(Courtesy of Kelly Huff)

• You had a crush on one of the New Kids on the Block members.

• You wanted to be on StarSearch. (Come, on, we all did)

• You ever uttered the word "Radical!"

• You wore jelly shoes and jelly bracelets.

• You thought "Ghostbusters" was by far the coolest movie.

• You remember watching shows like "Punky Brewster" , "Webster", "You Can't Do That On Television" , "Wild&Crazy Kids" and "Double Dare."

• You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off. Or even when he had those freaky eyes in "Thriller" at the end of the video.

• You wore a banana clip in your hair or one of those slap-on wristbands at some point during your youth.

• You rolled up the bottoms of your splatter painted jeans.

• You wore loafers with everything, and you put the laces in those little rolls.

• You had slouch socks, and puff-painted your own shirt at least once.

• You owned a doll with 'Xavier Roberts' signed on its butt.

• You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, Wax off."

• You can name half of the members of the elite "Brat Pack."

• You can remember watching Full House and Saved by the Bell for endless hours!

• You have seen at least 10 episodes of Fraggle Rock.

• You yearned to be a member of The Babysitters Club, and tried to start a club of your own.

• You sat on your back porch, playing with your "My Little Pony", "Rainbow Brite", and “Strawberry Shortcake" dolls.

• You know that another name for a keyboard is a "synthesizer."

• 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. (Was there an 80's movie she WASN'T in?).

• You know what "sike" and "not!" mean.

• You fell victim to 80's fashion: big hair, crimped, combed over to the side, big hoop earrings, and possibly the worst: you wore spandex pants.

• You wanted to be a Goonie, or Elliot from E.T.

• You owned an extensive collection of Cabbage Patch Kids and trolls.

• You knew "The Artist" when he was humbly called "Prince."

• You ever wore flourescent -neon if you will-clothing....(or nail polish).

• You could breakdance, or wished you could.

• You know who He-Man and She-Ra are.

• You remember when ATARI was a state of the art video game system.
  (Remember the Pong?).

• You know all the words to "Ice Ice Baby".

• You remember MC Hammer well.

• You can still sing the rap to "Fresh Prince of Belair".

• 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 own any of the CareBear Glass collection from Pizza Hut. Pizza Hut was the coolest place to hang.

• Poltergeist freaked you out.

• You carried your lunch to school in a Gremlins or an E.T. lunchbox.

• You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf.

• You wanted to communicate with some being named Cinergy, or you wanted green hair like that lead singer of the Misfits.

• You totally LOVED Barbie's cooler, punkier counterpart, "Jem" and her "Rockers."

• You wanted to have an alien like Alf living in your house.

• You know that Alf’s real name is Gordon Schumway.

• You wore biker shorts underneath a short skirt and felt stylish.

• You wore tights under shorts and felt stylish.

• You layered your multi-colored slouch socks, and added suspenders to make your outfit complete.

• You ever had a Swatch Watch.

• You actually spent countless hours trying to perfect the Care-Bear stare.

• You had a crush on one of the Coreys (Haim or Feldman).

• You remember when Saturday Night Live was funny.

• You had WonderWoman or Superman underwear.

• You wanted to be The Hulk for Halloween.

• You believed that "By the power of Greyskull, you HAD the power!"

• You thought that Transformers were more than meets the eye.

• Partying "like it's 1999" seemed SO far away!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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