I Love the '80s (U.S. TV series)

I Love the '80s (U.S. TV series)

"I Love the '80s" is a decade nostalgia television program that was produced by VH1. The first episode, "I Love 1980", premiered on December 16, 2002.

Recurring segments

*Lionel Richie presented "Makeout Songs" from each year.
*Bret Michaels presented "Babes" from each year.
*Traci Lords presented "Hunks" from each year.
*"Weird Al" Yankovic compares trends of the given year and the present day in the "Then and Now" segment.
*Andrew Dice Clay presented the "Mr. & Ms." of each year.
*Soleil Moon Frye presented people, bands, and products that were "Born In" the given year.
*A public service announcement from each year was presented.

1980

*"The Love Boat" (started in 1977)
*"Caddyshack"
*The Vapors' "Turning Japanese"
*Punk and preppy fashion
*Strawberry Shortcake
*"The Blue Lagoon"
*Gloria Vanderbilt jeans
*Air Supply
*Pat Benatar and Blondie
*"Who shot J.R.?"
*"9 to 5"
*"Urban Cowboy"
*Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust"
*Kenny Rogers
*"Xanadu"
*"Airplane!"
*The Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's Delight"
*The Pretenders' "Brass in Pocket"
*Mattel Football
*The Miracle on Ice
*"That's Incredible!"
*""

1981

*MTV
*"Porky's" (Canadian release)
*Reagan assassination attempt
*Pope John Paul II assassination attempt
*The Royal Wedding
*Luke and Laura (characters from General Hospital)
*Rick Springfield
*"Arthur"
*"The Greatest American Hero"
*De Lorean DMC-12
*Rubik's cube
*Kool & the Gang's "Celebration"
*"Fridays"
*"Stripes"
*"Bosom Buddies"
*John McEnroe
*Hall & Oates' "Private Eyes"
*Members Only
*Atari
*"The Jeffersons" (originally 1975)
*"Raiders of the Lost Ark"

1982

*Mullets
*VJs
*Toni Basil's "Mickey"
*"Fast Times at Ridgemont High"
*J. Geils Band's "Centerfold"
*"Square Pegs"
*"Rocky III"
*Ozzy Osbourne
*Joan Jett's "I Love Rock 'N Roll"
*"The Dukes of Hazzard" (debuted 1979)
*The Go-Go's
*Olivia Newton-John's "Physical"
*A Flock of Seagulls' "I Ran (So Far Away)"
*"Trivial Pursuit"
*Keytar
*"Joanie Loves Chachi"
*"Pac-Man" and "Ms. Pac-Man"
*Tommy Tutone's "867-5309/Jenny"
*"Dungeons & Dragons"
*"Poltergeist"
*Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five's "The Message"
*"Silver Spoons"
*"E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial"

1983

*"National Lampoon's Vacation"
*"Family Ties"
*"Diff'rent Strokes" (debuted 1978)
*Cabbage Patch Kids
*Michael Jackson's "Thriller"
*"Flashdance"
*Duran Duran
*"Valley Girl"
*Pat Benatar's "Love Is a Battlefield"
*"Scarface"
*"The A-Team"
*Def Leppard's "Pyromania"
*"Eddie Murphy Delirious"
*Dexys Midnight Runners' "Come on Eileen"
*Jerry Falwell vs. Larry Flynt
*"Knight Rider"
*"WarGames"
*Wacky wall walker
*Styx's "Mr. Roboto"
*"He-Man and the Masters of the Universe"
*""

1984

*Breakdancing
*"Footloose"
*Madonna
*Corey Hart's "Sunglasses at Night"
*"Where's the beef?"
*Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the U.S.A."
*Mary Lou Retton
*"Webster" (debuted 1983) and "Punky Brewster"
*Huey Lewis and the News
*"Miami Vice"
*"The Terminator"
*"Transformers" and "Care Bears"
*Wham!
*"Purple Rain"
*"Sixteen Candles"
*Cyndi Lauper
*
*Lionel Richie's "Hello"
*"This Is Spinal Tap"

1985

*"WrestleMania"
*"MacGyver"
*"Back to the Future"
*Mötley Crüe's "Home Sweet Home"
*"The Goonies"
*"Pee Wee's Big Adventure"
*"Small Wonder"
*Bryan Adams' "Summer of '69"
*Big hair
*"Fletch"
*"The Super Bowl Shuffle"
*Bartles & Jaymes
*"Cocoon"
*Til Tuesday's "Voices Carry"
*Live Aid
*"The Facts of Life" (debuted 1979)
*Eddie Murphy's "Party All the Time"
*Brat Pack
*Day-Glo
*Pound Puppies
*"We Are the World"

1986

*"Ferris Bueller's Day Off"
*"Wheel of Fortune" (daytime debut 1975, primetime syndication 1983)
*Hands Across America
*Teddy Ruxpin
*"ALF"
*"Pretty in Pink"
*Madonna's "Papa Don't Preach"
*Swatch
*1986 World Series
*"The Cosby Show" (debuted 1984)
*Baby On Board
*"Crocodile Dundee"
*Celebrity marriages
*Whitney Houston
*Comic Relief
*Janet Jackson
*"Stand by Me"
*Run DMC's "Walk This Way"
*"Top Gun"

1987

*"Dirty Dancing"
*Tiffany and Debbie Gibson
*Hair crimping
*Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam
*"Fatal Attraction"
*Hair metal
*FOX
*R.E.M.'s "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)"
*Oliver North and Fawn Hall, Gary Hart and Donna Rice, Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker and Jessica Hahn
*"Wall Street"
*Beastie Boys' "Fight for Your Right"
*Converse
*"Cheers" (debuted 1982)
*Salt-N-Pepa's "Push It"
*"Hollywood Shuffle"
*Robert Palmer's "Addicted to Love"
*The two Coreys
*U2's "The Joshua Tree"

1988

*Mike Tyson
*"Child's Play"
*"Roseanne"
*Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up"
*Guns N' Roses
*"The Wonder Years"
*The Cure, INXS, Morrissey, Erasure, and Depeche Mode
*"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" (debuted 1987)
*Bobby McFerrin's "Don't Worry Be Happy"
*California Raisins
*"Perfect Strangers" (original debut 1986)
*George Michael's "Faith"
*"Pictionary" and "Win, Lose or Draw"
*UB40's "Red, Red Wine"
*Working woman's wardrobe
*Yo! MTV Raps
*"Who's the Boss?" (original debut 1984)
*Terence Trent D'Arby
*The neo-hippie movement
*Grateful Dead's "Touch of Grey"
*"Rain Man"

1989

*New Kids on the Block
*"Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure"
*Milli Vanilli
*Tetris
*"COPS"
*Rob Lowe's sex video
*Cher's "If I Could Turn Back Time"
*"Do The Right Thing"
*Madonna's "Like a Prayer" music video and the ensuing Pepsi controversy
*"Say Anything"
*"The Arsenio Hall Show"
*The B-52's "Love Shack"
*Bobby Brown
*Afrocentric clothing
*"Baywatch"
*Aerosmith's "Love in an Elevator"
*"Heathers"
*"Saved by the Bell"
*Tone Loc's "Funky Cold Medina"
*The fall of the Berlin Wall

External links

*" [http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/i_love_the_80s/series.jhtml I Love the 80s] " at VH1.com


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