Um_2_4 Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 So DS15 is doing a Back to the 80s theme party for their 4-H County Ambassadors party....He asked me to make a list of 1980s pop culture items/people for a "What am I?" type ice breaker game. To make it easier, I am thinking to tell them it could be: Person, movie/TV show, or thing So far I have: Micheal Jackson Madonna Miami vice Rubik cube Prince Moonwalk Break Dancing ET Star Wars Indiana Jones Die Hard Leg warmers MTV Cool Runnings Pac-man Tetris Donkey kong MacGyver I need about 25-30 total..... HELP!!! I was still kind of young in the 80s, so what else am I missing that kids (14+) these days would know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happi duck Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 Parachute pants Members only jackets Cyndi Lauper 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Um_2_4 Posted January 3, 2019 Author Share Posted January 3, 2019 Thank you! Ok, that is 21.... at least 4 more to go!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Um_2_4 Posted January 3, 2019 Author Share Posted January 3, 2019 Thank You! Oh man, I forgot Debbie Gibson..... Were the Bangles 80s or 90s???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Um_2_4 Posted January 3, 2019 Author Share Posted January 3, 2019 The Hive is awesome.... now I don't have to stay up all night getting lost in google-land..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happi duck Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 Footloose 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 Alf Punky Brewster The Cosby Show Silver Spoons Live Aid "We are the World" The A Team Knight Rider MacGuyver Atari 2600 Pac-Man Ghostbusters Q-bert Tetris Ferris Bueller's Day Off 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happi duck Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 Dirty Dancing 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 (edited) big hair shoulder pads dynasty dallas who shot JR? trivial pursuit Edited January 3, 2019 by gardenmom5 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 aerobics challenger magnum PI (yes, it started in the 70s - but it went into the 80's, and is a classic. especially the ferrari. and "the lads".) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktgrok Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 Scrunchie Side ponytail 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CindyH in NC Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 E.T. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 Let's see... AIDS Alien Back to the Future Berlin Wall (fall of) Care Bears Chernobyl Commodore 64 Dynasty E. T. Final Fantasy Friday the 13th Ghostbusters Guns N' Roses Inspector Gadget Jaws Karate Kid Michael Jackson Mount Saint Helens eruption MTV My Little Pony New Coke Nintendo Game Boy Pac Man Pound Puppies Punky Brewster Rainbow Brite Reagan Sally Ride Sandra Day O'Connor (first female Supreme Court Justice appointed) SimCity Street Fighter TMNT Tiananmen Square 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bootsie Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 Toto--Africa Trump Tower Princess Di--Royal Wedding 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 vcr/vhs - betamax 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Leg warmers if I'm remembering correctly. Regards, Kareni 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CindyH in NC Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Also The Labyrinth movie and The Princess Bride are 80's movies that a lot of my 17 yo dd's friends have seen. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherry in OH Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Michael J. Fox Cabbage Patch Kids Jellies (plastic shoes) Stirrup pants Zip leg jeans Three Mile Island final episode of MASH Apple Macintosh/Commodore 64 (affordable home computers) Seattle Grunge 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluegoat Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Some of the ones you have would be difficult I think. Some thoughts (not necessarily easier): Margaret Thatcher Speak and Spell Goonies Bob Ross Reading Rainbow Jem and the Holograms Pee Wee Herman Big Wheels 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 2 hours ago, Sherry in OH said: Michael J. Fox Cabbage Patch Kids Jellies (plastic shoes) Stirrup pants Zip leg jeans Three Mile Island final episode of MASH Apple Macintosh/Commodore 64 (affordable home computers) Seattle Grunge Three Mile Island was in March 1979. My family evacuated. 😞 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumto2 Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Junie said: Three Mile Island was in March 1979. My family evacuated. 😞 Hugs! eta......The Preppy Handbook Edited January 4, 2019 by mumto2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 6 minutes ago, mumto2 said: Hugs! eta......The Preppy Handbook Oh, I'm ok. (I think.) 😉 Also, I don't know what The Preppy Handbook is... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumto2 Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 (edited) 22 minutes ago, Junie said: Oh, I'm ok. (I think.) 😉 Also, I don't know what The Preppy Handbook is... I’m glad! The Preppy Handbook was fun and pretty much everyone in my pretty average public school read it and tried to emulate a bit of it. I graduated in 1981. We all wore pink and green if possible and wore those waterproof shoes similar to Welles which I gave up due to blisters. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Official_Preppy_Handbook eta Girls in Calvin Klein jeans like Brooke Shields too! Edited January 4, 2019 by mumto2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Um_2_4 Posted January 4, 2019 Author Share Posted January 4, 2019 Thanks all! And now I am having flashbacks!!! Man I loved stirrup pants... and what were we thinking with those jelly shoes... I hated them, but I wore them. So uncomfortable! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 15 hours ago, Sherry in OH said: Michael J. Fox Cabbage Patch Kids Jellies (plastic shoes) Stirrup pants Zip leg jeans Three Mile Island final episode of MASH Apple Macintosh/Commodore 64 (affordable home computers) Seattle Grunge oh, don't remind me. I had a newborn. it was triggering. teddy ruxpin. mil bought one for 1dd. . . . . . . the only reason i'm sorry I didn't keep it is because of how much it would be worth. I hated it. 12 hours ago, Junie said: Oh, I'm ok. (I think.) 😉 Also, I don't know what The Preppy Handbook is... it was fun to mock. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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