A Find For Those Who Grew Up In The 80s'

[MikeandRaph87]

Here is a nice write up. I am a 90s kid but remember ceossfire not to mention owning one. I never cared to own one, but I remember the Skip It jingle very well.

https://www.qualitylogoproducts.com/...s-1980s-1990s/

[T-U-R-T-L-E POWA!]

I love watching those old commercials. If you are a true 80's kid I guarantee you remember a movie called Rad. It's a BMX movie and it's...well... RAD! You can actually watch the whole thing on Youtube. There is a petition movement to have it released on dvd or blu-ray. The song Send Me an Angel is from that movie. There is also another 80's movie called The Dirtbike Kid that I loved with Peter Billigsley and it is on Youtube as well. If you were a kid in the 80's these are required watching! Any Rad fans on here???

[T-U-R-T-L-E POWA!]

Originally Posted by MikeandRaph87

Here is a nice write up. I am a 90s kid but remember ceossfire not to mention owning one. I never cared to own one, but I remember the Skip It jingle very well.

https://www.qualitylogoproducts.com/...s-1980s-1990s/

My buddy had Crossfire AND Mouse Trap and I loved playing with those games. My sister actually had a game called Mall Madness that we played like crazy too. Guess Who was another fun and old school board game.

[MikeandRaph87]

Originally Posted by T-U-R-T-L-E POWA!

My buddy had Crossfire AND Mouse Trap and I loved playing with those games. My sister actually had a game called Mall Madness that we played like crazy too. Guess Who was another fun and old school board game.

Mousetrap was the top selling item diring a Christmas season during the mid 1960s' according to Christmas Through The Decades.

I recommend Christmas Through The Decades to anyone who wants to see how Christmases of the 60s' through the 90s' shaped today. Its on history channel 's website.

I only know RAD for another song that is on my workout soundtrack which I found as a Rocky tribute video a few years ago. I also noticed that it costars Lori Loughlin.
https://youtu.be/YSR7QJTdcB8

[T-U-R-T-L-E POWA!]

Originally Posted by MikeandRaph87

Mousetrap was the top selling item diring a Christmas season during the mid 1960s' according to Christmas Through The Decades.

I recommend Christmas Through The Decades to anyone who wants to see how Christmases of the 60s' through the 90s' shaped today. Its on history channel 's website.

I only know RAD for another song that is on my workout soundtrack which I found as a Rocky tribute video a few years ago. I also noticed that it costars Lori Loughlin.
https://youtu.be/YSR7QJTdcB8

Yeah and it has Talia Shire as Cru Jones' mom in it too. I've actually saw a few episodes of that Christmas special. I thought the 80's one was kinda messed up because of their top 10 list of toys. They didn't even put Thundercats on the list.

[MikeandRaph87]

Originally Posted by T-U-R-T-L-E POWA!

Yeah and it has Talia Shire as Cru Jones' mom in it too. I've actually saw a few episodes of that Christmas special. I thought the 80's one was kinda messed up because of their top 10 list of toys. They didn't even put Thundercats on the list.

Yo! Adrian!(despite being in Godfather I bet almost anyone identifies her as Adrian myself included). I didn't know that only knowing of it from that video ans checking Loughlin's imdb page to find Brotherhood of Justice. It is an interesting tele film, but it just ends and Keifer Sutherland was billed second and was just a side character for Loughlin to talk to at work.

It is not a list that History Channel came up with. It was a list of what the number one selling item directed at children was for each specific year. So the reason Thunder Cats did not make the list was because it never was the top selling item of any Christmas season. It may have been in the top 3 or 5 or whatever just not number one.

I find the random celebs odd choices from Cindy Brady to Diamond Dallas Page to a Star Trrk Next Gen actor. It would have been nice to have seen historians, the Macy's CEO, a msll Santa, actors who were in the projects discussed, etc. I have not seen the 70s' edition yet, but plan to catch it in the next day or two.

[T-U-R-T-L-E POWA!]

Originally Posted by MikeandRaph87

Yo! Adrian!(despite being in Godfather I bet almost anyone identifies her as Adrian myself included). I didn't know that only knowing of it from that video ans checking Loughlin's imdb page to find Brotherhood of Justice. It is an interesting tele film, but it just ends and Keifer Sutherland was billed second and was just a side character for Loughlin to talk to at work.

It is not a list that History Channel came up with. It was a list of what the number one selling item directed at children was for each specific year. So the reason Thunder Cats did not make the list was because it never was the top selling item of any Christmas season. It may have been in the top 3 or 5 or whatever just not number one.

I find the random celebs odd choices from Cindy Brady to Diamond Dallas Page to a Star Trrk Next Gen actor. It would have been nice to have seen historians, the Macy's CEO, a msll Santa, actors who were in the projects discussed, etc. I have not seen the 70s' edition yet, but plan to catch it in the next day or two.

Yeah but that channel should really be called "History" channel now because they mostly just have dumb reality shows and nothing like they used to have. Newsmax has some cool historical specials though. I see stuff on there from time to time that's really interesting.

[MikeandRaph87]

This the perfect way to sell a product no one wants changed.

Interestinh that the Challenger tragedy is wrapped up in the Cola Wars.

[ssjup81]

Seeing the Challenger explode at such a young age turned me off from ever wanting to step foot on a rocket. >< it was surreal watching the launch on TV and seeing it explode and how the main highlight was the teacher onboard.

[MikeandRaph87]

Originally Posted by ssjup81

Seeing the Challenger explode at such a young age turned me off from ever wanting to step foot on a rocket. >< it was surreal watching the launch on TV and seeing it explode and how the main highlight was the teacher onboard.

While I was not around yet my generation saw it with Columbia in February 2003. It was a Saturday morning about 9am and I saw it live on television much like so many saw Challenger back in 1986. You saw it and did not know how it could have, but you knew full well the shuttle exploded and the astronauts were dead. Scared NASA from doing anything for at least five years. It was like Generation Y's Challenger.

I was surprised to learn Coke vs Pepsi was connected to the Challenger mission.

[MikeandRaph87]

Not necessarily the 1980s', but overall. Thought some of you might find this website interesting.
http://www.bestoldcommercials.com/

[MikeandRaph87]

Here is something for both 80's and 90s' kids. Hundreds of commrical sets.
https://www.youtube.com/user/80sCommercialVault

There a few Christmas sets released if anyone is interested.

[MikeandRaph87]

If you like GIFs this link is for you.
http://giphy.com/search/80s-commercials

[MikeandRaph87]

80sCommercialVault has released a few commercial sets around Christmas on its Youtube if anyone is interested.

[MikeandRaph87]

I watch a lot of random videos on YouTube and this was a recommended video. It covers things that not just 80's kids, but finds 90's kids like me would find interesting as well. Time has passed. We remember. There really is a generation gap!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nt91z9WOrdw

[Egon1982]

Those took me back, i'm glad i lived through both eras.

[MsMarvelDuckie]

Originally Posted by ssjup81

Seeing the Challenger explode at such a young age turned me off from ever wanting to step foot on a rocket. >< it was surreal watching the launch on TV and seeing it explode and how the main highlight was the teacher onboard.

Originally Posted by MikeandRaph87

While I was not around yet my generation saw it with Columbia in February 2003. It was a Saturday morning about 9am and I saw it live on television much like so many saw Challenger back in 1986. You saw it and did not know how it could have, but you knew full well the shuttle exploded and the astronauts were dead. Scared NASA from doing anything for at least five years. It was like Generation Y's Challenger.

I was surprised to learn Coke vs Pepsi was connected to the Challenger mission.

Sweet Mother, I was around for, and WATCHED both. I remember in 4th grade the teachers all canceled classes to watch it, and everyone in school gathered in the library to see the first teacher into space. And then it happened. We all watched in growing horror when it exploded, and I think a couple of younger kids asked what happened, and as the news kept filming and reporting, the teachers discussed what was happening for a few minutes, and then they finally turned it off, and told us to go back to our classes. We didn't really do anything for the rest of the day. There was a lot of crying, silence, and just- sadness and confusion.

Columbia happened while Mr D and I lived with my grandmother. We woke up one morning, and were watching the news, and being in Texas, we were apparently right along the descent path. Then the news said that there had been a loud explosion heard/seen by people all across the state, and a trail of smoke and debris was being reported from multiple loctations. They finally confirmed that it had been the shuttle exploding. Having both lived through the Challenger, Mr D and I were both floored and saddened to see it happen all over again.