FLASHBACK: Your favorite 80's cartoons...

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FLASHBACK: Your favorite 80's cartoons...

Postby Piggs » Sat Oct 30, 2004 4:03 pm

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You might be a child of the 80's if...

You wanted to be on Star Search. (Didn't we all?)
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 or one of those slap on wrist bands at some point during your youth.
You wore French rolls on the bottom of your splatter painted jeans.
You had slouch socks, and puff painted your own shirt at least once.
You owned a doll with 'Xavier Roberts' signed on it's butt.
You knew what Willis was "talkin' 'bout."
You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, Wax off."
You can name at least half of the members of the elite "Brat Pack."
You can remember watching Full House and Saved by the Bell for endless hours.
You have seen at least 10 episodes of Fraggle Rock.
You know that another name for a keyboard is a "Synthesizer."
You'll always hold a special place in your heart for "Back to the Future."
You know where to go if you "wanna go where everybody knows your name."
You thought Molly Ringwald was REALLY cool. (Was there an 80's movie she WASN'T in?)
You know what "psych" means.
You fell victim to 80's fashion: big hair, crimped, combed over to the side, and you wore spandex pants.
You wanted to be a Goonie ("Goonies never say die.")
You knew "The Artist" when he was humbly called "Prince."
You ever wore fluorescent -neon if you will- clothing....
You could breakdance, or wished you could.
You know who Max Headroom is.
You know, by heart, the words to any "Weird" Al Yankovic song.
You remember when ATARI was a state-of-the-art video gaming system.
You own any cassettes or albums.
You were led to believe that in the year 2000 we'd all be living on the moon.
You remember and/or own any of the Care Bear glass collection from Pizza Hut.
"Poltergeist" totally freaked you out.
You carried your lunch to school in a Gremlins or an ET lunchbox.
You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf.
You wanted to communicate with Synergy, or you wanted green hair like that lead singer of the Misfits. See Jem.
You inserted the word "like" into, like, every sentence.
You know what a Doozer is. See Fraggle Rock.
You wore biker shorts underneath a short skirt and felt stylish.
You ever had a Swatch Watch.
You actually spent countless hours trying to perfect the care-bear stare.
You had a crush on one of the Coreys (Haim or Feldman).
You remember when Saturday Night Live was funny.
You had Wonder Woman or Superman Underoos.
You have worn a Banana Clip, or knew someone who did.
You actually thought "Dirty Dancing" was a REALLY good movie.
You have heard of "Garbage Pail Kids" (and perhaps still have a collection of them).
***Extra point*** You have seen the Garbage Pail Kids TV show. (Only one episode was aired.)
You had a crush on Bo Derek.
Punks actually "shocked" people.
You wanted to be The Hulk or Rainbow Brite for Halloween.
You believed that "By the power of Greyskull, you HAD the power!"
You thought that Transformers were more than meets the eye.
You know what a "Whammy" is. ("No Whammy, no whammy, stop!")
Partying "like it's 1999" seemed SO far away.
Songs by Debbie Gibson still haunt you to this day.
3 words: "Atari" "IntelliVision" and "Coleco". Sound familiar?
You remember the days that hooking your computer into your TV wasn't an expensive option that required gadgets - it was the ONLY WAY to use your computer!
You remember "Friday Night Videos" before the days of MTV.
You ever owned a pair of "Pop-Wheels" - that handy little combination of shoe and roller skate that lasted about a year on the open market.
You're PO'd that you couldn't really participate in the 60's, pissed that you were a part of the 70's, think you wasted too much time doing stupid, meaningless things in the 80's, and still have no clue what the 90's are all about.
While in high school, you and all your friends discussed elaborate plans to get together again at the end of the century and play "1999" by Prince over and over again.
You remember when music that was labeled "alternative" really was.
You were shocked and horrified at the Challenger explosion (which you were probably watching in school at the time).
You watched HR Puffenstuff as a child, but now that you're older, you really understand that it would have been much better had you known about drugs at the time.
You've recently horrified yourself by using any one of the following phrases:
"When I was younger"
"When I was your age"
"You know, back when..."
"Because I SAID so, that's why"
"What the HECK is this noise on the radio?"
"Just can't (fill in the blank) like I used to"
You can't remember a time when "going out for coffee" DIDN'T involve 49,000 selections to choose from.
Schoolhouse Rock played a HUGE part in how you actually learned the English language.
You ever dressed to emulate a person you saw in either a Duran Duran, Madonna, or Cyndi Lauper video.
At one point during your teenage years, you walked with a noticeable tilt to one side due to the number of plastic rings on that arm.
"Celebration" by Kool & the Gang was one of the hot new songs when you first heard it at a school dance.
The first time you ever kissed someone at a dance fell during "Crazy for You" by Madonna.
There were at least three people in your school that voluntarily went by the names of "Skip" "Buffy" "Muffy" or "Dexter."
You ever owned one of those embarrassing crimping irons.
You used to hold in your head the thought that all those gold chains on Mr. T actually looked kinda cool and the thought that Mr. T made millions seemed rational to you at the time.
You remember with pain the sad day when the Green Machine hit the streets and made your old big wheel quite obsolete.
You've gotten this far on the list and aren't totally confused.
The phrase "Where's the beef?" still doubles you over with laughter.
You read the "Hot Video Games Player's Secrets" guide for Mortal Kombat just so you could find the hidden screen, and play Pong again for old time's sake
You're starting to believe that maybe 30 isn't so old after all, and it's those people over 40 you have to look out for.
Your hair, at some point in time in the 80's, became something which can only be described by the phrase "I was experimenting."
You've ever shopped at a Banana Republic or Benetton, but not in the last five years, okay?
You're starting to get that "why aren't you married yet" spiel, not just from parents, but now from friends that are married.
You ever wanted to be gagged with a spoon.
When someone mentions two consecutive days of the week, the Happy Days theme is stuck in your head for hours on end.
You remember "Hey, let's be careful out there."
You're parents wanted you to attend medical school, but you decided it was pointless since Quincy got all the babes, anyway.
You had a crush on Jon Bon Jovi, or knew someone who did.
You thought eating Reese's Pieces would attract your own Alien.
Your name is Jennifer or Jason.
You have ever called 867-5309.
You had a poster of Rob Lowe, Kirk Cameron, or Michael J. Fox on your wall.
You held the top score on Pac-Man.
You owned a t-shirt that said, "I shot J.R." or know someone who did.
This rings a bell: "and my name, is Charlie. They work for me."
You HAD to have your MTV
You know what a "burnout" is.
You owned a Jordache anything, or you remember when Jordache jeans were cool.
You remember when Madonna was just hitting the scene.
You remember the original version of Windows: Macintosh.
You thought "Weird Science" was a masterpiece.
You remember any or all of the following: Echo & the Bunnymen, Cutting Crew, Scritti Politti, or Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark.
Chevy Chase was really funny in those vacation movies.
You actually know who Rick Springfield is
You remember when film critics raved that no movie could ever possibly get better special effects than those in the movie TRON.
You jammed to the Miami Vice theme and thought Jan Hammer was cool.
Guys: You remember when a guy piercing his ear was radical to the max, but did it anyhow.
You think the colors on this page are really cool.
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Postby mach1 » Sun Oct 31, 2004 1:01 am

Yah kids these dayz...what the hell is
"jammed" supposed to mean?

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ADD-ON STAPLES


45's.VIDEO DISC players and BETA tapes

Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy

Cyndi Lauper, Boy George, Flock of Seagulls

If you can barely recall somehow pondering the year 2000 and considering it as this very vague science fiction idea somehow
remotely possible.

If you ever wore..banded t'shirts with blazers and shoes with no socks.

Skinny leather neck ties.

Recall feathered hair for chix and perms for the dudes(or dudettes..whatev-lol)

First heard "Double-Vision" by Foreigner at a school dance and thought it was cool

Still know the theme song from 'Facts of Life' word for word and even recognize theme song from 'Greatest American Hero' and STILL THINK it's a cool song(because it is)

If you were told by your parents what the letters in rock groups
KISS and AC/DC...... REALLY STOOD FOR!

You really know who the hell Arsenio Hall is. Arsenio Ha-a--a-a-a--a-a--a--a-a--a--l-l-l-l-l!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Postby patriot » Sun Oct 31, 2004 1:17 am

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Postby kilroy » Sun Oct 31, 2004 5:40 am

my favorite transformer was totally the evil dude who was a giant tape recorder (now he'd be an ipod, probably). he was the shit. and was i the only 5 year old who thought cheetara was hot?
when they ask how you feeling
you tell em you feeling like something important died screaming
you tell em you feeling like something even more important arrived breathing
something you should probably try feeding
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Postby patriot » Sun Oct 31, 2004 5:53 am

my favorite transformer was totally the evil dude who was a giant tape recorder (now he'd be an ipod, probably).


Hotrod would whoop his ass!!!

and was i the only 5 year old who thought cheetara was hot?


Most likely.
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Postby Aegis » Sun Oct 31, 2004 6:32 am

Heh. guess it shows our age that all we can remember is the cartoons.

BTW, HE-man was fucking AWSOME!
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Postby mach1 » Sun Oct 31, 2004 6:43 am

heh heh Inspector Gadget? I think maybe 2c MISSED the eighties entirely. Dont worry you didnt miss much. And Im sure traveling to many a exotic far flung far off place during that time is sure fire comeuppance to anybody who tries to tell you otherwise :))

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Heres my list of places I'm intent on seeing in no particular order..

top 3 only

spain...beaches,barcelona,ibeza
venuzuela....like to check out the political scene-ry
sweden/finland.norway...fjords,Sami's,ice hotel,etc

after that : Austria/Italy border regions

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Postby el3so » Sun Oct 31, 2004 4:46 pm

Piggs wrote: The first time you ever kissed someone at a dance fell during "Crazy for You" by Madonna.
Nope, during "Sealed with a kiss" from Jason Donovan... Probably an even worse 80's song

Piggs wrote: You owned a t-shirt that said, "I shot J.R." or know someone who did.
I still have one that says "Elvis shot JFK"
skynet prompt: witty line, a bit offensive, medium levels of spelling error, Rastafy by 10 % or so
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Postby Tarkan » Sun Oct 31, 2004 4:59 pm

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I'd whore myself out just one more time if I knew who to screw to get out of this grind.
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Postby Hayduke » Sun Oct 31, 2004 7:33 pm

Piggs, this thread is utter bullshit and totally irresponsible. How the hell could you author a list like this and fail to mention PARACHUTE PANTS! You're losing your touch Piggs, I'm really disappointed.
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Postby Marco_Benoit » Mon Nov 01, 2004 2:26 am

Transformers were my favorite. Thundercats werent far behind heh e
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Postby need mine back » Mon Nov 01, 2004 3:05 pm

How about, actually know some hormonally charged guys who threw a " Risky Business" party.
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Postby mach1 » Mon Nov 01, 2004 4:26 pm

er. how 'bout real life daring emotionally charged couple who left the risque business party and caught the late night subway train instead...?

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Hey leave it to me eh? to work travel into a post on the
long gone dead eighties..

Not too knock the thread, I have very fond memories of the eighties,
too fond, thats why its only natural an attempted hijack was in order. Change is good.

heard Miami Vice is due for a makeover and redux into a movie?

I have an off the cuff recommendation for the Crockett role: Josh Holloway.
Dead bang on dead ringer and shoe in. Tailor made. Its his.
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Harold Perrineau( from Oz) -IS- Tubbs!ImageImageImage

Of course both have contracts with LOST for who knows
how long.
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Postby Prodigal Son » Mon Nov 01, 2004 4:31 pm

G.I. JOE! The good vs. evil simplicity, military action in which no one is ever killed, and neat-looking enemies...very cool.

Has anyone noticed the similarity between Cobra Commander and OBL?
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Postby Prodigal Son » Mon Nov 01, 2004 4:40 pm

Non-Americans...wondering where our mindless militarism comes from? Wonder no further.

GI Joe Theme/Intro:

http://www.retrojunk.com/media/01kkwn/gi-joe-intro.wmv
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