(toys)
Robotech
M.A.S.K.
Transformers
Silver Hawks
G.I. Joe
Go Bots
(movies)
Return Of The Jedi
Empire Strikes Back
Lucas
Gremlins
Goonies
Can't Buy Me Love
The Flamingo Club
The Outsiders
Karate Kid
Big
Good Morning Vietnam
Beverly Hills Cop
Terminator
Running Man
Predator
Alien(s)
How many people remember this by heart:
up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, b, a, b, a, start
or this one
007 373 5963
Oooooh I remember those! I remember calling up a toy store to get the Tyson code. Some lady answered and had no idea what I was talking about, but she called her son at home to get it, as I was on hold. That is good customer service.
The other one was Contra, right? What a fantastic game that was.
24 years old, mid-life crisis
nowadays hits you when you're young
Electric football. I remember getting the Electric Football catalog and ordering your favorite teams. I ordered the 86' NY Giants and they came hand painted with all the names and numbers on them. Man they must be worth a pretty penny now had I saved them.
I remember collecting baseball cards and going to card shows. I had the Billy Ripken "fuck face" card. HA
Hey, you wouldn't hire a clown to fix a leak in the jon so why do you let these hooligans tear down the biz? YEEAAHHH. I don't care if he is Mr. Notorious BIG, can he croon?
Oooooh I remember those! I remember calling up a toy store to get the Tyson code. Some lady answered and had no idea what I was talking about, but she called her son at home to get it, as I was on hold. That is good customer service.
The other one was Contra, right? What a fantastic game that was.
Ha, yeah. Contra was tight. I remember when the Nintendo games would not load correctly we would blow in the bottom of it and then take a Q-Tip and dip it in rubbing alcohol to "clean" the game. Did anyone else do this?
Hey, you wouldn't hire a clown to fix a leak in the jon so why do you let these hooligans tear down the biz? YEEAAHHH. I don't care if he is Mr. Notorious BIG, can he croon?
Ha, yeah. Contra was tight. I remember when the Nintendo games would not load correctly we would blow in the bottom of it and then take a Q-Tip and dip it in rubbing alcohol to "clean" the game. Did anyone else do this?
Yea me too.
I can't believe that is what those numbers are LOL
Too Funny, Tyson code......Classic!
I liked the Kung Fu game I that is what it was called
Get em a Body Bag Yeeeeeaaaaa!
Sweep the Leg Johnny.
Yea me too.
I can't believe that is what those numbers are LOL
Too Funny, Tyson code......Classic!
I liked the Kung Fu game I that is what it was called
The original Ice Hockey and Baseball Stars were fantastic as well.
Hey, you wouldn't hire a clown to fix a leak in the jon so why do you let these hooligans tear down the biz? YEEAAHHH. I don't care if he is Mr. Notorious BIG, can he croon?
Ha, yeah. Contra was tight. I remember when the Nintendo games would not load correctly we would blow in the bottom of it and then take a Q-Tip and dip it in rubbing alcohol to "clean" the game. Did anyone else do this?
I used to have Super C that game was sick. Now I have to play it on my Wii though seeing I don't have a NES or the game anymore.
I was a child in the sixties, I graduated from high school in 1978. We had the monkees on TV We could watch the Beatles on TV in realtime...in 1970, we had David Cassidy (The Partridge Family). And I saw Fleetwood Mac when they were young in 1977!
We also talked to each other in person, we hung out instead of communicating behind a computer screen or text message. We weren't obese either like kids are nowadays. We went roller skating. We would ride our bikes all day. We could walk to school (kids now have to wait for the bus while mommy sits there in her SUV so they don't get kidnapped). I walked to school by myself in the first grade.
9/98, 9/00 - DC, 4/03 - Pitt., 7/03 - Bristow, 10/04 - Reading, 10/05 - Philly, 5/06 - DC, 6/06 - Pitt., 6/08 - Va Beach, 6/08 - DC, 5/10 - Bristow, 10/13 B'more
8/08 - Ed solo in DC, 6/09 Ed in B'more,
10/10 - Brad in B'more
I was born in the 1st year so I really had it lucky.
I remember those days when HBO and Showtime used to play the same first run movie at the same time. Not everything was "exclusive" back then. I saw Princess Bride so many times on both channels a year after it came out.
As a child of the 80s I can only wish my future children will be able to enjoy the greatness of the 80s. I think society and culture gets worse and worse as each decade pushes on. The 60s were good times, the 70s, well where do we bein??!! And the 80s were pretty freaking awesome and glad to be a part of it, but now... ooofffaahh, I'm scared to have kids and bring them up in this shit. I'll be the dad telling his kids over and over, "back in the 80s..."
And for people bitching about crappy 80s music, think again...
R.E.M., The Cure, U2, 80s Ramones, The Psychedelic Furs, The Fixx, Depeche Mode, The Police, The Alarm, Springsteen, The Clash, Crowded House, The Flaming Lips, Guns 'n Roses, Michael Jackson, 80s David Bowie, The Smiths, Modern English, New Order, 80s Neil Young, Social Distortion, Talking Heads, Tom Petty,..
Besides Pearl Jam, I'll take 80s music over 90s music anyday, and I was too young to be a real music fan, I discovered most of these bands this decade..
Something tells me college before AIDS and raising the drinking age to 21 must have been some kinda fun
And think about the concerts in the 70s!
Yeah, nothing like a morning of watching Muppet Babies, eating fruit loops and playing Transformers followed by an afternoon of sex, drugs and rock and roll.
I'm sorry.. but, I remember the 1980s as being a bit of a cultural void. The music was pretty bad except for hold over bands such as the Clash and Ramones, Elvis Costello and some of those 70s New Wave bands. I believe that the only band of the 80s with relevance is U2... and maybe REM.
And the fashion... day glo pastels... leg warmers and head bands. Nice.
And there was the threat of the nuclear exchange with the Soviet Union... that was not so good. Neither was Gay Related Immune Deficiency syndrome (a.k.a. AIDS).
Not that the 70s were all great. We had our share of horrible corporate stadium rock and DISCO... but, we did have The Who, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and Black Sabbath holding down the Rock banner. And we got the Punk Rock scene.
We also had some pretty bad fashion... mostly blamed on DISCO. But, the drugs were good and it was easy to get laid.
Allen Fieldhouse, home of the 2008 NCAA men's Basketball Champions! Go Jayhawks!
Hail, Hail!!!
I'm sorry.. but, I remember the 1980s as being a bit of a cultural void. The music was pretty bad except for hold over bands such as the Clash and Ramones, Elvis Costello and some of those 70s New Wave bands.
Besides Pearl Jam, I can think of waaay more bands from the 80s I like over the 90s.
I'm sorry.. but, I remember the 1980s as being a bit of a cultural void. The music was pretty bad except for hold over bands such as the Clash and Ramones, Elvis Costello and some of those 70s New Wave bands. I believe that the only band of the 80s with relevance is U2... and maybe REM.
Oh c'mon... eighties pop music was better than modern pop music! Maybe history has made some of it more, erm, respectable? but it was certainly more fun than the stuff nowadays.
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??
Comments
Robotech
M.A.S.K.
Transformers
Silver Hawks
G.I. Joe
Go Bots
(movies)
Return Of The Jedi
Empire Strikes Back
Lucas
Gremlins
Goonies
Can't Buy Me Love
The Flamingo Club
The Outsiders
Karate Kid
Big
Good Morning Vietnam
Beverly Hills Cop
Terminator
Running Man
Predator
Alien(s)
you mean lady, and yes, they were.
did you watch the forest gump one? hilarious!
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
-Oscar Wilde
Oooooh I remember those! I remember calling up a toy store to get the Tyson code. Some lady answered and had no idea what I was talking about, but she called her son at home to get it, as I was on hold. That is good customer service.
The other one was Contra, right? What a fantastic game that was.
nowadays hits you when you're young
That Mattel Football game:
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p275/myhook/Mattel_Football.jpg
Electric football. I remember getting the Electric Football catalog and ordering your favorite teams. I ordered the 86' NY Giants and they came hand painted with all the names and numbers on them. Man they must be worth a pretty penny now had I saved them.
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p275/myhook/Superbowl-Electric-Football.jpg
I remember collecting baseball cards and going to card shows. I had the Billy Ripken "fuck face" card. HA
Yea me too.
I can't believe that is what those numbers are LOL
Too Funny, Tyson code......Classic!
I liked the Kung Fu game I that is what it was called
Sweep the Leg Johnny.
We also talked to each other in person, we hung out instead of communicating behind a computer screen or text message. We weren't obese either like kids are nowadays. We went roller skating. We would ride our bikes all day. We could walk to school (kids now have to wait for the bus while mommy sits there in her SUV so they don't get kidnapped). I walked to school by myself in the first grade.
8/08 - Ed solo in DC, 6/09 Ed in B'more,
10/10 - Brad in B'more
I remember those days when HBO and Showtime used to play the same first run movie at the same time. Not everything was "exclusive" back then. I saw Princess Bride so many times on both channels a year after it came out.
Actually 1930 to 1969.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looney_Tunes
It didn't really have much to do with the 70s besides re-runs, but we had those in the 80s too anyways.
R.E.M., The Cure, U2, 80s Ramones, The Psychedelic Furs, The Fixx, Depeche Mode, The Police, The Alarm, Springsteen, The Clash, Crowded House, The Flaming Lips, Guns 'n Roses, Michael Jackson, 80s David Bowie, The Smiths, Modern English, New Order, 80s Neil Young, Social Distortion, Talking Heads, Tom Petty,..
Besides Pearl Jam, I'll take 80s music over 90s music anyday, and I was too young to be a real music fan, I discovered most of these bands this decade..
And the fashion... day glo pastels... leg warmers and head bands. Nice.
And there was the threat of the nuclear exchange with the Soviet Union... that was not so good. Neither was Gay Related Immune Deficiency syndrome (a.k.a. AIDS).
Not that the 70s were all great. We had our share of horrible corporate stadium rock and DISCO... but, we did have The Who, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and Black Sabbath holding down the Rock banner. And we got the Punk Rock scene.
We also had some pretty bad fashion... mostly blamed on DISCO. But, the drugs were good and it was easy to get laid.
Hail, Hail!!!
Oh c'mon... eighties pop music was better than modern pop music!