Admit it… you were into it then, it was the hottest thing ever. Now… it's that cheesy thing you make fun of. Whether it was a band, a tv show, a movie or a toy, it holds a special place in your heart and your memories. What are some of yours?

I'll start: MacGyver! Not only was Richard Dean hot, he could always find the tools on hand to get himself out of any situation. Especially if it was a pot of glue, 2 rubber bands and a paperclip he could make into an electro-magnetic key to get that bank vault door open before the bomb went off! 8•P

Oh Beta Max fer sure! I almost fell for that one....the VCR format that was going to be it. At the last minute I bought a VHS...actually did something right...I was so proud.

Viewmaster, The show V, Gilligans Island, my Tonkas

lol. Tonka's making a comeback! Dunno if it'll succeed yet, but they're working hard on it!

The Viewmaster is branching out too. Now it has a projector and everything

Pet Rocks!! Mine still doesn't do anything. Cheap to keep though.

I thought my Atari 2600 was the coolest thing ever when I first got it. I had Phoenix, Asteroids, Dig Dug, Centipede, Ka-Boom!, all the hottest games! LOL! Now I look back at those things and wonder how I ever recognized anything with those chunky, blocky graphics!..=P Compared to modern pc games and X-Box games they just look so ridiculous!..=P

Oh please ! You guys are such pikers .......We're going to step into The Way Back Machine & go waaaaaayyy back ...........back to my 7th grade. I thought I was too hot for words in my Nehru Style dress made of some ungodly silvery shiny material that I had to wear the first day of school. I had a boyfriend by the end of the day too. Then let's not forget high school when I used to paint eyelashes under my lower lashes using liquid eye-liner a la Goldie Hawn on Laugh-In ........Cat once jokingly called me Hippie Woman on another thread .....I was as much as I could ...LOL.

*innocent look* what's Nehru?

and OMG yes… my Windbreaker… the white one w/the sky blue & electric pink stripes! I looked HOT *grin*

1. My Baggies Pants remember those.
2. 27 inch Big bell Levi jeans, you know the ones you could hide stuff in your boots brfore school or a concert.

3. GI Joes.

My old black and white Zenneth 26 inch round corner Tv. 1956 model.

And yes I had a nahru shirt.

Beach Boys and tecky totom poles.

I was slow to give up bell bottoms .. now I have a taco bell bottom


I kid I kid .. I kid you not ... ;oPPP

Where've I heard that expression before ? *taps forefinger on chin thoughtfully* Wait....don't tell me....I'll think of it

Crimping Irons! For that naturally rippled look! I only ever did it 1x, I have too much hair and I'm too lazy to torture myself like that again

Oh .. NO !! .. you're not taking credit for MY joke

Speaking of computer graphics...I can remember thinking Pong was really hi tech stuff.

How about frogger. Lets talk poor Graqphics. You know Atari has that same system up for sale again. LOL

Hey Beenie Boy… do you have a Clapper for that propeller too? 8•P

Yes he does but he says he got it off a toilet seat.

The propeller was just a quick hack .. when I'm not eating taco bell I'll get around to fixing it .. or removing it

I haven't figured out "image ready" .. so I used something else

That reminds me....does anyone remember the hit TV show "Time for Beanie?" Beanie and Cecil.

I still have my Atari 2600... lol.. and it still works.. lol.. god i remember in the 70's buying a jumpsuit that was blue satin.. YUK! what was I thinking... *shudders at the thought of it... LOL and I had a family of sea monkeys for awhile.. lol

Oh you are the one that bought the Sea Monkeys. *laughing and pointing*

=PPPPPP lmao

H.R Puff - N - Stuff

Nuff said.:oP

Hey I remember howdy duty, now that dates me. That was when there was only three TV stations in Florida when I was a kid.

How about the old scifi and horror show jeppers creepers. Dose anyone remember that one?

H.R. Puff - N - Stuff !!!!!! i used to watch that.. LOL.. there was another one around the same time Sigmund The Sea Monster... lol

Aye... and Speed Buggy. :o)

You know what I never understood....how could the Professor make a phone out of coconut shells but not figure out a way to get them off that island ??

He wasn't MacGyver! 8•P

Ch Ch Ch CHIA!

LOL yes, but only at Christmas

Hey! I can remember thinking my apricot colored leisure suit was the bomb back in the day! Oh God! LOL! Then again,I had a pair of purple plaid pants with bell bottoms and big cuffs. But what the hey! At least they looked good with my brown saddle shoes with the 3 inch heels! Wait a minute...no they didn't. What the hell was I thinkin'?..=P

LMAO.. I can just see you wearing those... ROFLMA...

I remember thinking windows based computers were cool...boy was I an idiot. ;)

Cheese. There ya go, thanks.

Yeah Jac! Well, I also had a perm back then, a fro! Yhecoolest thingaboutthat was the girls used to like to run their fingers through it..=P
Ya know what else I thought was really cool? My cb radio I had in my car, breaker breaker! What's your 20? Ya seen any smokies out there? What's your handle? Mine was the Silver Crusader because of my silver '76 Nova SS. God, I hate cb's now! They were so staticky and noisy. Thank god for cell phones!..=D

Nooooooo !!!!! Larry, noooooo !!!! I hated CB radios! My husband had one & one of his friends was soooo into that junk he dragged Gary & I to see that stupid trucker movie White Line Fever ......which I NEVER forgot because the management painted road lines in the lobbey leading to the theater, just in case we weren't sure about the movie !

hahaha .. LOL ..

ONLY in the mid-west

LOL! I saw that movie! What a stinker! Hey, here's one for ya! Remember those hot air corn poppers? Ihad one, it sounded like a high power vacuum cleaner. It had a butter melting chamber on the top, but even with butter it tasted like styrofoam and was cold 5 minutes after you made it. I think I used mine about 6 times before realizing it sucked!..=P

I never had one of those things ....I was deprived !

LOL! You didn't miss a thing. Really stove popped corn is way better anyway..;)

Ok, due to severe laziness I did not read every entry, so forgive me if I make a repeat...
*those shirts that would change colors when you touched them
*MacGuyver. the A-Team, Knight Rider, and Magnum P.I. (tv shows were WAY better in the 80's)
*Pong on the 2600 (Atari)
*BetaMax
*MonChiChi's
*Duran Duran (still and forever a Duranie)
*Where's the Beef commercials
*Intellivision, CollicoVision (spelling?)
*3-way calling and call waiting (more friends to chat with about boys!)
*bleached bangs, cuffed pants, plastic bangle bracelets
*John Hughes films

Yes I was a product of the 80's...and my husband says I am still stuck in the 80's...I have a crapload of 80's new wave music, I drop everything if I know that Weird Science or Pretty in Pink, etc will be on cable...and those I love the 80's on VH-1...I could easily do one f those shows!

Have you checked out the Atari emulators on the web?

And were those Hypercolor shirts not the worst, stupidest trend ever?!? I am hapy to say I never owned one... great look when you were sweating under the armpits, those things...

Madras shirts used to bleed too

Mood rings! Choke me! Hit me! Gag me! Just kill me! Anything! Just don't make me buy one or even look at one.

And don't forget Thats a spicey meatball

I used to love fur. Now PETA says no and I do Faux Fur.

Cheeeese... Gromit. *Twiddles fingers*
Wendsleydale really is the best you know... :o)

Sorry for the extra Posting... Bored and tired you know... But someone mentioned Duran Duran, which reminded me of a movie that was most deffinitely Oscar material....

Barbarella

you've all got the wrong ones....the coolest shows ever, not necessarily in order of preference are:

Airwolf
StreetHawk
Knight Rider
Misfits of Science
BattleStar Galactica
The Hulk

Anyone ever have Pop Rocks? They fizz in yer mouth.

and lik-a-stik!

omg AIRWOLF, I remember that show! and yes… KnightRider was the topic of conversation @ work the day I started this thread. lol.

The Hulk… *hears the theme song from the end of the show as David Banner trudges down the road carrying his bag* dun doon doon dooooon

I haven't even got round to funky stuff like:

Manimal
Transformers
Voltron
Robotech (aka Macross)
Thundercats
Spiral Zone

'''CHEESY FEET''' ???

I protest… the Thundercats will ALWAYS be cool. 8•P

OMG.....we used to watch Airwolf, BattleStar Galactica & The Hulk .....I hated Knight Rider, thought it was stupid ......

That's okay, I don't remember the title of the show , I'm having a bad memory day, but I know darn well you guys watched it .....that one with the Dinosaur puppets ....where the baby dinosaur always screamed " The Mama ! "

G'won .....admit it.....you liked it

KNOCK DA MAMA!

Noooo " Not the Mama ! " :D

What the heck was the name of that show ?!!!

um… don't ask my why… but I have this vague inkling it was called… are you ready for it? The Dinosaurs

See ? You DID watch it ! And your right....it was called The Dinosaurs ....remember the baby who said " Gotta love me ! "

actually… I didn't… I was too cool for school when it was out. I did however, have this much younger sister… and her friend… who ran around yelling "KNOCK DA MAMA!" I also seem to remember some headbutting going on… like their heads into Mama's legs. As you might imagine, both Mamas were less than thrilled with this.

*snickers* Milli Vanilli!

Mullets.

LOL! Those mullets! I'm glad I don't have mine anymore..=P
I remember when the AMC Gremlin came out. I thought that was the coolest looking little car. LOL, chopped off rear end and all. Man, I'm glad I didn't buy one of those ugly things!

OMG ....I'm trying to picture Curley there with a Mullet ......too too too funny !!! LMAOOOOO

LOL! Come on Lauren! We all know that'd be your real fantasy man..=P

*nods* Hairy back and all 8•P

ROFL! Hang on a sec, I'll get the razor...oooh, it's been a while, NYUK NYUK NYUK!..=P

*smooooochies* You got that right Larry ! I can just see Curly there with a Mullet like the one David Spade wore in that one movie ....LOLOLOL

ROFLMAO! Joe Dirt? That would be too funny!

That's it ! I couldn't remember the name of the movie....yup Joe Dirt vs. Curly ....LOL Can you just picture it ??!!!!

Stubby beer bottles...why did they make long necks? Easier to throw at road signs?

That and it makes it look like you get more beer.

It's all in the perceptions

Join the revolution

you dont have stubbies???????? OMG you poor things.. lol... here you can have one of ours... lol

Canadians don't have stubbies!

Too funny....so Darryl didja sign up using your name or an alias ?

Scratch N Sniff Stickers 8•P

Fungus The Bogeyman pencil cases

Members Only jackets. One in every color.

Rammsteins Blade soundtrack

My old Merlin handheld electronic game. God, was that thing annoying!..=\

A roach clip key chain, silly puddy, my Dancerina doll...and THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY!

I loved that show ! Though not as much as The Monkees !

Man: You sit here, dear.

Wife: All right.

Man: Morning!

Waitress: Morning!

Man: Well, what've you got?

Waitress: Well, there's egg and bacon; egg sausage and bacon; egg and spam; egg bacon and spam; egg bacon sausage and spam; spam bacon sausage and spam; spam egg spam spam bacon and spam; spam sausage spam spam bacon spam tomato and spam;

Vikings: Spam spam spam spam...

Waitress: ...spam spam spam egg and spam; spam spam spam spam spam spam baked beans spam spam spam...

Vikings: Spam! Lovely spam! Lovely spam!

Waitress: ...or Lobster Thermidor a Crevette with a mornay sauce served in a Provencale manner with shallots and aubergines garnished with truffle pate, brandy and with a fried egg on top and spam.

Wife: Have you got anything without spam?

Waitress: Well, there's spam egg sausage and spam, that's not got much spam in it.

Wife: I don't want ANY spam!

Man: Why can't she have egg bacon spam and sausage?

Wife: THAT'S got spam in it!

Man: Hasn't got as much spam in it as spam egg sausage and spam, has it?

Vikings: Spam spam spam spam... (Crescendo through next few lines...)

Wife: Could you do the egg bacon spam and sausage without the spam then?

Waitress: Urgghh!

Wife: What do you mean 'Urgghh'? I don't like spam!

Vikings: Lovely spam! Wonderful spam!

Waitress: Shut up!

Vikings: Lovely spam! Wonderful spam!

Waitress: Shut up! (Vikings stop) Bloody Vikings! You can't have egg bacon spam and sausage without the spam.

Wife: I don't like spam!

Man: Sshh, dear, don't cause a fuss. I'll have your spam. I love it. I'm having spam spam spam spam spam spam spam beaked beans spam spam spam and spam!

Vikings: Spam spam spam spam. Lovely spam! Wonderful spam!

Waitress: Shut up!! Baked beans are off.

Man: Well could I have her spam instead of the baked beans then?

Waitress: You mean spam spam spam spam spam spam... (but it is too late and the Vikings drown her words)

Vikings: Spam spam spam spam. Lovely spam! Wonderful spam! Spam spa-a-a-a-a-am spam spa-a-a-a-a-am spam. Lovely spam! Lovely spam! Lovely spam! Lovely spam! Lovely spam! Spam spam spam spam!

*Nuff-Said... LOL

*eyes open wide ... as he takes in Curts' post* ... *he then ... runs and hides*

(p.s. LOL.)

♪ ♫ ♪ Spam, ♫ ♪ ♫ Spam, ♪ ♫ ♪ Spam, ♫ ♪ ♫ Spam... ♪ ♫ ♪

Gigapets.

Monty Python's Flying Circus... loved that old show.

Really... I'd never have guessed.

:oP

I had one of those Hypercolor shirts. It would really change colors...usually yellow 'round the pits. ; )
Did anyone else "tight roll" their pants in, say, '89-'91? Not that I did, I'm just asking.
-Rob

How about those 'bag' car phones, the ones that were huge, ugly and awkward....they were the precursor to today's cell phones.....

Dippity-do & brush rollers with those pink plastic stick pins so we could make ourselves look pretty...OMG..how torturous they were. They hurt really bad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The all metal curling iron that you laid in the flame of the gas stove to heat before you burned........I mean curled your hair (when not using the brush rollers)......dear me!

The pink & blue & sometimes purple plastic curlers with their own half roller to hold them on? The kink they left in your hair lasted forever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The hooded portable hair dryer that looked like an overnight bag? I used to spend hours drying my dippity do under one of those things....:))

The test pattern that came on the TV after the playing of the National Anthem...well, there wasn't anything else on the screen & we didn't have to go to bed on the weekends...

Those were the days my friends, I thought they would never end....................:~) lolol

I remember my family's first mobile phone...I seem to remember it having a rotary dial. The ultimate cheese was making a nonsensical, useless phone call just so you could show off your mobile phone. It was technically "mobile" because you could lift it and move it...if you had a strong friend, of course. ; )
-Rob

Too funny Mimi.....I used Dippity-do too ! And those brush rollers....but I hated how they felt so I took the brush part out .....In high school I had really long hair, & it's really thick & heavy.....so I also used to set my hair on Orange Juice cans ....ever do that ? Or iron your hair for that perfect straight look ?

I can see personal grooming has gotten only slightly friendlier. :D.

Speaking of which... wasn't it Ronco that had the hair cutting doohickie that attached to your vacume cleaner? You know, for the "perfect" cut, every time?

I don't remember Curt, but it wouldn't surprise me .....Ronco had a gadget for everything !

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