What I Miss About Being a Kid in the 1980s
77I've collected a list of my favorite things from 1980s pop culture. Everything from toys to tv and from music to candy. I dedicate this hub to all the other '80s kids out there! Enjoy!
Totally Awesome 80's Toys
1980s Toys
Atari
Barbie and the Rockers
Cabbage Patch Dolls
Candyland
Carebears
Casio Keyboard
Chinese Jumprope
Glo-Worm
Garbage Pail Kids
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
Jem
Lite-Brite
Micro Machine
My Buddy
Operation
Pogo Balls
Pound Puppies
Rainbow Brite
Rubik's Cube
Scratch-n-Sniff Stickers
She-Ra and friends
Shrinky-Dinks
Skate Boards
Slime
Slip n' Slide
Speak & Spell
Starwars Toys
Strawberry Shortcake & friends
Super Soakers
Teddy Ruxpin
TV Shows Everyone Watched
21 Jump Street
A-Team
Charles in Charge
Cheers
The Cosby Show
Dallas
Degrassi Jr. High
Different World
Diff'rent Strokes
Double Dare
The Dukes of Hazzard
Dynasty
Facts of Life
Family Ties
Full House
The Get-Along-Gang
Growing Pains
The Golden Girls
Just Say Julie
Knight Rider
MacGyver
Miami Vice
Muppet Babies
The Pebbles and Bam-Bam Show
Punky Brewster
Puttin' on the Hits
Remote Control
Roseanne
Silver Spoons
Small Wonder
The Smurfs
Star Search
The Wonder Years
You Can't Do That On Television
Fads
Fads & Trends
Acid Washed Jeans
Banana Clips
Big Hair
Blue Mascara
Blonde Hair & Black Roots
Break Dancing
3D Glasses
Crimped Hair
Earrings in one ear
Flourescent Clothes
House Music
Jean Jackets with lots of buttons on them
Jelly Braceletes
Jelly Shoes
Layered Socks (Scrunch Socks)
Leg Warmers
Long hair on guys
Mohawks
Moonwalking
Mullets (we didn't call them mullets back then)
New Wave
Oversized Sweatshirts
Perms
Rebok high-tops
Rock band Tshirts
Rolling your jeans up tight (tight roll)
Side Ponytails
Stirrup Stretch Pants
Stretch Jeans
Spiked Hair
Suspenders
Swatch Watches
Torn Jeans
White Eyeshadow
White Leather Jackets
Characters We Loved (and maybe feared!)
Famous Characters
Alf
Chucky (from Child's Play)
Freddy Krueger
Jason (from Friday the 13th)
Max Headroom
Mr. T
PacMan
Pee-Wee Herman
Where's the Beef lady
Teen Idols
Teen Idols
Corey Haim
Corey Feldman
Cyndi Lauper
Debbie Gibson
Holly Robinson
Johnny Depp
Jon Bon Jovi
Kevin Bacon
Kirk Cameron
Menudo
Michael J. Fox
Michael Jackson
New Kids on the Block
Ralph Macchio
River Phoenix
Scott Baio
Tiffany
Books We Loved!
Amelia Bedilia
A Light in the Attic
Are You There God? It's me Margaret
Babysitter's Club
The Berenstain Bears
Charlotte's Web
Choose Your Own Adventure books
Curious George
All Dr. Seuss books
Flowers in the Attic
George and Martha
Go Ask Alice
The Indian in the Cupboard
James and the Giant Peach
Little Golden Books
Ramona the Pest
Sheila the Great
Sweet Valley High books
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
Where the Sidewalk Ends
One Hit Wonders
99 Luftballoons
Angel Eyes
Come On Eileen
Don't Close Your Eyes
Don't Worry, Be Happy
I Know What Boys Like
I Want Candy
I've Had the Time of My LIfe
Iko, Iko
Mickey
Pac-Man Fever
Puttin' on the Ritz
Relax
She Blinded Me With Science
Tainted Love
Too Shy
Turning Japanese
Valley Girl
Wild, Wild West
Whip It
80s Candy
Junk Food
Big League Chew
Blow Pops
Candy Cigarettes
Gummi Bears
Gummi Worms
Hubba Bubba Bubblegum
Jawbreakers
Laffy Taffy
Like soda
Nerds
Pop Rocks
Zots
'80s Speak
Bogus
Dweeb / Dweebette
Fresh
Gag me with a spoon
Grody
Lame
Saying 'Like' a lot!!
Ohmigod! (Still popular)
Poser
Psyche!
Spaz / Spazzing
Stoked
Rad / Radical
Tubular
Wannabe
My Favorite '80s Moments
Participating in Hands Across America
Auditioning for the school talent show. Me and my two friends lip-synched The Super Bowl Shuffle and dressed our Cabbage Patch Dolls as Cheerleaders. We didn't make it. :(
Getting my first Cabbage Patch Kid. He was a boy and I hated his name so I renamed him Joey. I also had a premie and a homemade Cabbage Patch Kid.
Dressing up as a punk-rocker for Halloween.
Learning to ride a 10-speed bike
My first perm. I'll never forget how it smelled!
That time of year when they played The Wizard of Oz on tv!
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Awe amymarie what a super and well done Hub. Cabbage Patch Dolls..the women would get in fights over those come Christmas time. Pee-Wee, the start of cable and MTV. You've really covered that era so well here. Big Hair and Wheres the Beef..the 80s, because of you it can still come alive for us some. Thank you amymarie and I'm glad you wrote a little about yourself in those days too.
Thanks for writing Alastar & Realhousewife! Glad I could bring back some happy memories. I'll never forget the first time I saw a group of mothers trying to kill each other over the last Cabbage Patch Kid at the Toys R' Us. It only made me want the doll more!! I can't believe how crazy we all got over those ugly dolls!!
Lot of great (and sad) memories there. Some noteables you over looked were
Garbage Pail kids
The tight roll (when you tuck your jeans into themselves to form a tight cuff at the bottom)
And ZOTS - No one seems to remember zots, but I loved em. They were a string of hard candies with fizzy stuff inside.
Thanks for taking me back.
Hey, thanks for reminding me Mcrawford76. I've added those, and yes, I remember zots!
Great hub. You really did a good job covering the 80's. What a great era, and awesome memories. Thanks for the walk down memory lane.
Here here! 80s were great times.
From AC/DC to Zelda the 80' s ruled. Thanx. P.S Fast Times At Ridgemont High, thats the time for me.
Hi Lou, thanks for reading! I almost forgot about Fast Times at Ridgemont High. I loved that movie!!! Now I have to watch it :)
RealHousewife Level 8 Commenter 9 months ago
Thanks this gave me a smile - reminds me of when my oldest used to watch all those shows and follow those trends! Great hub:)