Fourth I Love the 80s
Who thinks they should do a fourth I Love the 80s? I do.
shareI certainly hope so ...but don't wish for it just yet! I really enjoy the VH1 series, and all of those hours of Michael Ian Black! ;) BUT....My little DVR is just getting over the eight long hours of "iLoveTheNewMillenium" that it recorded less than two months ago. I had a heck of a time sitting down and watching all of those marathon hours! Let's hold off a little while for the next installment of "iLoveThe80's" Please! But yes, it's a great show idea.
shareI would rather see a third "I Love the 70s" and/or a third "90s" before a fourth "80s".
"Mark well me words, mateys: Dead men tell no tales!"
I think for a new "I Love the 80s" show, it should be called "I Love the 80s 4 Ever". I will post all of the episode concepts (or rather, my ideas for what they should), two at a time. These are currently for the first two episodes (on 1980 and 1981, respectively). I'll use different colors to separate everything. Red will be used for movies, green for anything television or video game related, blue for anything music related, orange for fads, products, fashions or miscellaneous and purple for world events (people or otherwise). Anyway, here is episode one of "I Love the 80s 4 Ever", on 1980:
Episode #1: 1980
The Fog
Cosmos: A Personal Voyage
"Kiss On My List" by Hall and Oates
Flo
Mount St. Helens erupts
DIX standard for Ethernet
Popeye
Elvis Costello
The first-ever natural birth in captivity of a panda
Coal Miner's Daughter
Moon of Janus discovered
Knots' Landing
CNN
"Call Me" by Blondie
The Killer Clown
1980 Summer Olympics
Alexander Kielland platform collapses
Card Sharks
Tom Horn
The assassination of John Lennon
Episode #2: 1981
Thundarr the Barbarian
No. 21 Mine explosion
"Endless Love" by Diana Ross and Lionel Richie
French TGV
Condorman
Game & Watch
First American test tube baby born
Frequent Flyer Miles
Sheena Easton
The Pee-wee Herman Show
IBM's first PC
The Cannonball Run
3-2-1 Contact
Artificially produced insulin
Upwords
"Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes
The Great Muppet Caper
Hill Street Blues
For Your Eyes Only
Now that you have seen these ideas, what are some of your thoughts? Do you like my ideas? Have you got any of your own? There will also be other posts on this thread for the rest of this show's episodes, too.
"Mark well me words, mateys: Dead men tell no tales!"
Here are the ideas for the next two episodes of "I Love the 80s 4 Ever". Again, I'll use different colors to separate everything. Red will be used for movies, green for anything television or video game related, blue for anything music related, orange for fads, products, fashions or miscellaneous and purple for world events (people or otherwise).
Episode #3: 1982
Gandhi
Simon and Simon
Don Bluth
"Ebony and Ivory" by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Smilies
It's a Living
USA Today
"Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor
Bucks Fizz
Gloria
Sophie's Choice
Deely boppers
First implant of an artificial heart
The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas
Matt Houston
The Weather Channel
"Hard To Say I'm Sorry" by Chicago
Newhart
48 Hours
Episode #4: 1983
Trading Places
Faerie Tale Theatre
"Every Breath You Take" by The Police
Hot Pockets
Bill Cosby: Himself
Hitler Diaries
Mama's Family
Tokyo Disneyland
Sudden Impact
Juice boxes
Falcon Crest
Hooters
"Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen" (the final episode of "*M*A*S*H*")
"Owner of a Lonely Heart" by Yes
Tender Mercies
Hacky Sack
Hardcastle and McCormick
A Christmas Story
What are your opinions?
"Mark well me words, mateys: Dead men tell no tales!"
Here are the ideas for the next two episodes of "I Love the 80s 4 Ever". As always, I'll use different colors to separate everything. Red will be used for movies, green for anything television or video game related, blue for anything music related, orange for fads, products, fashions or miscellaneous and purple for world events (people or otherwise).
Episode #5: 1984
Night Court
Cloak and Dagger
"Do They Know It's Christmas?" by Band Aid
Vanessa Williams becomes Miss America
Breakin'
Space Shuttle Discovery
C.H.U.D.
Chrysler minivans
Airwolf
1984 Summer Olympics
Apple Macintosh
Kidd Video
AIDS discovered
Parachute Express
Toaster Strudel
"I Want a New Drug" by Huey Lewis and the News
Muppet Babies
The Killing Fields
Episode #6: 1985
Ghoulies
Kids Incorporated
"We Built This City" by Starship
Titanic wreckage found and filmed
The Equalizer
Witness
M.U.S.C.L.E.
Return of the Living Dead
Moonlighting
"The Power of Love" by Huey Lewis and the News
Mikhail Gorbachev
Super Mario Bros.
Humphrey the humpback whale
The Jewel of the Nile
Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior
Compact discs
The Gummi Bears/The Wuzzles
The Color Purple
McD.L.T.
"You Give Good Love" by Whitney Houston
Return To Oz
What are your opinions?
"Mark well me words, mateys: Dead men tell no tales!"
Here are the ideas for the next two episodes of "I Love the 80s 4 Ever". As always, I'll use different colors to separate everything. Red will be used for movies, green for anything television or video game related, blue for anything music related, orange for fads, products, fashions or miscellaneous and purple for world events (people or otherwise).
Episode #7: 1986
Critters
Sledge Hammer!
"Dreamtime" by Daryl Hall
Children of a Lesser God
Lazer Tag
She's Gotta Have It
The Hogan Family
Bread machines
Captain EO
Aliens
The Oregon Trail
Mac Tonight
Silverhawks
ZZ Gundam
WWF Wrestling Challenge
"Everybody Have Fun Tonight" by Wang Chung
Matlock
Labyrinth
Episode #8: 1987
Jeopardy!
"Dude (Looks Like a Lady)" by Aerosmith
Prozac
Full Metal Jacket/Good Morning, Vietnam
Pillow People
Klaus Barbie
The Last Emperor
The Bold and the Beautiful
L'Ambiance Plaza
Spaceballs
DuckTales
Ice Cream Cones cereal
Beloved
"I'm going to Disney World!" ad campaign
Red Bull
The Witches of Eastwick
Highway To Heaven
"Lean On Me" by Club Nouveau
Monkey Business scandal
Mega Man
Broadcast News
What are your opinions?
"Mark well me words, mateys: Dead men tell no tales!"
Here are the ideas for the last two episodes of "I Love the 80s 4 Ever". As always, I'll use different colors to separate everything. Red will be used for movies, green for anything television or video game related, blue for anything music related, orange for fads, products, fashions or miscellaneous and purple for world events (people or otherwise).
Episode #9: 1988
The Great Outdoors
Kenny G
"What Am I" by Edie Brickell
Garfield and Friends
Powerade
Hubble Space Telescope
Die Hard
48 Hours
Food Fighters
"Look Away" by Chicago
America's Most Wanted
Crocodile Dundee II
A Brief History of Time
Laser eye surgery
Tapeheads
Sharp Wizard
"Orinoco Flow" by Enya
Paradise
Dangerous Liaisons
Episode #10: 1989
Uncle Buck
"We Didn't Start the Fire" by Billy Joel
Game Boy
Empty Nest
Troop Beverly Hills
4,400-year-old mummy found in Egypt
Electric Youth
Dead Poets Society
1989 warmest year on record
Disney-MGM Studios
Pull-Ups Training Pants
In the Heat of the Night
Loma Prieta earthquake
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Collaboratory
Microsoft Office
"Eternal Flame" by the Bangles
The Kids In the Hall
Batman
What are your opinions?
"Mark well me words, mateys: Dead men tell no tales!"
Die Hard should defenetly be talked about. plus the traveling wilburys
why they didn't talk about these before is a crime to pop culture!!!!!!
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I have found on RetroJunk.com a group of some different additional ideas for certain episodes:
1985: http://www.retrojunk.com/details_articles/707/
1986: http://www.retrojunk.com/details_articles/928/
1988: http://www.retrojunk.com/details_articles/555/
"Mark well me words, mateys: Dead men tell no tales!"
I remember Prozac featured in the installment. But most definitely these great things that need to be discussed.
Mandiluv