How awesome were the 80s!

[VERT]

For any person living in Australia during the 80's, this is an instantly recognisable song / show This, along with Young Talent Time and Hey Hey It's Saturday, made up my Saturday afternoons

Oh yeah how could anyone forget that

[Trent]

I remember my video/general store had a massive counter of lollies where you could buy 5 giant Redskins for 2cents.

Yay! We are all old

20 cents worth of lollies was more than a healthy amount. And if you managed to get 50 cnets worht then you didn't know what to do with them all

[GoktimusPrime]

There was no such thing as Halloween in Australia (other than seeing it on American movies and TV shows etc.). Oh how I miss this.
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[Gofigure]

I miss the 80's so much! Lethal Weapon, Die Hard, Beverly Hills Cop. Movies just don't get made like that anymore. Not to mention the cartoons! Transformers, TMNT, Dino Riders, Alias the Jester, The Trapdoor... Man, I wish I was a kid again!

There's a TV show at the moment called "The Goldbergs" which set in the 80's. It just puts a smile on my face every ep with its 80's filled goodness

And the quality of life just seemed better. Kids could actually go outside to play without parents wrapping them in bubblewrap. Kids were allowed to get dirty in the mud! Sure, Mum would chew us out when we came home with muddy clothes, but deep down she knew kids will be kids

The world today needs more of the 80's!

Every time I watch the goldbergs I experience flashbacks

That Goonies episode. Just nailed it. I felt like someone had read my mind, saw my past, then made a tv show!

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

For any person living in Australia during the 80's, this is an instantly recognisable song / show This, along with Young Talent Time and Hey Hey It's Saturday, made up my Saturday afternoons

Didn't realise how many bewbs were in the opening of the Leyland brothers show! Dayum!

Used to watch that all the time. Aw memeeeoooooories...

[Hursticon]

There was no such thing as Halloween in Australia (other than seeing it on American movies and TV shows etc.). Oh how I miss this.
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I reckon it's a damn shame that Halloween is only catching on now and not back in the 80s, what's wrong with the Ancient British holiday dude?

[GoktimusPrime]

I reckon it's a damn shame that Halloween is only catching on now and not back in the 80s, what's wrong with the Ancient British holiday dude?

That's just it - we're not inheriting it as a traditional holiday. We're inheriting it as a modernised and commercialised piece of Americana. I know that holidays like Easter and Xmas have become commercialised too, but at least that's not how it started here. Those were holidays that once meant something to people (and still do to some people), whereas I don't think anyone in Australia who observes Halloween does so for its original religious/spiritual intent; so it just feels completely hollow.

[Sinnertwin]

Alby Mangels FTW

[Gofigure]

I reckon it's a damn shame that Halloween is only catching on now and not back in the 80s, what's wrong with the Ancient British holiday dude?

do you know how many times we tried to trick or treat as kids in the '80s? we tried so hard to get it going and snag some lollies off random neighbours will little success.....so dissapointing. Amazing costumes did nothing.

But tonight my 3 year old and 6 year old will be out on the streets dressed as ghosts with dad chasing them around the neighbours yards as a ghostbuster!!!

im getting my childhood dream one way or the other i dont care how strong your feelings are against a 'silly enjoyable escapist non offensive fun little holiday in this time of terrible things happening in the world' event :P

[Megatran]

The Karate Kid.