I was born in 1976 and remember the 80's with a lot of fond memories. I miss the good wholesome entertainment though. There was no reality TV, unless you consider "That's Incredible" as a reality series. Does anyone remember that show? And "Ripley's Believe It Or Not!" with Jack Palance. "Growing Pains", "Punky Brewster", "The Facts of Life", "McGuyver" (LOVED that show!), "Fraggle Rock", "V" and "Matlock" to name a few. And the movies were "radical"! "The Goonies", "E.T.", "The Last Unicorn", "The Dark Crystal". I love to watch those shows and movies when I can find them. I absolutely loved Thundercats! I even had the action figures and took them with me everywhere! Transformers, Voltron, He-Man, Smurfs and G.I. Joe were my faves too. You couldn't pull me away from the TV on Saturday mornings! I never missed my cartoons. And I loved my Atari until I got the NES. Then the controller was practically superglued to my hands. I still have my NES and it still works! I'd rather play that than my Playstation 2. And I have a HUGE 80's playlist on my iPod. I listen to 80's music more than anything else. Eurythmics, Duran Duran, The Police, 'Til Tuesday, Real Life, Genesis, Phil Collins, Toto, Tears for Fears, Simply Red, Robert Palmer, Peter Gabriel, Madonna, Nu Shooz, The Human League and so many more. That music brings back memories of when I was a kid and all I cared about was riding my bike, jumping ramps, making forts, climbing trees, playing with my toys and watching cartoons. So simple. The toys and board games were awesome too! Transformers, G.I. Joe's, Star Wars, Hot Wheels (they're still around), Wrist Racers (Dukes of Hazzard, did anyone else have those?), Popples, My Little Pony, Cabbage Patch Kids, Hungry Hungry Hippo, Original Monopoly (not one of the many versions they have now), Life, Yahtzee, Uno (Draw Four!). I had so many toys and I can't even remember what the names of some of them were, but they were cool! I am a child of the Eighties. I'm proud of it and love to go back and re-live it from time to time.

I liked Cajun spiced Ruffles and New York Seltzer. I saw Iron Eagle, RAD, Howard the Duck, and One Crazy Summer in the theater. I remember when red M&Ms were a big deal. Born in the USA was part of my record collection. I remember what I was doing when I first heard about the Challenger explosion. I liked Duran Duran. I've seen a bootleg copy of ET. I've probably seen the Thriller video, as my grandmother would say, "more times than Carter's has liver pills". I've purchased CDs that were packaged in cardboard longboxes. I've recieved a disc camera and Bruce Springsteen Live 1975-1985 as Christmas presents (not in the same year, though). I participated in Hands Across America. ALF, at one time, was my favorite tv show.