Category Archives: 80s Pop Culture

From the CNET Crave blog…    The year was 1983–the last De Loreans were produced, the final episode of M.A.S.H. aired with more than 125 million viewers tuning in to… Read more »

  Strawberry Shortcake was having an identity crisis. The “it” doll and cartoon star of the 1980s was just not connecting with modern girls. Too candy-obsessed. Too ditzy. Too fond… Read more »

  The Cabbage Patch Kids are skate punks. Strawberry Shortcake is wearing fitted jeans. And your Monopoly game piece might be a Starbucks cup. Some favorite toys from the 1980s… Read more »

I found this interesting thread titled “favorite 80’s car” over on Motortrend’s Car forum.  It brought me back to the days of driving around town in my very first car…… Read more »

Cabbage Patch Kids and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were two of the biggest selling toys of the 80s- VH1 said it best, we love the ’80s. Even though most of… Read more »

By Monica Watrous , McClatchy Newspapers Sunday, March 2, 2008 KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Across the country, grown men and women are digging up and dusting off their Optimus Prime… Read more »

Here is a neat little article I found in a college newspaper.  Apparently 80s parties are all the rage now a days, and this article talks about how to dress appropriately:… Read more »

Send a Valentine gift… 80s style: 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/02/02/ST2008020201061.html Heaven in His ’80s Arcade By Mike Musgrove Sunday, February 3, 2008    _ Well, he did it. Last time I wrote about Peter Hirschberg, a guy with a… Read more »