You Know You're A Child Of The 80's If...

[missioncontrol]

found a whole bunch of these on the net......

here's 10 of my favorites.........

1. War Games had you wondering if you could really start Armageddon using your crummy TRS-80.

2. You watched The Tracey Ullman Show for the funny cartoon segments about the yellow people.

3. You consider Ocean Pacific a designer label.

4. You Believed that "By the power of Greyskull, you HAD the power!"

5. You know whose phone number is 867-5309.

6. Your first Walkman weighed 10 pounds and was the size of a brick.

7. You stuck around after the commercial break to see if the General Lee on The Dukes of Hazzard really made it over that dried-out gulch when the bridge was down.

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

9. You could break-dance, or wish you could.

10. You remember when ATARI was a state of the art video game system.



now add to the list.............

[Stingray]

Ha! I guess I qualify.

11. You thought leg warmers were sexy (and secretly still do).

12. It makes complete sense to you that a square is the hero and the ducks are dragons.

13. You ever went on vacation in a Pinto.

14. You ever owned a jacket with more than ten zippers.

-S

[NIVO]

15. You searched for more than 2 weeks to find the right Miami Vice outfit to goto the Homecoming dance in style

16. It was great to own that "Members Only" Jacket, not realizing that everyone else was a Member as well.

17. The haircut on the dude from Flock Of Seagulls actually looked "normal" to you.

18. Every girl in gym class had the torn up sweat outfits from flashdance.

19. McDonalds food was actually good and the fries were good as well.

20. Intellivision Speech addon was the coolest thing you'd seen.

21. At Xmas time, Hills and other department stores had every single home console and handheld on display, and your mom had to drag you away from playing them all.

22. You stole one of your cousins Barbie dolls and your dads Playboy, hoping that you too, could make a hot chick using your C64.

23. American Bandstand was where you got your moves for Saturdays party.

24. Mtv played videos worth watching......well actually....they played videos then!!!

25. Pepsi and Coke made some nice clothing and was hip to wear.

26. Izod was preppie

27. Drawing with ink pens all over your jean jacket (Def Leppard, AC/DC, Van Halen, Judas Priest, etc.)

28. Magic Johnson Converse and Larry Bird Converse were wicked lookin shoes.

29. Swatch was the only thing you'd wear. Timex who?

30. 4 quarters went along way at the arcade.

[walls83]

31. You tight rolled you pants

32. Your skateboard wieght was over 10lbs

33. If you thought NINJAS are bad ass (I still do)

[GGKoul]

34.

[Stingray]

36.  Michael Jackson was still black

And male.

-S

[Chemixtry]

47. Took apart the rubix cube rather then actually figuring out how to solve it

48. Wondered how people could always find the A-team but the government couldn't

49. Wish you had a talking car that was bullet proof with a nifty flashing red light

50. Repeated stupid Bill&Ted quotes all weekend with friends after seeing movie - Excellent!

51. Believed that crane pose from the Karate Kid would actually keep a bully from stealing my lunch money

[Zakk]

And conversely (I don't know where I got this list from, my apologies if it was here )

[DrewKaree]

52.  You not only know what "flight pants" are, but you owned more than one pair
53.  John Hughes made movies you liked
54.  A-booga-booga-booga AH-AH-AH
55.  To you, rap is missing the capital "C" at the beginning of that word
56.  Basketball shorts were just that, shorts.
57.  When did they invent this "mousse" stuff?!

[Zakk]

58. High-tops without laces were the best shoes in the world.
59. Rob Halford was still in the closet.
60. BIGSCREENS were 20"
61. You wandered into gun stores just to mutter "phased plasma rifle in 40 watt range" just hoping the guy would say "hey, just what you see".

[Trenchbroom]

"Uzi Nine millimeter..." 

62.  You know who Nell Carter is (or John Houseman, Donnie Iris, Donna Rice...fill in your favorite 80's flash-in-the-pan star here).

63.  You remember arguing VHS vs. Beta at recess.

64.  You can explain the difference between a Laserdisc and a Videodisc.

65.  You can name all five original MTV Veejays.

66.  Michael Jackson is to Elton John as Madonna is to Whitney Houston.  Why?

67.  Your first thought when you saw the trailer for the movie Sin City (with it's "revolutionary" color scheming): "Isn't it cooooooool.....in pink!"

[the3eyedblindman]

68. Your between the ages of 15 and 25.

[psik0tik]

69.  You had a stack of garbage pail kids. .

70.  You can finish this song  "Dance your cares away, Worry's for another day. Let the music play,      Down at  _________"

71.  Spinning your head on a flat cardboard box was cool.

72.  You sat and thought  "why did he die in her arms tonight"

[GGKoul]

73.  You remember the first time you wore VAN's Checkboard shoes.

74.  You had a pet rock

[SaiNRuB]

77.  You saw E.T. more than once in the theatre.
78.  Knowing TRON was years ahead of its time.
79.  Youd hit the arcade first when going to the mall.

[Bones]

80. You wanted to own an Apple.
81. Madonna was pretty.
82. You could execute a FOR NEXT loop.

[SOAPboy]

83. AirWalks were still PAYLESS Shoes.

[SirPeale]

62.  You know who Nell Carter is (or John Houseman, Donnie Iris, Donna Rice...fill in your favorite 80's flash-in-the-pan star here).

I'd forgotten about her...

http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/TV/01/23/nell.carter.obit/

[SirPeale]

81. Madonna was pretty.

You don't think she is anymore?  I think she's moreso than she used to be.

[Bones]

81. Madonna was pretty.

You don't think she is anymore?

[nipsmg]

84.  You know what the truffle shuffle is.
85.  You thought tiffany was hot.
86.  NKOTB       and the merchandise 
87.  Zubaz (you know you had them..  probably multiple pairs.  and you felt cool...
if you still wear them to the gym, please, light them on fire, while you're still in them).
88.  Body Glove (color changing shirts)

[SirPeale]

85.  You thought tiffany was hot.

86. And still do.

[Jabba]

87. You owned a thin, black leather tie. (called a cuir)
88. You know what a soap on the rope is.
89. You watched The Who's "Farewell Tour" on the first ever US/UK satellite feed on TV.

[Harry Potter]

90. You understand the profound meaning of the phrase 'Wax on, Wax off''

[spriggy]

91. Bert & Ernie skits were funny.

92. Scoring free credits by zapping the metal coin door carriage bolts with a dismantled electric gas lighter.

93. Owning 11 Bubblegum Cards...all the same!

94. Survive a day in the city (with 15 mates) of Arcades, a Movie and Food for under $20.

95. Rollerinks were cool....let alone being full of arcade games!

96. Elvis Presley Movie re-runs were a regular thing.

[GGKoul]

77.

[Zakk]

Hey I used to have a pile of Zubas, they were perfect under a pair of shredded jeans as stageclothes.  Damn, but those were the days

Long live Diamond Dave, master of the Zuba!


(Now I have to go listen to 1984 for a while....)

[Chris]

98.  You understand the reference "God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly!"
99.  You argued with your friends about Bailey vs. Jennifer.  (Definately Bailey.)
100. "Well the world don't move to the beat of just one drum..."

[Shape D.]

88. You know what a soap on the rope is.

That one could apply to innmates as well.

[SirPeale]

98.  You understand the reference "God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly!"
99.  You argued with your friends about Bailey vs. Jennifer.  (Definately Bailey.)
100. "Well the world don't move to the beat of just one drum..."

Crap.  I'm a child of the 80's, and I dont' get any one of those.

[Zero_Hour]

101. You spent a good part of the summer of 1984 feasting at McDonalds.... for free 

[Chris]

98.

[GGKoul]

98.

[SirPeale]

101. You spent a good part of the summer of 1984 feasting at McDonalds.... for free 

Heck yeah.  Every time the US gets a gold you get a Big Mac.  Or something.  I just remember lots of free food.

[walls83]

102. You know where the quote "HEEEEY YOUUUU GUUUYYYYSS!!!" (in my best Sloth voice) comes from.

[Shape D.]

103. you remember the phrase "you got 50,000 pooints on douwble dwagon."
104. you thought the power glove was cool. (which it was)

[Stingray]

99.  You argued with your friends about Bailey vs. Jennifer.  (Definately Bailey.)

Agreed.



-S

[SirPeale]

99.  You argued with your friends about Bailey vs. Jennifer.  (Definately Bailey.)

Agreed.



-S

Which is which?  The hottie is on the left, IMO.

[Stingray]

Bailey is the one on the left.

-S

[SirPeale]

102. You know where the quote "HEEEEY YOUUUU GUUUYYYYSS!!!" (in my best Sloth voice) comes from.

Could be The Goonies, could also be The Electric Company. 

[Shape D.]

105. you remember picture pages and/or enjoyed jello pudding pops. (they started making these again by the way)

[Chris]

Bailey is the one on the left.

-S

Although that's her as herself.  Here she is in character:

[missioncontrol]

106. You'd stay up late to watch The Hitchhiker on HBO, because of the dirty bits.

107. You wondered who those old guys were in the Run-D.M.C. "Walk This Way" video.

108. You thought Clint Eastwood would one day be president.

109. You were 99.9% sure Sue Ellen shot J.R.

110. If you remember when you heard that drinking soda and eating Pop Rocks would make your stomach asplode

[Zero_Hour]

110.01 - Yopu remember when Pop Rocks were called Space Dust (name changed due to some moron thinking it sounded too much like Angel Dust)

[Stingray]

5. You know whose phone number is 867-5309.

This song is on Club 977 internet radio right now. I guess another sign that you're a child of the '80 might be that you listen to Club 977 at work.

-S

[missioncontrol]

111. You know what "Psych" means.

112. Once, while spending hours in the arcade, you actually lined up quarters
on the top panel of the game -- to "reserve" your spot.

113. You had no problems thinking members of the Miami police department drove Lamborghinis.

[GGKoul]

5. You know whose phone number is 867-5309.

This song is on Club 977 internet radio right now. I guess another sign that you're a child of the '80 might be that you listen to Club 977 at work.

-S

Whats the link to that?

[Stingray]

http://www.club977.com/

If you have iTunes installed, it's under 70s/80s pop in the radio section. I'm sure you can listen with other software, but that's what I use. Heard Pac-Man Fever about an hour ago.

-S

[screaming]

102. You know where the quote "HEEEEY YOUUUU GUUUYYYYSS!!!" (in my best Sloth voice) comes from.

Could be The Goonies, could also be The Electric Company. 

  Definitely Goonies.  It's right up there with the Truffle Shuffle! (also from Goonies)

-sab

[Shape D.]

114. you enjoy reading this thread. 

[SirPeale]

102. You know where the quote "HEEEEY YOUUUU GUUUYYYYSS!!!" (in my best Sloth voice) comes from.

Could be The Goonies, could also be The Electric Company. 

  Definitely Goonies.  It's right up there with the Truffle Shuffle! (also from Goonies)

I guess it depends.  I'm an Electric Company guy.  Loved that show, until one day it was gone.  Blue Beetle!

[Santoro]

102. You know where the quote "HEEEEY YOUUUU GUUUYYYYSS!!!" (in my best Sloth voice) comes from.

The Electric Company.

[SaiNRuB]

http://www.club977.com/

If you have iTunes installed, it's under 70s/80s pop in the radio section. I'm sure you can listen with other software, but that's what I use. Heard Pac-Man Fever about an hour ago.

-S

Thank you i love it

80's RULE!!

[SaiNRuB]

114. you enjoy reading this thread.

[Daniel270]

102. You know where the quote "HEEEEY YOUUUU GUUUYYYYSS!!!" (in my best Sloth voice) comes from.

(in my best Sloth voice) indicates it as Goonies... but that was clearly taken from the intro to the show "The Electric Company" from PBS (which ironically featured Morgan Freeman and Rita Moreno, who did the opening phrase).....

Classic PBS TV... gotta love it

[nostrebor]

115. You stayed up all night rolling over "Missle Command" on a 2600.

116. You still use the phrase "Yes way, Ted."

[Santoro]

117. You liked Pina Coladas and Gettin' Caught in the Rain when you were about ten years old.

[FractalWalk]

118.   90125 has more meaning than 90210

[danny_galaga]

you know youre a child of the 80's if thats when your heart was first broken 

[Nailz]

Your salmon colored Top Siders matched your Izod or Polo shirt.

[GGKoul]

119.  You remember Teen Wolf and Teen Wolf 2

120.  You remember the first video to be played on MTV

[GGKoul]

http://www.club977.com/

If you have iTunes installed, it's under 70s/80s pop in the radio section. I'm sure you can listen with other software, but that's what I use. Heard Pac-Man Fever about an hour ago.

Many Thanks!!

Dire Straits Money For Nothing is playing now... 

[Shape D.]

120.  You remember the first video to be played on MTV

ooh ooh video killed the radio star.

[nostrebor]

118.   90125 has more meaning than 90210

121. You wish you had a working turntable so you could listen to your 90125 album.

[Stingray]

http://www.club977.com/

If you have iTunes installed, it's under 70s/80s pop in the radio section. I'm sure you can listen with other software, but that's what I use. Heard Pac-Man Fever about an hour ago.

Many Thanks!!

Dire Straits Money For Nothing is playing now... 

Guess we were listinging at the same time today.

Everybody have fun tonight, everybody wang chung tonight!

-S

[RetroJames]

 ...Samantha Fox

[GGKoul]

Do they play any New Order or Depeche Mode or any other New Age band of the 80's?

[GGKoul]

Pet Shop Boys... You were always on my mind

[Stingray]

Do they play any New Order or Depeche Mode or any other New Age band of the 80's?

I know I've heard both of those bands. Day-Glo radio is another good 80's station.

-S

[GGKoul]

Do they play any New Order or Depeche Mode or any other New Age band of the 80's?

I know I've heard both of those bands. Day-Glo radio is another good 80's station.

-S

Whats the site for Day-Glo radio?

Day-Glo is another classic 80's band name.. Day-Glo Abortions.

[HaRuMaN]

112. Once, while spending hours in the arcade, you actually lined up quarters
on the top panel of the game -- to "reserve" your spot.

Hey, I still do this...

[Stingray]

112. Once, while spending hours in the arcade, you actually lined up quarters
on the top panel of the game -- to "reserve" your spot.

Hey, I still do this...

I actually do that with tokens on games that I own. Old habits, eh?

-S

[Daniel270]

119.

[missioncontrol]

122. you ever walked like an egyptian

123. you thought Molly Ringwald was hot 

[Dartful Dodger]

123. you thought Molly Ringwald was hot

[SOAPboy]

83. AirWalks were still PAYLESS Shoes.

lol im the only on who remembers that eh. 

[missioncontrol]

123. you thought Molly Ringwald was hot

[SirPeale]

Molly Ringwald was hot then, and is now.

[Zakk]

 

Molly Ringwald?

[missioncontrol]

...

[Daniel270]

Here's a slightly more recent one from "Not Another Teen Movie"....

[missioncontrol]

124. Partying ''like it's 1999'' seemed SO far away.

125. you had super hero underoos.

126. when somone mentions two consecutive days of the week, the Happy Days theme is stuck in your head for hours on end.

127. you ever watched Fraggle Rock

128. you thought that Transformers were more than meets the eye

129. after you saw Pee-Wee's Big Adventure you couldn't stop saying "I know you are but what am I?"...

130. you hatch plots to break Murdock out of VA hospital

[Santoro]

I thought she was cute, rather than hot.

[MinerAl]

131.  You thought Ferris Bueller had a really good singing voice on that "Twist and Shout" song.

132.  A 5 MB hard disk drive was bigger than you could ever hope to fill.

133.  You remember floppy disks that were actually floppy.

134.  You still can't quite get used to that new guy singing for Van Halen.

135.  "Who you gonna call?"

[GGKoul]

135.  "Who you gonna call?"

Ghostbusters!

[missioncontrol]

137. If you can "See Better" with sunglasses that have paint splattered all over the lenses.

[Santoro]

138.

[markrvp]

99.

[Stingray]

I thought she was cute, rather than hot.

Even cute is stretching it some. She sure isn't hot.

-S

[Zapper]

139. you owned a king sized Farrah Fawcett-Majors bean bag

[Bones]

140. You had a booby Samantha Fox poster on the back of your door you could still sculpt in clay, but you can't remember the name of her song.

[SirPeale]

140. You had a booby Samantha Fox poster on the back of your door you could still sculpt in clay, but you can't remember the name of her song.

There were a couple.  "Touch Me" was the most popular one, followed by "I wanna have some fun".

Do not ask me how I remember that.

[Bones]

Do not ask me how I remember that.

I am not sure I wanna probe for this particular answer.

[Stingray]

I remember the poster but not the songs.

-S

[Trenchbroom]

141.  You see a man trying to show off as macho tough walking around with diamond stud earrings in BOTH ears and think to yourself:

"Buddy, you are making the wrong statement about "swimming to both shores" with that look!"

I was watching the new "Kojak" last night.  Ving Rhames had an earring in his right ear only.  As a child of the 80's...I was confused.

When did earrings lose their meaning?

[Bones]

Earring comment provoked this one.

142. Billy Idol was cool.

[Santoro]

When did earrings lose their meaning?

"Right is Wrong" is no longer a good way of reading earrings? 

[Stingray]

When did earrings lose their meaning?

"Right is Wrong" is no longer a good way of reading earrings? 

Apparantly not. I work in a high school and I see boys with either one ear pierced (doesn't seem to matter which one) or more commonly with both ears pierced.

-S

[Dartful Dodger]

"Right is Wrong" is no longer a good way of reading earrings?

[Chris]

"Right is Wrong" is no longer a good way of reading earrings?

[missioncontrol]

#1 important rule of the mid 80's

under no conditions do you ever I repeat ever peirce your right ear.....

I didn't make the rules............

[Santoro]

Re: "right is wrong"

<Seinfeld> Not that there is anything wrong with that. </Seinfeld> 

[DrewKaree]

140. You had a booby Samantha Fox poster on the back of your door you could still sculpt in clay, but you can't remember the name of her song.

She was a singer? 

[Chris]

140. You had a booby Samantha Fox poster on the back of your door you could still sculpt in clay, but you can't remember the name of her song.

She was a singer?

[SirPeale]

Two different Samantha Foxes.

No.

[Chris]

Two different Samantha Foxes.

No.

Yes.

[Bones]

Two different Samantha Foxes.

No.

Yes.  I'd post a link to the porn star database, but it wouldn't be appropriate for this forum, so I'll quote from the first paragraph instead:

"One of the all-time porn greats, Porn Star Samantha Fox should not be confused with the vapid mid-80's pop singer of the same name. No, this Samantha Fox was a beautiful brunette sex kitten who starred in over 100 features between 1978 and 1984, establishing herself as one of the top stars in the industry."

The singer, though, did do topless "page three"-type shots, though.  Samantha Fox the singer was British, Samantha Fox the porn star was from New York.

Both Samantha Foxes have IMDB entries:

Samantha Fox the Porn Star
Samantha Fox the Singer

The research for this message was undertaken for the good of the community. 

Sorry dude you are wrong.

There may be a porn star with the same name, but the page girl three from the 80's also most definitely sang the previously mentioned songs.

I will wage my left testicle on this.

[Chris]

There may be a porn star with the same name, but the page girl three from the 80's also most definitely sang the previously mentioned songs.

Yes she did, as noted.

[Bones]

me needs to learned how to read more better good

[Stingray]

I'll be darned. All this time I thought the two Samatha Foxs were one and the same. Wonder if the poster I had was of the singer or the porn star.

-S

[missioncontrol]

my poster was of the singer........

        

and it was very nice I must add.................

[xar256]

143. A Commodore 64 or an IBM Compatable PC was the thing to get.

Xar256

[Stingray]

143. A Commodore 64 or an IBM Compatable PC was the thing to get.

Xar256

143a - If you couldn't get an Apple II.

-S

[SirPeale]

Two different Samantha Foxes.

No.

Yes.

Technically, we're both correct.  I knew of the pr0n star, but since we were talking about the 'singer' and the b00bie picture poster, they were one and the same.  The pr0n star was practically 40 when these songs were popular.

[xar256]

Damnit!!!!

[GGKoul]

Now where is my stress relieving "bang head here" sign?

These weren't available in the 80s.

[Shape D.]

Damnit!!!!  Now I can't get "video killed the radio star" out of my head!!!!  Thank you very much ShapeD...   

It could be worse.

I want candy...  buh bah dah bah dah buh bah dah
I want candy.......



 

[missioncontrol]

Now where is my stress relieving "bang head here" sign?

These weren't available in the 80s.

I think they came out shortly after the Rubix Cube.............

[GGKoul]

Damnit!!!!

[Stingray]

Now where is my stress relieving "bang head here" sign?

These weren't available in the 80s.

I think they came out shortly after the Rubix Cube.............

Rubik's Cube

-S

[xar256]

FINE!!!

[missioncontrol]

Now where is my stress relieving "bang head here" sign?

These weren't available in the 80s.

I think they came out shortly after the Rubix Cube.............

Rubik's Cube

-S

well I couldn't solve it then and now I can't spell it now..............

[Stingray]

144.  You make all of your important decisions with your Magic 8 Ball.



-S

[missioncontrol]

144.

[Daniel270]

Damnit!!!!

[GGKoul]

Damnit!!!!

[DrewKaree]

FINE!!!  I'll just have to beat myself senseless

Two well-placed blows should do the trick

When you reach that point, look me up.  I'll be looking forward to adding yet another to my cult

[xar256]

145.  You remember who "The Eigthth Wonder of the World" is/was.



Xar256

[Stingray]

145.  You remember who "The Eigthth Wonder of the World" is/was.

145a. "Anybody want a peanut?"

-S

[missioncontrol]

you heard it through the grapevine

[GGKoul]

Debbie Gibson & Tiffany!

[Stingray]

Debbie Gibson & Tiffany!

I prefered Debbie Harry over Debbie Gibson.

-S

[GameOver]

Naah Debbie Harry was on the scary side.

Debbie Gibson was Bubbalicious!

[missioncontrol]

Debbie Gibson & Tiffany!

I prefered Tiffany over Debbie But really wouldn't have minded either one 

[Stingray]

Naah Debbie Harry was on the scary side.

That's what I liked about her!

-S

[GameOver]

146.  You still play 'Jam on it'
147.  You do 'the wave' when 'Jam on it' plays...

[DrewKaree]

I prefered Debbie Harry over Debbie Gibson.

As long as you don't prefer a hairy Debbie, I can live with that choice

Jam On It?

What about "White Lines"?

[GGKoul]

I prefered Debbie Harry over Debbie Gibson.

As long as you don't prefer a hairy Debbie, I can live with that choice

Jam On It?

What about "White Lines"?

Grandmaster Flash...


Wait.... Wait Wait... The Fat Boys

[missioncontrol]

148. you fight for your right to party........ 

[SirPeale]

149. When E. F. Hutton talks, people listen.

[RetroJames]

...you hated yuppies

[missioncontrol]

150. If you treated a whistle pops as a musical instrument.....

[GGKoul]

This is for the Canadians on watching this thread...

On Saturday, me and the boys went out to a local pub for some drinks.  And the live band that was playing that night was called "Thread"  and the lead singer of this band was Gord Deppe.. the lead singer of the Canadian 80s band called The Spoons.  Not sure if The Spoons where popular in the US, but in Canada they were pretty big in the 80s.

Anyways, this 3 piece band ROCKED with a good mix of new and old 80s classics.  They even played a rock versions of the classic Spoons songs... Nova Hearts, Romantic Traffic and Old Emotions.

[ray_slup]

151 you had a good answer to "What you wanna do with your life"
 I wanna rock!

[DrewKaree]

151 you had a good answer to "What you gonna do with your life"
 I wanna rock!

What do you wanna do with your life?

Hey, interesting tidbit here.  That guy's name is Mark Metcalfe.  Animal House famous.  His daughter owns a restaurant (EXCELLENT food, btw....Libby Montana's is the name) and he lives in my area.  He does a DVD review and various pop-ins with the local yokel DJ team (www.lazer103.com), Bob & Brian.

Shape D, you should be able to catch them in the Madison area, can't remember the station...perhaps 100.5?  I know the station is 100 X, so whatever the actual number is, you can figger it out.  Mornings until 10. 

I think you guys should all pool your resources and help me get the answers to the "You (still) Can't Win" daily trivia show.  I'll split all the CD's in the CD Jackpot, someone can have the Palm Pilot, and whatever else they're giving away for winning, I'll split it out.  There's no cash, just prizes.

[Otraotaku]

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

yeah thats about it for me... im Done!!!! now give me bacon!

[Stingray]

-S

[GGKoul]

I remember that song.. It was by the B-Sharps (B#)

B-Sharps: Baby on board, how I've adored,
That sign on my car's windowpane
A bounce in my step; loaded with pep,
'Cause I'm driving in the carpool lane.

Call me a square; friend, I don't care
That little yellow sign can't be ignored
I'm telling you it's mighty nice
Each trip's a trip to paradise
With my baby on board.

[missioncontrol]

152.  you spent many hours in front of a mirror perfecting the wave, the robot or the moonwalk

[Stingray]

I remember that song.. It was by the B-Sharps

"Baby on board, something, something, Burt Ward. This thing writes itself."

-S

[ray_slup]

Hey, interesting tidbit here. That guy's name is Mark Metcalfe. Animal House famous. His daughter owns a restaurant (EXCELLENT food, btw....Libby Montana's is the name) and he lives in my area. He does a DVD review and various pop-ins with the local yokel DJ team (www.lazer103.com), Bob & Brian.

Shape D, you should be able to catch them in the Madison area, can't remember the station...perhaps 100.5? I know the station is 100 X, so whatever the actual number is, you can figger it out. Mornings until 10.

I think you guys should all pool your resources and help me get the answers to the "You (still) Can't Win" daily trivia show. I'll split all the CD's in the CD Jackpot, someone can have the Palm Pilot, and whatever else they're giving away for winning, I'll split it out. There's no cash, just prizes.

Are you refering to the guy from the video?
I get up to late to listen to Bob and Brain. Besides I listen to "The Brew" and WKLH

[ray_slup]

153. You know where the beef is/was
154. You know what ALF stands for
155. You watched V

[GGKoul]

156.  You watched Threads and V and you thought it could really happen. 

[Stingray]

157. You watched Galactica 1980, but wish that you hadn't.

-S

[Matthew Anderson]

158. You know Tom Hanks as a transvestite, Jim Carrey as a Fireman and Bruce Willis as an on again off again private eye

[Chris]

157. You watched Galactica 1980, but wish that you hadn't.

-S

Oh, you had to dredge that up from our repressed memories.  I'm going to have to counter with:

159. You watched The Charmings, but refuse to admit to it.

[Trenchbroom]

Hey, Charmings were pretty good.  Not "It's Your Move" quality, but close.

[edwardvci]

160.  Remington Steele

"I don't even know his real name!"

[Breaker]

161. You know why it's good to find a mouse in your beer bottle (a stubby that is)

Go-loo-guh-goo-goo-guh-goo-goo-goo

Take off eh!

[Stingray]

161. You know why it's good to find a mouse in your beer bottle (a stubby that is)

Go-loo-guh-goo-goo-guh-goo-goo-goo

Take off eh!

"My friend... a cop... told me to take this to the brewery and I could get free beer eh!"

-S

[GGKoul]

My brother and I used to say that drowning in beer was like  heaven,
eh?  Now he's not here, and I got two soakers...   This isn't heaven,
this sucks!

[Stingray]

"I'd kiss you if I didn't have puke breath"

-S

[Chris]

"I'd kiss you if I didn't have puke breath"

Now these are starting to get obscure...

[Stingray]

"I'd kiss you if I didn't have puke breath"

Now these are starting to get obscure...

Same movie as the previous three or four posts.

-S

[Chris]

Ah.  Didn't recognize those either.

[Stingray]

-S

[GGKoul]

"I'd kiss you if I didn't have puke breath"

Now these are starting to get obscure...

Obscure.. try this..

"Here's an old Galactic Border Patrol game!"

[Stingray]

"Check this out! There's sandwiches and smokes in these machines, eh!"

-S

[GGKoul]

"Check this out! There's sandwiches and smokes in these machines, eh!"

"Hey give me some quarters will you, I'm going to have chocolate milk."

"Geez, hoser, this is four months old!"

Later.....

Bob:

[missioncontrol]

162. you debates were usually over Old Coke and New Coke.

163. you ever took the Pepsi Challenge.

[GGKoul]

Get him a donut--jelly, he likes jelly.  Jelly  donut coming!

[Stingray]

"This movie was shot in 3-B. Three beers and it looks great, eh?"

-S

[RetroJames]

164: You had a chair like this ...

[Bones]

165: You wore sunglasses at night.

[Thenasty]

166. You're wondering "Where's the beef ?"
167. If your grandma had fallen and can't get up.
168. If 20/40MB MFM hard drives is all you need.
169. "What's ya talking about Willis ?"
170. Hey Hey Hey "Whats happening".
171. You drool over Benny Hills show.

[missioncontrol]

172. you thought that Austrailians lived one step above the stone age because of Crocodile Dundee.........

[dfmaverick]

Hopefully not already said :

173. You would stay up til midnight on Friday to watch music videos on regular tv.

174. MTV actually showed videos.

[Trenchbroom]

175.  You STILL get a charge out of pictures of women with rooster bangs, big dangly earrings, heavy blue eye shadow and hot pink lipstick (mmmm mmmm Sheena Easton...      ).  Women never looked better.

176.  You know what a Wampus is (besides my avatar).

[scooter]

177. You spent an inordinate amount of time "feathering" your hair.

178. You carried your cell phone in a bag and had to plug it into your cigarette lighter before you could use it.

179. You remember bringing toast and an umbrella to The Rocky Horror Picture Show (do they still do this?).

180.  Your roller skates had four wheels and two axles.

181. You still laugh out loud whenever someone says the quote, "Hey, that kangaroo just stole my ball!"

182. You wore bell bottoms the *first* time they were hip.

[Bones]

172. you thought that Austrailians lived one step above the stone age because of Crocodile Dundee.........

You mean your not supposed to thump the misses with a wooden club and drag her away by the hair? Well that's just great.......

[paigeoliver]

Commenting on various things from earlier.

Molly Ringwold was cute, not hot, there is a distinct difference between the two of them. Cute is more innocent and less sexual than hot.  I had a big crush on Molly Ringwold and still do (Kerry Green too, anyone remember her, very short career).

I STILL own a pair of underwear that are red and blue (superman color scheme), they have been in the regular rotation for like 10 years now. Although I have like 50 pairs of underwear, so they literally just seem to last forever. They are actually my lucky underwear, so I only wear them on special occasions. 

[SirPeale]

Molly Ringwold was cute, not hot, there is a distinct difference between the two of them. Cute is more innocent and less sexual than hot.  I had a big crush on Molly Ringwold and still do (Kerry Green too, anyone remember her, very short career).

Kerri Green still does work, though not in a while now.  Last thing I saw her on was ER.

[Santoro]

Molly Ringwold was cute, not hot, there is a distinct difference between the two of them. Cute is more innocent and less sexual than hot. I had a big crush on Molly Ringwold and still do (Kerry Green too, anyone remember her, very short career).

Thank you, I am glad someone else sees the difference.

I STILL own a pair of underwear that are red and blue (superman color scheme), they have been in the regular rotation for like 10 years now. Although I have like 50 pairs of underwear, so they literally just seem to last forever. They are actually my lucky underwear, so I only wear them on special occasions.

Too much information.

[GGKoul]

Molly Ringwold was cute, not hot, there is a distinct difference between the two of them. Cute is more innocent and less sexual than hot.

[missioncontrol]

aqua net

[DrewKaree]

179. You remember bringing toast and an umbrella to The Rocky Horror Picture Show (do they still do this?).

Every Friday night @ midnight....other theaters, select times only, and those losers frown on bringing "enhancements" to the show.....honest to Pete, that's the exact wording I read!

I STILL own a pair of underwear that are red and blue (superman color scheme), they have been in the regular rotation for like 10 years now. Although I have like 50 pairs of underwear, so they literally just seem to last forever. They are actually my lucky underwear, so I only wear them on special occasions. 

OK, first of all, I will NEVER be able to stop wondering if you were wearing your red/blue underwear when you made the trip up here, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT MENTAL IMAGE!  Secondly, no one EVER needed to know ANYTHING about your underwear collection.  Thirdly, c'mon, you CAN'T have "lucky" underwear.  There are "gettin' lucky" underwear, the "wink wink nudge nudge" kind, and you've gotta have those stashed away for your wedding day, right.....that's rhetorical, WHATEVER YOU DO, DO NOT ANSWER THAT QUESTION!   Fourth, and lastly, as Santoro said, too much information.

All who could have went to their grave not knowing one single thing about Paigeoliver's underwear raise their hand.

* DrewKaree raises both hands

[Bones]

I don't wear underwear. I find it restricts my ridiculously oversized genitals.

[GGKoul]

Its hard to have lucky underwear when you don't wear any...   

"I'm out there Jerry and I'm loving every minute of it.."

[Jabba]

180: You and your family went once a month to the drive-in to see a double feature. Remember the Popcorn Ads? Remember playing football at dusk waiting for it to get dark enough? Remember lying on the top of the station wagon with yer sleeping blanker.

Remember those nice red and blue undies you wore while watching captain kangaroo? 

[GGKoul]

180: You and your family went once a month to the drive-in to see a double feature. Remember the Popcorn Ads? Remember playing football at dusk waiting for it to get dark enough? Remember lying on the top of the station wagon with yer sleeping blanker.

Remember those nice red and blue undies you wore while watching captain kangaroo?

[missioncontrol]

I saw Amityville Horror at a drive in ............

All who could have went to their grave not knowing one single thing about Paigeoliver's underwear raise their hand.

raises hand too

maybe if they made adult size underoos I'd start wearing underwear again.........

[Daniel270]

another good drive in movie I'd have love to seen was Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining"....  always had an affinity for that movie, and after seeing the idea play out in "Twister", that's one I'd love to see.....

[Jabba]

Heh Heh, I have the Shining recorded on my TIVO.

I was watching it the other night, what a GREAT movie (if you liked the movie, you gotta read the book, its 10 times better)

Only problem was "shmokes" kept flashing in my mind

[Daniel270]

Be afraid, be VERY afraid if Shmokes starts his next post here with...

"All work and no play makes Shmokes a dull boy."

 

[Daniel270]

found something that's 80's related AND brings back bad memories of the Tron suit....

[missioncontrol]

Autobots.........Transform and roll out..............

[missioncontrol]

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

[Stingray]

181a. You know what ALF stands for.

-S

[missioncontrol]

Alien Life Form 


181b you know what his favorite food was......

[Daniel270]

Alien Life Form

[Stingray]

181c. You know the name of the planet that he's from.

-S

[missioncontrol]

181c. You know the name of the planet that he's from.

-S

Melmac   

181d. What was the name of his girlfriend from his home planet?

[Daniel270]

Rhonda

181e.

[GGKoul]

Rhonda

181e.

[Daniel270]

Rhonda

181e.

[missioncontrol]

Willie
Brian
Lynn
Kate



(had to look up the mom's name) 

[quarterback]

182 - You remember Bruce Willis with hair and as a TV star

[quarterback]

183 - You remember Jeff Goldblum and Ben Vereen as TV dectectives

[missioncontrol]

182 - You remember Bruce Willis with hair and as a TV star

[missioncontrol]

184. you know this theme song........

Love and marriage,
Love and marriage,
Go together like a horse and carriage.
This, I tell you, brother,
You can't have one without the other.
Love and marriage,
Love and marriage,
It's an institute you can't disparage.
Ask the local gentry,
And they will say it's elementary.
Try, try,
Try to seperate them.
It's an illusion.
Try, try,
Try and you will only come to this conclusion.
Love and marriage,
Love and marriage,
Go together like a horse and carriage.
This was told by mother.
You can't have one,
You can't have none,
You can't have one without the other.

[GGKoul]

Married with Children.

[Stingray]

183 - You remember Jeff Goldblum and Ben Vereen as TV dectectives

Okay, I have to admit that you stumped me with that one.

-S

[Daniel270]

Willie
Brian
Lynn
Kate



(had to look up the mom's name)

[missioncontrol]

I don't remember a baby being born but then again I don't remeber watching much of the last few seasons...............

[missioncontrol]

185. You know who Spuds is..........

[tommy]

You know you're a child of the 80's if you dont remember the 80's so good. 

[missioncontrol]

most of the 80's I remember it'e the late 80's - early 90's that are really hazy for me 

[Buddabing]

183 - You remember Jeff Goldblum and Ben Vereen as TV dectectives

I thought Tenspeed and Brown Shoe was from the 70's, but I looked it up and it was from 1980.

Do people count the 80s from 1981-1990 or from 1980-1989? I've seen it both ways. Personally I prefer the latter. That makes the first century only have 99 years, but they didn't put in a year zero, so it's not our problem.

[missioncontrol]

183 - You remember Jeff Goldblum and Ben Vereen as TV dectectives

I thought Tenspeed and Brown Shoe was from the 70's, but I looked it up and it was from 1980.

Do people count the 80s from 1981-1990 or from 1980-1989? I've seen it both ways. Personally I prefer the latter. That makes the first century only have 99 years, but they didn't put in a year zero, so it's not our problem.

1980-1989 is how I see it.....

[quarterback]

183 - You remember Jeff Goldblum and Ben Vereen as TV dectectives

I thought Tenspeed and Brown Shoe was from the 70's, but I looked it up and it was from 1980.

To be honest, I didn't even think about what year the show aired.

[Jabba]

I have absolutely no recollection of Tenspeed and Brown Shoe (then again, it was the 80's and I was a teenager...). I'm not sure it played up here in Canada. Do any other Canadian remember this show? The first I saw Goldbloom was in "The Fly". Great movie BTW. My favourite saying was "Brundel Fly". We use that term at work sometimes...

[missioncontrol]

186. You know what your brain on drugs looks like

[Stingray]

186. You know what your brain on drugs looks like

That commercial always used to give me the munchies.

-S

[missioncontrol]

 

btw anybody know where I might find that commercial for download??

[screaming]

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

  "Asparagus, asparagus put us on your table! Asparagus, asparagus will make you feel more able!"

-sab

[screaming]

you heard it through the grapevine

   I was a California Rasin in a school play back in around the 2nd grade.  I still haven't recovered from outfitting myself in a trashbag and giant white shoes.

-sab

[Daniel270]

btw anybody know where I might find that commercial for download??

I'm actually kinda partial to the one from Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare...

Johnny Depp:

[Raven..]

187.  You remember when G.I. Joe that was 12" tall.  And also when they became   3" with more teammates.

188.  You know that Mon Chi Chi means Happiness!

189.  Your computer was hooked up to your TV....because it had to be.

190.  You understand why "Do You Know the Muffin Man" is scary.

[Stingray]

188.  You know that Mon Chi Chi means Happiness!

Oh man, I totally forgot about those things! My little sister had one that she was really attached to. Being the cruel big brother that I was, I used to kidnap it at every opportunity. At one point i tied it to a rope and tossed it out the back of the ski boat. "Look he's skiing!"

-S

[missioncontrol]

188.

[missioncontrol]

191. you want to test drive a Delorean at precisely 88 MPH, just to see if anything happens.........

[Stingray]

191. you want to test drive a Delorean at precisely 88 MPH, just to see if anything happens.........

I have done exactly that. Sadly no time travel. (Dad owned a Delorean in the '80s)

-S

[xar256]

I have done exactly that. Sadly no time travel. (Dad owned a Delorean in the '80s)

Bah!  So you mean he cheaped out and didn't ge the Flux Capacitor option?  Well that's just like buying an Orange 69 Dodge Charger and NOT painting a big 01 on the doors, and a confederate flag on the roof.

Xar256

[Stingray]

I think maybe the Mr. Fusion blew a fuse or something.

-S

[missioncontrol]

191. you want to test drive a Delorean at precisely 88 MPH, just to see if anything happens.........

I have done exactly that. Sadly no time travel. (Dad owned a Delorean in the '80s)

-S

wow, you must have been the envy of the neiborhood.........

[nighthawk2099]

192 - You can remember George Clooney when he played in the Orignal E/R TV series (just in case you forgot... http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086704/

193 - Even though you didn't understand most of the words, Falco's Rock Me Amadaus was cool.

[Stingray]

191. you want to test drive a Delorean at precisely 88 MPH, just to see if anything happens.........

I have done exactly that. Sadly no time travel. (Dad owned a Delorean in the '80s)

-S

wow, you must have been the envy of the neiborhood.........

I was pretty cool being  dropped off at school in a "time machine".

-S

[Bones]

I was pretty cool being

[Daniel270]

Debbie Gibson & Tiffany!

Which I JUST found out that they've both posed nude in Playboy magazine...  Tiffany in April, 2002 and Debbie earlier this year... March, I think....

[missioncontrol]

life is good

[Harry Potter]

194 - WHAM! What a good idea.

[missioncontrol]

195. All the girls thought George Michael was hot (and straight)

[ScoopKW]

196 - You know what Oliver Wendall Jones' hobby is.
197 - You still expected decent movies out of Mickey Rourke.
198 - You found a washed Gummi Bear in your pocket
199 - You had three girls in your class dressed like Pat Benetar.
200 - You wore glazier's glasses
201 - You owned a "French Foreign Legion" cap
202 - In fact, most of your clothes came from Merry-Go-Round
203 - VH1 played videos that sucked, and MTV played videos that ruled. (Now, neither one plays videos.)
204 - Saturday Night Live was consistanly funny.
205 - Late Night was Dave Letterman. Leno was a guest on Carson, which you didn't watch because Dave ruled.
206 - Hacking your way into Cinemax so you could watch a cheesy skin flick.
207 - Crockett and Tubbs were the two coolest people in the universe.
208 - There were only four kinds of drugs -- pot, cocaine, nicotine and alcohol
209 - You could turn on the local news, and actually expect to see 30 minutes of news.
210 - Kids were constantly falling down wells.
211 - Every year saw a new "Nuclear Holocaust Made-For-TV miniseries."

[missioncontrol]

210 - Kids were constantly falling down wells.

Dude that one was hilarious

[Stingray]

196 - You know what Oliver Wendall Jones' hobby is.

Hacker - Part time genetic engineer.

-S

[missioncontrol]

207 - Crockett and Tubbs were the two coolest people in the universe.

they were pretty cool, but he-man is the Master Of The Universe

[ChadTower]

Which I JUST found out that they've both posed nude in Playboy magazine...

[Stingray]

Letterman was on AFTER Carson, on the same channel.

Yep, I used to watch both. This was back when I could still stay up that late.

-S

[nighthawk2099]

212 - You owned a real Swatch Watch with the jelly band and the Swatch Watch protector which went across the face. (each sold seperately) 

[missioncontrol]

212 - You owned a real Swatch Watch with the jelly band and the Swatch Watch protector which went across the face. (each sold seperately)

[ChadTower]

We made fun of the kids with those watches.

[Stingray]

Nobody wore one Swatch. You had to wear at least three or you weren't doing it right.

-S

[ChadTower]

What a brilliant ad campaign... $3 plastic watches that lasted about two weeks selling for $50 each and everybody had to have five of them.

[missioncontrol]

don't worry Chad there's still hope for you........

ebay

 

[Santoro]

Letterman was on AFTER Carson, on the same channel.

Yep, I used to watch both. This was back when I could still stay up that late.

-S

Ever heard of TiVo?  You can still see it all and be in bed by eight. 

I tape Conan, Jay, and Dave with my Dual-tuner DVR. Then I FF through looking for the bits I like, skipping the boring interviews. All in the evening.


TiVo Kicks ASS. 

[missioncontrol]

you can't TiVo in the 80's..........

we're lucky to get the VCR to stop flashing 12:00

[Stingray]

Heard of TiVo? Sure. Own one? Nope.

-S

[ChadTower]

Yeah, why the hell didn't you have Tivo in 1985?!

[RetroJames]

Honda made it easy

[ChadTower]

When you bought two Tiffany cassettes from a clearance bin at the mall, put plastic tape over the write tabs, recorded 2 Live Crew and NWA onto them, and then removed the plastic tape.

My mother thought I was a huge, huge Tiffany fan.  I don't know if I could name two of her songs.

[RetroJames]

"Real People" really were "That(s) Incredible" and "We believed it...(or not)"

[ChadTower]

Ripley's Believe It Or Not is on again and making new episodes, has been for a few years.  Dean Cain host(ed?) it.

[Scott84]

213 - You Knew Ray Parker JR Sang 'Ghosbuster's

214 - Cindy Lauper was 'in'

215 - Michael Jackson was black

216 - Guns n Roses ruled the world

217 - Poofy hair was in

218 - you couldnt count to 218

[ChadTower]

213 - You Knew Ray Parker JR Sang 'Ghosbuster's

We sang that in 3rd grade chorus.

214 - Cindy Lauper was 'in'

I still want to get into Cyndi Lauper.

216 - Guns n Roses ruled the world

Guns n Roses still rules the world.

[missioncontrol]

216 - Guns n Roses ruled the world

Guns n Roses still rules the world.

They just changed their name to Velvet Revolver and got rid of that self centered egotistical singer....

[ChadTower]

They just changed their name to Velvet Revolver and got rid of that self centered egotistical singer....

...too bad the new singer is so terrible, I cannot listen to Velvet Revolver.  The lyrics are nonsensical, you can't understand him anyway, and his voice is burned out and crappy.  It's like they recorded him yelling gibberish alone, and then just mixed it with the instrument tracks later.

[missioncontrol]

I think they should've either used the guy Slash used for his Snakepit C.D's (Eric Dover) or had Duff sing and also brought back Izzy....




I have Duff's solo C.D. "Believe In Me" and I think it's awesome....

[ChadTower]

They should have snagged the guy who went to Audioslave before he went to Audioslave.

Eh, bring back Axl, so what if he looks like Sam Kinison now.

[Stingray]

.

Eh, bring back Axl, so what if he looks like Sam Kinison now.

Does he? I haven't seen him in ages.

However I do admit to having seen G'nR not once, not twice, but three times in concert.

-S

[ChadTower]

I saw them once.  I won some front row seats from a radio station to their tour with Faith No More and Metallica.  I couldn't hear for about two months afterwards.

Axl sounded like crap in person.

[ChadTower]

219)  You fantasized about Leia Thompson in 1950s attire instead of Carrie Fisher in a gold bikini.

[Stingray]

I saw them once.  I won some front row seats from a radio station to their tour with Faith No More and Metallica.  I couldn't hear for about two months afterwards.

Axl sounded like crap in person.

I saw that tour. It was in Texas Stadium (where the Dallas Cowboys play) when I saw them. Axl actually did pretty well at that one. It was James Hefield who tanked the night I saw them.

-S

[ChadTower]

I don't like Metallica anyway, so I didn't care if they sounded good.

[ray_slup]

192 - You can remember George Clooney when he played in the Original E/R TV series (just in case you forgot... http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086704/

he use to be on Roesane

[ChadTower]

He was on almost every TV show at one point or another.  That guy got more chances than anyone you can think of to be a star and it took him like 40.  He was always on things like The Facts of Life, Hunter, The Golden Girls, etc.

[ChadTower]

Debbie Gibson was in Playboy?! 

There goes my weekend.

Wow, the photographers at Playboy are good.  Somehow they've made her look better than she did when she was 17.  That's some magic. 

[Daniel270]

I think Tiffany's got her beat, hands down .....

[missioncontrol]

I wouldn't turn either one of them down