Children Of The 80's

[GHA EFM]

Recognise these?

 

1.. Um Bongo, Um Bongo, They drink it in the Congo

 

2.. You played with "My Little Ponies."

 

3.. Friendship bracelets were ties that couldn't be broken

 

4.. You read Nancy Drew,

 

5.. The Hardy Boys, The Babysitters Club, Forever or Sweet Valley High

 

6. You called Going Live on 081 811 8181 And you had your own Gordon the Gopher or Roland Rat.

 

7.. You wanted to be on "Jim'll Fix It"

 

8.. You wore one of those slap-on wristbands at some point...or heaven forbid one of those T-shirts that changed colour with heat (Global Hypercolour)

 

9.. You were upset when She-ra, Princess of Power and He-Man got cancelled

 

10.. You can remember watching Saved by the Bell

 

11.. You even wore fluorescent-neon clothing..

 

12. You could break dance (ok, you wished you could)

 

13.. You remember when Amiga was a state of the art video game system

 

14.. You remember M.C. Hammer. ( #You can't touch this...yo I told you...you can't touch this!#)

 

15.. You can still sing the rap to "Fresh Prince of Bel Air".... (#now this is a story all about how my life got flipped turned upside down, I'd like to take a minute just sit right there, I'll tell you how I became the prince of a town called Bel Air#)

 

16.. You can remember when it was Jazzy Jeff and The fresh Prince and NOT just plain Will Smith!

 

17.. You own ANY cassettes

 

18.. You have ever pondered on why Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf

 

19.. My Little Pony, Gummy Bears and Transformers are familiar to you. (Transformers, robots in disguise!.....Gummy bears bouncing here and there and everywhere high adventure that's beyond compare, they are the gummy bears!)

 

20.. You had a Swatch Watch

 

21.. You believed that "By the power of Greyskull, you HAD the power!"

 

22.. With your pink (or blue) portable tape player, you sang to Kylie and Jason!

 

23.. Partying "like it's 1999" seemed SO far away

 

24.. You were led to believe that in the year 2000 we'd all be living in space

 

25.. You recorded songs off the radio with your boom box

 

26.. Your arm was full of rubber bracelets

 

27.. You wore those wide, colourful shoelaces

 

28.. You never questioned why the A-Team were always imprisoned in places that had sufficient tools to build an armoured tank

 

29.. You ever did the top toggle of your coat up around your neck without having your arms in the sleeves, and you knew you looked like a superhero

 

30.. You remember watching a house inhabited by a jester, a pantomime horse and a woman who sneezed, and thinking that this was perfectly normal

 

31.. You've ever had more than 10 sweets in a 10p mix-up

 

32.. You could have got away with it if it wasn't for those meddling kids. (Scooby, dooby, doooooo!)

 

33.. You remember Fingermouse and Dangermouse (not forgetting his trusty sidekick Penfold!)

 

34.. You remembered Monster Munch when they were 10p (Its a shame that they now cost about a fiver!!)

 

35.. When 'Computer' Tennis, Pac-Man and Donkey-Kong ruled

 

36.. You remember hearing the tune then running out to buy an ice cream cone on a warm summer night - 99's, screwballs or a cider lolly

 

37.. You got up extra early, especially to watch Saturday Morning cartoons

 

38.. You remember Ant and Dec as PJ and Duncan (PSYCHE!!!!)

 

39.. Water balloons were the ultimate weapon

 

40.. It wasn't odd to have two or three "best" friends

 

41.. You remember when Snickers were Marathons and Starburst were Opal Fruits

 

42.. You remember when 25p was decent pocket money and you'd reach into a muddy gutter for 10p

 

43.. Important decisions were made by going "..eeny-meeny-miney-mo.."

 

44.. Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better and taking drugs meant orange-flavoured chewable aspirin

[MK James]

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I'd question saved By the Bell and the Amiga - definitely 90's those two.

 

All the rest are spot on though

 

Top 5 Classic 80's Kids Cartoons

 

1. Battle of The Planets

2. He-Man

3. Transformers

4. Willo The Wisp

5. Henry's Cat

 

[Richard Briers] Ohhhhhhhh, someone's eaten all the icecream again [/Richard Briers]

[YELLOW]

Top 5 Classic 80's Action shows

 

1. The A - Team

2. Knight Rider

3. Airwolf

4 Dempsey & Makepeace

5 Chips

[SteveP]

Yet you choose to ignore..

 

Dangermouse, Ulysees, Cities of Gold, Around the World in 80 days(alright that was bad), Dungeons & Dragons, Rubarb and Custard (for the theme song alone??), Superted(slightly tenuos, but when you're 5), Thundercats, Jamie and The Magic Torch and Willow The Wisp.

[YELLOW]

What about Dogtanian and the Muskerhounds (I think that was what it was called)

[MK James]

 

I didn't forget Willo The Wisp!

 

Ulysses & Cities of Gold - class <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

 

Roobarb, Magic Torch, Mr.Ben, Skylark etc. - all actually late 70's.

 

Dangermouse- I wasn't allowed to watch ITV when I was younger. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />

 

Thundercats was [****!!****]. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

[Little Miss Urchin]

"Henery's, Hemery's, you must know Hernry's Cat.

You must have seen the movie,

You must have read the book.

He's a mellow, yellow feline,

So take a second look...."

 

Hang on, what about Postman Pat? <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />

 

Ahh, the 80's, the memories...the clothes! <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />

[YELLOW]

Thomas the Tank Engine, or was that the late 70s?

[SteveP]

"He knows everything about nothing

and not too much about that

So if you're someone who knows what he knows

then you must know henry's cat"

 

Agreed Thundercats was poor, but I saw the logo on a T-shirt and it looked quite cool, in that moment I forgot how poor it actually was.

 

Think Thomas the Tanker was early 80's Ringo Starr at his best, apart from the Beatles of course.

[Rob_the_Saint]

I used to like this little chap...

 

 

Other programs of note included:

 

Hitch-hiker's guide to the Galaxy

Not the nine o'clock news

Spitting Image

Miami Vice (until it got boring)

 

Blue Thunder, was that any good? didn't watch it much myself.

[YELLOW]

Wasn't Blue Thunder about a helicopter and because it was similar to Airwolf it didn't last long?

[Rob_the_Saint]

Probably!

 

You can find all your old favourites on here: http://www.80snostalgia.com/classictv/

[MK James]

 

They've missed some though Rob, Fraggle Rock anybody?

 

My wings are like a shield of steel

[Little Miss Urchin]

BATFINK!!! Oh I loved Batfink. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

If only it wasn't for that damned magnet! <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

 

 

I don't remember Airwolf at all. But then again, if it was on in the evenings I wouldn't do. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />

[SteveP]

Anyone remember Pinky and The Brain, probably nineties, but I always liked it, a little quote to remind you:

 

"Pinky, once I take over the world, remind me to publicly snub you."

[GHA EFM]

Pinky and The Brain...quality. Almost up there, but just under, Sharky and George.

[YELLOW]

Quote:

BATFINK!!! Oh I loved Batfink. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
If only it wasn't for that damned magnet! <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />


I don't remember Airwolf at all. But then again, if it was on in the evenings I wouldn't do. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />

I'm sure Airwolf was on, on a Saturday afternoon, maybe early evening.

[EFM The Firm, The Voice]

Minder and Number 73 (because I lived at Number 73 - I can even remember the address - PO Box 73, Maidstone, Kent <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />)

[CANV EFM]

8.15 from manchester?

[EFM The Firm, The Voice]

And we all know which band did the theme to that, don't we?