Pre 1985

[Lion7718]

Heard this on the radio this morning, this is what I remember:

If you were born after 1985, you might be too young to know what....
An LP or an 8-Track Tape are
The Reagen Era
Watergate
The Shuttle Blowing up
To you Michal Jackson was always White
You have always had a VCR & Answering Machines
Whats a Rotary Phone?
Hair Metal is your oldies

Add more if you can.........:p

[tdkyo]

Originally posted by Lion7718

The Shuttle Blowing up


O I don't know about that one. Many news people mentioned the Challenger accident when the recent shuttle blew up.

[fluffyfluff1]

Pet rocks were cool
parachute pants(what were you guys thinking?)
Members Only jackets(you were really cool if yours was black)
And you knew the little ditties for Oscar Meyers bologna & Armour hotdogs& Tootsie Rolls
Also you know how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop
Schoolhouse Rock

[Lion7718]

Originally posted by fluffyfluff1
how about Pope John Paul II being (right term?) ordained?

..or John Paul I

[fluffyfluff1]

whoopsie
did not mean to delete that part hehehe just meant to add too oh well

[fluffyfluff1]

A couple more things more thing you remember the catch words/phrases "DYNOMITE" and "Boss de plane de plane"

[rastagard]

This is already outdated (since the kids starting college this year were born in 1985) but still relevent..........



Just in case you weren't feeling too old today,
this will certainly change things.

Each year the staff at Beloit College in Wisconsin puts together a list to try to give the faculty a sense of the mindset of that years incoming freshmen.

Here is this year's list:
The people who are starting college this fall across the nation were born in 1982.

They have no meaningful recollection of the Reagan Era and probably did not know he had ever been shot.

They were prepubescent when the Persian Gulf War was waged.

Black Monday 1987 is as significant to them as the Great Depression.

There has been only one Pope.

They were 11 when the Soviet Union broke apart and do not remember the Cold War.

They have never feared a nuclear war.

They are too young to remember the space shuttle blowing up.

Tianamen Square means nothing to them.

Their lifetime has always included AIDS.

Bottle caps have always been screw off and plastic.

Atari predates them, as do vinyl albums.

The expression you sound like a broken record means nothing to them.

They have never owned a record player.

They have likely never played Pac Man and have never heard of Pong.

They may have never heard of an 8 track.

The Compact Disc was introduced when they were 1 year old.

As far as they know, stamps have always cost about 33 cents.

They have always had an answering machine.

Most have never seen a TV set with only 13 channels, nor have they seen a
black and white TV.

They have always had cable TV

There has always been VCRs, but they have no idea what BETA is.

They cannot fathom not having a remote control.

They were born the year that the Walkman was introduced by Sony.

Roller-skating has always meant inline for them.

Jay Leno has always been on the Tonight Show.

They have no idea when or why Jordache jeans were cool.

Popcorn has always been cooked in the microwave.

They have never seen Larry Bird play.

They never took a swim and thought about Jaws.

The Vietnam War is as ancient history to them as WWI, WWII and the Civil War.

They have no idea that Americans were ever held hostage in Iran.

They can't imagine what hard contact lenses are.

They don't know who Mork was or where he was from.

They never heard: Where's the beef? I'd walked a mile for a Camel, or de plane, de plane

They do not care who shot J.R. and have no idea who J.R. is.

The Titanic was found? They thought we always knew where it was.

Michael Jackson has always been white.

Kansas, Chicago, Boston, America, and Alabama are places, not groups.

McDonalds never came in Styrofoam containers.

There has always been MTV.

They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.

Do you feel old yet? Pass this on to the other old fogies.

[Lion7718]

Thats the list I heard on the radio this morning..thanks Rasta :p

There used to be a Football Team called the Baltimore Colts

[Thedirtysailor]

Oh Man. It's horrible being able to relate historical events without ever having read about it or watched a documentary on it. How about ; The Mickey Mouse Club after school,
Roy Rogers and Howdy Doody. Watching the Beatles first performance on Ed Sullivan on Sunday night, President Kennedy's assassination news coverage and subsequent funeral, with John-John's famous salute. Watching the moon landing;) . Seeing the Viet Nam War unfold on the news. Nixon's "I am not a crook." . Rev. Martin Luther King Jr."I had a dream." Race riots, Racial segregation. (DISCO)....BBRRR! etc., etc., etc., Some history is really depressing, some is the good 'ol days. Sure glad there's others around here that can relate. I have to go now and re-glue some pieces that are falling off and have my nap.

:fiddle:

"No man is ever old enough to know better." - Holbrook Jackson

[Fister]

fat albert
a clock work orange
colleco vision
vetrex
before larry flint all pr0n was softcore

[FrYGuY]

The sad thing?

I was born in '84. I remember most of these so far (I came a little late for the Vietnam War).

But how about "Thinks that solving a Rubick's Cube is impossible."?

(Sadly, I still am not a member of that group, as I can solve one in 5 minutes, which isn't anywhere near world record pace, but it's still an impressive party trick ;) )

[Thedirtysailor]

How about;
elephant pants
rat-tail combs,
the troll doll craze,
the pig shave hair-cut,
Johnny seven O.M.A.,
Friday night Horror theater,
Woodstock at the all-nighter(unless you attended in person),
Beatle hats, and the ever popular Beatle wig,
go-go boots,
skim boards,
that "62 Coup DeVille(the real Love Boat),
E.L.P. in concert (Quad Sound)(revolutionary at the time),
The FLQ,
Peace marches, and he goes on and on and.....

:D

"We do not know the true value of our moments until they have undergone the test of memory." - Georges Duhamel

[ajtip]

Lets talk safety for a minute. Remember when you were a kid and you played war in the local woods? (maybe not if you lived in an urban area.) With the paint ball craze still a decade off we did the next best thing. Shot at each other with air rifles! (I still have a scar on my arm from that.)

Bike helmets? What are those?

6:00 AM Sunday "Mom, I'm going to play with my friends, I'll be home before it gets dark!"

"Yes, we'll stay in the county!"

[Carrie]

I still remember the recess pieses comercial.....two people walking through the park and they run into each other. The ones chocolate bar dips into the other peanut butter jar and poof...the recess peanut butter cup was born!

Oh and The tootsie roll comercials were my favorites!!

"every where I look I see becomes a tootsie roll to me"

w00h00!!

What else, OH the prell comercials when shampoo and conditioner were mixed in one bottle!

Thriller! LOL scared the crap outta me!

It was common to see kids walking to school with big flat pieces of cardboard to break dance on!

:rotfl:


OMG and who could forget the popples, smurfs,Rainbow Bright, care bears, thundercats, masters of the universe, My little pony, Strawberry Short Cake,pound Puppies.........

Games: Donkey Kong, Intellivision, pong, centipede, pacman, Burger time, paperboy......

[ajtip]

Originally posted by feenies-wife

OMG and who could forget the popples, smurfs,Rainbow Bright, care bears, thundercats, masters of the universe, My little pony, Strawberry Short Cake,pound Puppies.........


Don't forget the snorks. The snorks ruled.

[NitnayLion]

I have a milk carton with a picture of the Baltimore Colts on it.

[NitnayLion]

Heres another remember when "Leisure Suit Larry" was the best PC game ever and it was on a 5 1/4" floopy disk.

[Carrie]

Do you remember the cone heads on Saturday night live...or Mr.Bill from saturday night live?

I still remember a song from saturday night live from like 1980 or something like that.

Fish heads fish heads
rolly polly fish heads
fish heads fish heads eat them up yum. LOL the video was a bunch of dead fish and fish heads rolling around across the screen LOL.

[FrYGuY]

Mr. Bill!!!!

Ohhhhh noooooooooooooooooooo!

[fluffyfluff1]

The Coneheads,The Whiners, Landshark, The SNL parody commercial of Heinz Ketchup set to Carly Simon's Anticipation....."Sludge", Rosanna Rosanna Danna!, "Jane, you ignorant sl*t. ", "We're two wild and crazy guys".

And who remembers Steve Martin's King Tut or all the hoopla over Randy Newman's Short People.

This is for feenies wife.....

The world looks mighty good to me
Cause Tootsie Rolls are all I see
Tootsie roll has wonderful chocolatey chew
Tootsie Roll I think I am in love with you
What ever it is i think I see
Becomes a Tootsie Roll to me

[Carrie]

Thanks fluffyfluff! I knew it was something like that! ITs been so long ago I couldn't remember! I could remember the tune just not the words.

Great and now its going to be stuck in my head for the rest of the day! you are so :banned: *L*

[fluffyfluff1]

Sad thing is I remember it! LOL

My bologna has a first name
It's O-S-C-A-R
My bologna has a second name
It's M-E-Y-E-R
Oh I love to eat it everyday
And if you ask me WHy
I'll saaaayy
Cause Oscar Meyer has a way with
B-O-L-O-G-N-A

[FrYGuY]

Nobody cruises so successfully in tight slacks! 'cause we are two WILD and CRAZZZY guys!

[Roadblock]

How about the "Bassomatic" from an early SNL routine with Dan Akroyd, or "Land Shark" ?

And does anybody remember what the show's title was in the beginning? It was called "Saturday Night", no "live." Chevy Chase would fall down (in some skit, usually portaying President Gerald Ford)) and say, "Live from New York, It's 'Saturday Night!' " The original "Sarturday Night Live" was another show that came out about the same time. It was a variety show that Howard Cosell hosted. The Bay City Rollers were one of the first acts on it. It didn't last very long. (thankfully) Anybody besides me remember that?

[Thedirtysailor]

:smoker:
I do remember it being called just Saturday Night but
I don't remember that particular show with Howard Cossell. But thinking about the Bay City Rollers is giving me some really severe flashbacks. I was living in Scotland at the heighth of they're popularity and everybody was trying to be just like them, and when you see a whole town full of people wearing those really short baggy plaid pants, short plaid scarves, and with haircuts like electocuted poodles..... WELL....that explains the nightmarish flashbacks and why I took up heavy drinking as a hobby back then.......( I do have new, more productive hobbies these days). I kinda liked the Bag-O-Glass character and John Belushi's duet onstage with Joe Co*ker( Hey...Won't let me post C*cker... Why is that?) was hilarious. Anyone remember "My Mother the Car." or "The White Shadow."

:hammered:

"If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best teach it to dance." - George Bernard Shaw

[Roadblock]

Yes, I remember those too. How about Simon and Garfunkel reuniting for the first time, or the night that Paul Simon was going to sing, and someone, I forgot who now, came out dressed in a Garfunkel wig, and Art Garfunkel came out and took him away. (lol)

I will fix the "C*cker" bug. Our sensor is a little too sensitive at times. ;)

[Roadblock]

TEST - Cocker

That got it. ;)

[Thedirtysailor]

:rolleyes:

Retest,
"JOE COCKER!!!!"

Wow, That was fast. I remember that program but I don't recall who was wearing the wig. I remember a recurring skit called the Big Butts(?) and Steve Martin hosting one night playing a number called Ramblin" He would spout off these insanely long lines of a song and say c'mon everybody sing....LOL....And King Tut was a classic. Eddie Murphy playing Buckwheat used to put me on the floor everytime and then the Buckwheat assassination hoax......! Or Mr. Rogers neighborhood and an African American, Jewish, Gumby who had an ongoing feud with Pokey...LOL.....LOL.......LOL.......!!!!.


:hammered:

"The gods too are fond of a joke." - Aristotle