Were the 80s the best decade to be a child?

LikeAnOcean

I mean think about it.. Star Wars on home video, The Goonies, The Smurfs, Muppet Babies, Back to the Future, The Cosby show, Family Ties, The Never Ending Story, Jim Henson movies, Hulk Hogan, Mr. T, Ninja Turtles, The Dark Crystal, Indiana Jones, Pogo Ball, G.I. Joe, Transformers, Different Strokes, Growing Pains, Pee Wee, Gloworms, Pound Puppies, He-man, Pac-man, Super Mario Bros., Zelda, N.E.S., Who's the Boss, Ghostbusters!.. Not to mention all the cheesy action movies we know we love.

I mean, what did they have in the 70s, the Bad News Bears?.. In the 90s, Barney??


Am I biased or were children of the 80s spoiled?


Any more to add to my list?

MerkingBoy

I wanted to bang Punky Brewster so badly! :cool:
(she's actually 5 or 6 years older than me)

LikeAnOcean

MerkingBoy wrote:

I wanted to bang Punky Brewster so badly! :cool:
(she's actually 5 or 6 years older than me)

I was so depressed when she had the boob reduction.. but yeah, her along with Wonder woman and princess Leia were my first crushes..

South of Seattle

We also grew up with the best sports heroes IMO.

Jordan, Magic, Bird, Gretzsky, Bo Jackson.

Plus we didn't have to wear helmets to bike to our neighbors yard.

Everyone(except the poverty stricken) were pretty well off, all things considered.

MTV had videos

MerkingBoy

LikeAnOcean wrote:

I was so depressed when she had the bood reduction.. but yeah, her along with Wonder woman and princess Leia were my first crushes..

Have you seen Princess Leia nowadays? Yuck! too old for me.

...my all time crush was Alyssa Milano. I <<<<3333 that girl!!!!
(I heard that she was also Justin Timberlake's crush too when he was little, then he got famous and dated her, most likely make sweet passionate love to her as well. JT's only a year older than me. Fuck!!!! Why can't I be a famous Pop star :mad: )

Urban Hiker

I relived a little of my 80's childhood tonight at the Duran Duran show.

Hungry Like the Wolf
The Reflex
Save a Prayer
Girls on Film
Wild Boys
Rio
PLANET EARTH

Love them.

The way fashion comes around some of our crowd looked much like the crowd from the video for The Reflex.

catefrances

LikeAnOcean wrote:

I mean think about it.. Star Wars on home video,...

LMFAO!!! as a child of the 70s, i got to watch star wars on the big screen in its original form. before george tinkered with it. and nothing beats that.

Jeanie

catefrances wrote:

LMFAO!!! as a child of the 70s, i got to watch star wars on the big screen in its original form. before george tinkered with it. and nothing beats that.

How amazing was that! I can still remember the theatre and who I was with and everything. Seeing those giant words scroll onto the screen and the music in Pioneer stereo. Just amazing stuff!

bigbadbill

I was age 5-15 in the 80s. WOW!!

Let's see, grades pre-K through first semester of 9th
80-Lakers
81-Boston
82-Lakers
83-Philadelphia
84-Boston
85-Lakers
86-Boston
87-Lakers
88-Lakers
89-Detroit

Hitch-Hiker

Late 80s/early 90s was the best ever. We had the best cartoons, the best video games, and Steve Guttenberg was still popular.

given2fly10

oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, the right stuff



anyone remember blades of steal and mike tyson punch out for the nes

Jennytree

I don't remember too much of the 80s, but from what I heard it wasn't much fun to be trying to get a job in Ireland. Also, I was only a baby and my sister and brother used to paint me and make me think I could fly. I didn't like that much - go 90's

FinsburyParkCarrots

My seventies childhood memories beat my eighties ones, hands down.

FinsburyParkCarrots

catefrances wrote:

LMFAO!!! as a child of the 70s, i got to watch star wars on the big screen in its original form. before george tinkered with it. and nothing beats that.

So did I. I remember the experience of being in the cinema, far more than the film. Well, I was five.

Drew263

Remember how as a kid, you could actually go outside in the neighborhood w/o your parents and fear of abduction?

We would ride our bikes miles away from home....I don't know anyone with kids that does that now who doesn't live way out.

Good times.

acoustic guy

Hitch-Hiker wrote:

Late 80s/early 90s was the best ever. We had the best cartoons, the best video games, and Steve Guttenberg was still popular.

I loved all the 80's, My favorite decade by far.
I really miss those simple days growing up. My favorite toys were the WWF Wrestling guys. The first ones made, the big rubber ones, they were the shit.
And all the toy guns looked real as hell. Remember the Rambo water guns? They did not shoot water far but they looked like real uzi's and such.
Now and days thay would never happen.
When I watch a show or movie from the 80's I always look at all the stuff in the room the people are in to see the things that were popular then.

1985 was probably the best year for 80's movies by far. Too many to list.

acoustic guy

Drew263 wrote:

Remember how as a kid, you could actually go outside in the neighborhood w/o your parents and fear of abduction?

We would ride our bikes miles away from home....I don't know anyone with kids that does that now who doesn't live way out.

Good times.

I want to move my family to the town I grew up in b/c it looks exactly the same as when I lived there except for a few really wealthy neighborhoods. The taxes are to high now for me.
As a kid you can go anywhere and its safe, totally safe. The cops are so bored, that they get off on J-walking lol

josevolution

nah the 70's kid had it way better ,little rascals ,bugs bunny hr on tv everyday,the monsters,adams family,i dream of genie,....and we could play outside carefree with no worries of internet predators perverts .....

rival.

yes.

and i can explain why in one word: GHOSTBUSTERS.

myhook

Drew263 wrote:

Remember how as a kid, you could actually go outside in the neighborhood w/o your parents and fear of abduction?

We would ride our bikes miles away from home....I don't know anyone with kids that does that now who doesn't live way out.

Good times.

This is a GREAT point. I used to walk to school in 1st grade!!!! It was about a half mile walk. during the 80's I was 3 - 13.

I remember:
Manhunt
SPUD
Tag
Running Bases
Kickball
Stoup Ball
Atari
Those giant white foam airplanes
Water pressure rockets

And of course this:
You got what I neeeed....but you say hes just a friend, but you say hes just a friend, oh baby you......

myhook

I also remember how hot I used to think Madonna was in The Material Girl video. Now...yuck.