oh how i love being nostalgic... so what do you miss from your younger days? it can be movies, tv shows, cartoons, toys, clothes, etc.

for me, i'd have to say:
Transformers
Thundercats
Voltron
Miami Vice jackets
Atari 2600
Nintendo
Ducktales
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Knight Rider
Chuck Taylor hi-tops

hippity hops
big wheels
cabbage patch dolls
Mandy doll
The Little Professor
shrinky dinks
weebles
air hockey
Spiderman and His Amazing Friends
Electric Company
The Original Star Wars
Battlestar Galactica
Soap
Oh, the list goes on and on

Hair Metal
MTV playing videos
Who's the Boss
Michael Jackson before he got too weird
My Little Ponies
Reagonomics (j/k)

Aww the '80's

i miss the 80's

GI JOE
The Smurfs
AHA - Take On Me
Tears for Fears
Weird Science
Alf

Lord of the Rings out in theaters........ ahhhhhhhh

One Saturday Morning (anybody remember that?)
Lamb Chops
Wishbone
riding bikes
playing little kids games with little friends a long time ago

Awwwwwwww....
Rocko's Modern Life
Wishbone
Barbies (lol)
Goosebumps
Carmen San Diego
Truth or Dare
Legends of the Hidden Temple
Oregan Trail
Those slap on bracelets
The *NSYNC days

Oregon Trail!! noice

Gotcha and bugle boy brand clothes
Saved by the Bell
3 2 1 Contact
Mr. Wizard
playing Red Rover

YEAH! I forgot Saved by the Bell. :biggrin:

Back in the day eh?

James Bond Junior
Goosebumps
Saved By The Bell
Sabrina (pre college episodes)
Super Nintendo
The Neverending story
Atari
Combats
Glenroe
Tamogotchi's
Back to the future
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Farthing Wood Friends
The Adams Family
Snickers being called Marathon

Thats all i can think of now

Glenroe
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he-man & skeletor
transformers
star wars
school blackboards
the commodore 64
long hair and flares
country was in recession
emigration
Irish republican terrorism, British army terrorism


not much has changed....

James Bond Junior, i totally forgot about that... i used to watch that all the time
He-Man, i can't believe i forgot that one... i was obsessed with that as much as i was with Transformers

Cap Guns
Sticker Books
Paint the number (statues that had numbers on it and you used the assigned paint for that number)
Go-Bots
Bean Bags
Dodgeball
Capture the flag

3 2 1 Contact


I used to love that show! Yeah, I know I am a :geek:

Solid and anyone else on memory lane, I suggest watching Robot Chicken. I love it and all the toys and dolls, etc that I have long since forgot about. That show cracks me up.

wow! some people are really aging themselves :biggrin:

power rangers
thundercats
transformers
polly pocket
skipper dolls
seaquest
the young indiana jones
snap bracelets
fruit roll ups that actually tasted like fruit and not some plastic by-product
the first george bush (if ur american).....brian mulroney (if ur canadian)

wow! some people are really aging themselves :biggrin:


:angry: Hey!

Yeah, I know I'm old. :p I crack up at all you young wipper snappers being nostalgic about 90's stuff. :laugh:

Ooh I love this thread...

Strawberry Shortcake
Jem and the Holograms
The Snorks
Duck Tales
Pound Puppies
Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers
Looney Toones
Shera
He-Man
ThunderCats
The Goonies
Classic Winnie the Pooh Cartoons
Mickey Mouse Club
Kids Incorporated
You Can't Do That On Television
Salute Your Shorts
Tiny Toon Adventures
Hey Dude
Skip-It toy
Lite-Brite
Nintendo
Scooters!
So many things I can't even think of it all!

perhaps, but the 80's/very early 90's were a golden age... the Renaissance of pop culture lol

Teddy Ruxpin
My Buddy/Kid Sister... didn't anyone find this thing creepy?
Talespin
Hypercolor t-shirts

lol. I had a kid sister. Her eyes were very scary. I had Cricket too. She was like a teddy ruxbin. We put singing tapes in her back and she looked like she sang the song. Oh and when her battery was wasting she sounded terrifying! Some dolls were just plain scary.

push-pops and jolly ranchers!!

Ooh I love this thread...

Strawberry Shortcake
Jem and the Holograms
The Snorks
Duck Tales
Pound Puppies
Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers
Looney Toones
Shera
He-Man
ThunderCats
The Goonies
Classic Winnie the Pooh Cartoons
Mickey Mouse Club
Kids Incorporated
You Can't Do That On Television
Salute Your Shorts
Tiny Toon Adventures
Hey Dude
Skip-It toy
Lite-Brite
Nintendo
Scooters!
So many things I can't even think of it all!

ah!!! how could i forget the goonies?!?! :eek2:

oh yes...what about super mario brothers.....the movie! :biggrin:

Pirates of Dark Water
Berenstein Bears
M.A.S.K.
Skip It
Scooby Doo
Babar
Belle and Sebastien
Pinwheel
Count Duckula
Fraggle Rock
Inspector Gadget
Rainbow Brite
My Little Pony
Visionaries

i miss being a kid!

*gasps* I LOVED mario bros movie! It was so silly! Now I want to see it again. Ooh and mighty morphin power rangers, I was big on that. I loved Tommy. And the love between kimberly and Tommy, lol.

eta: How could I have forgotten rainbow brite and fraggle rock!!!

yup, original power rangers was awesome... i like how all the "dinosaurs" had wheels lol

Greatest American Hero (believe it or not i'm walking on air, i never thought i could be so freeeeeeee)
Mr. Belvedere
Growing Pains
My Two Dads
Perfect Strangers (Balki!)
Herman's Head

I remember Herman's Head. And Perfect Strangers! I loved Balki! "Standing tall, from the wings of my dreams," don't know if that was the theme song but theme songs rocked! They don't have them anymore, they just start the show. I hate that!
And Step by Step.
I wasn't so big on Urkel but I still liked Family Matters a little.
Full House was my favorite show of all! I was the same age as Stephanie so me and her related a lot! And don't get me started on the hunk Uncle Jesse, lol.

I can't believe i forgot power rangers.. i was obsessed.. lets see if i can remember the names

Treni, Kimberly, Billy, Zach, Aisha (the one that took over from Treni) Tommy.. there was the red guy can't remember his name.. dam..

Super Mario movie and the goonies.. i forgot them too...

National Lampoon's christmas vacation
Who's Harry Crumb
Pretty woman

Mortal Kombat,
Street Fighter

omg I loved Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter and even Killer Instincts. So violent.
NL Christmas and uropean Vaca were classics. I love the Griswold's.

Tommy, Kimberly, Zach, Billy, Jason, Trini, then Rocky, Adam and Aisha. I stopped wathcing when Kim left and Kat took over the Pink Ranger role. Ugh!

I can't believe i forgot power rangers.. i was obsessed.. lets see if i can remember the names

Treni, Kimberly, Billy, Zach, Aisha (the one that took over from Treni) Tommy.. there was the red guy can't remember his name.. dam..

the red ranger was Jason... i only know because i had to look it up

Gremlins
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Conan the Barbarian
Red Sonja
Fletch
Flash Gordon-- worst movie ever made except it was so bad that it turned out pretty funny

OK, here's some more obsure things, but things I loved as a kid...

At the Supermarket there was this little booth kind of like a picture booth, but instead it played Mighty Mouse cartoons for a quarter. So while mom was in the checkout line we could watch little Mighty Mouse clips.

Also growing up in the city, we use used to have this truck that came around with the whip-it ride on it. It had a couple of little cars and went in an oval, but would whip around the ends of the track. That only cost a quarter too.

Greatest American Hero (believe it or not i'm walking on air, i never thought i could be so freeeeeeee)

"flying away ona a wiiiiiing and a praaaayer... whoooooo could it beeeeeee? Beleeiiiive it or not it's just meeeeeeeeee!"

Me & hubby were singing that yesterday. Grossing out our daughter. :biggrin:

I miss my bionic woman doll. You could roll back her skin & see the electonic stuff in her.

I also had a Flip Wilson/Geraldine doll (it was really my sisters I'm much too oung to remember Flip Wilson) :rolleyes: . One side is Flip and you turn the doll over & it's Geraldine (Flip in drag) You pull the string & it says:
- What you see is what you get honey, whoo!
- The devil made me buy the dress.
- I smell a rat, and the wind is coming form your direction.

captain planet..
Earth, Wind, Water, Fire.. with the rings..

The brittish invasion
Horror movies that could actually scare me
All my vintage comics that I threw away
All the great Saturday morning cartoons
Summer vacation!
The Bookmobile coming around
My Mom's cooking
My Grandpa's farm
Being a kid with no responsibility except going to school
INDIANA!

(Excuse me - have to go cry now! :sadwalk:

I kind of miss record players.

I kind of miss record players.


I'll second that! CDs may be smaller & more easily stored, but with a record album, you could actually study the album cover!

Oh yeah, and my little strawberry shortcake 45 record player! I loved that thing!

Captain planet, he's our hero, gonna take pollution down to zero. The power is yours! I loved that one. Oh and remember Little Lulu? She was so cute.

I miss the easy 80's music. Stuff like "Don't you forget about me" and "99 Luft balloons". Ahhh..the days bfore "It's hard out here for a pimp" and "Cop killer".
I also miss fun cop shows like Simon and Simon, Moonlighting, Magnum.
And the best 2 seasons of any cartoon ever, Real Ghostbusters.

I'll second that! CDs may be smaller & more easily stored, but with a record album, you could actually study the album cover!

My dad had the Hotel California album. Creeeeeeepy album cover!

I miss 10cc. I loved the sond "The Things We Do for Love"

My dad had the Hotel California album. Creeeeeeepy album cover!

I miss 10cc. I loved the sond "The Things We Do for Love"

The one that always creeped me out was Billy Joel's The Stranger. That mask on the pillow? :fear3: Eerie.

I miss 80s music videos! They actually went with the song!

the smurfs. babysitters club.

(have you ever stopped to think that in 5-10 years, we'll get a new crop of kids listing off things like the teletubbies, spice girls, harry potter, and...*gasp* bratz dolls?!)

omg that is soo true. However, I actually obsessed over the spice girls. Sad but oh so true. Even though I don't listen to it anymore, I still have the cds and movie. lol.

Smurfs, now you're talking. Loved smurfette. One girl...hmmm...

how are all of you forgetting New Kids on the Block... afterall, they had the "right stuff"


Side ponytails, rat tails
Ocean Pacific
Trapper Keepers
Pee-Wee's Playhouse
Nerds candy
Bubble tape
Bobby McFerrin
Michael Winslow of the Police Academy movies

omg, I LOVED Jordan. lol. I had the boxers, yea keep laughing.

PeeWee! And the word of the day is...

perv...

only kidding. I LOVED the first movie. What an adventure! Dotty does a lot of voices in real-life including Tommy from the Rugrats and Buttercup from Powerpuff Girls.

Trapper keepers, loved them. The side ponytail was all me.

I miss the old Saturday morning cartoons.. I hate anime!

I forgot a bunch of Nickelodeon shows...
Hey Dude
Salute Your Shorts
Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Rugrats
Fruit Rollups
Duck Tales
Hey Arnold
Hop Scotch
Treasure Trolls
My Little Pony

One Saturday Morning (anybody remember that?)


Yeeeaaahh! There was like, a girl, (was her name...Mimi?!) and an.. Elephant. And they like, hosted the show. Then there were all those cool cartoons. :smile:

babysitters club.

That too! I used to love those books! I think I read them all, lol.

Let's see...

Full House!
Pepper Ann
NSYNC
Slap bracelets
Easy Bake Ovens
Barbies (the real ones, not the new "Bratz" or "My Scene" dolls :puke: )
The classic Disney movies

oh! anyone remember Dark Wing Duck?

but of course! afterall, he IS the terror that flaps in the night

Dungeons and Dragons cartoon
Heathcliff
Dolph Lundren in the live action He-Man and the Masters of the Universe movie
Punky Brewster
The Jetsons
Laser Tag
Muppet Babies
A Pup Named Scooby Doo
Robocop
The World of David the Gnome (Swift the fox!)
Maya the bee
Hot Wheels
Micro Machines
Nerf
Slip N' Slide
Willow movie

Did anyone mention:

Now and Later
Nerds
Sugar Daddy
Lemonheads.

Cabbage patch dolls.
Friendship bracelets
Jelly shoes
Milli Vanilli
Sledge Hammer (the show)
Three's Company
Too Close for Comfort
Alice
227
Pearl Jam (reminds me of high school)
The Cure hairdos
Depeche Mode look-alikes
Doc Martens
Guys in black leather jackets
Bomber jackets.

Mash
Happy Days
Bonanza
Gunsmoke
Star Trek...fav

Air Wolf
The A-Team
Webster
Silver Spoons
California Dreams
Beverly Hills 90210

Twin Peaks

Silver Spoons?


Thinking...

How about that Creepy Crawly toy where you make worms and eat them?

the tv show with Ricky Schroder

KROQ's The Poorman
Loveline when it was The Poorman and Dr. Drew
Request Video
The Hot Seat (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Seat_%28talk_show%29) with Wally George (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wally_George)

oooh...remember the Nanny? married with children?

the tv show with Ricky Schroder

Ahem. That's "Rick" Schroeder, thank you very much...

***flips up collar on pink Izod shirt, Esprit pants and white Keds w/no socks***

yup, loved Married with Children... Grandmaster B lol

Anybody remember "The Bartman?"

Wham!
Home Alone

Anybody remember "The Bartman?"

No, is that in any way related to The Simpsons? If so, it reminds me of Ren and Stimpy and Beevis and Butthead.

it was that song and dance "Do the bartman"... wasn't Michael Jackson involved with that or Bart was in one of his videos or something like that

Wild-West COW-boys of Moo Mesa cartoon

ETA: it's "Schroder" :) checked it out on IMDb

I'm Fat video by Weird Al Yankovic

Pac Man Fever

cabbage patch dance
roger rabbit dance

80's music
one hit wonders
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
gas was cheaper
going to awesome concerts

I miss the old Saturday morning cartoons.. I hate anime!


Finally! Someone who agrees with me!


I miss the smell of bacon & eggs cooking in my granma's kitchen...& how much better everything tasted back then!

Bosco
Knots Landing - my mother watched that i had to watch it with her cause i was so small
Gay Byrne presenting the late late show
Beverly Hills 90210 -- so crap
The coca cola slogan - Always the real thing

my god...90210 back when they were in high school...
haha i used to love shannon......what was i thinking !!

Hmmmmm
jamie and the magic torch
my little pony
she-ra
kate & allie
quantum leap
macgyver (SUCH a crush on RDA!)
risk a crisp
mighty mouse
top cat
pippy longstocking
40 coats (and his 50 pockets)
wuzzles - 2 types of fun wrapped up and rolling in 1!
the dawn of animaniacs
mandy comic book
WHAM bars

disco :biggrin:

My '65 Mustang
19 cents a gallon gasoline
3rd row tickets to the Rolling Stones for $5
Beatle Cartoons
The Avengers
The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Doctor in The House
Shindig, Hullabaloo and Where the Action Is
Dark Shadows
The London Look
Go-Go Boots

My '65 Mustang
19 cents a gallon gasoline
3rd row tickets to the Rolling Stones for $5
Beatle Cartoons
The Avengers
The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Doctor in The House
Shindig, Hullabaloo and Where the Action Is
Dark Shadows
The London Look
Go-Go Boots


Siobhan - it sounds like you & I are on the same wavelength (as well as in the same age group!) I salute your good taste! :biggrin:

My '65 Mustang
19 cents a gallon gasoline
3rd row tickets to the Rolling Stones for $5
Beatle Cartoons
The Avengers
The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Doctor in The House
Shindig, Hullabaloo and Where the Action Is
Dark Shadows
The London Look
Go-Go Boots

I watched the 70's Dark Shadows on the sci-fi channel. I liked it! For some reason, I liked Quentin. There was another character that was weird. His name was something like Petoffi or something.

Laser Tag


Aaah! YES, Laser Tag.

Lemonheads.


My brother and I used to LOVE those. And sour warheads! lol

Hehehe... Looks like I'm a tad younger than most of the people in here... ;)

The Monkees
K-Tel records
The Banana Splits

edited because I forgot to add

The Six Million Dollar Man
Bionic Woman
One Day at a Time
Charlies Angels
Sanford & Son
Hawaii Five-O
Miami Vice
The Waltons
The Muppets
The Sonny & Cher show

Vinyl Fetish (store on Melrose Ave. in L.A.)

Wax Trax records
John Fleuvog shoes

but of course! afterall, he IS the terror that flaps in the night
Laser Tag


hey! i still play laser tag :biggrin:

I forgot to add:

Lawn Darts
Strawberry Shortcake
The Miami Vice look
Pong

I forgot to add:

Lawn Darts
Strawberry Shortcake
The Miami Vice look
Pong


Oh man! I miss lawn darts!
Going mushroom hunting with my dad
Raiding the garden
Eating watermellon outside in the summer
Fried squirel
Rhubarb pie
Climbing trees
Being young enough to ride the rides at the county fair without puking
The Jackie Gleason show
The Love boat
Fantasy island
Carol Burnett show
Listening to records in my room
Getting a bunch of Doc Savage paperbacks to add to my collection
Reading the Dark Shadows novels
American bandstand
Saturday nights at 11:00 watching "Sammy Terry's nightmare theater"


(more when I think of them!)

Laser shows

There is or was a cool laser show at the Griffith Observatory in L.A. I haven't been there in a while. What did you do when you were in so. cal, moc?

what were those things called that were shaped like spiders but they were made of a sticky substance, and when you threw them at a wall, it would slowly "walk/crawl" down the wall as each of the legs sticked and unsticked?

what were those things called that were shaped like spiders but they were made of a sticky substance, and when you threw them at a wall, it would slowly "walk/crawl" down the wall as each of the legs sticked and unsticked?

Ooh, I know what you're talking about...

I used to always want one of those from the .50 machines... Why? I don't know, they just seemed cool... lol..

The only thing is that they would get really gross and hairy and dirty if you dropped them on the floor.


Oh, I just thought of something else (Not sure if that has been mentioned; it probably has)

Koosh balls. YAY.

KOOSHBALLS! Those were funny.

Ooh, I know what you're talking about...

I used to always want one of those from the .50 machines... Why? I don't know, they just seemed cool... lol..

The only thing is that they would get really gross and hairy and dirty if you dropped them on the floor.


Oh, I just thought of something else (Not sure if that has been mentioned; it probably has)

Koosh balls. YAY.

i know, chica... such a stupid simple little thing and i always wanted one... and yup, i remember them getting that way...

KOOOOOOOOOSSSHHHHHHHH

I remember the first Atari football game...all three guys moved the same direction when you moved the joystick...I still laugh about the portable 8-track player I carried with me thinking I was DA BOMB!

Remember bag phones? Anyone? How about WKRP? Welcome Back Cotter? Barney Miller? (I am 39 by the way...parents watched them..)

How about Jolly Time Soda? It had a riddle printed inside the bottom of the can...Towne Club Soda and it's 32 flavors? All the cool WWF action figures?

More to come I am sure...

what were those things called that were shaped like spiders but they were made of a sticky substance, and when you threw them at a wall, it would slowly "walk/crawl" down the wall as each of the legs sticked and unsticked?

If I remember correctly they were aptly called "creepy-crawleys"..maybe that is just the hill jack name we gave it here..lol

Jordache Jeans...Calvin Klein Jeans....Alligators on shirts...The "Hair" band era...MTV when it was...MTV and not a shell of its former glory...MOONBOOTS!!!

Jordache Jeans...Calvin Klein Jeans....Alligators on shirts...The "Hair" band era...MTV when it was...MTV and not a shell of its former glory...MOONBOOTS!!!

All three clothing items are still fashionable, Baileysdad! The alligator shirts (lacoste) are very "in" at the moment.

I remember the "genuine" nerd MTV commercials! I wish I could see it again.

There is or was a cool laser show at the Griffith Observatory in L.A. I haven't been there in a while. What did you do when you were in so. cal, moc?

Oh mainly just visited friends and family. I lived there for ten years so there's never enough time when we're there.

I always did the laser shows here (Seattle). I think they still do them, but I'm too lazy to get a babysitter to go. On the weekends, they do The Wall at 10 and Dark Side of the Moon at midnight. Maybe it's the other way around I don't remember...

Ok... what about Buster Brown Shoes?

Anyone remember Earth Shoes and Elephant pants?

All three clothing items are still fashionable, Baileysdad! The alligator shirts (lacoste) are very "in" at the moment.

That is the biggest indicator that you are getting old..when things you wore 25 years ago...are back in style..:eek2: GADS!

That is the biggest indicator that you are getting old..when things you wore 25 years ago...are back in style..:eek2: GADS!


LOL! If I could get away with it, I'd still be wearing bell bottoms & a peace symbol neckless! :biggrin:

remember Encycopledia Brown and Captain Kangaroo?

ETA: the Gummi Bears cartoon, Star Search

and does anyone remember this? http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/ilove/years/1987/images/rubmagic173.jpg

Speaking of Cartoons...I really miss "Jem and the Holograms" I had a ton of the "action figures"!

that's not suprising... afterall, she was truly outrageous... truly truly truly outrageous

I loved Jem! I wish they would bring back all the old cartoons... ie, the good ones.

Mood rings. I know you can still get them, but when the originals were out.

Inspector Gadget.

Does anyone else remember the Punky Brewster cartoon? She had this magical creature friend that lived on the other side of the rainbow. It's name was Glomer or Gleamer, something like that.

Also, anyone remember the cartoon Kidd Video? This teenage rock band somehow got trapped in another dimension and became cartoons. Cousin Oliver from the Brady Bunch was on the show.

Does anyone else remember the Punky Brewster cartoon? She had this magical creature friend that lived on the other side of the rainbow. It's name was Glomer or Gleamer, something like that.

Also, anyone remember the cartoon Kidd Video? This teenage rock band somehow got trapped in another dimension and became cartoons. Cousin Oliver from the Brady Bunch was on the show.

They sound vaguely familiar.

How about Rainbow Brite?

Ok I posted this somewhere else but it deserves to be put here....

The Wonderful World of Disney and Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom. Aw heck someones gotta say it... Lawrence Welk.

awww...gonna post and then read for more that I forgot...
My Little Ponies
Strawberry Shortcake
Rainbow Brite
My EZ Bake oven
Smurfs
SpaceCoasters (will be interested to see if anyone else 'members this one!)
Atari
(saw Oregon Trail on the first page and have to mention that i have that on my computer!)
Kids Incorporated (OMG Stacy is Fergie!)

OK, off to see what else I missed...

ETA: I think I used to watch Wild Kingdom...were there wolves in the intro to that?

Did anyone already mention Land of the Lost? I think that was it. I watched it when I was little and really liked it.

Did anyone already mention Land of the Lost? I think that was it. I watched it when I was little and really liked it.

Oh, that used to alternate with the Bugaloos or something on Saturday morning?

Solid--They were Wacky Wallies or something like that.

Garbage Pail Kids
I do NOT miss the Slip n Slide. hurt myself on that thing.
Pogo Ball
Monchichis
Oh, I totally had a Trapper Keeper.

What else...

Oh yes...You Can't Do That On Television! didn't have cable at my parents' house, so would OD on that and MTV when I would visit my grandma.

SpaceCoasters (will be interested to see if anyone else 'members this one!)

ETA: I think I used to watch Wild Kingdom...were there wolves in the intro to that?

You mean the "Great Space Coaster" (get on board!)?
Not only do I remember it... but I remember Gary Gnu! "No Gnus... is good gnus... with Gary Gnu." (that is how sad my memory for usless stuff is)

I don't remember the intro to Wild Kingdom... but it was a wildlife show so probably. Animal Planet is resurrecting also. I don't have Animal Planet... but I don't watch nature shows anymore either...:rolleyes:

"Theeeeere's no need to fear...Unnnnnnnderdog is here! :biggrin:

You mean the "Great Space Coaster" (get on board!)?
Not only do I remember it... but I remember Gary Gnu! "No Gnus... is good gnus... with Gary Gnu." (that is how sad my memory for usless stuff is)

Yup, that's it! I'm very vague on most of it, but I recall watching it with my brother when we waited for the school bus to pick us up, so I would have been probably 5 or 6. "No Gnus is Good Gnus" is what I remember most clearly, though. And something with speed reading. And I'm very sure that was where I learned the "Name Game" song. ("Donna Donna bo bonna bananafana fo fonna...")

ETA: Omigosh, there's a fansite. (http://www.tgscoaster.com/) LOL! Yes, the Speed Reader is so coming back to me. I learned to read when I was 4, so I thought Speed Reader was cool. lol.

I don't remember the intro to Wild Kingdom... but it was a wildlife show so probably. Animal Planet is resurrecting also. I don't have Animal Planet... but I don't watch nature shows anymore either...:rolleyes:

It's just one of those things that makes little random impressions, but it may also be from Lorne Greene's New Wilderness. I watched them both, IIRC.

Oh, and for some reason Bill Cosby's Picture Pages scared the hell out of me. I have NO idea why.

Yup, that's it! I'm very vague on most of it, but I recall watching it with my brother when we waited for the school bus to pick us up, so I would have been probably 5 or 6. "No Gnus is Good Gnus" is what I remember most clearly, though. And something with speed reading. And I'm very sure that was where I learned the "Name Game" song. ("Donna Donna bo bonna bananafana fo fonna...")

ETA: Omigosh, there's a fansite. (http://www.tgscoaster.com/) LOL! Yes, the Speed Reader is so coming back to me. I learned to read when I was 4, so I thought Speed Reader was cool. lol.

Hey is speed reader the guy who would put his finger on the book and move it through the lines quickly to show how fast he was reading? I don't remember anything about this show, but I vaguely rememeber a speed reader and I think he used to do the finger thing.


Oh and who remembers Solid Gold? What did they do on that show, was it just random celebrities coming to sing or was it like star search?

Hey is speed reader the guy who would put his finger on the book and move it through the lines quickly to show how fast he was reading? I don't remember anything about this show, but I vaguely rememeber a speed reader and I think he used to do the finger thing.

Yup...here are some pictures. (http://www.tgscoaster.com/char/speed/speedpictures.html) :)


Oh and who remembers Solid Gold? What did they do on that show, was it just random celebrities coming to sing or was it like star search?

Random celebrities lipsyncing, IIRC. And I was SO going to be a Solid Gold dancer when I grew up.

Choose Your Own Adventure books
Ranger Rick magazine - I recently found to my inexpressible delight that this is still being published!
Super Friends
The Herculoids and Space Ghost
Mattingly, Winfield, and Randolph slugging for the Yankees.
And G.I. Joe, of course! Toys, comics, and TV cartoon.
Empire Strikes Back and Raiders of the Lost Ark trading cards

Someone mentioned Dark Shadows - that might be my all-time favorite show, although I, too, saw it in reruns. I liked Quentin, too. You really saw his character mature and progress over the years and the actor had such phenomenal screen presence. It was one of the more believable "villain gradually becomes hero" storylines I can recall.

Someone also mentioned Voltron and I would add Star Blazers and Battle of the Planets. The former, in particular, was surprisingly sophisticated, which I appreciated as a kid. At the end of every episode, the narrator updated you on how long the Earth had to survive if the Argonauts failed in their mission.

Did anyone else watch The Tomorrow People and The Third Eye on Nickelodeon?

Atari 2600 is a total nostalgia trip for me. I'd be buying the old games off eBay like crazy if I had anyplace to put them. A year or two ago, I downloaded an emulator which basically makes my computer an Atari 2600. There are tons of hobbyists who homebrew Atari games and make them available. (One of my favorites is "This Planet Sucks". :) ) I learned how to do it out of interest but don't have the time (or, to be honest, a great idea) to create my own. It's interesting, the constraints that those game developers had to work within. 128 bytes (yes, that's bytes) of scratchpad memory and a 60 frame per second refresh rate with processor speed on the order of kHz. They literally had to count the clock cycles between screen sweeps! And still made some damn fun games.

These are all the things I miss - from when I was a kid:

Ringing doorbells and running
Hot pants & gogo boots
Trick or treating
Bugs Bunny every Saturday morning
Scooby Doo
Clutch Cargo
Lost in Space
Beatles - Abbey Road
Flip Wilson Show
Bean bag chairs
Black light posters/acid
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Haunted hay rides
Beer fests
Yes - Close to the Edge
Spin the bottle
Sneaking out of the house and staying out all night with my friends
Skipping school and going to the beach
Not paying bills
Not having any responsibilies

These are all the things I miss - from when I was a kid:

Flip Wilson Show
Bean bag chairs

Did I post about my flip Wilson Doll here? ***leaves to search***

ETA - sheesh Ramesses... I swear you are the boys I grew up with. It's almost creepy! Not the bad kind of creept ... well erm... youknow...

Random celebrities lipsyncing, IIRC. And I was SO going to be a Solid Gold dancer when I grew up.

OMG I forgot about the solid gold dancers!! Yeah it would fun to be one those women dancing away :) I can't believe Solid Gold was all lipsynching, why did people want to watch that? (Then again britney spears and a host of others lipsynch when they perform so I guess it's not that big of a surprise!)

OMG I forgot about the solid gold dancers!! ... why did people want to watch that?

You mean you blocked it out. Remember the gold lamee outfits? Icky! And why? Well, if I remember right... it was on on Sunday nights or afternoon or something when there was nothing else on. Before Cable. Unless you just couldn't get enough of Marilyn McCoo. (and remember poor Andy Gibb too...)

there used to be a "game show" on television that was a contest of lip-synching... i forget the name of it... does anyone know what i'm talking about?

Password
No whammy no whammy no whammy STOP!!!
Dominoes Pizza's THE NOID!
7up Spot

there used to be a "game show" on television that was a contest of lip-synching... i forget the name of it... does anyone know what i'm talking about?

Password
No whammy no whammy no whammy STOP!!!
Dominoes Pizza's THE NOID!
7up Spot

Are you talking about the one where people did impersonations of celebrities, i remember a show where people pretended to be Michael Jackson doing the moonwalk or duran duran, or tina turner etc. I think the Michael Jackson guy was quite good and he went pretty far. Don't remember the name though, star search, solid gold, and this show all seem like one big jumble in my memory.

Did I post about my flip Wilson Doll here? ***leaves to search***


Was it a Flip doll or a Geraldine doll?

Was it a Flip doll or a Geraldine doll?

It was both.:biggrin:

One side was Flip and the other was Geraldine. It was stuffed, and when you pulled the string it said one of the following:
- I smell a rat, and the wind is comng from your direction...
- the devil made me buy this dress
- the devil made me buy this dress
- what you see is what you get, honey...whoo!

It may have said one other thing but I don't remember what it was. I've seen them on ebay but the sound box never works.

everything old is new again.....

miami vice
night rider
dallas
starsky and hutch

It was both.:biggrin:

One side was Flip and the other was Geraldine. It was stuffed, and when you pulled the string it said one of the following:
- I smell a rat, and the wind is comng from your direction...
- the devil made me buy this dress
- the devil made me buy this dress
- what you see is what you get, honey...whoo!

It may have said one other thing but I don't remember what it was. I've seen them on ebay but the sound box never works.

Love it! Did you know that in 1970, the Flip Wilson Show was #2 in the ratings? He was great!

Other shows out that time were Marcus Welby, Gunsmoke, Hawaii Five-O. I hate to admit how old I am, but when I was born, the #1 show was Beverly Hillbilies. Holy crap I feel old now! :ermm:

there used to be a "game show" on television that was a contest of lip-synching... i forget the name of it... does anyone know what i'm talking about?


It wasn't something I watched much, but I totally could have remembered the name if you hadn't asked...

And Ramesses, I LOVED Choose Your Own Adventure books!

ETA: Got it--Puttin' on the Hits.

:67: the peace sign
jackets with fringes
headbands

Nice thread....for me the 80's
I have to go with, when a girl's outfit consisted of every color of the rainbow....or a "hot" version of it, ala hot pink, neon red, electric blue, etc....
When a song was all synthesizer, drum machine, computer generated.
When it was ok for guys to wear makeup.....ummmm, forget that one :redface:
When shopping malls were the hang out and always booming with business.

*sigh* This is like totally bumming me out to the max. :undecide:

These are all the things I miss - from when I was a kid:


Clutch Cargo


Wow! I thought I was the only one who remembered that one!

Some great cartoons I miss...
Super chicken
The Mighty heroes
Milton the monster
Mighty man & Yuck
Frankenstein Jr.
Droopy
Hermin & Catnip
Little audrey
Baby Huey
Barney bear
ANYTHING by Tex Avery!

tie-dyed anything

Terminator 1 & 2
Ghostbusters cartoon
carebears

The Wham-O Superballs (http://www.wham-o.com/default.cfm?page=ViewProducts&ProductID=22&Category=9)!!!!

These were kinda before my time but i still remember them being repeated early in the morning on Rte(irish station)

Fame
Dallas
Knots Landing
Hart to Hart - i used to love that show

Some more shows I never missed...

Friday the 13th - the series
War of the worlds - the series
The night gallery
Twilight zone - the 80s series (I'm curently collecting these last two on DVD.)
Tales from the darkside
The Extraordinary
Search
Masquerade
Manimal (A guilty pleasure!)

And even further back...

Stingray
Supercar
Fireball XL5

remember the show, "V"? that scene where the women gives birth to the alien creeped me out for the longest time...

also, remember the movie, "They Live" with Rowdy Roddy Piper?

remember the show, "V"? that scene where the women gives birth to the alien creeped me out for the longest time...
Oh yeah I had many nightmares as a kid because of that scene :fear3:

But I always laugh at the scene where they are officially greeting the Aliens and there's a welcoming band playing the Star Wars song. :D

also, remember the movie, "They Live" with Rowdy Roddy Piper?


Oh yeah! That was a killer! :rotflmao2:
The scene where Rowdy Roddy is trying to make the black guy put on the sunglasses is the longest, funniest fight scene I've ever seen!

remember the show, "V"? that scene where the women gives birth to the alien creeped me out for the longest time...

I blocked out that scene, but the one where she peels off her face is still with me.

also, remember the movie, "They Live" with Rowdy Roddy Piper?

No, but I remember the WWF drama with Cyndi Lauper and Captain Lou Albano...

Remimber Skip-It's? I loved my skip-it.... and it had the counter on it that would count how many times you actually skipped it! It was totally awesome!
100%
ok.. soemone already mentioned skip-its.. awwww man..

Does anyone remember HR PuffnStuff with Witchypoo, or Lidsville, and the Banana Splits? Those were the best shows on Saturday mornings!

Does anyone remember HR PuffnStuff with Witchypoo, or Lidsville, and the Banana Splits? Those were the best shows on Saturday mornings!

YES!! the Banana Splits they were one of my memories l posted back abit. I don't remember Witchypoo and just a little of HR.

Does anyone remember HR PuffnStuff with Witchypoo, or Lidsville, and the Banana Splits? Those were the best shows on Saturday mornings!


I used to watch Lidsville, & the Bugaloos. I just couldn't bear to get into the others!

Doctor Shrinker was like the Bogeyman to me!!!

Remimber Skip-It's? I loved my skip-it.... and it had the counter on it that would count how many times you actually skipped it! It was totally awesome!
100%
ok.. soemone already mentioned skip-its.. awwww man..

Oh yeah the counting ropes I really like those ones :)

hey l know!!!! Records... 33's and 45's oooh l'm old hehe

Going to great concerts!
Zeppelin, Yes, The Stones, The Who, Hot Tuna, Roy Buchanan..
Sleeping in
Bell Bottoms
Dr. Scholl's Earth Shoes
Spending days at the beach
Spending nights at the beach;)
Playing guitar
Staying out til 4 am & feeling fine the next day
Those great thin Indian shirts with bells on them
Candie's shoes
Playing handball
Click-Clacks (two acrylic balls on a string, they were banned)
Suede fringe jackets
All In The Family - shocking!
An American Family on PBS - more shocking!
Seeing "Earthquake" in the theater, in Sensurround - way shocking!
George of the Jungle
Shrinky Dinks
Winky Dink (the first interactive TV show)
Davey & Goliath
Speed Racer

omg...

Duck Tales-oooh ooh
Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers
Tail Spin
and who can forget THE GUMMI BEARS!!!

Oh and the best part of all these cartoon is that they had GREAT theme songs! Catchy and great singers. Now these new shows just suck at theme songs. The theme songs used to tell the whole story in like 15 seconds...love it.

omg...anyone remember Berry Gordon's The Last Dragon...oh please tell me someone...it's a classic!!

Who's the master?
"Sho'Nuff"!

Bruce Leeroy?
Sum dum Goy?
Anyone? Come ON!:biggrin: :biggrin:

Oh and the best part of all these cartoon is that they had GREAT theme songs! Catchy and great singers. Now these new shows just suck at theme songs.

Oh yeah! Some great theme songs:

Chip & Dale's Rescue Rangers
The new adventures of Johnny Quest
The new Mighty Mouse (Hated the cartoon - but never missed the theme!)
The Oblongs
I'm Popeye the Sailor Man

Click-Clacks (two acrylic balls on a string, they were banned)


Ooh I had a green one... clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack

What do you mean by banned? Banned at home?

Ooh I had a green one... clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack

What do you mean by banned? Banned at home?


Probably the same as lawn darts...some parents weren't watching their kid - the kid got hurt, & rather than blame themselves, the parents went out & got a law passed so no one can have them anymore. I really miss lawn darts!

Oh wow! I had know idea. I think I managed to clock (clack) myself in the head once or twice... being the graceful diva that I am... :rolleyes:

Ooh I had a green one... clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack clack

What do you mean by banned? Banned at home?
I think mine were red. Good spelling of the noise! I seem to remember they were discontiniued because they chipped. (at least that's what my parents told me) I mean, they were two hard acrylic spheres whose only job was to keep hitting each other. Bound to have shards cracking off eventually. Like God's Tom said, a piece probably chipped off and flew into someone's eye. But it was such mindless fun!

The Archie show!
"Archie's here (bum bum - da dum dum) Betty's here...Veronica too..."

And Saturday night just wasn't Saturday night without "Hee Haw!"

I got hee haw stuck in my head the other day for some reason... I was born and raised west coast... but most of my family is from the midwest. I really need to make a trip back there...:rolleyes:

Wow, Hee Haw? It's nice to see there seem to be some people around here who are as old as I am!

I miss computers that didn't try to do things for you. In fact, I miss computers that didn't do anything you didn't teach them to do. One of the little things that hooked me into Lost was the Apple //e in the Swan, like the ones I learned to program in high school. We even had them at college when I was an undergrad.

Goto: edmuse
run

Laugh-in
Remember Goldie Hawn, and the guy looking out from behind the bush. "Very interesting"

Laugh-in
Remember Goldie Hawn, and the guy looking out from behind the bush. "Very interesting"

Yes... Very interesting....but stupid. Remember Nixon saying "sock it to me"? That must have been before "the incident" :biggrin: I remember thinking the Rowan and Martin were always drunk, but it was a fun show.

I remember thinking the Rowan and Martin were always drunk, but it was a fun show.


Remember the Dean Martin show? He WAS always drunk! :biggrin:

Remember the Dean Martin show? He WAS always drunk! :biggrin: That's when the only prop the host needed was a glass of whiskey and ever-present cigarette. :drunk:

How about the analog (?) cable box? It had this thing you slid like a slide rule to change the channel.

uh, ok how about slide rules?

Cool thread. :) Let's see, what do I miss........(I’m sure some of these have been mentioned already)

Strawberry Shortcake
Thundercats
Grape Ape
Space Ghost
Speed Racer
Hong Kong Phooey (thank goodness for Boomerang!)
Atari games
Summer vacation - allllllllll summer
Enjoying the wonder of Christmas (totally different through a child's eyes)
Bon Jovi (I don't care what you say, they aren't the same now as they used to be)
Excitement of getting my license - now driving is a chore, it's not fun anymore
non competitive kickball/dodgeball
Jaws (on the big screen - the music scared me to death)
Saturday morning cartoons
Herbie Hancock

I liked when cartoons like Tom and Jerry, The Roadrunner cartoon... tweety bird.... and the putty tat... .. oh... and Woody the Woodpecker were cool!!!!!! I hated when they started coming out with the overly whitty... rather annoying cartoons with their twisted humor. Seems to me that kids cartoons say things they wanna say that kids shouldnt be hearing.. but say it in a way that kids can't understand.. which doesnt make much sense to me!!

I can't believe I didn't think of this before
Happy days with the Fonz "heeyy!"
Miami Vice

Hey guys I'm pretty sad. We were just talking about Power Rangers a few pages back. I just found out that the original yellow ranger, Trini, (Thuy Trang) died in a car accident in 2001. She was my favorite power ranger.

oh wow, that's really sad... i know i've seen the pink ranger, Amy Jo Johnson, in some tv shows and movies... haven't really heard about the others

I know, I was heart broken when I found out a few hours ago. I do know that the actors who played Tommy and Adam are really into martial arts movies. And I know that Adam (Johnny Bosch?) does a lot of anime voices and stuff.

Smurfs
Lincoln Logs (: (things were simple back in the "day")
Saved by the bell

i miss making fun of people who used to say "Back in the Day" ....
but now I am one of those people !!! *sighs*

I have to jump in here...

just about everything that Siobhan, my mother car is..., miss emme, ame en peine and
God's Tom said, plus...

wheel-o's (the original ones)
WOODEN lincoln logs
the original bandstand ( "I'd give that song an 80, easy to dance to...")
the first Mickey Mouse Club with Annette, Jimmy, Roy,Bobby, Cubby .....
Sky King
Sea Hunt
Tom Terrific and his dog Wonder
Combat
The Hollywood Palace
When George Carlin was "Al Sleet your Hippie Dippy Weatherman"
The Beatles landing at JKF airport in '64
Golden Books (lst time around)
when ABC, NBC and CBS were the only stations on television
television went off the air at 10:00 p.m.
"rabbit ear" TV antennaes (needed tin foil, too)
you could get into the movies for 25 cents
a movie had a news reel, a short. a cartoon and a movie
double features at the movie theater
when a movie theater had ONE screen
you could fill your gas tank for under a dollar
there was no power steering and front wheel drive only
my '62 Chevy Impala
you could sleep on the dunes and not get busted
the drive-in was called "the love pit" (yeah I hear it-what's a drive-in?)
transistor radios
the days before pannty hose
when computers had a gandolf switch

and just so I can feel really old -

the fish man
the junk man
the milk man
the egg man
(for you young folk, these were vendors who would come around to the neighborhoods
and sell you their goods from trucks so busy Mom's didn't have to go to the store, hell what am I saying, most women didn't drive then and if they did, there was only 1 car per family)
O.K. - enough.



To edify - a few of those things I obviously don't miss - just got carried away remembering!

Yeeaahh!! Drive-in's. We had one here for about two years and I went with my son and another woman with her's and watched a couple of movies a few years back. Us moms sat in one car the kids in the other. I remember my sons reaction that night. "Wow mom this is so cool" I had to laugh.

Yeeaahh!! Drive-in's. We had one here for about two years and I went with my son and another woman with her's and watched a couple of movies a few years back. Us moms sat in one car the kids in the other. I remember my sons reaction that night. "Wow mom this is so cool" I had to laugh.


They sure were cool. When we were real little and went with our parents, we'd go in our pj's because we'd fall asleep on the way home and all they would have to do would be to drop us in bed. When we were teenagers, a couple of kids would always hide in the trunk when we first went in so we wouldn't have to pay more and then we'd pool the "saved" money and buy junk food. I miss those days......
100%
Would be remiss if I didn't include this most important item - i miss

MOTOWN!

I have to jump in here...

just about everything that Siobhan, my mother car is..., miss emme, ame en peine and
God's Tom said, plus...

wheel-o's (the original ones)
WOODEN lincoln logs
the original bandstand ( "I'd give that song an 80, easy to dance to...")
the first Mickey Mouse Club with Annette, Jimmy, Roy,Bobby, Cubby .....
Sky King
Sea Hunt
Tom Terrific and his dog Wonder
Combat
The Hollywood Palace
When George Carlin was "Al Sleet your Hippie Dippy Weatherman"
The Beatles landing at JKF airport in '64
Golden Books (lst time around)
when ABC, NBC and CBS were the only stations on television
television went off the air at 10:00 p.m.
"rabbit ear" TV antennaes (needed tin foil, too)
you could get into the movies for 25 cents
a movie had a news reel, a short. a cartoon and a movie
double features at the movie theater
when a movie theater had ONE screen
you could fill your gas tank for under a dollar
there was no power steering and front wheel drive only
my '62 Chevy Impala
you could sleep on the dunes and not get busted
the drive-in was called "the love pit" (yeah I hear it-what's a drive-in?)
transistor radios
the days before pannty hose
when computers had a gandolf switch

and just so I can feel really old -

the fish man
the junk man
the milk man
the egg man
(for you young folk, these were vendors who would come around to the neighborhoods
and sell you their goods from trucks so busy Mom's didn't have to go to the store, hell what am I saying, most women didn't drive then and if they did, there was only 1 car per family)
O.K. - enough.



To edify - a few of those things I obviously don't miss - just got carried away remembering!

I remember most of those things! (except the fish & egg man!)
Those were the days, weren't they! :biggrin:
(Oh! has anyone mentioned doctors making housecalls?)

The Ice Cream Man

OK! Let's go back as far as I can remember...

Route 66
The Milton Berle show
The Red Skelton show
Timmy & Lassie
Rin tin tin
Roy Rogers & Dale Evens

Sitting on my Mom's lap at the drive in
Going to the county fair

The Ice Cream Man
Talk about Pavlov's Dogs.... Hearing the bell a few blocks away, and begging mom for change would immediately commence..:biggrin:
When George Carlin was "Al Sleet your Hippie Dippy Weatherman"

I loved him!!
(Oh! has anyone mentioned doctors making housecalls?)
Yes, I was pretty young but I remember house calls..

How about these...

Cesar Chavez and the lettuce/grape boycott. Lettuce and grapes were not allowed in our house for some time. My mother had us sewing pot-holders to raise money for the cause, and I was pretty young but remember picketing on a bridge with the family. Ahh, family outings..:biggrin:

Gas crisis and rationing in the 70's - odd/even license plates determined what day you could get gas.

Concert for Bangla Desh

The Watergate hearings

Nixon and his sweaty upper-lip

I remember most of those things! (except the fish & egg man!)
Those were the days, weren't they! :biggrin:
(Oh! has anyone mentioned doctors making housecalls?)


Of course - housecalls! And yes to everything else you and mymothercaris.. just said
and how about this - air raid drills, good clothes and play clothes, and skates with keys (also meant to say REAR wheel drive in my original list)

How innocent and wonderful :mushy:

Of course - housecalls! And yes to everything else you and mymothercaris.. just said
and how about this - air raid drills, good clothes and play clothes, and skates with keys (also meant to say REAR wheel drive in my original list)

How innocent and wonderful :mushy:


AIR RAID DRILLS? Are we talking WW2 here? If so, that's a few years before my time.

Air raid drills, yeah l vaguely remember that one. They use to do it at 11pm l think??

AIR RAID DRILLS? Are we talking WW2 here? If so, that's a few years before my time.



Whoa - watch out now Tom - I have a few years on me but not THAT many :cry:
Help me out here miss emme. My parents were WWII age...I'm doing an I miss the 60ies and a tiny bit of the 50ies post... when I was in grade school or let's say kindergarten, 1st and maybe 2nd grade (in the VERY, LATE 50ies) we still had air raid drills in school. And no miss emme - they did them in the mornings. Actually, now that I think of it, I think it went into the early 60 ies...maybe..can't remember...having a senior moment. :rotflmao2:

O.K. Tom - just check out your sig - I'm only 4 years older than you...I don't feel so bad now!

LOL! Sorry about that! The way you worded it, I was thinking you meant the old blackout drills they used to have. (Hey! Put out that Light!) :laughing:
You're talking about in school, when they used to make us get under our desks or "duck & cover."
You had me thinking you were at least in your 70s! :rotflmao:

LOL! Sorry about that! The way you worded it, I was thinking you meant the old blackout drills they used to have. (Hey! Put out that Light!) :laughing:
You're talking about in school, when they used to make us get under our desks or "duck & cover."
You had me thinking you were at least in your 70s! :rotflmao:




I forgive you...you're my man Tom :kiss1:

(Runs off to hide, blushing furiously!) :blush:

I was born in 59, like l said l vaguely remember.

I was born in 59, like l said l vaguely remember.




Thanks miss emme !! :biggrin:

I was born in 56, so I guess my clearest earliest memories would be of the early 60s.
(Although I swear I remember looking out through the bars of my crib!)

Ok well i'm 17 so the earlyist memory was in playschool getting in trouble for eating playdoh:redface: lol

For some reason it dissapeared so i thought id repost. has anyone seen this ***MOD edit to remove link with items for sale-please read the site rules*** link before? i feel actually quite sorry for the guy. lol it kinda makes me wonder how the rest of the saved by the bell cast is doing lol.

could we see mario lopez turn up on the lost island? lol.

As i type this im wondering. What other tv shows from the 80s did you watch as a youngster? Saved by the bell and Cheers are all i rememember watching as a kid lol. oh and tin tin but that really isnt 80s thats more of an early 90s deal.

Edit: thanks for moving it :)

For some reason it dissapeared so i thought id repost.

OK, first of all - no post here simply disappears! If one of your posts is suddenly gone, it was either moved to a more appropriate section/thread or it was deleted for one reason or another. In any case: Do not repost!

:S ok i apologize for reposting a comment.

Seeing its a back in the day thread while im at it lol i'll tell you what im listening to, Def Leppard Hysteria, *cries* am i the only one who misses hair bands?

no you're not the only one. my brother in law is stuck in the 80's. it's funny and a little disturbing at the same time. he reminds me of joe dirt.

Sorry not on topic but l just have to comment on your avie chellly. That is so cool.

i saw that People magazine has a fads of the 90s issue on stands right now... wish they did an 80s version... maybe they will?

Sorry not on topic but l just have to comment on your avie chellly. That is so cool.

thanks! i have no idea where i found it. i ran across it and "borrowed" it.

I LOVE THIS THREAD!!!!!......okay, calmin' down now.

Transformers
Transformers: The Movie
G.I. Joe
G.I. Joe: The Movie
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
Live action He-Man and the Masters of the Universe movie
Atari
Smurfs
Hulkamania!
Sgt. Slaughter
Rambo
80's hair bands
Members Only jackets (I had two)
Pirates of Dark Water
M.A.S.K.
Superman and Superman II (actually never saw'em in theaters, but loved'em)
E.T
Seein' the first shuttle takeoff
Dodgeball!
Go-Bots
She-Ra (yeah, I watched it)
Sesame Street
Mr. Roger's Neighborhood
Duck Tales
Chip and Dale's Rescue Rangers
Voltron
Robotech
Saturday morning cartoons
Dungeons & Dragons cartoon
Enjoying the Rattlesnake Roundup and the Kiwanis fair
Family get-togethers before I found out about all the dang politcs
Jams shorts
MC Hammer
Simon & Simon
Dallas


Too much to name y'all!

Jams shorts

I forgot all about Jams! I think that is one style that should come back. So should Jelly shoes..does anyone remember having those?

I LOVE THIS THREAD!!!!!......okay, calmin' down now

yes, be calm. lol

you brought up some good ones that i forgot all about. Hammer Time!!!! :)

I forgot all about Jams! I think that is one style that should come back. So should Jelly shoes..does anyone remember having those?

I had jelly shoes in elementary and I hope they do not come back! They were first of all, unstylish. Second of all, very uncomfortable to wear. They mostly came in neon colors...that's all I have to say about that.

I was born in 56, so I guess my clearest earliest memories would be of the early 60s.
(Although I swear I remember looking out through the bars of my crib!)

I believe you Tom! I have vivid recolections of a city I left before my fifth birthday: Dad eating breakfast at 5am, Mum cleaning out the grate to set the fire in the morning, shelling peas into a collonder sat on the back doorstep, sharing the fear of my uncles dressing gown (hung on the back of the bedroom door) with my bedfellow his son, the weave on the plastic rug under the kitchen table, brown sauce on toast for breakfast (that's what my dad - my hero - ate), hiding from the Daleks behind our Grandmother's queen ann chair and watching Dr Who through the gap between her ankles... and more.

Daisies in the front garden, a pear tree in the street - boy was my cousin sick from eating the windfalls he picked off the road!

I can place my memories of a stay in a Manchester hospital to when I was only three. Stood in my cage-like bed watching the airplane lights low in the night sky over the airport. My dad made planes.

I'm currently 42. :)

Eep. Jelly shoes. I do remember having a yellow pair I wore on the beach... there was really no excuse at the age I was... 'cepting they were cheap and I was broke.

Jelly shoes! I was a kid when those came out. Not my favorite.....can you say smelly feet?

Johnny's Dallas reminded me of....

SHOULDER PADS!!!!!

I loved my jelly's... they were pearl white.

See...my jellies didn't have time to aquire an aroma..they usually dissentegrated w/in the first week or two and you would have to buy new one...hmmm..excellant marketing ploy. :cool2:

I didn't have jellies, I remember them though.
Disco Duck by Rick Dee's

OMG - I was just listening to that a half hour ago!

Remember Popcorn by Hot Butter?

I LOVE THIS THREAD!!!!!......okay, calmin' down now.

Transformers
Transformers: The Movie
G.I. Joe
G.I. Joe: The Movie
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
Live action He-Man and the Masters of the Universe movie
Atari
Smurfs
Hulkamania!
Sgt. Slaughter
Rambo
80's hair bands
Members Only jackets (I had two)
Pirates of Dark Water
M.A.S.K.
Superman and Superman II (actually never saw'em in theaters, but loved'em)
E.T
Seein' the first shuttle takeoff
Dodgeball!
Go-Bots
She-Ra (yeah, I watched it)
Sesame Street
Mr. Roger's Neighborhood
Duck Tales
Chip and Dale's Rescue Rangers
Voltron
Robotech
Saturday morning cartoons
Dungeons & Dragons cartoon
Enjoying the Rattlesnake Roundup and the Kiwanis fair
Family get-togethers before I found out about all the dang politcs
Jams shorts
MC Hammer
Simon & Simon
Dallas


Too much to name y'all!
OMG!!!! You had to bring this stuff up didn't ya?!?
He-Man (yes yes I watched it. NO alternate lifestyle comments please anyone) Transformers. AND the D&D cartoon. The world stopped when that came on. :rolleyes:
Remember G-Force, anyone?
And I actually did love the jelly shoes. Well, as I guy I didn't love wearing them. :biggrin: But I did notice them on the girls, don't know why. But hey, the more and brighter colors you girls would wear, the more attractive you became. :tongue1: That's just how it was.
Awwwww.....here comes the nostalgia again.....:frown:

Remember that Duck movie with Lea Thompson?

Howard the Duck or something like that?

Man, I haven't see that movie in AGES!

Okay...two "Back in the Day/Feel Old" moments occurred in the last two days.

Had nine 12 and 13 year olds in the house...they were on XBOX 360 playing Halo...to see what they would do...I took out my very first Atari 2600 and Nintendo system...(yes I still have all of them) and they actually asked what they were...and then saw the game cartridges...and asked what they were...and they laughed...really hard...ugh.

Was taking the patrol car through a car wash and commented to my partner about the guy with the soapy brush.."Hey...that guy is a dead ringer for John Oats!"

Blank stare..."Who?"

"Hall and Oats...from the early 80's...the number one pop duo of all time..the guy with the mustache"

"Um..I was born in 1984....sorry old timer"..and then he laughed...really hard..

Double ugh....

LOL! That's a killer!
I went into a music store once & they had some pimply faced teenager running the place.
I asked if they had the Beatles white album on CD, & he said he'd never heard of it!

That's just wrong. I'll admit that I'm not sure what songs are on the White Album... but I know what it looks like...

Ooooo here's a good one. I'm watching American Graffitti right now. Remember that movie? Hot cars cruisin' down the boulevard, everyone listening to Wolfman Jack. A very young Richard Dreyfuss and Ron Howard, Cindy Williams and l believe it was Harrison Ford's first movie. Susan Sommers was the mysterious blonde in the T-bird. Remember the two guys hooking up the rope to the axel of the cop car then taking off. Great show, good music :biggrin:

this thread would be empty without a voltron smiley! :voltron_lv: :voltron_lv: :voltron_lv: :voltron_lv: :voltron_lv:

I like Barbies.
My friends and I used to pretend we're Rainbow Brite and Friends (I'm Lala Orange)
I play with my brother's Matchbox.
Game and Watch.
Atari.
Super Mario Bros.

My Little Ponies
Jem & The Holograms dolls
Boxes
Atari
and my absolute favorite...Lawn Darts (I liked a little danger :biggrin: )

I miss pink and green, Izods and friendship pins attached to your shoelaces!!! oh, and having like only 7 channels to choose from before cable.........hey, don't get me wrong, i love my cable......but sometimes it overwhelms me.........i long for simpler times............LOL

Remember that Duck movie with Lea Thompson?

Howard the Duck or something like that?

Man, I haven't see that movie in AGES!

ROTFLMAO..........can you believe George Lucas did that film?? :biglaugh:


Seeing its a back in the day thread while im at it lol i'll tell you what im listening to, Def Leppard Hysteria, *cries* am i the only one who misses hair bands?

I LOVE Def Leppard.........i miss them so much!!!!!!!!!!

Anyone ever have a Slip n Slide? And if so, did you EVER get it to work correctly?
Ours never worked like the commercial's. And we also had sharp bits of grass that would pole through and hurt. At most we would only be able to slide about 3 feet.

I had jelly shoes in elementary and I hope they do not come back! They were first of all, unstylish. Second of all, very uncomfortable to wear. They mostly came in neon colors...that's all I have to say about that.

Hate to be the one to break it to you, but there back. at least something very, very similar to them.........i saw them at Walmart a while ago in the kids section........totally passed on buying them for my kids....................gross!!!!!!!!

ETA: Got it--Puttin' on the Hits.

a friend of mine from high school was on that show..........her group lost........


I'd like to see a "greatest american hero" movie come out........anyone remember that show? i LOVED that show.........and the theme song...........

has anyone been watching Regis and Kelly this week? they've got 80's week going with the musical guests... Jodi Whatley was on Monday, and today was Rick Springfield

John Hughes movies
21 Jumpstreet!!!!
Neon colors! :yikes:
Short basketball shorts (Michael Jordan in short shorts)
Duran Duran (used to have this huge crush on James Taylor)
The original Michael Jackson
U2 before they became too involved in politics (not that there's anything wrong with it)
I think that the 80's songs are the best songs ever!

Knowing I was right about everything--being 10ft tall and bulletproof--my horse Charlie-my good dog Bear-sleeping all night--my Mom&Dad--being good at what I did

I think that the 80's songs are the best songs ever!
:ermm: *backs away*

Hahaha...jelly sandal things. I had those at one point: a year ago. lol Kidding.

This is really sad...my coworker (who is also late 20's like me) were talking to our 19 year old coworker who said that he "has never seen The Cosby Show". I couldn't believe it. I really feel old. I mean, that show was a staple of mine growing up. It still is pretty funny.

Knowing I was right about everything--being 10ft tall and bulletproof--my horse Charlie-my good dog Bear-sleeping all night--my Mom&Dad--being good at what I did
Sorry,a down day----I miss Roy Rogers,Fury,My Friend Flika( humm,a theme,perhaps:)) Gene Autry,Gunsmoke,Rawhide(definatly a theme) :eek2: The beer ads came on at 9:00,so it was time for bed..running down a gravel road in my bare feet on a hot summer day,and not even feeling it....:eek: playing in the rain...going to a friends house for an hour,which seemed like such a loooong time..we could find so much to do in an hour..:)

:ermm: *backs away*


Whaaat? I agree with missmaj, actually. And I wasn't even alive in the 80s. :p

Hey, I had metal lunch boxes (for some reason I remember the Jetsons), so something tells I'm a little too old school here-LOL!

Great thread!

I miss:

One Day at a Time (Valerie Bertinelli)
Carol Burnett show on Saturday nights
CHiPs (big crush on Larry Wilcox!)
Dukes of Hazzard (Big crush on Tom Wopat)
DISCO - yes - I said it and I'm PROUD of it!!

has anyone been watching Regis and Kelly this week? they've got 80's week going with the musical guests... Jodi Whatley was on Monday, and today was Rick Springfield
YES!! Love LOVERBOY!!!!

John Hughes movies

Favorite movie is the Breakfast Club!! Also love Sixteen Candles and Pretty in Pink!

Duran Duran (used to have this huge crush on James Taylor)
All the "one-hit-English-wonders!!!

I actually liked Culture Club in the beginning and Madonna when she was a Virgin and Material Girl (yuck after that!)
The original Michael Jackson Bought the Thriller CD the other day to replace my CASETTE tape! LOL!!
U2 before they became too involved in politics (not that there's anything wrong with it) Ain't it tha truth?!? And RIGHT ON!
I think that the 80's songs are the best songs ever! You have been blessed with great wisdom...

PRINCE before he became ??? I'm glad he's Prince again! Little Red Corvette!! 1999!! Delirious! Purple Rain Album!!

I miss old cartoons too.,.
Genie
DuneBuggie
Jetsons
The OLD Scooby Doo
The Old Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show
Land of the Lost!!!

Oh I could "trip" down this memory road forever!!

GL :coolorng:

The other day at work some of us older ones were reminiscing about the old black light, black velvet posters, blacklight light bulbs and the crayons.

The other day at work some of us older ones were reminiscing about the old black light, black velvet posters, blacklight light bulbs and the crayons.


Aahhh..gee, forgot all about that stuff...wonder why...lol
Oh..there were certain lipsticks that worked really well with blacklight

Went to my parents house the other day and started routing around in a couple of boxes that I never took with me when I moved many, many years ago and found my skate key......hoping I'm not the only one who remembers skate keys....

My suitemate at college had blacklights. That was back in the mid-90's. I don't know what state keys are though. What are they???

Hip huggers...that really hugged your hips...not those x-rated ones out today...
Bell-Bottoms...that were true...bells...

The black lights...and the disco...and the white suits...and white boots...omg...did I say that out loud?

My suitemate at college had blacklights. That was back in the mid-90's. I don't know what state keys are though. What are they???

*thunk* that was my heart sinking

..ok..ahem..a few years back, roller skates were essentially a metal platform with wheels and were adjustable to accomodate the length of your feet, additionally, there were two little adjustable metal tab thingys that would help the fit on the side of your foot around the toes, and to loosen or tighten the tabs, you used a skate key. The skates were just for the bottom of your feet with a leather band that went around your ankle..you skated in your sneakers or whatever shoes you had.

*slowly makes her way to the rocking chair*

Oh, skate keys. I thought you said state keys, lol. Well, I didn't know what skate keys were either, so...but that's because I just didn't know not because I'm like really young or anything:biggrin:

LOL...thanks for that, LIB..but you said you went to college in the mid 90's? ...I'm not going to say anything else...:lipsseal:

Wonder what a state key would be....

Black lights! Woah, what a flashback! I used to burn mine and listen to Iron Butterfly.

In ten years, people will be posting here saying, "Back in the day, Pluto was a planet!"

In ten years, people will be posting here saying, "Back in the day, Pluto was a planet!"


Doesn't that absolutely suck! ("Oops - sorry kids! Forget everything you learned in school. Some scientists got togeather & decided we only have 8 planets!")

Doesn't that absolutely suck! ("Oops - sorry kids! Forget everything you learned in school. Some scientists got togeather & decided we only have 8 planets!")


I think that's ridiculous. I heard about it on the news today and our weatherman was really upset, lol. I don't understand why they'd change it NOW.

Doesn't that absolutely suck! ("Oops - sorry kids! Forget everything you learned in school. Some scientists got togeather & decided we only have 8 planets!")
Fear the ghost of Clyde Tombaugh...

Well - I dont give a rip what they say! As far as I'm concerned, Pluto's a planet!

(We need a constitutional amendment to protect the planets from activist astronomers!)

:biggrin:

one of my coworkers remarked yesterday that maybe they should have gotten rid of neptune.. since they cross orbits.. if neptune was a real planet it would have gotten pluto out of the way.. hehehe.


im still keeping pluto a planet in my head.. thankyouverymuch!

Doesn't that absolutely suck! ("Oops - sorry kids! Forget everything you learned in school. Some scientists got togeather & decided we only have 8 planets!")

Actually, I read years ago that pluto is just a big ball of ice and they've been wanting to declassify it for a long time. If it's not technically a planet, then it's not a planet. *shrug*

Well, technically, Jupiter isn't a planet either - it's a second sun that just never ignited - so where do they stop revising what we've been taught in school?

(I've always wondered if there are 9 more planets that are on the other side of the sun - but we just cant see them!)

I guess I just let the experts decide. I don't see anything wrong with revising what we've been taught as long as it's correct. But that's just the scientist in me I guess.

Actually, I read years ago that pluto is just a big ball of ice and they've been wanting to declassify it for a long time. If it's not technically a planet, then it's not a planet. *shrug*
:39: Point to PhillyGirl....15-love.

Well, technically, Jupiter isn't a planet either - it's a second sun that just never ignited - so where do they stop revising what we've been taught in school?
:39: Point to Tom...15-15.


(I've always wondered if there are 9 more planets that are on the other side of the sun - but we just cant see them!)
Like Marvel Comics' Counter-Earth? From Warlock and other '70s titles. I remember a great storyline in Fantastic Four when Counter-Earth was menaced by Galactus. I'll tell ya, back in the day, Fantastic Four was a great comic and Galactus had some major gravitas.

Was that the smoothest dragging of a thread back on topic or what? :laughing:

Haha! Much love to both of you guys.

Back on topic...remember before computers, typing papers on word processors? Putting in footnotes and only being able to save up to 3 pages at a time before printing? Thank God for compters!

personally i miss the carebears lol

Remember the Apple II Computers...the ones that would go beep, beep...and if you don't input a certain set of numbers every 108 minutes, it will alert "system failure, system failure...?" Yeah, those were the good ole days:rolleyes:

Haha! Much love to both of you guys.
:hug:

Back on topic...remember before computers, typing papers on word processors? Putting in footnotes and only being able to save up to 3 pages at a time before printing? Thank God for compters!
Heck, I remember typewriters. I still remember the smell of white-out. When you made a typo, you had to unroll the page, apply white-out and try to roll it back so that newly typed text was vertically aligned with the rest of the line. Every flub was a judgment call -- is this important enough to a) retype the entire page, or b) use white-out and screw up the look of the page, or c) can I leave it and hope no one notices? If you got lucky and typed a lower-case 'o' when you really meant 'e', you could keep back-spacing and hitting 'e' several times, and it would at least be clear what you had meant. Although your paper would look like this, with random letters "bolded".

My senior year in HS, I had to do a final paper for AP History - mine was on Civil War POW camps - and my mom had just gotten access to a word processor at work. So she offered to type it up on it if I would write the paper out longhand. My teacher was astonished at the presentation quality - he had never seen its like before. I got an 'A' on the paper (even though some of the names were transcribed incorrectly because my handwriting was shaky by 3 AM the night before the due date) - although I'd like to think the content was at least as important.

If you were born after 1985 or so, you have no idea what I'm talking about, but what are you doing in this thread anyway? :)

roller skates were essentially a metal platform with wheels and were adjustable to accomodate the length of your feet, The skates were just for the bottom of your feet with a leather band that went around your ankle..you skated in your sneakers or whatever shoes you had.

I had a pair of those. I remember them being very uncomfortable. But I don't remember having a key.

Back In My Day . . . (I'm in my mid twenties)

She-Ra and He-Man Ruled. I had the actions figures and the She-Ra costume, complete with the sword. And a metal t.v. tray. "For the honor of Greyskull." I still have episodes on tape.

A Smurf Lunchbox
You did not drink pop rocks and coke together.
:hide: (please don't judge me) New Kids On The Block, Vanilla Ice . . .

Heck, I remember typewriters. I still remember the smell of white-out. When you made a typo, you had to unroll the page, apply white-out and try to roll it back so that newly typed text was vertically aligned with the rest of the line. Every flub was a judgment call -- is this important enough to a) retype the entire page, or b) use white-out and screw up the look of the page, or c) can I leave it and hope no one notices? If you got lucky and typed a lower-case 'o' when you really meant 'e', you could keep back-spacing and hitting 'e' several times, and it would at least be clear what you had meant. Although your paper would look like this, with random letters "bolded".

okay, now you're bringing back terrible memories... i had the kind of typewriter that had the automatic correction tape on it... you hit the button and it would go back how many times and white-out... unfortunately i broke it trying to replace the tape, and had to do it manually by placing the tape over the mistake and typing in the letter i wanted whited out... but i do remember not having any tape on me and then re-typing a whole page because the letters just slightly higher or lower than the original line bothered the crap out of me... and yep, i remember trying to over-type letters with other letters... so what if it's bolde