Child of the 80s?

[member11579]

1.You've ever ended a sentence with the word "PSYCH."
2. You can sing the rap to the "Fresh Prince of Bel Air."
3. You wore biker shorts under your skirts and felt stylish.
4. You yearned to be a member of the Baby-sitters club and tried to start a club of your own.

5. You owned those lil Strawberry Shortcake pals scented dolls.
6. You know that "WOAH" comes from Joey on Blossom.
7. Two words: M.C. Hammer.
8. If you ever watched "Fraggle Rock."
9. You had plastic streamers on your handle bars.
10. You can sing the entire theme song to "Duck Tales." (HELL YEAH I CAN)
11. When it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons.
12. You wore a ponytail on the side of your head.
13. You saw the original "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" on the big screen.
14. You got super-excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school.
15. You made your Mom buy one of those clips that would hold your shirt in a knot on the side.
16. You played the game "MASH" (Mansion, Apartment, Shack, House).
17. You wore a jean jacket and you were proud of it.
18. L.A. Gear
19. You wanted to change your name to "JEM" in Kindergarten.
20. You remember reading "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing" and all the Ramona books.
21. You know the profound meaning of "WAX ON, WAX OFF."
22. You wanted to be a Goonie.
23. You ever wore fluorescent clothing.
24. You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off.
25. You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf.
26. You took lunch pails to school. And it had a matching thermos.
27. You remember the CRAZE, and slap bracelets.
28. You still get the urge to say "NOT" after every sentence.
29. You remember Hypercolor T-shirts.
30. Barbie and the Rockers was your favorite band.
31. You thought She-Ra and He-Man should hook up.
32. You thought your childhood friends would never leave because you exchanged friendship bracelets.
33. You ever owned a pair of jelly shoes.
34. After you saw Pee-Wee's Big Adventure you kept saying "I know you are, but what am I?"
35. You remember "I've fallen and I can't get up"
36. You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates.
37. You have ever gotten seriously injured on a Slip and Slide.
38. You have ever played with a Skip-It.
39. You had or attended a birthday party at McDonald's.
40. You've gone through this list occasionally saying "Totally awesome."
41. You remember Popples.
42. "Don't worry, be happy."
43. You wore like, EIGHT pairs of socks over tights with high top Reeboks.
44. You wore socks scrunched down.
45. "Miss MARY MACK MACK, all dressed in BLACK BLACK BLACK" Or, Ms. Susie had a steamboat, the steamboat had a bell Ms. Susie went to heaven, the steamboat went to....
46. You remember boom boxes vs. CD players.
47. You remember watching both "Gremlins" movies.
48. You know what it meant to say "Care Bear Stare."
49. You remember watching Rainbow Bright and My Little Pony Tales.
50. You thought Doogie Howser was hot.
51. You remember Alf, the lil furry brown alien from Melmac.
52. You remember New Kids on the Block when they were cool.
53. You knew all the characters names and their life stories on "Saved By the Bell," the ORIGINAL class. As in Mikey, Zack, Screech, etc. When Miss Bliss was the teacher.

 

[Sutty]

I can relate to a few of them, but i think that's pretty much a U.S. based list. But i'm definitely an 80's kid.

 

[JJzangel]

i'll amit to numbers...2,3,14,16,17,18,24,26,28,29,33,37,41,44,46,47,51,52, :helpme:

 

[Katie's Mine]

Cute, but if ANYONE says they actually thought #31, then they are disgusting! Incest is NOT cool!

That said, I am sooo Psyched about the original He-Man FINALLY coming to DVD in July!!!

 

[jod0565]

"Where's the beef?"

 

[Red Spyder]

54. Ever had a mullet..... (raises hand)

 

[Goblin]

OMFG... Ive so got to long reply to this awesome post because it is very true.

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1.You've ever ended a sentence with the word "PSYCH." I never do that!! PSYCH!!!

2. You can sing the rap to the "Fresh Prince of Bel Air." Sing it? Hell... I can write it out for you.

3. You wore biker shorts under your skirts and felt stylish. Never wore a skirt... but some of my old school pictures with me in my favorite clothes send me into shock now.

4. You yearned to be a member of the Baby-sitters club and tried to start a club of your own. I don't remember this... but I did try to start a Ghost Writer club.

5. You owned those lil Strawberry Shortcake pals scented dolls. Never owned dolls... really.

6. You know that "WOAH" comes from Joey on Blossom. Best catch phrase ever. WOOOOAH!

7. Two words: M.C. Hammer. Its Hammer Time baby!

8. If you ever watched "Fraggle Rock." Yep... And now my daughter watches it with me. YES! I still sit down there and watch those shows... they were awesome.

9. You had plastic streamers on your handle bars. Yep.

10. You can sing the entire theme song to "Duck Tales." (HELL YEAH I CAN)
Hehe... I can... but I don't admit it off the computer.

11. When it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons. I remember X-Men and all that crud... GI Joe... Transformers... All in a row. I didn't get out of bed until 12:30 when the row ended.

12. You wore a ponytail on the side of your head. No... but I did do the long hair and the shaved underside in the early 90s.

13. You saw the original "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" on the big screen. NOOOO Don't cut the mouses ear.

14. You got super-excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school. OMFG... I just downloaded that. I still love hunting for meat.

15. You made your Mom buy one of those clips that would hold your shirt in a knot on the side. Nah... that was a girly thing.

16. You played the game "MASH" (Mansion, Apartment, Shack, House). Rings a bell... but don't really remember it.

17. You wore a jean jacket and you were proud of it. Damn right!

18. L.A. Gear LOL

19. You wanted to change your name to "JEM" in Kindergarten. Nah... I missed this one.

Okay... Im done... but this is all me pretty much.

 

[foxycougar]

I am such a child of the 80's......it's sad, lol... I think I still have my Jem doll somewhere....

 

[member2686]

Anyone remember "friendship beads?" Maybe it as a USA-only thing. They were little beads people put onto safety pins and then onto the laces of their sneakers/shoes.... LOL

I am SUCH an '80s kid. Born in 1971, the 1980s were when I really came into full consciousness of my being. :eek:

Gary Coleman RULED back in the day. And Alf and Emmanuel Lewis as Webster. lol The "A-Team" kicked the most ass....EVER. lol :nanner:

 

[jod0565]

We used to watch Friday Night videos on late night local TV for one hour BEFORE there was MTV. Simulcast on the radio for full stereo effect!

 

[XanderJack]

The greatest thing of the 80's was the Pro Wrestling. It will never be like that.

 

[member11579]

Love Goblins post!

I didnt know She Ra and He Man were brother and sister... now I feel unclean!

 

[Katie's Mine]

The greatest thing of the 80's was the Pro Wrestling. It will never be like that.

Yeah, nothing beats Hogan in his prime, along with Macho Man, the Ultimate Warrior, Roddy Piper, and the rest. Very awesome time period for wrestling. Now it makes me want to shudder.

 

[Red Spyder]

We used to watch Friday Night videos on late night local TV for one hour BEFORE there was MTV. Simulcast on the radio for full stereo effect!

wow! Now I"m having 80's flashbacks!! Need to take my meds now

For now I can admit to:
1.You've ever ended a sentence with the word "PSYCH."
11. When it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons
13. You saw the original "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" on the big screen
17. You wore a jean jacket and you were proud of it.
18. L.A. Gear
24. You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off.
25. You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf.
26. You took lunch pails to school. And it had a matching thermos.
28. You still get the urge to say "NOT" after every sentence.

 

[Katie's Mine]

Here's another list (part 1), I deleted the ones that were the same in the initial post. I left some similar ones in that give a slightly different meaning.



1. You know what "Sike" means.
2. You know that another name for a keyboard is a "Synthesizer".
3. You can name at least half of the members of the BRAT Pack.
4. You know who Tina Yothers is.
5. You know who Max Headroom is.
6. You could breakdance, wish you could.
7. You wanted to dress like the Hulk at Halloween.
8. You believed that "By the Power of Greyskull," you HAD the POWER.
9. Partying "like it's 1999" seemed sooo far away.
10. You thought that Transformers were more than meets the eye.
11. You wanted to be on Star search.
12. You owned a doll with "Xavier Roberts" signed on its butt, or knew someone who did
13. You knew what Willis was "talkin' 'bout".
14. You HAD to have your MTV.
15. You hold a special place in your heart for "Back to the Future"
16. You know where to go if you "wanna go where everybody knows your name"
17. You thought Molly Ringwald was REALLY cool.
18. You actually thought "Dirty Dancing" was a REALLY good movie.
19. You have heard of "Garbage Pail Kids".
20. Punks actually "shocked" people
21. You knew "The Artist", when he was humbly called "Prince".
22. You actually saw Ted Danson as the Mac Daddy he played "Sam" to be.
23. You remember when ATARI was a state of the art video game.
24. You own any cassettes.
25. You were led to believe that in the year 2000 we'd all be living on the moon.
26. 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.
27. Poltergeist freaked you out.
28. You carried your lunch to school in a Gremlins, He-Man, Strawberry Shortcake, or an ET lunch box.
29. You ever had a Swatch Watch, or three.
30. You had a crush on one of the Corey's (Haim or Feldman).
31. You had a crush on Bo Derek or Heather Locklear.
32. You remember when Saturday Night Live was funny.
33. You had Wonder Woman or Superman underoos.
34. You had a crush on Jon Bon Jovi, or knew someone who did.
35. You thought eating Reeses Pieces would attract your own Alien.
36. You have ever called 867-5309.
37. You had a poster of Rob Lowe, Kirk Camron, or Michael J. Fox, or Ricky Shroeder on your wall.
38. You held the top score on PacMan.
39. You had MALL Hair.
40. You owned a T-shirt that said, "I shot J.R." or know someone who did.
41. You wore one or more thin rubber bracelettes, black or in multiple colors, or you wore them up to your elbow.
42. "Gag me" is in your vocabulary
43. Radical!!!
44. You went on Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventures and Bogus Journey ~ and you remember the cartoon version
45. You read "Are You There God, It's Me, Margaret" for a book report.
46. Snap bracelets were always getting you in trouble at school.
47. You played with "My Little Ponies" or "G. I. Joes."
48. You've ever read Nancy Drew, The Hardy Boys, The Babysitters Club, or Sweet Valley High.
49. You had a crush on one of the New Kids on the Block members.
50. heaven forbid you wore one of those t-shirt rings or a scrunchi on one side of your shirt during your youth.
51. You were styling with your french rolled pants.
52. You wore multiple pairs of socks in the middle of the summer just so you could be "hip"
53. You had puff painted your own shirt at least once.
54. You were upset when She-ra, Princess of Power, and He-Man were cancelled.
55. You can remember watching Full House and Saved by the Bell for endless hours, back when they were new episodes.
56. You have seen at least 10 episodes of Fraggle Rock.
57. you always brought your sticker book to school
58. you have a collection of hackey-sacks
59. You remember Madonna in her cone stage.
60. You owned a pair of L.A. Gear, Keds, or Converse tennis shoes.
61. The USA Cartoon Express every weekday morning
62. My Little Pony, Gummy Bears,Transformers, You can't do that on Telivision, Noozles, KIDS Incorperated, Captian Kangroo,Double Dare, Punky Brewster, and Hey Dude are familiar to you.
63. You spent hours in the basement building and re-building Lego cities.
64. Do Polly Pockets or Popples ring a bell?
65. Big wheels and bicycles with streamers were the way to go.
66. With your playschool record player you sang back up to Debbie Gibson.
67. You stayed up all night listening to Teddy Rupskin
68. Can we say Trapper Keeper?
69. "Can you tell you how to get to Sesame Street?"
70. If you wanted to be on the GLADIATORS!!!
71. If you still have a crimper in your bathroom drawer
72. You owned a indiana jones hat
73. You had more than one original Star Wars action figure
74. You loved your pink jeans and black stretch pants
75. big loop earings
76. If you wanted to pick a lock with a toothbrush just like MacGyver
77. You wanted to travel through time on Quantum Leap
78. If you remember when rollerblades were the new thing
79. If you learned how to spell mouse from the Mickey Mouse Club theme song.
80. you felt like a big girl when your mom bought you GIRL TALK
81. you used to compare your little brother to Ferguson
82. When MTV was all about Rock Hard videos and BIG hair (first aired in 1981!!!)
83. Pee Wee's Play House...
84. Rainbow Brite and Strawberry Shortcake
85. Fanny Packs
86. If you can remember when you're "Kid Sister, Kid Sister" and "My Buddy, My Buddy"
87. Who you gonna call....Ghost Busters
88. The USA Dino Power Hour with "Denver, the Last Dinosaur" followed by "Dinosaucers."
89. Pogo Balls
90. Super Mario Brothers and Legend of Zelda, the cartoon
91. remember when they WERE the New Kids on the Block
92. remember when Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was a new thing
93. ever wanted hair like Paula Abdul
94. remember seeing SuperMario Bros. in the arcade
95. ever begged Mom & Dad for an 8bit NES
96. your parents dressed you in StarWars clothing as a baby or toddler
97. remember when new cars still had only lap belts in the back seat, and no back window light
98. remember when your parents owned a Beta or took home movies with that type of cassette
99. listened to 8 track tapes of Star Wars (Return of the Jedi) and Sesame Street
100. remember when Oliver & Co. came out for the first time
101. had Hammer Pants, or wanted some
102. Ice Ice Baby. . .
103. ever curled your bangs upward, and sprayed them in place there
104. remember when the Minivan was a new thing
105. the first movie you ever remember seeing is Return of the Jedi
106. remember when your parents owned a PC without a hard drive (1983-4, Heathkit)
107. got into mom's makeup and smeared on the blue eyeshadow
108. know that Michael Jackson's contribution to Free Willy first appeared in his Dangerous album
109. remember most of the words to "We Are The World"
110. played with the Little People when they were still a choking hazard
111. remember when CD's were the new thing
112. owned a red "speak and spell"
113. ever tried to phone home on it
114. owned a first edition set of NERF fencing swords
115. remember when laser tag was new
116. ever had to sit throught family slide shows, and realize now that your younger siblings have never seen a slide
117. TRON and The Last Starfighter have special meaning to you
118. played Zaxxon as a kid (arcade, Sega Master, or the Board Game)
119. fished in the bottom of cereal boxes for the Thundercats insignia ring
120. had, like, a TOTAL valley girl accent
121. identified with Ramona Quimby
122. remember when Chuck-e-Cheeses was Showbiz Pizza
123. watched The Driods or Ewoks cartoons
124. loved Benji
125. Remember seeing the Challenger blow up on the evening news
126. your parents put you to bed so they could watch The Who
127. begged for fruit rollups and got Fun Fruits instead
128. ever ate ET cereal for breakfast
129. remember when BK did not have a kids meal
130. remember when the Marlins and the Rockies were new teams
131. If you ever owned the action figures or remember someone who did own Destro, Cobra Commander, Snake-eyes, and Duke.
132. If you ever shouted or know someone who did shout the words cobraaa or yo-joe!!
133. You know who Jem and the Holograms are.
134. If you ever envied Jem for her purple duds.
135. If you OWNED a Jem doll or knew someone who did.
136. If you ever thought Jem was cool for being taller then your other barbies.
137. Can you chant the theme to Mighty Mouse?
138. Do you remember when Inspector Gadget was a NEW cartoon?
139. Count Duckula ring a bell??
140. You owned a game called SHARK ATTACK!
141. Invited all your friends to MEET ME AT THE MALL!
142. Splash was such a cool movie!!!
143. Your dream was to be a Teenage Witch {hense the film of the same name}
144. Did ya have a slinky??
145. When Tom Cruise was that guy from Legend
146. Neverending Story was the "movie" to see.
147. Do you know all the words to Dance Magic?
148. Labyrinth was your FAVORITE movie!!!
149. Do you remember when Ferris Beuller had his day off?
150. oh PIPPY LONGSTOCKING!!!

 

[Katie's Mine]

Part 2......


151. Did you ever go to Pee Wee's playhouse?
152. Happily hummed along to Mr Roger's neiborhood.
153. The following movies were in your video collection: The Last Unicorn, Labyrinth, Legend, Adventures in Babysitting.
154. Oh let's not forget..Go ninja Go ninja Go !!
155. What about cutting or ripping a perfectly good/new pair of jeans so that you would look cool?
156. If you wore a red cardboard box on Halloween and called yourself Optimus Prime
157. hungry hungry hippos
158. stone/denim wash jeans
159. hot pink........for guys
160. sk8 '88
161. when mad magazines were cool
162. Roller-racers!!!! Those things where you had to move the handle bars back and forth to move.
163. JUST THE TEN OF US!!!! The spinoff of Growing Pains with GRAHAM LUBBOCK
164. Remember when Simon LeBon flipped his sailboat and almost drowned.
165. Belted out the "Reflex" on the playground
166. Thought Wham! was so cool, and George Michael so sexy
167. Were scandalized when the radios would bleep out "sex" from George's "I Want Your Sex"
168. Couldn't decide who was cooler, Debbie Gibson or Tiffany
169. Thought the Muppet Show was the coolest
170. Tuned into the Dukes of Hazzard
171. Wanted to go to Huntsville, Alabama to attend Space Camp after the Lea Thompson/Tate Donovan "smash" hit movie
172. Thought Eric Stolz was some kind of wonderful
173. Hated Kelly LeBroc for being beautiful
174. Thought Christie Brinkley would never hit middle age
175. Thought Billy Joel was dreamy 'cause he landed Christie
176. If you ever had a pair of pump tennis shoes, and actually thought they made you faster.
177. One Question: Wanna Be Like Mike????
178. If you remember when Bo Knew everything.
179. If you remember when the Brewers were good and the Indians sucked.
180. If you ever Returned to Oz.
181. the maxie doll
182. hello kitty and friends, and other sanrio products
183. you remember "Breaking" and "Electric bogaloo" movies
184. 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?
185. the my little pony movie??
186. If you ever had a Miami Vice poster on your wall because Don Johnson was sooo Hot!
187. If you've ever been in the debate "Whose hotter He-man or Egon?"
188. if you can remember when the electric slide and the tootsie roll were new dances.
189. how about the funky chicken?
190. How about leggo my Eggo?
191. How about Remo Williams, and "parachute pants"?
192. on growing pains when leonardo dicaprio was the poor kid [Luke] they took in but kirk cameron was obviously much cuter
193. you hadn't the slitest idea of george micheal being gay.
194. remember how you wanted to have nike air 180
195. wanted to have the he-man castle
196. if you ever owned or played Pigpong
197. if your favorite video's were sledgehammer, land of confusion (genesis), and take on me (a-ha)
198. if you remember california girls more for david lee roth than the beach boys
199. If you ever owned any madballs.
200. nash skateboards
201. Rad the movie
202. BK knights
203. camp anawana
204. butthead was an insult
205. battle beast
206. Masks (cartoon/toys)
207. hung out in arcades
208. bmx
209. remember the movie the wiz kid
210. You were dying to learn to drive so YOU could drive K.I.T.T.
211. Everybody Wang Chung tonight
212. You remember and/or even liked Milli Vanilli before the truth came out about them
213. You owned a computer that you had to hook up to your TV so you could use it
214. You remember when David Lee Roth left Van Halen and wound up doing worse as a solo artist
215. Van Halen improved after adding Sammy Hagar as the lead singer
216. "Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits was the coolest video
217. You remember where you were when Ronald Reagan was shot
218. You couldn't figure out what Boy George of Culture Club was
219. You remember rock music before the "Parental Advisory: Explicit Lyrics" stickers
220. You remember when cell phones and pagers were new
221. You attempted to solve a Rubik's Cube
222. You watched the final episode of M*A*S*H
223. The California Raisins!
224. You watched the wedding of Prince Charles and Princess Di
225. You remember when rap/hip-hop consisted of Run-DMC, LL Cool J and the Beastie Boys.
226. You remember New Coke
227. You took the Pepsi Challenge
228. You had never heard of the Internet
229. playing Astrosmash on the Intellivision.
230. doing the Safety Dance
231. blowing half your allowance on 'Dragon's Lair' and 'SpaceAce'
232. Peter MacNicol was cool in 'DragonSlayer'
233. feather earings were the rage
234. Johnny Bench and The BaseBall Bunch.
235. The SanDieago Chicken.
236. Pound Puppies
237. If you ever watched Thundercats
238. Remember Gumby
239. Always wondered if Larke was gonna tell Bianca to back off -- Beverly Hills Teens
240. Wanted a talking car like in Knight Rider.
241. When you clenched your fists and believed you could start fires. (Drew Barymore in Firestarter)
242. You were a child of the 80's if you wore Z. Cavarechi pants.




>**If you can identify with at least half of these, you are a child of the 80's!!

 

[member11579]

Dammit, Labyrinth still IS my favourite movie!

"It's HOGGLE!!"

 

[Mr Miyagi]

The greatest thing of the 80's was the Pro Wrestling. It will never be like that.

LOL...do any of my fellow Brits remember the wrestling we had on a Saturday afternoon....Big Daddy and Giant Haystacks etc. etc.

 

[Goblin]

Dammit, Labyrinth still IS my favourite movie!

"It's HOGGLE!!"

King of the Bog of Eternal Stench!!!

My daughter watches that with me Another reason to love Wal-Mart even though they are vampires. Lots of old movies on DVD cheap.

 

[SovereignAxe]

HAHAHA, I was born in 1985 and I still remember most of this stuff. Man, that brought back a lot of memories