Childhood Fads

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Childhood Fads

• By, Tina Jeni

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You're an Eighties child if ...

• You had a crush on one of the New Kids on the
  Block members.
• You wore jelly shoes and jelly bracelets
• 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 wrist bands at some point during
  your youth.

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• You knew what Willis was "talkin' 'bout."
• You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, Wax
  off."
• You can remember watching Full House and Saved by
  the Bell for endless hours!
• You sat on your back porch, playing with your "My
  Little Pony" , "Rainbow Brite" , and "Strawberry
  Shortcake" dolls
• You hold a special place in your heart for "Back
  to the Future."
• You fell victim to 80's fashion big hair,
  crimped, combed over to the side, big hoop
  earrings, and possibly the worstyou wore spandex
  pants.
• You wanted to be a Goonie, or Elliot from E.T.

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• You owned an extensive collection of Cabbage
  Patch Kids and trolls.
• You knew "The Artist" when he was humbly called
  "Prince."
• You could breakdance, or wished you could.
• You remember when ATARI was a state of the art
  video game system.
• 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.

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• You wanted to have an alien like Alf living in
  your house.
• You wore biker shorts underneath a short skirt
  and felt stylish.
• You layered your multi-colored slouch socks, and
  added suspenders to make your outfit complete.
• You remember when Saturday Night Live was funny.
• You rolled up the bottoms of your splatter
  painted jeans.
• You had slouch socks, and puff painted your own
  shirt at least once. .
• Partying "like it's 1999" seemed SO far
  away!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Movies

• Top Gun
• Dirty Dancing
• E.T.
• Footloose
• Grease
• Wizard of Oz

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More Movie Favorites

• Ghostbusters
• Goonies
• Gremlins

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TV Shows

• Saved By The Bell
• Pee Wee Herman
• Happy Days
• Dukes of Hazard
• Punky Brewster
• A-Team

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More TV Favorites

• ALF
• Full House
• Alvin the Chipmunks
• Wonder Years
• Smurfs

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Music

• Madonna
• Michael Jackson
• Tiffany
• Duran Duran
• Bon Jovi
• New Kids on the Block

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More of our Favorite Singers..

• Police
• Van Halen
• Prince
• Paula Abdul
• Billy Idol
• Cyndi Lauper

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Criteria for the Perfect 80s Music Video

• At least one babe
• Poofy hair
• Torn clothing
• Cheesy keyboards
• At least one change of clothing
• Stage effects (smoke, lasers, etc.) or visual
  effects (artist jumping through a TV,
  disappearing, etc.)

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More criteria.

• Wild instrumental or record scratch solo
• A storyline
• A cool car (although any kind of transportation
  is acceptable, like a plane or a car or a
  motorcycle)
• Sunglasses

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Our Favorite Toys

• Transformers
• Tonka Trucks
• Nintendo
• My Little Pony
• Trolls

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More Favorites

• Thunder Cats
• Rainbow Bright
• Cabbage Patch Kids
• Glow-Worms
• Popples
• Hot Wheels
• Strawberry Shortcake

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Slang.

• Def (That jam was def.)
• As If
• Awesome
• Chill (Chillin, Take a Chill Pill)
• Cool (Cool Beans)
• Dont have a cow!
• Bodacious
• Bogus

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A Brief 80s Timeline

• 1980 (The year of Dallas)
• 1981 (The year of the Pac-Man)
• 1982 (The year of the Thriller)
• 1983 (The year of the Cabbage Patch doll)
• 1984 (The year of the Cosby Show)
• 1985 (The year of the benefit concerts)
• 1986 (The year of disasters-Challenger)
• 1987 (The year of the baby)
• 1988 (The year of the CD)
• 1989 (The year of the Fall of the Wall)

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Price Comparison
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Tinas Picks

• Care Bears
• My Little Pony
• Full House
• Popples
• Paula Abdul
• Cyndi Lauper
• Gremlins
• Wizard of Oz

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Jenis Picks
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Credits

• Information taken from
• http//www.inthe80s.com