com
- -Crispy Critters cereal
- -you remember when Froot Loops had only 3 colors
- -Gummi Bears! Bouncing here and there and everywhere!
- -Roller skates with your favorite cartoon characters on them
- -Mr.T, Hulk Hogan and Ah-nold were practically superheroes
- - do you remember "workin for the weekend" with Loverboy? (Snuchypuchy8@aol.com)
- - from Runner549@aol.com
- * You were different if you brought your lunch to school in a soft lunch box
- * Thought that Uncle Jesse was soooooo hot
- * Areosmith was totally bad ass
- * Alf was awesome
- * You were grounded for saying "How Rude" too often
- * You wanted to grow up to be like DJ Tanner
- * You HAD to have a Walkman
- * Shirts with glued on fuzzy dots were the IN thing
- * Your mother wouldn't let you watch the Breakfast Club
- * Walkie Talkies were your main form of communication with friends
- * You owned a pink bike
- * Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles the TV Show was on your must watch list
- * 5:00 meant Beverly Hills 90210 the high school years, and you looked forward to it all day
- * You had a BonJovi poster in your room
- * You remember when My Girl was in theaters
- from technocrat84@yahoo.com
- - Thin ties
- - Those noise makers that looked like little
cylindrical tubes
- - Spud McKenzie
- - You had to turn a Bart Simpson "Don't have a cow
man" tee-shirt inside out at school because it was
offensive
- - Pink Hearts, Yellow Moons, Orange Stars, Green
Clovers and Blue Diamonds (and that's IT!)
- - Hypercolor Clothing (changed color with heat/cold)
- - The Dungeons & Dragons Cartoon TOTALLY ROCKED!
- - Teen Wolf the movie AND the cartoon
- from Bgbiggdawgg@aol.com
- - How about "A flock of seagulls"
- - maybe Mister mister
- - you thought that Mallory Keaton was hot.
- - you thought that T.J. Hooker was a good show
- - you were not surprised that Elton John was really queer.
- - The Bigfoot cartoon that came on after Jem.
- - You accually laughed at the Brady Bunch, because you would never be caught dead wearing those clothes.
- - "I can't drive ...55"
- - You remember when Hondas looked like a lunchbox
- - you subscribed to hot vw magazine
- - you owned a FAST bug
- If you faithfully watched the tv show "Small Wonder" and wanted a robot just like her (Mysskl03@aol.com)
- If you remember getting Cabage Patch Kids for X-mas. And thought they were the greatest thing on earth when they came out with a cereal... (Mysskl03@aol.com)
- u played Oregon Trail on the ol' apple computers?! (dmd2002@hotmail.com)
- puff paints were ultra hip (wendle@dodo.com.au)
- The magic goodies bag of sport billy, when he took it out of is pocket and mask (ricardovanderlouw@sbwu.nl)
- the hitshow SOAP (benson haha) (ricardovanderlouw@sbwu.nl)
- and of course how scary a nightmare on elmstreet was.(ricardovanderlouw@sbwu.nl)
- if you've evern seen or heard of the movie "fuzz bucket" (EmotnlDsturbnce@aol.com)
- u remember popples, pillow people and teddy ruxpin... and u used to actually thing that by rubbing the gem in ur trolls belly ur wish would come true (EmotnlDsturbnce@aol.com)
- If you know what �Finger Pops� are�� (mush00@comcast.net)
- Helmet hair (clark@eagle.ptialaska.net)
1. You know what it is.
2. You remember thinking of it as a "normal haircut."
3. You had it.
4. You know now that is merely the white mans equivalent of the afro.
- from arus14@hotmail.com
- - doing the 'moonwalk' was the coolest move
- - The Album 'Thriller' was at the top of the charts
- - dressed as a smurf for Halloween
- - believed ninja turtles actually existed
- - not knowing Mr. T wore real gold chains in A-Team
- - when Miss Elizabeth was manager to Macho Man Randy Savage
- - when there was no rating viewed on television shows
- - thought it was amusing watching Uncle Jessie go nuts over his hair
- - when McDonald's had all of Ronald's friends in the commericals
- - not knowing what 'gay' or 'lesbian' meant
- - bitch was not in the dictionary
- - when you knew the lyrics to "Part of your World" from the Little Mermaid
- - Quotes: "Form Blazing Sword!", "Let's form Voltron!", "Transform and roll
out", "For the honor of Greyskull", "By the power of Greyskull"
- - sung 'rubber ducky' with Ernie
- - thought it was the coolest learning the ninja turtles was coming on the
big screen
- - often said or heard "Bogus", "Awesome", "Radical"
- - Tina Turner came out with her hit "What does love got to do with it"
- - all Lady Lovely Locks had to do was shack her hair and her pixy friends
would come out
- - the era when the Simpsons debuted
- - Muppet Babies had adventures in their own nursery
- from rachy166@hotmail.com
- **Remember collecting and playing "Pogs"
- **Remember when DunkaRoos were the coolest lunch snack
- **Sock 'Em Boppers
- **Remember when Nintendo was a little box with little square controllers:
and the original Super Mario Brothers
- **Remember when Sonic the Hedgehog was the coolest thing ever
- **Remember whe Sega Saturn and Sega Gensis were brand new
- **Remember when "I Believe I Can Fly" just debuted
- **if "I get knocked down, but I get up again, you're never gonna keep me
down.." means anything to you
- **Remember "Poochie" the little pink cartoon dog that went into space
- **were ever scared out of your mind of X-Files
- **Giga Pets and Tomogotchies were the rage
- **remember when TGIF on abc was brand new
- **Remember Millow and Otis the movie
- **Homeward Bound
- **Land Before Time (when it was "cool")
- **if you remember when "Car phones" were the new thing
- **You wanted to (and actually believed you could) marry JTT (johnathan
tayloy thomas)
- **had a crush on the red power ranger
- **remember the book "Westside Story's Falling Down"
- **remember looking forward to "The Book Fair" at school
- **remember the jell-o commercials by Bill Cosby "J-E-L-L..-Ohhhh"
- **never missed Ghost Writer
- **ever read the "Goosebumps" books
- **remember when there was talk of a penis on the original Little Mermaid
case
- **Xena: Warrior Princess
- **remember "Skate Night" every week at school
- **remember not being able to watch "Party of Five"
- **remember the series finale of "Party of Five"
- **Are You Afraid of the Dark?
- from CrzyFlyNninjaKat@aol.com
- -the space shuttle challenger blew up in the middle of the afternoon during the Price is Right, not at night....lol...
- -Pocket Rocker, with such wonderful tunes as i think we're alone now, amanda (boston) walk like an Egyptian and many more.
- -chubbles, they were like little ewoks and you set them in a dark room, and when you turned the lights on, their eyes lit up and they made this horrible sound
- **do you remember when rapture came out 1981? (shnhoovs@yahoo.com)
- from adkins139@yahoo.com
- - If you knew who Howard The Duck was.
- - If you always wanted a pair of Reebok Pumps.
- - If you wore a t-shirt under your net shirt.
- - If you pushed up your jogging pants to your knees.
- - If you owned a pair of Jams (tropic shorts).
- - If you had to have a pair of Nike Air Revolutions but didn’t have a $100 for a pair of shoes.
- If you wore slap bracelets! (beachbum618@hotmail.com)
**If you can identify with at least half of these, you
are a child of the 80's!!
This page began when my friend sent me a chain letter entitled looking back... mentioning the first several items on this list. It brought back so many memories for me, that I decided to share them with you other children of the 80's. ::sigh:: Ah, memories.
If you would like to add anything to this page, email me.
See you in Trolla,
Dree Elle
P.S. I apologize for the sporatic updates, I really do value submissions and will do my best to post them on my site! Thanks for visiting!
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