How to know if
you're an 80s child |
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How to know if
you're an 80s child |
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You're an 80's child if... (and I've made the ones that especially apply to me blue)
(The following submitted by Jessica)
- You've know what a Zapper gun is and/or used to play with them
- You had a Power Pad for your Nintendo and played World Class Track Meet
- You had that three in one video game for Nintendo
- You ever wanted a Rock N Rope
- You can remember the original "SNICK" line up & the original Nick Toons
- You've ever watched One Life to Live and remember the guy from Wild and Crazy Kids
- You remember or ever owned Sega CD, Game Gear, or Neo Geo
- You've actually said "Water!" and expected to get drenched
- You remember when McDonalds gave out Halloween Happy Meals in the Plastic buckets
- You've worn at least one article of clothing backwards (not counting hats)
- You've played with a Pound Puppy
- You also remember toys like the ColorBlaster, Fashion Plates, Fashion Faces, Super Soaker 50, He-Man and Shira action figures, or Little Miss Magic Makeup
- You have Sweet Valley High/Twins or BabySitter's Club books with the original covers
- You remember when GI Joe talked and had a voice like Barbie
- You ever watched music videos on Nickelodeon
- You remember when Nickelodeon didn't show just cartoons
- You remember when the following shows premiered: Tiny Toon Adventures, Animaniacs, the Simpsons, Cheers, the Cosby Show, Saved by the Bell, Full House, Growing Pains
- You know of Fred Penner
- You've played with anything containing the word "Nerf"
- Your favorite boy band was New Kids on the Block
- You collected music cards
- You still know the words to any Paula Abdul, MC Hammer, or Vanilla Ice song
- You've seen any of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movies
- You've read at least 15 Berenstein Bears Books
- You've ever seen the USA Cartoon Express
- You remember when ABC showed Schoolhouse Rock shorts in between the cartoons
- You obsessively watched the Care Bears
- You collected Snork toys from Roy Rogers happy meals
- You've ever heard of Susie Scribbles
- You read Archie Comics
- You look back at the 80's and say, "Damn, that was a great time period."
- You (or your parents) paid 200 bucks for a Super Nintendo
- You wanted a Bart Simpson shirt
- You owned an Urkel doll or an MC Hammer Doll
- You've eaten Urkel O's or Nintendo cereal
- You remember when Berry Berry Kix came out
- You remember when the Berlin Wall came down
- You played with My Buddy or Kid Sister
- You watched Dallas and Murder she Wrote with your parents/grandparents
- You've ever chewed Fruit Stripe gum
- You've seen The Little Mermaid or Aladdin in a movie theater
- You remember at least two different Pepsi logos
- You watched 90210 since the beginning
- You ever had a doll with adoption papers
- You wore overalls with one strap unbuckled and hanging down over your back
- You've ever used the words "dag" "decent" "sike" "gnarly" "awesome" or "macdaddy"
- You've worn Jordache or French Toast
- You remember when all of the "retro" songs commercials were top 40 hits
- You remember shopping at Kiddie City, Clover, Caldor, or Woolworth.
- You ever had a pair of shoes that lit up
- You had a See n Say or See n Spell.
- You can still do the hand motions for Hammer's "2 Legit to Quit"
- You remember "The Urkel Dance" or "The Bartman"
- You ever drank New Coke, Pepsi Clear, or Pepsi Kona.
- You still know all the words to the Tootsie Roll Commercial theme
- You had Colecovision or Socrates (which was it's ghetto equivalent)
- You were riveted by Pong
- You remember Bobby Brown, Whitney Houston, George Michael, and Pee-Wee Herman before their court cases
- You've ever said "I've fallen and I can't get up" or "Where's the beef?"
- You remember MTV before Carson Daly and The Real World
- You've owned, or wanted to own, a cassette or CD by the Party
- You wanted your parents to by a camcorder so you could be on America's Funniest Home Videos
- You know what Gummy Berry juice is
- You've ever played Simon
- You ever thought that you could "take a bite out of crime" or "prevent forest fires"
- You accept the 60's and the 70's as retro, but come up w/ at least a dozen arguments why the 80's were "only a few years ago"
- You've ever had a doll where you cranked her arm to make her hair grow (Dolly Surprise)
- You remember the Toys R Us commercial theme and the first "Big Toy Catalog"
- You remember when Toys R Us still had Geofrey the Giraffe on all of its storefronts
- You remember Avonlea
- You remember such McDonalds slogans as "Food, Folks and Fun" "Have you had Your Break today?" "Do you Believe in Magic"
- You've ever taken out books from the library based on recommendations from the end credits of any TV show ("To learn more about this subject, the following books are available at your local library.")
- You've owned Rainbow Brite, Jem, and/or Strawberry Shortcake memorabilia
- You've worn clothing w/ the likeness of Punky Brewster
- You dread the day when "That 80's Show" will become a #1 ratings magnet on Fox
- You actually know the words to "Rapper's Delight" (submitted by Sarah)
- You have profound respect for the acting abilities of Molly Ringwald & the rest of the Brat Pack (submitted by Luna)
(The following submitted by Tom)
- You know the significance of 'Dare... Double Dare... Physical Challenge'
- You played Laser Tag
- You have ever seen the Laser Tag cartoon (the girl who comes from the future... 1986!)
- You wanted to be the navigator of a big silver spaceship that could change shape
- You thought video would actually kill the radio star
- You knew it was time to leave for school when 'Shake Rattle and Roll' came on
- You realized that if you jumped off the mat in Nintendo's Track & Field, you could jump really far in the game
- You wondered whether Big Bird was a boy or a girl
- You were dissapointed when Dukes of Hazzard was over and Tour of Duty came on
(The following submitted by Jerry)
- You remember when Britney Spears got her first start on Star Search
- You remember when Britney Spears, Christina Aguleria & Justin Timberlake were all members of the Mickey Mouse club, not pop artists
- You remember when the Mickey Mouse club march turned into the Mickey Mouse club pop song
(The following submitted by JusJCtin)
- You remember the shows Kids Incorporated or The "New" Mickey Mouse Club
- You remember the show Pinwheel
- You remember thinking you were cool if you wore your bookbag on only one shoulder
- You remember getting up early to Mousercise (submitted by Linlin0916)
(The following submitted by Phil Brady)
- You remember Valerie Bertinelli before Eddie Van Halen
- You ever owned or used a curling brush
- You loved ABC's afterschool specials
- You remember Brian Setzer in the Stray Cats
- Your 2 favorite movies are St. Elmo's FIre & The Breakfast Club
- You remember Joan Jett's "I Love Rock N Rock" before Wayne's World 2
(The following submitted by Jenten2001)
- You remember the Bloodhound Gang as a crime-solving cartoon on "3-2-1 Contact"
- You tied your t-shirt off to the side with a rhinestone shirt clip
(The following submitted by Jessica)
- You ever owned a Micheal Jackson barbie doll and thought it was cool
- Your talent in the 6th grade talent show was to lip sing a song from BanaRama
- You wore bell bottoms and an ugly stripped shirt cause it was in style
- Your father was a stay at home mom
(The following submitted by Chrissy Beltran)
- You know the words to the Tale Spin song
- You remember Johnny 5 "I'm alive!"
- You remember the original Muppet Show Tonight and can sing the theme song
- You cried with Laura in Little House on the Prairie
- You had Smurf or Care Bears colorforms and wish you had them now
- You've seen and remember dearly PeeWee Hits the Big Top
- You can answer the question, "Conjunction Junction, what's your function?"
- Chucky from the Rugrats sounds an awful lot like Ug's girlfriend from Salute Your Shorts
- You played DOS games and thought they were so cool
- You remember when "cool" was a word rarely used to describe only the greatest of things
- You see people dance and hear in your head, "Sooouuuullll Train!"
- You remember the mannequin movie where she comes alive at night in the department store
- Bart was the main Simpsons character and all he said was "Ay Caramba!" "Eat my shorts" and "Cool it, man!"
(The following submitted by Rebekah)
- You knew the words to the cheers on Saved By The Bell
- You remember when Barbie arms were bent at the elbow
- You ever had to pump-up your sneakers
- You stayed up to watch The Love Boat reruns on Nick at Nite
- You ever wondered how many licks it took to get to the center of a tootsie roll pop
- You remember the movie "The Halloween That Almost Wasn't" (submitted by Dan)
(The following submitted by Jeremy)
- You memorized the words to the Voltron theme song
- You still firmly believe that big hair rock is the best type of music out there
- You can sing the Never Ending Story theme song
- You swing around a golf club yelling "thunder, thunder, thundercats HHHOOOOOO"
- You had the G.I. Joe tent that went over your bed
(The following submitted by Jen & Kristen)
- You have ever layered two or more pairs of socks under your high-tops
- You waited anxiously to be seen "through the looking glass" on Romper Room
- Your mom ever made you wear Stride Rite's famous patent leather shoes
- You had a prized "Shrinky-Dink" collection
- You wore Electric Youth or Tribe perfume
- You owned an Etch-A-Sketch or Make N Bake Oven
- You had a favorite member of the ShirtTales
- You know what Puffalumps, Wuzzles, and Popples are
- You remember when neon shoe lace barretts were stylish
- Your favorite show on MTV was Remote Control
- You played with Sit-N-Spins, Little People, Pogo Balls, or Skip-Its
- You wanted to live on your own tiny planet with a talking rose like The Little Prince
- You can name all of the California Raisins
- You have read and loved Choose Your Own Adventure books
- You associate Hollywood Squares with Alf, Shadoe Stevens, and Jim J. Bullock
- You watched Webster and Perfect Strangers on TGIF
- You've read books from the "Little Mr." series
- You know who Mighty Max is
- You've worn Lee press-on nails
- You couldn't fall asleep without your Glo-Worm
- Your hero was Captain Caveman
- You wanted a flying dragon like the one from "The Never-ending Story"
- You remember when Frankenberry and Boo-berry were on Count Chocula commercials
- You've ever hid your cat from Alf
(The following submitted by Jason Minor)
- You watched the evening cartoon specials
- You were a hulkamaniac
- You watched Brady Bunch marathons on TBS
- Laverne and Shirley were awsome to you
- New Coke rings a bell
- You remember the heathcliff ruboffs
- All the girls in your class were obsessed with Jason Priesly or the NKOTB
- By the end of the 80's you can name 2 shows Dave Coulier was on
- The hogan family theme song was etched in your head
- Skip it was a cool toy
- Micheal J Fox was a larger than life to you
- You bought the back to the future happy meal toys
- You were inspired by the karate kid 2
- E.T was a cool movie
- You ate a cereal that was similar to Special K
- You remember the old Apple Jack box
- You watched the care bears a lot
- You remember when Nickelodeon would rotate its daily lineup wit glowworms, carebears, and Mr Potato head
- You owned a mr potato head doll
- You bought rainbow bright toys
- You remember the power glove
- You watched the wwf cartoons every day
- You heard the word internet in the 80's
- You remember those small runt candies
- You remember the Houston Astros old uniforms
- You watched me (Jason Minor) on the MMC
(The following submitted by Josh)
- You remember when the Disney Afternoon was ONLY Duck Tales and Chip 'n' Dale: Rescue Rangers
- Four words: The. Incredible. Edible. Egg
- "And now your host of the Family Feud, Ray Combs!"
- LifeSaver "Holes" were tasty and delicious, but impossible to get out of the plastic tube.
- You remember the end lyrics to the "Super Mario Brothers' Super Show." ("Swing your arms, from side to side. Come on it's time to go, do the Mario!")
- Super Mario Bros 3 was the best game ever created
- "Perfect Strangers" got much less funny when Larry and Balki married Jennifer and Mary-Anne
- Woody Woodpecker, Chilly Willy, Andy Panda, and Inspector Williby were all beloved cartoon characters, on weekday afternoons on FOX
- You remember the Flintstones Kids, A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, and Tom and Jerry Kids
- You wonder why the Jetsons never had a kid version of the show.
- The Burger King Kids Club was the cool place to be a ! kid, with cool friends such as IQ and Wheels.
- The SNICK line up was Clarissa Explains it All, Roundhouse, Ren and Stimpy, and Are You Afraid of the Dark
- "All That" wasn't such a bad show.
- Family Matters didn't ALWAYS have Urkel
(The following submitted by the80schild)
- You wanted to live in the land of Wuz
- You knew that Vicki was a small wonder
- You wanted the recipe for Gummi Beari Juice
(The following submitted by Jill)
- You remember when "Uncle Joey" from Full House hosted the MTV show Out Of Control
- You remember the female version of transformers, Sweet Secrets, jewels that changed to animals and people
(The following submitted by Nikki)
- You know the Skin-a-marink song and when the Elephant NEVER talked
- You watched Finders Keepers and David the Gnome on Nick
- You leaned the ABC's in school from the Letter People
- You listened to Debbie Gibson, Taylor Dayne, and Tiffany
- You learned to count by listening to Gloria Estefan's 1-2-3
- You had a Pillow Pal
- You look for people you saw on Unsolved Mysteries in the Super-Market
- You know the Barbie Dance Club video and still have the tee shirt
- Your favorite movies were ghostbusters, Teen Witch, Back to the Future and Adventures in Baby-sitting
- You had a Cherry-Merry Muffin
- You remember the Hamburger Helper commercials
(The following submitted by Paul)
- Timmy Mallet was your favourite Saturday morning show (UK Specific)
- You remember Motor Mouth and Ghost Train fondly (UK Specific)
- You watched Knotts Landing with your parents/grandparents (UK Specific)
- You remember Noel Edmunds from BEFORE House Party (UK Specific)
- You can't watch Mr. Bean because you were a die-hard Blackadder fan (UK Specific)
- You've watched Red Dwarf since the beginning (UK Specific)
- You ever read the Famous Five or Secret Seven books (UK Specific)
- You HAVE a piece of the Berlin Wall
- You remember when computer monitors were all monotone
- You remember when the Intel 386 was fast!
- You owed or played with an Amiga 500
- You didn't want to watch Star Trek: The Next Generation because it didn't have the characters from the movies in it
- You were devestated when Star Trek: The Next Generation ended and were forced to watch DS9
- You know what an Amstrad was
- You remember being rich because your parents owned TWO cars!
(The following submitted by Jay)
- You remember when The National was hosted by Knowlton Nash (Canada specific)
- Your toughest lessons as a preschooler came from Today's Special.
- You still can't figure out how to play Add 'em Up on The Price is Right.
- You thought it was so cool when cars won on The Price is Right had an actual retail price five digits long.
- You remember watching The Price is Right Nighttime Specials (summer '86).
- You remember when Harvey Kirck co-anchored the CTV National News with Lloyd Robertson (Canada specific)
- You remember filling up the car with gas costing less than 40 cents per litre (and you thought that was expensive!).
- You watched Degrassi High (Canada specific)
- You remember watching The Simpsons Shorts on The Tracy Ullman Show (87-89).
- You remember when Royal Canadian Air Farce was on the radio.
- You remember Barbara Frum hosting The Journal every night after The National (Canada specific).
- You consider CNN to be top-of-the-line Pay TV (at least in Canada)
- You remember when the Toronto Blue Jays were good.
- You remember when Wayne Gretzky played hockey in his own country.
- You remember a time without Law & Order (not to mention all those spinoffs...)
- You remember when Bob Barker's hair was dark grey.
- Your favourite part of The Price is Right was when Barker's Beauties wound up their hips in "Bump".
(The following submitted by Dan Dan)
- You remember the President of the Untied States saying "Well..."
- You think that's the only thing you can vividly remember him saying.
- You remember the First Lady telling you to "Just Say No."
- You can remember when they put the first computer in your school.
- Your first computer didn't have a mouse
- You used computers in school that didn't have color
- You know that all computer screens are supposed to have bright green text on a black background.
- You can remember computer magazines having games you could play after you typed in the program.
- You saved that program on a cassette tape.
- You can sing any song from Fraggle Rock
- You can remember when Rick Springfield ROCKED!
- You can remember when Def Leppard was a "Heavy Metal" band
- You saw them on Headbanger's Ball
- You can remember their drummer having two arms.
- You remember when it was all M on MTV
- You remember when the only interruption of the M on MTV was Kurt Loader's news and Remote Control
- You ever watched music videos on Night Tracks
- You rented movies on Beta tapes
- You know what an RCA SelectaVision VideoDisc is
- You can remember your dad replacing the 8-Track player in the car with a cassette player.
- You bought a song you liked from a video on a 45
- You tried to talk your parents into driving 88 to see if the family car could go back in time.
- You were led to believe by your school teachers that by the year 2000 everything would be Metrics. (US specific)
- You got a blank stare from your parents when you mentioned the "Metric System" (US specific)
- You know what a McDLT is, and still wish you could get the hot side hot and the cool side cool.
- You had Pac-Man Fever
- You have been online at 1200 baud.
- You had to settle for a C-64 cuz your parents wouldn't by an Apple //e like you had at school.
- You remember having a choice between regular or unleaded.
- You wanted to be a hacker after watching War Games
- You remember when The Commies were our enemies. (US specific)
- You tried to talk like Max Headroom.
- You had to "fight for your right to parrrrrty!"
- You know what a "ghetto blaster" is.
- You had a crush on Downtown Julie Brown
- You remember when every Taco Bell had a bell on top of it.
- You remember when Taco Bell's menu consisted of Tacos, Burritos and Tostadas, not Gorditas and Cahalupas.
- You couldn't wait to be old enough to drink so you could be as cool as Spuds McKenzie
- You thought you were only going to have to wait be 19 to buy beer..
- You were told in school that if everyone drove 55 it would save gas. (US specific)
- You remember turning the knob to change TV channels.
- You remember seeing movies in school on a film projector.
- You can laugh like Pee Wee Herman.
- You ever wore parachute pants
- You have a skinny tie.
- You know what a Sniglet is.
- You ever said "Go go Gadget _____"
- You ever rode a three-wheeler
- You can remember shopping at Montgomery Wards' Electric Avenue.
- You remember when Kentucky Fried Chicken was finger lickin' good.
- You've played an Intellivision or Colecovision
- You wanted a mohawk like Mister T
- You remember when everyone thought Rob & Fab sang..
- You wished you were old enough to vote for Bill The Cat & Opus
- You wanted a Jello Pudding Pop cuz all the kids with Bill Cosby had one.
- You can sing all the things that go on a Big Mac (two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions, on a sesame-seed bun)
- You can remember when there was only one flavor of Gatorade.
- You remember when that flavor was also available as Gator-Gum.
- You remember when all the cool girls wore Esprit.
- You can still talk like a valley girl if needed.
(The following submitted by Carolee)
- You remember those commercials announcing the arrival of NutraSweet and gave you a number to call for free gumballs to try the product.
- You remember when magazines had ads for cigarettes.
- You remember when it was "no duh" and not just "duh".
- You ever got in trouble with your parents for using "awesome" to describe everything.
- You remember video rental places having VHS and Beta sections.
- You remember those video disc thingies that you slid into the player, which then spit the plastic case back out, then halfway through the movie, you had to put it back in and back out and flip the thing over for the rest. They were about the size of a record. What were those things called anyway?
- You have casettes that have little blips every few songs because you recorded them from 8-tracks.
- You watched Princess Diana get married.
- Your teachers went through heck trying to get kids to call the USSR the USSR and not Russia.
- You admire how the new Care Bears look like they fell through a time warp but you hate what they've done to My Little Pony.
- You know what a paddle controller is.
- You remember the McDonald's commercial that had the little girl at the piano recital putting the words "and also whoops and also fries", etc, to "Moonlight Sonata".
- York Peppermint Patties, Dolly Madison bakery stuff, and "Peanuts" holiday specials are forever linked in your mind because the peppermint patties and bakery stuff always advertised during the specials.
- You remember computers finally coming to your school and your teacher looking at the one in your classroom like it would blow up.
- You had to have "Z Caverrici" (I think that's how you spell it) jeans.
- You and your friends all used that pastel colored looseleaf paper even though the teachers hated it.
- You have worn three different colors of eyeshadow on the same eyelid.
- You remember when your family got their first microwave.
- You remember when Iran was all over the news and nobody ever heard of Iraq.
- You remember when "floppy discs" really were floppy.
- You've worn socks over pantyhose and with pumps.
