Comments on: 17 Totally Awesome Reasons Why I Love the 80s (and The Goldbergs)

By: Sherri

Sherri — Sun, 30 Nov 2014 22:10:23 +0000

Much to my daughter’s shame, I LOVE the 80’s. I still think that was when the best music was…. Def Leppard, Poison, Cheap Trick. I will have to check this series out…… although I will have to watch it alone

By: Liza

Liza — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 14:50:24 +0000

Yes Sue! Wednesday nights are awesome because of those two shows.

By: Liza

Liza — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 14:47:01 +0000

Like, for sure Kim! Definitely gag me with a spoon. And I did forget about MTV actually playing videos. Kids today might not believe it!

By: Sue E

Sue E — Tue, 21 Oct 2014 06:02:09 +0000

I love the GOLDBERGS!! That family is hilarious!! Now two of my favorite comedies are on back-to-back on Wednesday nights: The Middle & The Goldbergs on ABC!! My kind of families!!!!!!

By: Kim Schmidt

Kim Schmidt — Sun, 19 Oct 2014 04:07:04 +0000

I have mixed feelings on the 80s. A lot of things I /don’t/ miss, like the big hair and Valley Girl affectation, like…yaknow? Gag me with a spoon!

The advent of alternative rock is probably my favorite but the power ballad will always have a fond spot in my heart since the 80s was really the era for that. Plus MTV, back when…they played music videos. (Not that I had cable to watch it but I always did when I visited friends who did!)

And of course, you have to mention Miami Vice, a show that started entire mens fashion trends from making pastels acceptable masculine options, loafers without socks, and T-shirts under blazers. Not to mention Philip Michael Thomas’ very classy metrosexualism.

Movies during the 80s were pretty dang memorable, too. They gave us Rambo, the Terminator, Indiana Jones, 2/3 of the original Star Wars trilogy, ET, Die Hard, and a plethora of slasher movie villains they’re still resurrecting for new (if awful) sequels.

The Cold War was still going which made the world seem a much simpler place. Maybe not safer, but definitely less chaotic.